River Lark Act 1698
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| Long title | An Act for makeing the River Larke alias Burn Navigable |
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| Citation | 11 Will. III c. 22 |
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| Royal assent | 11th April, 1700[1] |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
River Lark Act 1698 c. 22 was an Act of Parliament to facilitate making the River Lark navigable from Bury St Edmunds to Mildenhall in Suffolk.[2]
The act empowered of Eaton Socon to improve the river to make it navigable from Long Common, through Mildenhall to East-gate Bridge in Bury St Edmunds.[3]
References[]
- ^ Addy, David. "St Edmundsbury Local History - The River Lark Navigation after 1600". www.stedmundsburychronicle.co.uk. David Addy. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "William III, 1698-9: An Act for makeing the River Larke alias Burn Navigable. [Chapter XXII. Rot. Parl. 11 Gul. III.p.4. n.1.] | British History Online". Statutes of the Realm. 79: 615–621. 1820.
- ^ Cay, John (1739). An Abridgment of the Publick Statutes in Force and Use from Magna Charta, in the Ninth Year of King Henry III. to the Eleventh Year of His Present Majesty King George II. Inclusive. London: His Majesty's printer, and by the assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq; and sold by R. Gosling, at the Crown and Mitre against Fetter-Lane in Fleet-Street.
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- Waterways in England