The Statutes at Large (Ruffhead)/Volume 9/Additional Acts Omitted from Vol 8

by Owen Ruffhead

A LIST of Road Acts, &c. whose Titles were omitted in the Table of Contents to the Eighth Volume.

PUBLICK ACTS.

Anno 31 Georgii II.

43. AN Act for repairing and widening several Roads in the Counties of Dorset and Devon, leading to and through the Borough of Lyme Regis.
44. An Act for repairing the Road from the Village of Magor, to the Bridge-foot in the Town of Chepstow, in the County of Monmouth; and other Roads in the Counties of Monmouth and Gloucester.
45. An Act for ascertaining and collecting the Poors Rates, and for better regulating the Poor in the Parish of Saint Mary Magdalen Bermondsey in the County of Surry.
46. An Act to amend an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for building a Bridge or Bridges cross the River of Thames, from a certain Place in Old Brentford, in the Parish of Ealing, in the County of Middlesex, known by the Name of Smith or Smith's Hill, to the opposite Shore in the County of Surrey.
47. An Act for the more easy and speedy repairing of Publick Bridges within the County of Devon.
48. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act of Parliament passed in the twenty-fourth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act passed in the third Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, for repairing and amending the several Roads leading from Woodstock., through Kiddington and Eustone, to Rollright Lane, and Enslow Bridge to Kiddington aforesaid; and for making the said Act more effectual.
49. An Act for amending several Roads leading from the Town of Tiverton, in the County of Devon.
50. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Donington High Bridge to Hale Drove, and to the Eighth Mile Stone, in the Parish of Wigtoft, and to Langret Ferry, in the County of Lincoln.
51. An Act for repairing the High Road leading from Brent Bridge in the County of Devon, to Gasking Gate, in or near the Borough of Plymouth, in the said County.
52. An Act for enlarging the Term granted by an Act made in the twenty-sixth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for laying a Duty of Two Penny Scots, or a Sixth Part of a Penny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer which shall be brewed for Sale, brought into, tapped, or sold, within the Town and Parish of Preston Pans, in the Shire of East Lothian other-wise Haddington, for repairing the Harbour of the said Town, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
53. An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual an Act passed in the ninth and tenth Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King William the Third, intituled, An Act for erecting Hospitals and Workhouses within the City and County of the City of Exon, for the better employing andmaintaining the Poor there.
54. An Act for repealing so much of the Act of the fifteenth Year of his present Majesty, For enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act of the thirteenth Year of his late Majesty King George the First, for repairing the Roads from Cirencester Town's End to Saint John's Bridge in the County of Gloucester, as directs that the Inhabitants of the several Parishes and Hamlets therein named, shall pass Toll-free; and for repairing the Street from the High Cross in Cirencester to the Town's End there; and for other Purposes therein mentioned; and for enlarging the Terms and Powers granted by the said two former Acts.
55. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act of the twenty-fifth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for repairing the Post Road from the City of Edinburgh, through the Counties of Linlithgow and Stirling, from the Boat-house Ford, on Almond Water, and from thence to the Town of Linlithgow, and from the said Town to Falkirk, and from thence to Stirling; and also from Falkirk to Kilfyth, and to Inch Bellie Bridge, on the Post Road to the City of Glasgow; and for building a Bridge cross Almond Water.
56. An Act for enlarging the Powers granted by an Act passed in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An Act for rendering more effectual the several Acts passed for the ercting of Hospitals and Workhouses within the City of Bristol, for the better employing and maintaining of the Poor thereof; and for making the said Act more effectual.
57. An Act for making more effectual four several Acts of Parliament, made in the sixth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne; the eleventh Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First; and in the tenth and thirteenth Years of the Reign of his present Majesty respectively; for repairing the Highways from Old, Stratford in the County of Northampton to Dunchurch, in the County of Warwick.
58. An Act to continue and render more effectual two Acts of Parliament made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, and in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, for repairing the Roads leading from Birmingham to Edghill, in the County of Warwick.
59. An Act for building a Bridge cross the River Trent, at or near a Place called Widen Ferry.
60. An Act to enlarge, alter, and render more effectual, the Term and Powers of an Act of the twelfth Year of his present Majesty, for repairing the Roads from Bakewell to Chesterfield in the County of Derby; and from Chesterfield to Work/op in the County of Nottingham; and other Roads therein mentioned.
61. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Cirencester in the County of Gloucesster, to Cricklade in the County of Wilts.
62. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Little Sheffield in the County of York, through the Towns of Hathersage, Hope, and Castleton, to Sparrowpit Gate in the County of Derby; and from the Guide Post near Barber's Field's Cupola, through Grindleford Bridge, Great Hucklow, Tidswell, Hardgate Wall, and Fairfield, to Buxton in the County of Derby.
63. An Act for repairing the Road from Leeds to Sheffield in the County of York.

64. An Act for enlarging the Terms and Powers of two Acts of Parliament, one passed in the nineteenth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty intituled, An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act passed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, for repairing the Road from the City of Gloucester to Stone, and other Roads therein mentioned; and for making the said Act more effectual; and the other passed in the twenty-second Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An Act for continuing two Acts of Parliament, the one passed in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, for amending the several Roads leading from the City of Bristol; and the other passed in the fourth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, to explain and amend the same Act; and for making the said Acts more effectual; and also for repairing other Roads therein mentioned; and for making all the said Acts more effectual; and for repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair, several other Roads.

65. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Tetbury, to the Gates on the West of Simond's Hall Down; and from the Turnpike-gate at the Top of Frocester Hill, to the Turnpike Road from Cirencester towards Bath; and from the Field called Bouldown Sleight, to the End of a Lane adjoining to the Road from Horsley to Tetbury, near Tittup's Inn; and from the Market-House in Tetbury, to the Turnpike Road on Minchin Hampton Common; and from the said Road in Minchin Hampton Field, unto the Turnpike Road from Circncester to Stroud, near Burnt Ash; and from the said Turnpike Road, to Taylor's Mill-pond in Chalford Bottom, and through Hide, to the Bottom of the Bourn Hill in the County of Gloucester.
66. An Act for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair, the Roads leading from Christian Malford Bridge in the County of Wilts, to Shillingford Gat in the County of Berks; and also from Swindon to Lyddenton Wall in the said County of Wilts.
67. An Act for widening and repairing several Roads leading from the Welch Gate and Cotton Hill, in the Town of Shrewsbury in the County of Salop,
68. An Act for amending the Road leading from Pengate in the Parish of Westbury in the County of Wilts, to Latchet's Bridge, near the East End of Market Lavington; and also the Road leading from Market Lavivgton Down, to the Turnpike Road near Dewey's Water; and also the Road leading from Bolesborough to Studley Lane End; and also the Road leading from Yarnbrook, to the Turnpike Road at Melksham in the said County of Wilts.
69. An Act to continue and render more effectual an Act made in the fifteenth Year of his present Majesty's Reign intituled, An Act for laying a Duty of Two Pennies Scots, or one sixth Part of a Penny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer which shall be brewed for Sale, brought into, tapped or sold, within the Town of Kirkcaldy, and Liberties thereof
70. An Act to enable the Trustees appointed for putting in Execution an Act passed in this Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for repealing so much of the Act of the fifteenth Year of his present Majesty, for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act of the thirteenth Year of his late Majesty King George the First, for repairing the Roads from Cirencester Town's End to Saint John's Bridge in the County of Gloucester, as directs that the Inhabitants of the several Parishes and Hamlets therein named, shall pass Toll-free; and for repairing the Street from the High Cross in Cirencester to the Town's End there; and for other Purposes therein mentioned; and for enlarging the Terms and Powers-granted by the said two former Acts; to reduce all or any of the Tolls granted by the said Act; and for appointing additional Trustees for putting the said Acts in Execution.
71. An Act for regulating, governing, preserving, and improving the Oyster Fishery in the River Colne, and Waters thereto belonging.
72. An Act for extending the Navigation of the River Calder, to or near to Sowerby Bridge in the Parish of Halifax; and for making navigable the River Hebble, Halig or Halifax Brook, from Brooksmouth to Salter Hebble Bridge in the County of York.
73. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Chawton Pond, in the Parish of Chawton in the County of Southampton, through Rumsdean Bottom, Westmean,Warnford, Exton, Bishop's Waltham, and over Sherrill Heath, and through Wickham and Fareham, to the Town of Gosport; and from Exton aforesaid, through Droxford, to the East End of Sherrill Heath in the said County.
74. An Act. for repairing and widening the Roads from the Town of Bishop's Waltham in the County of Southampton, over the Top of the Down called Stephen's Castle Down, and through Salt Lane and Titchborne, to the Town of New Alresford; and from the Market House in the said Town of New Alresford, through Old Alresford, Bradley Lane, and over Herriard Common, to the Town of Odiham in the said County.
75. An Act. for repairing and widening the Roads from the Town of Stockbridge in the County of Southampton, to the City of Winchester; and from the said City, through Bellmour Lane, to the Top of Steven's Castle Down, near the Town of Bishop's Waltham in the said County; and from the said City of Winchester, through Ottorborne, to Bargate, in the Town and County of the Town of Southampton.
76. An Act for Relief of the Coalheavers working upon the River Thames; and for enabling them to make a Provision for such of themselves as shall be Sick, Lame, or past their Labour, and for their Widows and Orphans.
77. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Swan Inn at Leatherhead, to the Maypole at the upper End of Spital or Somerset Street in the Parish of Stoake, near the Town of Guildford in the County of Surry.
78. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Town of Guldeford, to the Directing Post near the Town of Farnham in the County of Surry.

PUBLICK ACTS.

Anno 32 Georgii II.

37. AN Act for repairing and widening the High Road leading from the Town of Mansfield in the County of Nottingham, through the Towns of Pleasley, Glapwell, Heath and Normenton, and the Liberty of Hasland, to the Turnpike Road leading from the Town of Derby, to the Town of Chesterfield, in the County of Derby.
38. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Chappel Bar, near the West End of the Town of Nottingham, to Newhaven; and from The Four-Lane-Ends near Oakerthorpe, to Ashborne; and from the Cross Post on Wirksworth Moor, to join the. Road leading from Chesterfield, to Chappel-en-le-Frith, at or near Longston in the County of Derby; and from Selston, to Annesley Woodhouse, in the County of Nottingham.
39. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from the East End of the Town of Chard, to the South End of West Moor; and from, the West End of the Yeovil Turnpike Road, through ilminster, to Kenny Gate; and from the West End of Pease Marsh Lane, to Horton Elm; and from Saint Rane Hill, to Ilminster; and from White Cross, to Chillington Down; and from a Place called, Three Oaks, over Ilford Bridges to Bridge Cross, in, the County of Somerset.

40. An Act for repairing several Roads leading to the Town of Bridgewater, in the County of Somerset ; and for amending and rendering more effectual several acts for amending several Roads from the Cities of Gloucester and Brisftol, and several other Roads in the said Acts mentioned, in the Counties of Somerset and Gloucester.
41. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Cross at Broken Cross in Macclesfield, in the County of Chester, through Macclesfield Forest, to the present Turnpike Road at the South End of the Township of Buxton, in the County of Derby.
42. An Act for making the River Start navigable, in the Counties of Hertford and Essex, from the New Bridge in the Town of Bishop Stanford, into the River Lee, near a Place called The Rye, in the County of Hertford.
43. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Chesterfield to the Turnpike Road at Hernstone-Lane-Head; and also the Road branching from the said Road upon the East Moor, through Baslow and Wardlow, to the joining of the said Roads again near Wardlow Mires ; and also the Road leading between the said Road and Branch from Culver- Bridge, to Baslow-Bridge ; and also the Road from the Turnpike Road near Newhaven House, to the Turnpike Road near Grindleford Bridge, in the County of Derby.
44. An Act to continue, amend, and make effectual an Act passed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An Act for repairing the Roads from the North-west Parts of the County of Lincoln, through Nettlam Fields, Wragby Lane, and Baumber Fields, to the Wolds, or North-east Part of the said County; and also for repairing and widening the Roads from the Well, in Eastgate, in the City of Lincoln, and from the North-west End of Horncastle, and from the Guide Post at the East End of Hainton, through Barkwith, to the Roads directed to be repaired by the said Act.
45. An Act for repairing, widening, and rendering safe and commodious, several Roads leading from the Town of Southmolton, in the County of Devon.
46. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from a Place called The Old Gallows, in the Parish of Sunning, in the County of Berks, through Wokingham, New Bracknowl, and Sunning Hill, to Virginia Water, in the Parish of Egham, in the County of Surry.
47. An Act to amend and explain an Act made in the third year of his present Majesty 's Reign, intituled, An Act for making navigable the River Stroud water, in the County of Gloucester, from the River Severn, at or near Framiload, to Wallbridge, near the Town of Stroud, in the same County.
48. An Act for repairing the Road from Wakefield to Austerlands, in the West Riding of the County of York.
49. An Act for the better enlightening and cleansing the open Places, Streets, Squares, Lanes, Courts, and other Passages, within the Part of the Manor and Liberty of Norton Folgate, otherwise Norton Folley, in the County of Middlesex, which is extraparochial ; and regulating the nightly Watch and Beadles therein.
50. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Oxdown Gate, in Popham Lone, to the City of Winchester; and from the said City, through Hursley, to Chandler's Ford; and from Hursley aforefaid, to the Turnpike Road at Romsey; and from the said Turnpike Road, through Ringwood, in the County of Southampton, to Longham Bridge and Winborne Minster, in the County of Dorset.
51. An Act to explain, amend and render more effectual, the Powers granted by several Acts of Parliament for repairing several Roads leading to the City of Bath; and for amending several other Roads near the said City
52. An Act for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair the Road from the Hollow Way on the West Side of Lord Clifford's Park Gate, where the Exeter Turnpike Road ends, to a Place called Biddaford, in the County of Devon.
53. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Grantham, in the County of Lincoln, through Bottesford and Bingham, to Nottingham Trent Bridge; and from Chappel Bar, near the West End of the Town of Nottingham, to Saint Mary's Bridge, in the Town of Derby; and from the Guide Post in the Parish of Lenton, to Sawley Ferry.
54. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Dewsbury to Ealand, in the West Riding of the County of York.
55. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from the Town of Mold to the Town of Denbigh, and from thence to Tal-y-Cafn and Conway ; and from the Town of Wrexham to the Towns of Ruithin, Denbigh, and the Town and Port of Ruthland, in the Counties of Denbigh, Flint, and Carnarvon.
56. An Act for laying a duty of two Pennies Scots, or one sixth Part of a Penny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Ale, Porter and Beer, which shall be brewed for Sale, brought into, tapped or sold, within the Town of Kelso, in the Shire of Roxburgh, for finishing a Bridge cross the River Tweed, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
58. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from a Place called Littlegate, at the Top of Leadenham Hill, in the County of Lincoln, to the West End of Barnby Gate, in Newark upon Trent; and from the Guide Post at the Division of Kelham and Muskham Lanes, to Mansfield; and from Southwell to Oxton, in the County of Nottingham.
59. An Act for establishing, regulating and maintaining a nightly Watch, and for enlightening the open Places and Streets, within the Town of Guildford, in the County of Surrey.
60. An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual, an Act passed in the sixth Year of the Reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for erecting a Workhouse in the Town and Borough of Plymouth, in the County of Devon ; and for setting the Poor on Work, and maintaining them there ; and for obliging the Mayor and Commonalty of Plymouth to contribute towards the County Rates of Devon; and for applying, for the Relief of the Poor in the said Workhouse, certain Surplus Monies which have formerly arisen by the assessments for raising the Land Tax in the said Town.
61. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Town of Derby, to the Town of Newcastle under Lyne, in the County of Stafford.
62. An Act for discharging the Inhabitants of the Town of Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, from the custom of grinding their Corn and Grain, except Malt, at certain Water Corn Mills in the said Town, called The School Mills; and for making a proper Recompence to the Feoffees of such Mills.
63. An Act for improving the Navigation of the River Clyde to the City of Glasgow ; and for building a Bridge cross the said River, from the said Citv to the Village of Gorbells.

63. An Act to continue and amend two Acts, one made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, and the other in the seventeensh Year of his present Majesty, for repairing certain Roads leading from Chippenham, and for repairing several Roads leading from Chippenham Bridge ; and to repeal so much of an Act made in the twenty-ninth Year of his present Majesty, as relates to the Road between the said Bridge and Lower Stanton in the County of Wilts.

64. An Act for making and compleating the Navigation of the River Wear, from and including South Biddick, or Biddick Ford, in the County of Durham, to the City of Durham ; and for repealing so much of an Act made in the twentieth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for the better Preservation and Improvement of the River Wear, and Port and Haven of Sunderland,in the County of Durham; as relates to making the said River navigable between the said two Places called South Biddick, or Biddick Ford, and New Bridge, in the County of Durham.
65. An Act for continuing, amending and rendering more effectual, so much of an Act made in the twentieth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for the better Preservation and Improvement of the River Wear, and Port and Haven of Sunderland, in the County of Durham; as relates to the Port and Haven of Sunderland, and the River Wear, between South Biddick, or Biddick Ford, and the said Port and Haven.
66. An Act for amending and widening the Roads leading from Stretford's Bridge, in the County of Hereford, to the New Inn in the Parish of Winstanstow, in the County of Salop ; and also the Road from Blue Mantle Hall, near Mortimer s Cross, to Aymstrey in the said County of Hereford; and for repealing so much of an Act made in the twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, as relates to the Road from Mortimer' s Cross to Aymstrey Bridge.
67. An Act for repairing the Road from the South End of the South Street, in the Parish of South Mailing, near the Town of Lewes, to Glyndbridge ; and from thence through Firle Street under the Hill, to Longbridge, in the Parish of Alfriston, in the County of Sussex.
68. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Modbury, through the Town of Plympton, to the North End of Lincotta Lane, in the County of Devon.
69. An Act for repairing, amending and widening the Roads from the South West End of Nether Bridge, in the County of Westmorland, by Sizergbfellslde, to Levels Bridge, and from thence through the Town of Millthrop, to Dixes; and from the Town of Millthrop aforesaid, to Hangbridge, and from thence to join the Heron Syke Turnpike Road, at the Guide Post near Clawthrop Hall, in the County aforesaid.
70. An Act for repairing and widening the Road leading from the East Side of Barnsley Common, in the County of York, to the Middle of Grange Moor, and from thence to White Cross ; and also the Road from the Guide Post, in Barugh, to a Rivulet called Barugh Brook, and from thence for two hundred Yards over and beyond the same Rivulet or Brook into the Township of Cawthorne, in the said County.
71. An Act for repairing and widening the High Road from Wetherby to Graffington, in the County of York.

PUBLICK ACTS.

Anno 33 Georgii II.

33. AN Act to amend and render more effectual two Acts passed in the eleventh and seventeenth Years of the Reign of his present Majesty, for repairing several Roads leading to and from the Town of Derby, in the County of Derby.
34. An Act for making more effectual, and continuing the Term, and enlarging and altering the Powers of an Act made in the twentieth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, for repairing and widening the Road leading from the City of Gloucester, towards the City of Hereford; and for repairing other Roads in the County of Gloucester, in the said Act mentioned.
35. An Act for erecting Piers, and other Works, for the Security and Improvement of the Harbour of New Shoreham, in the County of Sussex, and for keeping the same in Repair.
36. An Act for repairing several Roads leading to the Town of Oakhampton, in the County of Devon.
37. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of two acts made in the fifth Year of his late Majesty, and in the ninth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, for repairing the Road from Beaconsfield in the County of Bucks, to Stoken Church, in the County of Oxon.
38. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act made in the twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road leading from Market Harborough, in the County of Leicester, to the Pound in the Parish of Brampton, in the County of Huntingdon; and by one other Act made in the twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, for explaining, amending and rendering more effectual the said former Act.
39. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Turnpike Road near the West End of the Town of Chesterfield, to Matlock Bridge ; and. also the Road leading out of the said Road over Darley Bridge, to Cross Green; and also the Road leading out of the last-mentioned Road, to the Turnpike Road near Rowesly Bridge, in the County of Derby.
40. An Act for extending the Powers granted by an Act passed in the twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, for repairing the Road leading from the Royal Oak, on Wrotham Heath, to the Town of Wrotham, in the County of Kent, and from thence to the Village of Foots-Cray, in the said County, to the Road leading from the Royal Oak, on Wrotham Heath, to the Town of Maidstone
41. An Act for amending, widening and keeping in Repair, the High Road from the Borough of Tamworth, to Ashby de la Zouch, in the County of Leicester ; and from Sawley Ferry in the said County, to a Turnpike Gate, at or near the End of Swarcliff Lane, leading to Ashby de la Zouch aforesaid.
42. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Haleworthy, in the Parish of Davidstow, in the County of Cornwall, to the East End of Wadebridge in the said County; and from the West End of Wadebridge aforesaid, into and through the Borough of Mitchell, in the said County.
43. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by several Acts of Parliament of the eighth Year of her late Majesty Queen Anne, the ninth Year of his late Majesty King George the First, and the fifteenth, Year of his present Majesty's Reign, for repairing the Highways between the House commonly called The Horseshoe House, in the Parish of Stoke Goldington, in the County of Bucks, and the Town of Northampton, and the Road from the North Bridge of Newport Pagnel, in the County of Bucks, to the Horseshoe House.
44. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers contained in two several Acts of Parliament, made in the twelfth and sixteenth Years of the Reign of his present Majesty, for repairing the Road from the Duncow in the Town of Dunchurch, to the Town of Hillmorton, in the County of Warwick; and from thence to Saint James's End, in the Parish of Duston, in the County of Northampton ; and for making the fame Acts more effectual.
45. An Act for extending and continuing the Navigation of the River Wey, otherwise Wye, in the County of Surry, to the Town of Godalming, in the said County.
46. An Act for repairing and widening the High Roads from Hinckley, to Woefull Bridge, and also from Hooash-Lane, through Old Lane, and from Swannington to Lee Gutter ; and from thence to Melbourn Common, and from lbstock to Measham, in the Counties of Leicester and Derby.
47. An Act for amending, widening and keeping in Repair, several Roads therein mentioned, lying in the Counties of Derby, Leicester and Warwick.
48. An Act for diverting, altering, widening, repairing and amending the Roads from the Town of Halifax, and from Sowerby Bridge, in the County of York, by Todmorden, to Burnley and Littleborougb, in the County of Lancaster.
49. An Act to amend an Aft passed in the seventh Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, for making the River Weaver navigable, from Frodsham Bridge to Winsford Bridge, in the County of Chesster; and for the more effectual preserving and improving the Navigation of the said River.
50. An Act for amending, widening and keeping in Repair, several Roads leading from the Market House in the Town of Kidderminsster, in the County of Worcester.
51. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Bars at Boughton, within the Liberties of the City of Chester, to Whitchurch ; and from thence to Newport, in the County of Salop, to Ivetsey Bank, in the County of Stafford; and from thence to Castle Bromwich, and Stone Bridge, in the Parish of Hampton on Arden, in the County of Warwick; and from Castle Bromwich, to Birmingham in the same County.
52. An Act for rebuilding, widening and enlarging the Bridge over the River Avon, in the City of Bristol, and erecting a temporary Bridge adjoining; and for widening the Streets, Lanes, Ways and Passages, leading thereto, and for building another Bridge, over some other Part of the said River, within the said City, if necessary ; and for opening proper Ways and Passages thereto.
53. An Act for laying a Duty of two Pennies Scots, or one sixth Part of a Penny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Ale, Porter or Beer, brewed for Sale, or vended, within the Town and Parish of Dalkeith.
54. An Act for raising Money for finishing and compleating the Repair of Leeds Bridge, in the County of York, and for the purchasing and taking down the Houses and Buildings, which straiten and obstruct the Passage to and over the said Bridge.
55. An Act for amending and widening the Road from Bawtry to Sheffield, and from Sheffield to the South Side of Wortley, in the County of York, where it joins the Turnpike Road, leading from Rotherham to Manchester. |An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Deanburn Bridge, through Greenlaw, and Part of the Jedburgh Road, by Lauder, in the Shire of Beriwick, to Cornhill, in the County of Durham; and for building a Bridge over the Tweed, near Coldstream.
56. An Act for the amending, widening and keeping in Repair, the Road leading from the thirty-nine Mile Stone, at the upper End of Stone Street, in the Town of Maidstone, in the County of Kent, to a certain Place called Tubb's Lake, in the Parish of Cranbrooke, in the said County.
57. An Act for repairing the Roads from the Town of Brecon, to the Parish of Brobury, and to Whitney Passage, in the County of Hereford and for building a Bridge over the River Wye, at Bredwardine Passage, in the same County.
58. An Act for amending, widening and keeping in Repair, several Roads, leading to the Borough of Launceston, in the County of Cornwall.

PUBLICK ACTS.

Anno 1 Georgii III.

24. An Act for repairing and widening several Roads leading to and through the Towns of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and Dorchester, in the County of Dorset.
25. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the East End of West Taphouse Lane, to the Borough of Liskeard, and from thence to Coomb Row House ; and also the Road from the said Borough of Liskeard, to Crasthole, and from thence to Crimble Passage and Tar Point, and from Crafthole aforesaid, to Saint German's Beacon, in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon.
26. An Act for making, widening and repairing a Road from the North East Side of the Goswell Street Road, next Islington, in the County of Middlesex, and near to the Road called the New Road, over the Fields and Grounds to Old Street Road, oppofite to the Doghousebar, and at and from the Doghousebar, to the End of Chiswell Street, by the Artillery Ground.
27. An Act for repairing and widening the Road leading from the Eastern End of the Borough of Grampound, in the County of Cornwall, through the Towns of Saint Austell and Lostiwithiel, and from thence to the East End of the Western Taphouse Lane, in the said County.
28. An Act for enlightening the Streets within the City of Exeter, and Suburbs thereof.
29. An Act for repairing and widening, the Roads from Dyed Way, to Somerton ; and from Gawbridge, to Tintinhull Fords ; and from a Stream of Water called Ford, to Cargate, in Martock, in the County of Somerset.
30. An Act for continuing and amending an Act made in the sixteenth Year of his late Majesty's Reign, for repairing the Highways from the City of Gloucester, to the Top of Birdlip Hill; and from the Foot of the said. Hill, to the Top of Crickley Hill.
31. An Act to explain and amend so much of an Act passed in the thirty-fecond Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, intituled, An Act to explain, amend and render more effectual, the Powers grants by several Acts of Parliament for repairing several Roads leading to the City of Bath ; and for amending several other Roads near the said City; as directs the laying out a new Road from the Bridge at Bath to Rush Hill.
32. An Act for amending and widening the Road leading from the Town of Falmouth, in the County of Cornwall, through the Towns of Penryn, Helston, and Marazion, and from thence to and over Marazion River and Bridge, and two hundred Feet to the Westward of; the said River and Bridge.
33. An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the thirty-first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for repairing the Road from Leeds to Sheffield, in the County of York.
34. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Traveller's Rest, in the Parish of Ashburton, to Newton Bushel, and from thence to Forches otherwise Forgers Cross, in the Parish of Highweek, in the County of Devon.
35. An Act for amending the Road from Sacred Gate, in the Parish of Thorngumbald, to Pattrington Creek, or Haven; and from the Guide Post in Winestead, to Frodingham Gate, in or near Widow Brauton's Farm, in the County of York; and for scouring and cleansing the said Creek or Haven.
36. An Act for discontinuing the Use of a Road, in the Parish of Great Partington, in the County of Warwick; and for preventing the Trustees, appointed to put in Execution an Act passed in the thirty-third Year of his late Majesty's Reign, for repairing. the Road from Stone Bridge, to Castle Bromwich, from erecting a Gate or Turnpike between Stone Bridge and the Place where the Road turns off to Coleshill, in the County of Warwick.
37. An Act for amending, widening and keeping in Repair, the Road leading from Fisherton Bridge, to the Turnpike Road at Willougbby Hedge in West Knoyle, and from Wilton Bridge to the Turnpike Road at the West End of Heytesbury; and also the Road from the Turnpike Road at the Top of Red Hone Hill, in the Parish of Urshfont, to the Mile-stone at the Western End of Fisherton Street, in the County of Wilts.
38. An Act for repairing the Parish Church of Croydon, in the County of Surry.
39. An Act for amending and widening the Road from the Town of Stone to Wordsley Green Gate; and from, the West End of Bilston Street, in Wolverhampton, to the High Street opposite the Old Bush in Dudley; and from a Place called Burnt-Tree, near Dudley, to Birmingham; and from the Market Crofs in Wolverhampton, to Cannock, in the Counties of Stafford, Worcester and Warwick.
40. An Act for rendering for effectual several Acts passed in the tenth Year of her late Majesty Queen Anne, in the eleventh Year of his late Majesty King George the First, and in the eleventh Year of his late Majesty King George the Second, for enlarging, amending and maintaining the Road from Dartford to Northfleet and Gravesend, and from Gravesend to Chalk, and from Northfleet to Chalk, and from thence to the Stones End near the Parish Church of Strood, in the County of Kent.
41. An Act for amending and widening the Roads from the Turnpike upon Gatherly Moor, in the County of York, to Staindrop, in the County of Durham; and from the said Turnpike Road, near Smallways, across the River Tees, to Winston, 'in the said County of Durham; and for building a Bridge over the said River, at or near Winston Ford.
42. An Act for repairing and amending the Road leading from Whitecross, in the Parish of Leven in Holderness, in the East Riding of the County of York, to the Town of Beverley, in the said County.
43. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Borough of Appleby, in the County of Westmorland, through the Township of Orton, to Kirby Kendal; and from Orton, to the Turnpike Road near Shapp, and from Highgate near Tebay, in a Part of the Highway between Appleby and Kirby Kendal, through the Town of Kirby Steven, to the Town of Market Brough, in the said County.
44. AN Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Mullen's Pond in the County of Southampton to the Eighteen Mile Stone from the City of Salisbury near Willougbby Hedge; and from West Amesbury to Anstlow Hill; and from Amesbury to Fiddleton; and from the New Inn in Amesbury to the End of the Parish leading to Durrington; and from Wily to Cook's House and Landford; and from Beacon Hill to the Nag's Head; and from thence be Mile of the Road leading to Shrewton in the County of Wilts.
46. An Act for supplying the Town of Halifax with Water.
47. An Act for rendering more effectual several Acts parted in the fifth Year of his late Majesty King George the First, and the thirteenth Year of his late Majesty King George the Second, for repairing the Roads from the Top of Stokenchurch Hill to Enslow Bridge, through the City of Oxford, by Begbrooke, to New Woodstock in the County of Oxon; and for repairing the Road from the Crown Alehouse, to the Turnpike on Stoktnchurch Hill aforesaid; and for repairing the Mile-ways on each Side the said City, as therein mentioned.
48. An Act for repairing, widening, and altering, the Road from Sandon in the County of Stafford, to Budlock-Smithy in the County of Chester; and from Hilderstone, to Draycott in the Moors; and from Wetly Rocks, to Tean in the said County of Stafford.
49. An Act for repairing and widening several Roads in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, leading to the Borough of Saltash in the County of Cornwall.
50. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from a certain Place near Bolton in the Moors, to Leigh; and thence to the Guide Post near Golbourne Dale, and to the South End of Newton Bridge; and from the said Guide Post to Winwick; and from Newton, by Parr Stocks, to the Guide Post in Parr in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
51. An Act for better regulating the Poor; maintaining a Nightly Watch; lighting, paving, and cleansing the Streets, Rows, and Partages; providing Fire Engines and Firemen; and regulating the Hackney Coachmen, Chairmen, Carmen, and Porters; within the City of Chester.
52. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Lostwithiel Turnpike Road, in the Parish of Creed in the County of Cornwall, through Tregony, to Ruan Lanehorne; and from Dennis Water, to Three hundred Yards on the South Side of Trethim Mill, in the Parish of Saint Just in the said County.
53. An Act for the Enlightening the Streets, Lanes, and Partages, within the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham.
54. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by two several Acts, parted in the sixth and sixteenth Years of his late Majesty, for the more effectual repairing the Roads leading from Wadesmill in the County of Hertford, to Barley and Royston; and for making the said Acts more effectual.
55. An Act for amending and widening the Road from the Turnpike Road at or near the Town of Swindon, to the North End or Side of the Town of Marlborough, and from the said Town of Marlborough to the Village of Everley in the County of Wilts.
56. An Act for repairing, widening, and altering, several Roads leading from Tavistock to Plymouth, and other Places in the County of Devon.
57. An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair, the Road leading from Fisherton Bridge, to the Turnpike Road at Willoughby Hedge in West Knoyle, and from Wilton Bridge, to the Turnpike Road at the West End of Heytesbury; and also the Road from the Turnpike Road at the Top of Red Hone Hill, in the Parish of Urshfont, to the Mile-stone at the Western-End of Fisherton Street, in the County of Wilts.
58. An Act for building a Bridge cross the River Teese, at or near the Ferry in the Parish of Stockton, in the County of Durham.
59. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads leading from Kelsall, in the County of Salop, to Whiston Cross, and from thence over Burnhill Green Rudge Heath, by the Two New Inns, and to a Place called High Gate Warren in the County of Stafford.
60. An Act for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair, the Road, from Castle-Street, at the End of the Town of Hinckley, to Lutterworth Towns End, and from, or near, the Guide Post, at Walcot Town's End in the County of Leicester, to the Eighty Mile Stone in Welford Field in the County of Northampton.
61. An Act; for continuing and rendering more effectual an Act passed in the tenth Year of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for continuing an Act passed in the third Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the First, for laying a Duty of Two Pennies Scots, or one sixth Part of a Penny Sterling, on every Pint of Ale or Beer, that shall be vended or sold within the Town of Dumfries, and Privileges thereof, for paying the Debts of the said Town, and for building a Church, and making a Harbour there; and for laying a Duty on the Tonnage of Shipping, and a Duty on Goods imported and exported, into and out of the Port of the said Town, for the better repairing of the said Harbour.
62. An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act made in the twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, for making navigable Sankey Brook in the County of Lancaster, and for the extending and improving the said Navigation.
64. An Act to amend an Aft made in the thirty-second Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, for repairing and widening several Roads therein mentioned, in the Counties of Southampton and Dorset; and for amending and widening the Road between Ringwood Gate, in the County of Southampton to Woolfbridge;. and from thence to the Great Weftern Road, between a Place called Thick Thorn and Cashmore Inn.
65. An Act for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor, and for cleansing the Streets, Lanes, and other Passages and Places, in the Parish of Saint James, within the Liberty of Westminster, and for enlarging the Church Yard belonging to the said Parish.
66. An Act for repairing, widening, turning, and shortening the Road leading from the Turnpike Road on Farrad's Common in the Parish of Bradford, through Holt and Melksham to Homans Stile, in the Parish of Laycock in the County of Wilts.
67. An Act for repairing and widening, the Road from the Turnpike Road at Weyhill in the County of Southampton, to the Turnpike Road at Lyde Way in the County of Wilts.
68. An Act for altering, widening, and amending, the Road from the North Gate of the City of Winchester, over Worthy Cow Down, through Whitchurch, and other Places, to Newtown River, and also the Road from Worthy Cow Down aforesaid, through Wherwell, to the present Turnpike Road at Andover in the County of Southampton.
69. An Act for repairing and widening the High Road, leading from Ashborne in the County of Derby, to the Town of Leek in the County of Stafford, and from Ryecroft Gate upon Rushton Common, to Congleton in the County of Chester; and also the Road leading from Blyth Marsh in the County of Stafford, through Cheadl, Oakamoor, and Blore, to the Turnpike Road, from Ashborne to Buxton near Thorp in the County of Derby.
70. An Act for amending, widening, altering, and keeping in Repair, the Road from the South End of Sparrows Heme on Bushey Heath, through the Market Towns of Watford, Berkhamstead Saint Peters, and Tring, in the County of Hertford, by Pettiphers Elms, to the Turnpike Road at Walton, near Alesbury in the County of Bucks.
71. An Act for amending, widening and keeping in Repair, several Roads leading from Bridge Town Pomeroy, and from Teing Bridge in the County of Devon.
73. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from the White Post, on Haselden's Wood, in the Parish of Cranbrooke, to Appledore Heath; and from Milk House Street, in the same Parish, to Castledens Oak, in the Parish of Biddenden; and from Golford Green, in the said Parish of Cranbrooke, to Tanner's Vent, in the Parish of Benenden, all in the County of Kent.
74. An Act for repairing the Road from the Turnpike Road on the Top of Whitefheet Hill, to a Place called the Hare Warren; and from thence to the Index Post, standing near the Blandford Turnpike Road, on the Side of Harnham Hill; and also for repairing and widening the Road, from the said Index Post, to a House called Master Baker's Farm House in the County of Wilts.
75. An Act for continuing, enlarging, and rendering more effectual, so much of an Act made in the fourteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for enlarging the Terms and Powers granted by two Acts of Parliament for repairing the Roads leading from Seven Oaks to Woodsgate and Tonbridge Wells; and from Woodsgate to Kipping's Cross, in the County of Kent; and also for repairing the Roads from Kippings Cross aforesaid, to Lamberhurst Pound and Pullen's Hill, in the said County; and to Flimwell Vent, in the County of Sussex; as relates to the amending, repairing, and keeping in Repair, the said Roads, leading, from Kipping's Cross aforesaid, to Lamberhurst Pound, Pullens Hill, and Flimwell Vent aforesaid.
76. An Act for building two new Churches, and providing Burial Places, within the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster; and for the better preserving the Pavements of the Streets in the said Town; and for ascertaining the Fares and Prices to be paid Carters, Carmen, Hackney Coachmen, and Chairmen, and for regulating their Behaviour within the said Town.
77. An Act for explaining and amending so much of two Acts of the twenty-seventh and twenty-ninth Years of his late Majesty, for repairing feveral Roads therein mentioned,, in the Counties of Leicester and Warwick, as relates to the Road between Hinckley and Coventry.
78. An Act to amend and render more effectual several Acts made for cleansing and enlightening the Streets of the Town of Kingston upon Hull-, and for preventing Annoyances therein.
79. An Act for continuing the Term and Powers of an Act, made in the fourteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, intituled, An Act for repairing the Road from Doncaster, through the Parish of Peniston, in the County of York, to Salter's Brook, in the County of Chester ; and also the Road from Rotherham, in the said County of York, to Hartcliffe Hill, in the said Parish of Peniston; and for making the said Act more effectual, so far as the same relates, to the said Road between Doncaster and Salter's Brook.
80. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Flimwell Vent, in the County of Sussex, through Highgate in the County of Kent, and the Parishes of Sandhurst, Neeenden, and Northiam, to Rye, in the said County of Sussex ; and from Highgate aforesaid, to Cooper's Corner in the said County of Sussex, and to Tubb's Lake in the said County of Kent.
81. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from a certain Bridge, called James Deeping Stone Bridge, to Peter's Gate in Stamford in the County of Lincoln, and from thence to the South End of the Town of Mercet in the County of Rutland.
82. An Act to amend and render more effectual_ an Act made in the twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, intituled, An Act for amending and keeping in Repair the Roads leading from Meadbrook, which divides the Parishes of Pucklechurch and Mangotsfield in the County of Gloucester, to Christian Malford Bridge in the County of Wilts, and also from Pucklechurch aforesaid, to certain Coal Mines in the said Parish.
83. An Act for repairing and widening the High Road leading from the North End of Ballingdon Bridge, in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, to the South Gate in Berry Saint Edmunds in the said County.
84. An Act for amending and widening the Road leading from the High Post Road near the Town of Faversham by Bacon's Water, through Ashford, to the Town and Port of Hythe in the County of Kent, and from Bacon's Water, to a certain Lane, called Holy-Lane, in Wincheap, near the City of Canterbury.
85. An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers, and also to render more effectual an Act for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair, the several Roads from the Town of Pool in the County of Montgomery, to Wrexham in the County of Denbeigh ; and also the Road From Knockin in the County of Salop, to Llanrhaiader, in Mochnant in the County of Denbeigh, and to repair and widen several other Roads therein mentioned.
86. An Act for amending and widening the Road from the Market House, in Stourbridge, to Colly Gate, in Cradley, and from Pedmore, to Holly Hall, and from Colly Gate, to Halesowen, and from the Turnpike Road on Dudley Wood, to Rednal Green, in the Parish of King's Norton, and from Carter's Lane, to the Bell Inn at Northfield, in the Counties of Worcester, Stafford and Salop.
87. An Act for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair, several Roads leading from Cleobury Mortimer; the Cross Houses, Glazeley, and the Turnpike Gate on Abberley Hill, in the Counties of Salop and Worcester.
88. An Act for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair, several Roads therein mentioned, lying in the Counties Leicester and Warwick, and in the County of the City of Coventry.
89. An Act for widening, repairing, and amending, the Road from Hesket, by Yewes Bridge, to Cockermouth,and from thence by Lorton, over Whinlatter, to Keswick, in the County of Cumberland; and from Keswick, by Dummail Rays and Ambleside, to Kirby in Kendall in the County of Wesmorland ; and from Plumbgarth's Cross, near Kirby in Kendall aforesaid, to the Lake called Windermere, in the County of Westmorland; and from Keswick aforesaid, to the Town of Penrith, in the County of Cumberland.
90. An Act to continue, and render more effectual, an Act passed in the thirtieth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, For amending, widening and keeping in Repair, the Road leading from Burleigh Bridge, in the Town of Loughborough, to Ashby de la Zouch in the County of Leicester ; and for repairing and widening the Road, branching out of the said Road, at Coleorton Church, over Coleorton Moor, and through Worthington and Sutton Bonington, to Rempston, in the Counties of Leicester and Nottingham.
91. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Kirkby-Steven High Lane Head, in the County of Westmorland, through Sedburgh, to Greeta Bridge, in the County Palatine of Lancasser; and from Bracken Bar Gate, near Askrigg, in the County of York, through Sedbergh, to Kirkby Kendal; and also the Road from the four Lane Ends in Marthwaite, to the Turnpike Road on Grayrigg House, leading from Appleby, to Kirkby Kendal, in the said County of Westmorland.
92. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Cosham, in the County of Southampton, to the City of Chichester.
93. An Act to impower the Commissioners and Trustees named and appointed by, and in pursuance of, an Act of Parliament made in the tenth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, for making more effectual an Act made in the ninth Year of his Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for compleating the Repairs of the Harbour of Dover, in the County of Kent, and for restoring the Harbour of Rye, in the County of Sussex, to its ancient Goodness, so far as the same relates to the Harbour of Rye, to let the Sea and Tides into a new Cut or Channel, made in Pursuance of the said Act of the tenth Year of his said late Majesty's Reign, as far as a Wall, called Winchelsea Wall.
94. An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers granted by an act passed in the eleventh Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, for continuing several Acts relating to the Harbour of Liverpool, and for enlarging the laid Harbour, by making an additional Dock, and building a Pier in the open Harbour there, and for enlightening the said Dock, and for making another Dock with proper Piers in the said Harbour, and for erecting Lighthouses, and other proper Lights, in or near the Port of Liverpool.
95. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of several Acts of Parliament, relating to the Harbour of Whitehaven, in the County of Cumberland, and to the Roads leading to the said Harbour and Town of Whitehaven; and for further enlarging the said Harbour ; and for lighting the said Town, and supplying the same with Water ; and for regulating the Carmen there; and for repealing so much of an Act of the twenty-third Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, as relates to the Road from Calder Bridge, to Egrement, and directing how the said Road shail be repaired, and for repairing several other Roads therein mentioned, in the said County.