Rebuilding of London Act 1670

XLI. The Channel of Bridewell Dock from the Thames to Holborn Bridge to be made navigable. Breadth of Wharfs, &c.

Buildings to front and be of the Second Rate, according to 18 & 19 C. II. c. 8. (19 Car. II. c. 3.) Regulations as to Lighters, &c. lying before the Wharfs, and landing Goods; and as to Rates to be set by the King and Council. Certain other Rates may be set by Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, with the Approbation of Two Barons of the Exchequer.

And bee it further enacted by the authoritie aforesaid That for the further convenience of Trade the Channell of Bridewell docke from the Channell of the River of Thames to Holbourne bridge shall be sunke to a sufficient Levell, whereby to make it navigable. And that the Ground to be sett out for the breadth of the said Channell and of the Wharfes on each side thereof shall not be lesse in breadth then One hundred foote, nor shall exceede One hundred and twenty foote in breadth. And that the Line of the said Channell and Wharfes and Levells thereof together with the Cranes and Staires to be placed thereon shall be ascertained by the said Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen with his Majestyes Approbation, and sett out by the Surveyours accordingly at or before the first day of May next ensueing. And that all the said Wharfe ground on each side of the said intended River shall lye open and at large (Cranes and Staires onely excepted) without any division or separacc[i]on, and each persons propriety therein to be distinguished onely by Denter stones in the pavement thereof, [X1 And that all Buildings that shall hereafter immediately border upon each side of the said Wharfes shall front and be placed in the Line that shall be sett out for the bounds of the breadth of the Wharfes from the Channell, And that the said Buildings shall be of the second rate of Buildings mentioned in the said Act for rebuilding wherein such Regularity of Building shall be observed and under such penaltyes as are contained in the said Act,] And that noe Lighter, Boate or Vessell shall lye before any the [X2 said] last mentioned Wharfes or Keyes longer then shall be necessary for the ladeing or unladeing of Goods without the consent or permission of the Wharfingers or Proprietors thereof. And that it shall [X3 and may] be lawfull for any person or persons to land any Goods or [X4 Merchandices] at any of the said Wharfes or Keyes within the intended Channell or Cutt soe to be made for Wharfage & Cranage, whereof every Proprietor, Wharfinger or other person concerned shall demand and receive such Rates and noe other for the same as shall from time to time be sett and appointed by his said Majestie with the advice of his Privy Councill as aforesaid. And that certaine reasonable Rates for Tolls and other Proffitts ariseing by the Navigation of the said Channell or Cutt shall be sett and appointed by the Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen with Approbation of the Barons of the Exchequer or two or more of them and the same Tolls or Proffitts vested in the Maior Commonaltie and Citizens of the City of London for preservation of the said Navigation Sluces and other incident charges thereof.

Editorial Information

X1 annexed to the Original Act in a separate Schedule.

X2 interlined on the Roll.

X3 interlined on the Roll.

X4 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Merchandize O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]