Try running a search on
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/chron-tables/chron-index.htm
which is a useful chronological list of private and local acts, of which
this may be one.
And 'late' doesn't necessarily mean recent.
Best wishes,
Gill Cookson
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----- Original Message -----
From: E & R Shanahan <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 12:24 AM
Subject: Acts of Parliament around 1832
> It has been very quiet on the list of late, so I have a question for
members
> We have a letter dated 1832 and it has this paragraph
>
> quote
> I ought to have written to you before this time as to the proposed
purchase
> of three cottages belonging to the parish of Swinstead, formerly such
> property could not be sold but by a late Act of Parliament the
> Churchwardens and Overseers are authorised by the directions of a Vestry
> and with the consent of two Justices of the peace to sell any Work or
other
> house belonging to the parish. Lord Willoughby can therefore have a
> complete title under this Act to the houses in question.
> Unquote
>
> So my question is :-
> Which 'late Act of Parliament' would have covered this subject, and how
> on earth would I go about finding out, apart from asking the
knowledgeable
> members of this list?
> I wondered if it might have been the 1832 Reform Act, but from what I
> remembered of that it was more the next level of government, rather than
> Parish Councils. Has anyone any ideas please?
>
> Eunice in Queensland.
>
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