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(For- the CON'S.ERVATIciN of the :dyer WANDI
DR s • NAaE of Lie e'..e %V :.Plot Vll,l.Atibla lying
CROYDON and the i' A. `,l ES, and -; Malta 1 ;V.s aelt
the • i ETROPOI.I4 SOUTH of the T: and PLACES AD-
JACEN a, at CONSTANT and litG . r: V.lO E.)
NOTIteE Iy seEleE y Glvi N, That ap iication is intended to be
Made to raruament in the ensuing session for an act to incorporate
a company for the purpose of providing a new sewage outfall for the
town of Croydon, and for. the sewage of the several towns, parishes,
hamlets, villages, districts• and other places lying between Croydon
and the Thames, and for collecting, filtering, and storing the waters
of the River Wandle.and its tributaries (when freed from impurities)
for the supply of the inhabitants of the metropolis south of the Thames,
at constant and high service; with power to raise the capital re-
quired for the purposes of such company, and also to borrow certain
sums of money in manner to be provided by the said intended act,
and all other usual and necessary powers ; —And that, tor the pur-
poses of providing for such sewage outfall as aforesaid, it is proposed
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to enable the said company to construct and maintain the several
works following. or some of them, that is to say, a sub erof
ranean main sewer or drain commencing the pa h
Croydon, otherwise St. James's Croydon, n the county of
Surrey. upon or near to a piece of
ground and building belongmto the Local Board of Health of Croydon, and called or known
as the " Filter" or " Filter House," or "Sewage Filter
House," by a junction with certain pipes, conduits, pitsoi
cesspools, and other works belonging to the said Local Board
Health of Croydon, and passing from, in, through. or into the
parishes, villages, hamlets, districts, and places of Beddington, w al-
lingtod, Mitcham, Tooting, Streatham, Wimbledon, Wandsworth, or
some of them, and terminating by a junction with the river Wandle,
at or near to the work or mill called or known as the "Lower Mill"
or " Tide Mill," and at the north side thereof in the parlsa of.W ands-
worth, otherwise All teents Wandsworth; also an outfall sewer for
the sewerage of the high level districts commeneing by a junction
with the -aid main or trunk sewer at a point about 950 yards to the
north of Mitcham Church, and terminating by a juncaon with a cer-
tain tower, culvert, or drain. proposed to be constructed by the Metro-
politan Commissioners of Sewers for the high level main drainage of
the surrey and Kent districts, at or near the junction of the Union-
- road with Clapham-rise in the parish of Clapham. Also an outfall
sewer for the low level districts commencing by a junction with the
said main or trunk sewer at a point on or about the north .end of
Rain Lane, In theparish of Wandsworth, otherwise All Saints, Wands-
worth; and terminating at a point in the "York- Road," in the
parish of Battersea, at or near to the watercourse, cut, or creek,
called or known as " Battersea Creek," by a junction with the low
level main sewer proposed to be constructed by the MetrOpolitan
Commissioners of Sewers for the Surrey and Kent Drainage ; Also
a branch sewer or drain commencing at or near to a point °PP°site'
or nearly opposite, to Wadden Court Farm Buildings, in the ham-
let of Waddon, parish of Croydon, otherwise St. James's, Croydon
tha:
Another branch sewer or drain commencing at Beddington,_..,,
branch theretteeeommencing r drain
the parish of Redding-ton aforesaid; Another branch sewer,o _o
atti,
at ()rmer to Beddington Snu :drain
commencing at upon or near to the road from Carshaltoritto Mitcham,
and opposite, or nearly opposite to Carshalton House, t
Another
ton.
of Carshalton, with a branch therefrom, commencing at Wallington
Mill, in the hamlet of Wallirogton, parish of Bedding
test-meat ones
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branch sewer or drain commencing on or near to
road, near Carshalton House, in the parish of Carshalton, with three
one
k Bridgetherewith,commencing Mills,
both in the hamlet of Wattington, parish of Be gton, and a third
Another branch sewer or
in the said parish of Carshalton, upon or near to the road from
Wallington to Carshal premises in the parish
drain commencing at or near
ton SnufftoMciller;tahl
of Carshalton, belonging to Samuel Gurney, junior, and now or
lately in the occupation of Herbert Jenner ;—Another branch sewer.
or drain commencing at or near to certain buildings on or near to
the river Wandle, in the hamlet of Wallington, parish of Beddington,
also belonging to Samuel Gurney,junior, aforesaid ;—Another branch
sewer or drain commencing at or near to the mills and other works
on the river Wandle, at or near to Beddington Corner, in the parish
of Carshalton, with a branch therefrom, terminating in or upon
certain grass land, near to the tan or skin.wurks, In the occupation
of William ateßea;—another branch sewer or drain commencing at
or near to the drug mills and other works in the parish of Mitcham,
near the river Wandle, and about 300 yards below Beddington-corner;
Another branch sewer or drain commencing at or near to the felt '
works, and flour mills, in the parish of Mitcham, now or lately in the
occupation of Messrs, Ashby and others ; Another branch sewer or •
drain commencing at, upon, or near to land, in the parish of Mitcham,
now or lately in the occupation of James Weston ; Another branch
sewer or drain commencing at or near to the medical herb distillery,
lately in the occupation of James Moore, deceased ;—Another
branch sewer or drain commenetrg at er near to a point on the road
opposite the print works at Phipp's-bridge, in the parish ofealteham,
now or lately in the occupation of Messrs, Welch, Margetson, and
Co , with a branch therefrom terminating at upon or near to certain
Madderpits and other premises, at the Merton Abbey print works,
in the parish of Merton, now or lately in the occupation of Mrs.
Mary Ann Littler :,—Awither branch sewer or drain commencing at
or near to the " Capper Mills," in the parish of Wimbledon, now or
lately in the ocmpatlai of Edmund eontifex and others ;—Another
branch sewer or drain, commencing at or near to the printing works
on the River Wandle, in the parish of Wimbledon, and about 500
yards below the "Copper Mills" orw arks above described ;—Another
branch sewer or rain commencing at or near to a certain building
or erection, or establishment, called or known as Addiscombe
House, or School, or College, in the parish of Croydon, with a
branch thereto, commencing at or near to certain premises in
the parish of Croydon now or lately In the occupation of William
Goldsmith ;—Another branch sewer or drain, commencing a: or
near to the Garrett 011 Mills on the River Wandle, in the parish of
Wandsworth ; another branch saver or drain, commencing at or
near to certain colour works or colour manufactory, in the parish of
Wandsworth, now or lately in the occupation of Thomas Townsend ;
another branch s?wer or drain commencing at or upon a certain
yard or place for slaughtering horses, in the parish of Wands-
worth, now or lately in the occupation of Edward Wallis ; another
branch sewer or drain, commencing at on or near to the Wandsworth
Paper Mats, in the parish of Wandsworth ; also a sewer, drain, or
culvert commencing at or near to a point on the road from Mitcham
to Morden, otherwise Mordon, and near unto a cottage and
garden now or lately in the occupation of Mrs. Eliza Ness, in
the parish of Mitcham, and continuing thence on, upon or along
the road to Morden, and terminating at or near to the " Double
Gate" toll-house, In the parish' of Merton or otherwise Saint Mary
Merton, by a junction with a sewer recently constructed by the
Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers at or about that point, to-
gether wf h the following branch sewers or drains thereto, commen-
cing respectively, as follows at. In the parish of Mitcham, at or
near to Ravimsbury Manor House. .2d. In the parish of Morden,
at or near to certain cottages situate about 150 yards to the north-east
of tee 'Morden Snuff Mills or Taddy's Snuff Mills. Also another sewer
or drain or cuivert,'Commeneing at or near to the entrance or gateway
of Merton Abbey print works, and terminating by ajunction with the
sewer in the London and Epsom turnpike roadlat ely constructed by the
Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, and which sewer or drain at
present terminates on the east side of the river Wandle at Merton, in
the parish of Merton, Wins bledon, or Mitcham, or one of them;--Also a
sewer, culvert or drain commencing at or near to the turnpike roadlrom
London to Epsom, in the parish of Wimbledon, or Merton, at or near to
the junction of flaydon's-lane with the turnpike road aforesaid, and
thence pealing on, upon, under, or through Hayden's-lane in the
parish of Wimbledon, along Dunsford-road to High-street, in Wands-
worth, and terminating by a junction with the trunk sewer at or
near a point between Soutlestreet and Ram-lane, Wandsworth, in
the parish of Wandsworth aforesaid; together wllh all suck addi-
tional sewers and drains, conduit', pits, and other works as may he
necessary for more effectually carrying out the objects of the said
intended undertaking, and excluding all sullage, sewer matters, and
Other Impurities from the waters of the River Wandle and its tribu-
taries and feeders.
And also, for the purpose of returning to the said river Wandle,
in the upper part thereof, a volume of clean water equal to the
amount of foul water which may be abstracted by the said proposed
sewers to Construct and maintain a water compensation main cut, con-
duit, aqueduct or pipe track, or pipe, to be laid alongside the main
Beier and branches above, described, or a part thereof with all pro-
' per engines, pipes, works, and other conveniences from and between
a point on the River Wandle, at or near the mill in the parish of
Wandsworth, or All Saints Wandsworth, called "The Upper Mill,"
above described, and another point on the same river, at or near the
water, or place called Waddon Mill Head," in the hamlet of
Witridon, in the parish of Croydon, Otherwise St. James Croydon,
With brancheS therefrom to be laid alongside of the trunk and
branch sewers above described, and to terminate in the said River
Wandle, as follows respectively: I, at or near to a certain work
o: snuff mill in the occupation of Robert Ansell, in the parish
Of Carshalton. 2. At or near to Beddington Corner, in the parish
Of Beddington. 3. At or near to Phipps' Bridge, in the parish
or Mitcham ; and 4. At the south side of the Garrett " Copper.
in the . occupation of Ednintid Pontifex and others, In the
parish of Wimbledon. and which several main sewers or drains,
and branch sewers or drains, and water compensation main, and
the said several. works in connection threwith, will pass from, in,
through, or into the parishes and extra-parochial and other places,
following, or come of them, in the said county of Surrey : that is o,
say: Croydon, otherwise Saint John the Baptist, Croydon ; Saint
James, Saint John, Saint Peter, and All Saints; Croydon ; Waddon;
Beddington, otherwise Saint Mary Beddington ; Wallington, other-
wise Whaleton ; Carshalton, otherwise Saint Peter, Carshalton ;
Mordon, morden, otherwise Saint Lawrence, Moreton.; Mitcham,
Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Mitcham; Merton, otherwise Saint
Marv, Mer.orr; 'footing, otherwise Lower 'rooting; Tooting Gra-,
v sues, otherwise Saint Nicholas, Tooting-Graveney ; Streatham
other.Le saint Leonard. Streatham; Wimbledon, otherwt'e Wim-
. Meilen, or eaint Mary, Wimbledon; Wandsworth, oteerwise all
Saints, Wandsworth ; Battersea, otherwise Saint Mary, Battersea;
and Clapham, otherwise Holy Trinity, Clapham.
Also within any of the parishes and extra-parochial and other
places last mentioned, or any of them within which the said sewers
or drains, and branch sewers or drains, are intended to be made, to'
alter and divert, or remove or replace all or some of the existing
drains, sewers and water-courses, and privies flowing
or emptying
themselves into the said river ; Wandle,
cleanse the river Wandle,
and its
feelers or tributaries thereof, and to
thereof, from weeds and other matters, or tributaries, or parts
from time to time, and to
prohibit the making tied erection therein o
water-closets, privies, or other mattersorf any future sewers, drai us,
works, which might flow
• or empty themselves into the said river or tributaries, and also to
remove the several fords and wash-places on the
tri-
butaries, in the parishes and extra-parochial oh r said
riverand
described,. and to erect and construct other works and
place:onve lastly
In lieu thereof, and also to prevent the farther washing
fnsiehpnees
horses, and other animals in the said river Wandle and Otributareides:
Also to construct and maintain within the parishes and extra-
parochial and other places last described, such works as may be con-
sidered necessary for intercepting and conducting into the said sere.'
ral intended sewers, drain.% and works connected therewith, all such
matters as now flow into any existing sewers or drains, or into the said
river Wandle, or tributaries thereof, which are calculated to render
Impure or offensive the waters thereof, and such other sewers,
drains, and works within the said parishes and places as may be i
necessary for collecting and using the sullage, sewerage water, and
other matters not flowing into the said river Wandle and tributaries
thereof, or which may hereafter flow into such intended sewers or
drains, and works connected therewith, and for that purpose to break
and open up, and again to restore the roads, streets, highways, lanes,
courts, ways, and passages, and other places within the several
parishes, and extra-parochlal and other places last described, and
also to make arrangements.
and agreements with the Local Board of
Health of Croydon, in regard to the said sullage and other works, as
may be necessary for the purposes of the said undertaking.
And it is also proposed by the said intended act to enable the com-
pany to be thereby incorporated to make and maintain the following
works or some of them for the purpose of supplying Iva h water the in-
habitants of and premises within the boroughs, districts, and parishes
of Wandswerth otherwise All Saints Wandsworth, Putney otherwise
Saint Mary 'Putney, RoehamPton, Barney otherwise Saint Mary
Barnes, Mortlake, East Sheen, KeW,.Richmond, Pet,rsham, Batter-
sea, Saint Mary Battersea; Hamlet of Penge, Clapham, Holy Trinity
Clapham, Streatham, Saint Leonard Streatham, Upper Tooting,
Lambeth otherwise Saint Mary Lambeth, Saint Matthew Brixton,
Saint Mark Kennington, the district of Lamneth Church including
Lambeth Palace, Saint Luke 'Norwood, Saint John Waterloo; Vaux-
hall, Nine Elms Vauxhall, Saint Mary Newington Butts, the districts
of Saint Mary, Saint Peter, aid the Holy Trinity, Newington, Ber-
mondsey, Saint Mary Magdalen Bermondsey, Saint James otherwise
Saint John Bermondsey, paint Giles Camberwell, the Hamlet of Dul-
wich, East Dulwich, Saint George Camber Well, Peckham, Walworth,
Saint Peter Walworth, Rothe rhithe, otherwise Saint Mary Rotherhithe
otherwise Redriffe, Merton otherwise Saint Mary Merton, Mordon,
otherwise Morden, Saint Lawrence Mordon, Mitcham. Saint Peter
and Saint Paul Mitcham, Tooting, Lower Tooting. Balham Hill,
Knight's Hill, Tooting-Graveney otherwise Saint Nicholas Tooting-
Graveney, Wimbledon otherwise Wimbleden, Saint Mary Wimble-
don, Croydon, All Saints Norwood, Saint George the Martyr
Southwark, Cnristchurch, Saint John Horsleydown, Saint Saviour
otherwise Saint Mary Overy, Saint Thom +s, the Clink Liberty, and
gala Cleve, all in the county of Surrey, and such parts of the t- o-
r,aattlis of Southwark and Lambeth In the same county, as are not
Included within the before mentioned parishes, hamlets, districts,
and,
coac
T „es, or some of them, or some parts thereo,, that is to say,,
proper and maintain : Firstly. A reservoir or reservoirs with
1,107 engines, filtering beds, weirs, sluices, cuts, canals, build-
water,e'reL and other works,at, upon, or near to the lands,
and to th,, wother Property near to mat immediately adjoining,
called or knoest side of the river Wandle, and of the work or -mill
water or Work s!!, the " Town Mill," or "Upper Mill," and of the.
" Town, or u,lnr,lrata pertaining, and called or known as the
wise, All Saints Niaa, Read," in the parish of 'Wandsworth, other
and divert into the seir°rth, in the county of Surrey, and`to take
river Wandle, or seat reservoir or reservoirs, the waters of the
near near the said .. Tee`wltt thereof, from a point thereon, at or
lay down, and maintain e,tr °r " upper ;" and to construct,
said river Wandle, at or ae„et 'heats, canals, or pipes, between the •
intended reservoir or reservoiirse. point least-mentioned, and the said
made
and works will be ado
mall which reservoir or reservoirs
Wandsworth
in
the
county
eransaen.4l.ntained in the said parish of
and diverted as aforesaid, now flow and e Melt waters to be taken
last-mentioned parish at the confluen
into the river Thames in the said
• with the Thames. Seeondly.—A reservoir,rf the said river Wandle
3
proper engines, buildings, filtering beds, and oot; reservoirs, with all
therewith, at or upon Wimbledon Common, :t.er
.works connected
one of them, in the parishes of Wandsworth arc Putney heath, or
them. ,Thirdly,-:A feservoir or reservoirs, with Putney, or one of
buildings, Altering beds, and other works at, upon, or proper eneines,
brin meadow, or gtssfield in the parish -of St. Giles, Catin%ea car-.
adjoining or near to a certain roadway . t
or .ane, callvd or kt
town
".Wooa Lane;". now or lately in the heel pation 9f keter Armstrong.
Foarthly.—A reservoir, or reservoirs, it
wad en,4llies,
ings, filtering beds, and 'other works, at .or upon certain grass Tonal
Lambeth, surrounded be a renal. ro
In the parish of Saint Mary, Ito
s Yal MU'S. ifthly.
way, lane, or street, called or kuown a
prop'
engines. buildings', filtrr-
-A reservoir, or reservoirs, with all .
* -
ing beds, and other works at or uaon eon am E,ra s land situate in the
district of All Saints, in the parish of CroY dal] now or lately In the
_ue t.
or pipe
occupation of William Wood. Sixthly. _A cut, aqueduct,
pipe tract s,or mains, with
tract, or pipe, or main, or cuts. aqueducts ,°"
all proper bridges, conduits, tunnels. pipes, mains, works, and convent-
oirs runt
ences from and between the said intended reservoir ors e All Saints,
filtering beds in the parish of Wandsworth, otherW
Wandsworth, first above described, to the reservoir or reservoirs
.
and works on Wimbledon Common., secondly above described.
Seventhly.—A cut, aqUeduct•or pipe tract, or pipe or main, or cuts,
er
aqueducts, or pipe tracts, or, pipes or, mains, with , all prop
bridges, conduits, tunnels, pipes, mains, work's, and conveniences from
the said intended reservoir or reservoira"and filtering beds adjoining
the said River Wandle, in the parish of Wandsworth, otherwise
All Saints Wandsworth firstly above described, to the reservoir or
reservoirs in the parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, thirdly above
described, Eightly.—A cut, aqueduct, or pipe track, or PIP°

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ruled Konningt on New Churen,
the parish of Lambeth, and tet minnting at or upon, or near to
reservoir or reservoir 9 and other works to be -comtrueted as Mot,
said, In or upon certain' grass land in
.the mettpat-on of William
of All saints, in the parish of CroyclOn Ninthly

Wood, in the d•strici.
—A cut, aqueduct, or pipe tract, or pipe or main, with all proper
mains, brisiges, conduits, tunnels, works, and conveniences con-
diverging from and out of the cut, aqueduct, or
npeipertdratehte.r h,
peripet,or main last above described, at or near to a road-
way, lane, or street in the parish of Saint Mary Lambeth,
,called
York Road," and terminating at or upon or r ear to the reservoir or
reservoirs and other works to be constructed as atoresaid in or upon
certain land surrounded by a roadway, lane, or street, called or
known as the "Royal Circus," in the said .patish of Saint Mary',
Lambeth Tenthly.—A cat, aqueduct„ or pipe tract, or pipe, or
main, with all proper, mains, bridges, conduits, tunnels, works, 'and
conveniences connected therewith, diverging from and out of the
cut, aqueduct, or pipe track, pipe. or main I%st above described, at
or near to a point about one hanered yards to the west of Camber-
well-green, in the parish of Saint Giles, Camberwell, and terminating
by a junction with the cat, aqueduct, or
pipe tract, or pipe, or main
sevenrhly above described, and terminating as aforesaid, with the
reservoir or reservoirs, filtering. beds, and other works and conveni-
ences to be constructed on certain land in the parish of Saint Giles,
Camberwell, at a point about one hundred yards from the west cor-
nerCatiaberwell ; which
several cuts, aqueducts, or pipe tracks,
of Rye-lane, in the parish a Saint Giles,
reservoirs, filtering beds, and other works and conveniences. are
mains, bridges, conduits,
intended to be made, laid down, and maintained, or will pass from,
in, through; or into the parishes and ex
repro
and other
places aillowing
that is to say : • Wimbledon.
otherwise Wimbleden, St. Mary \Vim-
' in the said county of currey, or some of them ;
bledon Putney. St. Mary Putney, Wand,worth, otherwise All
.Saints,\Vandsw rtb, Battersea, St. Diary Battersea,. Clap tam, Holy
•
Trinity Clitphani,Kenidngtoil. Lambeth, otherwise St. Mary Lambeth,
the district of Lambeth Church including Lambeth Palace, St. Gies
Newington, otherwise St. Mary t. Le
Butts, St.
Holy, Trinty Newington, and St George the
Camberwell, Peckn fun, Streatham, other wise St. Leon ird Streatliam,
Martyr Southwark, and the boroughs ef Lambeth and Southwark.
Ciliraorl;osnt.
And it is further intended try the said act to authorise such corn-
. Peter. and
pftny-tO break and open up, and again to restore the roads, streets,
nighwayS, lanes, court% was s, and passages and other places within
the several parishes and extra-parochial and other pia- es and boroughs
aforesaid, to be Supplied with water as before mentioned, for the
purpose Of distributing such supply, and to lay pipes and mains in
and upon or over or under such roads, streets, highways, lases, courts,
ways. passages, and places, for the purpose of such distribution, and
to break and open up, or otherwise interfere with such other roads,
streets, and highways, railways, rivers, streams, and canals within
any of the parishes and extra-parochtal and other places hereinbefore
mentioned, and therein or thereupon, and under or over the same to
lay such pipes and mains, and do such other works, whether perma-
nent or temporary, as maybe necessary for bringing in such supply,
or constructing the intended works aforesaid, or any of them.
Also to authorise such company to contract and agree with any
other water company, or any body of commissioners, or other public
body, company, or persons, requiring large quantities of water for
the supply of such companies, commissioners, bodies, or persons,
with water in bulk for domestic use. manufacturing, sanitary, or
other purposes, and to take rents, rates, or dotes, for water supplied
by the said intended company, and 'to sell and dispose of and distri-
bute the sewerage water and sewerage manure, and other matters
collected by the said company, and to take rents or rates therefor
to confer exemptions from the payments of rents, rates, or duties;
and other rights and privileges.
And it is also intended, by the said act; to authorise the said com-
pany to take by compulsion or otherwise, the lands, houses, waters,
streams, and other property required for the purposes of the com-
pany, and the w rks to be authorised as aforesaid, or any of them,
and to vary or extinguish such existing rights, or rights reserved,
and privileges connected with the said lands, houses, waters, streams,
and other property, or water companies, or other bodies or persons,
which might in any manner or way interfere with or impede the ob-
jects and purposes aforesaid. or any of them.
And Notice is Hereby Further Given, that duplicate plans and
sections, describing the lines, situations, and levels of the said in-
tended works, and the lands, houses, streams, waters, and other
property required for the purposes thereof, with books of reference
to such 'plans, and a copy of this notice, as published in the
London Gazette, will, on or before the 30th day of November Instant,
be deposited tor public inspection at the office of the Clerk of the
Peace for the county of Surrey, at his office in North-street, Lambeth,
within the said county ; and that, on or before the said 30th day of
November coptes'of so much of the said plans, sections, and books of
reference, as relates to each parish or extra-parochial place, in or
through which the said intended works are proposed to be made and
maintained, with a copy of this notice, as published in the London
Gazette, will be deposited with the parish clerk of each such parish,
at his place of residence ; and as regards any such extra-parochial
place, with the parish'clerk of some parish Immediately adjoining to
such extra-parochial place, at his place of residence.
And Notice is also hereby further given, that on or before the 31st
day of December next, printed copies of the said bill will be deposited
in the Private Bill-office of the House of Commons.
Dated this First day of NoveMber, 1853.
MULLINS & PADBISON,
15, Tokenhouse-yard, City,
Solicitors for the Bill.