West Middlesex Waterworks Act 1806
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| Long title | An Act for supplying with Water the Inhabitants of Kensington, Hammersmith, Brentford, Battersey, Putney, Richmond and several other Parishes and Places in the Counties of Middlesex and Surrey. |
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| Citation | 46 Geo. 3. c. cxix |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
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| Royal assent | 12 July 1806[b] |
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Status: Amended | |
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The West Middlesex Waterworks Act 1806[a] (46 Geo. 3. c. cxix) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that incorporated and established the West Middlesex Waterworks Company for the purposes of supplying various parishes and townships in the counties of Middlesex and Surrey from the River Thames.
The act authorised the proprietors of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company to raise £30,000, divided into shares of £100 each, with power to raise a further sum of £50,000.
The population of various parishes and townships in the counties of Middlesex (Chelsea, Westminster, Kensington, Hammersmith, Fulham, Chiswick, Ealing, Old Brentford, New Brentford, Heston, Hounslow and Isleworth) and Surrey (Battersea, Wandsworth, Putney, Barnes, Mortlake, Richmond and Kew) had grown in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, increasing demand for water.[1]
Entrepreneur Ralph Dodd and other proprietors sought to supply water to parts of West London, including Marylebone and Paddington, in the counties of Middlesex and Surrey[2]