Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

Highgate Archway Act 1884
11.41 The sole purpose of the Highgate Archway Act 1884 176 was to wind up the affairs
of the Highgate Archway Company and to dissolve the company. The company
had been incorporated in 1810 and its purpose was to build the part of the
London to Holyhead road by Highgate Hill in north London. The road was duly
completed in 1813 and it became a highway maintainable at public expense
during the late 1870s. The purposes for which the company had been established
thereupon ceased.
11.42 The 1884 Act provided that the company was to be dissolved upon notification in
the London Gazette that the company’s affairs had been wound up. 177 Such
notification was published on 12 July 1887. 178 The Act became unnecessary upon
the dissolution of the company and so may now be formally repealed.
Part 2 (Turnpike Acts)
11.43 The list of London to Holyhead turnpike Acts proposed for repeal is as follows 179 :
Old Stratford to Dunchurch Road Act of 1775 180 : expired 1876
Salop Roads Act of 1778 181 : expired 1875
Dunstable to Hockliffe Road Act of 1792: 182 expired 1873
Old Stratford and Dunchurch Road Act of 1796 183 : expired 1876
Watling Street Turnpike Road Act of 1799 184 : expired 1875
Watling Street Road Act of 1808: 185 : expired 1829
Roads through Coventry Act of 1812 186 : expired 1833
Road from Dunstable to Hockliffe Act of 1814 187 : expired 1873
Old Stratford and Dunchurch Road Act of 1814 188 : expired 1876
176
47 & 48 Vict. c.xxi.
177
The 1884 Act , s 4.
178
The London Gazette, 12 July 1887, page 3775.
179
Each Act is described in greater detail in the consultation paper: Repeal of Turnpike Laws
on the Law Commission’s website. This can be viewed or downloaded at
www.lawcom.gov.uk via the link to Consultations > A – Z of consultations (Turnpikes).
180 15 Geo.3 c.73.
181 18 Geo.3 c.88.
182 32 Geo.3 c.159.
183 36 Geo.3 c.141.
184 39 Geo.3 c.xvi.
185 48 Geo.3 c.lxv.
186 52 Geo.3 c.lvii.
187 54 Geo.3 c.cxxi.
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