Transcribed from the 1807 George Eyre and Andrew Stranan edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org Many thanks to Kensington and Chelsea local studies for finding this in their archive and allowing it to be transcribed. [Picture: Cover] ACTS OF 30° & 43° GEO. III. RELATING TO A DISTRICT in the PARISH of SAINT LUKE, CHELSEA, CALLED _HANS TOWN_. [Picture: Decorative graphic of royal coat of arms] _LONDON_: Printed by GEORGE EYRE and ANDREW STRANAN, Printers to the King’s most Excellent Majesty. 1807. ANNO TRICESIMO GEORGII III. Regis. CAP. LXXVI. _An Act for forming and keeping in Repair the Streets_, _and other publick Passages and Places_, _within a certain District in the Parish of_ Saint Luke Chelsea, _in the County of_ Middlesex, _called_ Hans Town, _and for otherwise improving the same_. Preamble. WHEREAS _Henry Holland_ of the Parish of _Saint Luke_ in _Chelsea_, in the County of _Middlesex_, Esquire, is intitled to a certain large Piece of Ground in the said Parish, which he holds for a long Term of Years, under the Right Honourable _Charles Sloane_, Lord _Cadogan_, the Right Honourable _Welbore Ellis_, and _Christopher D’Oyley_ Esquire; which said Ground lies on the South Side of the Town or Village of _Knightsbridge_, and it fronting or pointing towards the North, partly on the High Road leading through _Knightsbridge_ aforesaid, partly on or near to the Yard and Stables belonging to the _Swan_ Inn in _Knightsbridge_, and Land of _William Brown_ Esquire; and towards the South, on a certain Street called _White Lion Street_, and Messuages and Lands belonging to _James Lawrance_, _Joseph Newsham_, and others; and bounded in Part on the East by a Rivulet or Water Creek, encompassing great Part of the said Ground on the East Side thereof, and in other Part by the Lands belonging to _Charles Lowndes_ Esquire, and others; and towards the West on lands belonging to _William Bushnell_, and others, and contains by Estimation Eighty-nine Acres, or thereabouts; and the said _Henry Holland_ hath caused a commodious Carnage Way or Street, called _Sloane Street_, to be made from _Knightsbridge_ aforesaid, over or across the said Ground, and several other Streets, publick Passages, and Places, have been and may hereafter be set out and made upon the said Piece of Ground: And whereas it would contribute to the Benefit and Safety of all Persons who now do or may hereafter inhabit the said several Streets and other publick Passages and Places, and to all Persons having Occasion to pass along the