Millwall Freehold Land and Dock Company

The Millwall Freehold Land and Dock Company was a 19th-century company set up to develop the central area of the Isle of Dogs in east London. Originally called the Millwall Canal Company, the act of Parliament for the incorporation of the company, the Millwall Canal, Wharfs and Graving Docks Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. cclv) received royal assent on 25 July 1864.^[1]

Millwall Canal, Wharfs and Graving Docks Act 1864[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for incorporating "The Millwall Canal Company," and for authorizing them to make and maintain Canals and other Works in the Isle of Dogs, and thereby, and by the Appropriation of Works and Lands there, to provide Accommodation for Shipping and Waterside Accommodation for Shipbuilding and other Businesses requiring Water Frontage; and for other Purposes.
Citation	27 & 28 Vict. c. cclv
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	25 July 1864
Commencement	25 July 1864[b]
Repealed	23 December 1920
Other legislation
Amended by	Millwall Dock Act 1870 Millwall Dock Act 1887
Repealed by	Port of London (Consolidation) Act 1920
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The plans that led to the foundation of the Millwall Freehold Land and Dock Company were first devised by Nathaniel Fenner and Robert Fairlie.

Notes

1. Section 1.
2. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.