Ordnance Survey Act 1841

XII Act not to affect any Boundaries or Rights of Property.

And be it enacted, That this present Act, or any Clause, Matter, or Thing herein contained, shall not extend, or be deemed or be construed to extend, to ascertain, define, alter, enlarge, increase or decrease, nor in any way to affect, any Boundary or Boundaries of any County, City, Borough, Town, Parish, Burghs Royal, Parliamentary Burghs, Burghs of Regality and Barony, extra-parochial and other Places, Districts, and Divisions, by whatsoever Denomination the same shall be respectively known or called, nor the Boundary or Boundaries of any Land or Property, with relation to any Owner or Owners, or Claimant or Claimants of any such Land respectively, nor to affect the Title of any such Owner or Owners, or Claimant or Claimants respectively, in or to or with respect to any such Lands or Property, but that all Right and Title of any Owner or Claimant of any Land or Property whatever within any Hundred, Parish, or other Division or Place whatever, shall remain to all Intents and Purposes in like State and Condition as if this Act had not been passed; any Description of any such Land, with reference to any such Hundred, Parish, or other Division or Place whatever, or otherwise, or any thing in this Act contained, or any Law, Custom, or Usage, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.