Durham County Palatine Act 1858

II The Interest of the Bishoprick of Durham in the Foreshores of the County of Durham vested in Her Majesty.

All the Estate', Right; Title, and Interest of or to which Her Majesty the Queen is seised or entitled, in right of the said County Palatine, and also all the Estate, Right, Title, and Interest whatsoever of or to which the Bishop of Durham was at the Time of the passing of the first-recited Act, or of or to which the said Bishop or the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England now is or are seised or entitled,' either in right or as Part or Parcel of the County Palatine or See of Durham, or of any Lordship, Manor, or Seigniory forming Part of the Possessions of such See or County Palatine respectively, in and to the Soil and Freehold of the Beds and Shores of navigable Rivers so far as the Tide flows and reflows, and the Shores of the Sea below High-water Mark, and also (except as herein-after provided) in and to any Inclosures, Embankments, or Encroachments made therefrom or thereupon respectively, within or adjacent to the County of Durham, and also in and to any Stocks, Funds, and Securities or Monies standing in the Name of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, representing the Purchase Money or Value of any Part of the Beds and Shores aforesaid, (subject, as regards the said Stocks, Funds, Securities, and Monies, to any Dispositions of the Interest of the See of Durham therein heretofore lawfully made by the Bishop of Durham for the Time being,) is and are by this Act transferred to and vested or declared to be vested in the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, as Part of the Hereditary Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown, and to be within the ordering and Survey of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer at Westminster, anything in the said first-recited Act notwithstanding, subject nevertheless to any Leases now affecting the same Premises or any Part thereof: Provided nevertheless, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend to the Island called " Holy Island," situate in that Part of the County Palatine of Durham called " Islandshire," neither shall anything herein contained extend to transfer to or vest in Her Majesty the Right or Title of the Bishop of Durham or of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in or to any Land reclaimed from the Flow of the Tide in any navigable River or upon the Shore of the Sea within the County of Durham, from which the said Bishop had previously to the passing of the first-recited Act actually received Rent after the same had been so reclaimed, but all such last-mentioned reclaimed Land shall be deemed to have been and to be Parcel of the Possessions late belonging to the See of Durham, and now vested in the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England.