Where two parishes are separated by a river, the medium filum is the presumptive boundary between them. Where a public way crosses the bed of a river, which washes over it at every high tide, and leaves a deposit of mud, semble, the parish is not bound to make it good.
Citations:
[1837] EngR 262, (1837) 1 M and Rob 393, (1837) 174 ER 135 (B)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Local Government
Updated: 06 February 2022; Ref: scu.313379