Ham and Petersham commons and certain meadows and manorial rights in the same were vested in the Richmond Corporation for purposes of public enjoyment.

The riverside, from Petersham to Kingston, was put under the Richmond Corporation and the Surrey County Council, in two sections, for enjoyment by the public for ever.

The latter bill contained the same proposals but more concessions than its predecessor and focused more on the preservation of the view from Richmond Hill.

[5] Despite the earlier ruling by the Board of Agriculture, the Attorney-General Sir Robert Finlay definitively advised the House of Lords that the Metropolitan Commons Acts did apply to the lammas lands and thus those laws would need to be overlooked for the Bill to pass.

[3] The Richmond, Petersham and Ham Open Spaces Act gained royal assent on the 18 November 1902.