Dyke ownership

[nod]

We are ready to finalize the purchase our plots next week 

We intend to run a 6” drain 120 metres to the bottom of the field into a flowing dyke While trying to find out who owned the dyke 

The seller pointed out If you own the hedge you ideally own the dyke at the other side of the hedge 

He explained the land owner would dig the dyke Pile the soil on his own side Then plant a hedge in it 

Seems logical but something I’d never heard 

Useful to know as waste water disposal can be a deciding factor when buying a plot 

[ProDave]

But that does not mean subsequent sales have kept the boundary the same?  Or indeed that at first land registry registration they have interpreted that historic boundary correctly rather than assumed the hedge was the boundary?

[PeterW]

@nod there was an old post about this principle. 
 

 

 

[nod]

18 minutes ago, ProDave said:

But that does not mean subsequent sales have kept the boundary the same?  Or indeed that at first land registry registration they have interpreted that historic boundary correctly rather than assumed the hedge was the boundary?

In our case the field has been in the same family since the 1920s and The field drains into it in at least four places 

Though we will have to consider some kind of flood protection to the 6 “ pipe and some way of stopping rats from leaving there home for pastures new 

[PeterW]

@nod is there a slope to the field and into the ditch..? 

[Ferdinand]

What a good post to link to  @PeterW.

 

This is the diagram, though it was also aimed at how to grow a high hedge quickly.