Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
Did you know that if you own your house, you own the land it is built on, the structure, and the sky directly above it, but not the ground beneath - so if you strike oil in your back garden, it doesn't belong to you, but the crown.

I read that on the internet so it must be true.
I knew about the bit above it...some Churches in new York used to sell the area above their church to constructors who could then tfr ownership to their land and enable them to build higher than perviosuly allowed