CHELSEA CHARITIES.

The metropolitan board of works early in February of the present year determined to re-introduce into parliament the bill for amending the Metropolis Local Management Act, containing the same provisions as were in the bill of last session, with the exception of the introduction of certain clauses for the re-apportionment of the Rock Loan; but in consequence of the strong opposition to those clauses, the board deemed it expedient to withdraw them from the bill, and to embody them in a separate bill, and the two bills were accordingly introduced into the House of Commons. The first of them, after great delays, passed through the House of Commons on the nineteenth of July, 1861, and was read a first time in the House of Lords on the twenty-second of that month, but in consequence of the advanced period of the session, it was found impossible to procure its passage through the required stages in order to its becoming law this year. The bill No. 2, having relation to the Rock Loan, being strongly opposed by certain members of the House of Commons, was withdrawn.

With respect to the abortive bill of 1860, the solicitors of the metropolitan board reported: “We think it will be nearly correct to estimate the expense to the board, exclusive of printing, &c. by the printers of the board, and expenses of that kind, at about £1650.” It is to be hoped that the failure of 1861 will be somewhat less costly.

The vestry of Chelsea have at various times responded to the invitation of the metropolitan board for suggestions during the preparation of the several bills for amending the Metropolis Local Management Act; for convenience of reference, their labours in this respect will be found in the Appendix No. 19, (pages 77 to 103).

On the twenty-second of May, 1860, upon the motion of Mr. Finch, a committee, consisting of the rector (the Rev. A. G. W. Blunt), the churchwardens (Dr. Diplock and Mr. Collier), three past churchwardens (Messrs. Hall, Perry, and Leete), and Messrs. Whitehead, Jones, Miles, Brown, Rabbits, E. O. Symons, Till, and Finch, was appointed to enquire into the charities of the parish, the present particulars of the several properties, and the application of the respective annual proceeds thereof, and to report thereon. At the same time, the vestry clerk reported that, at the request of the rector, he was making arrangements preliminary to the appointment of new trustees, and laid before the vestry the following letter from Mr. Druce:

Mr. Lahee,Dear Sir, Doubtless you are aware that the information contained in last Saturday’s “Chelsea Times”[20]was provided by me, as far as concerned the Chelsea charities.The article of this morning[20]would lead me to suppose that it was taken to be the opinion of the writer of such information that under present circumstances it would be to the advantage of the parish that the vestry clerk should be a solicitor; nothing can be more foreign to my opinion, and without compliment, I think the office is now in very good hands. In the wicked old tory times on Easter Tuesday, a man might blow out the steam of discontent, and tell a few truths profitable to the parish to hear; now a few highly honourable and sensible parishioners ‘make things pleasant’in a comfortable room in a house in the King’s Road. The money of the parish charities is not properly looked after; for many months I have been trying to get the late rector to put matters to rights, but without avail. Being therefore left sole trustee for some portion, and knowing more than most, about the parish school and trust funds, I thought I was the proper person to light the match. Should the vestry appoint the committee on charity affairs, I shall be happy to attend their summons to give them any information in my power: and I think they ought to have a committee, both on this subject and that of the church trustees, and at least chronicle the exact state of facts; for, seriously speaking, we owe ‘liberal opinions’ no small grudge for shutting up Easter Tuesday. I do not recollect that in your charity report[21]you mentioned the large sums belonging to the charity schools, if you did, the vestry ought to have seen that the trustees were dying out. From my experience of the working of the parish charities, schools, &c., I am quite convinced that the vestry should annually qualify themselves to issue a report on all charity money. I have never found anything to make me think otherwise than favourably of the honesty of all dealings with the charity money, but I have found abundant reason to rest satisfied, that without some lay assistance and watchfulness, all matters get into disorder, especially where there are any accounts to keep. This letter is at your service, and may be used as you think fit. I am, dear sir, always yours very faithfully,Wm. Druce. Swan Wharf, Chelsea, 14th April, 1860.

Mr. Lahee,

Dear Sir, Doubtless you are aware that the information contained in last Saturday’s “Chelsea Times”[20]was provided by me, as far as concerned the Chelsea charities.

The article of this morning[20]would lead me to suppose that it was taken to be the opinion of the writer of such information that under present circumstances it would be to the advantage of the parish that the vestry clerk should be a solicitor; nothing can be more foreign to my opinion, and without compliment, I think the office is now in very good hands. In the wicked old tory times on Easter Tuesday, a man might blow out the steam of discontent, and tell a few truths profitable to the parish to hear; now a few highly honourable and sensible parishioners ‘make things pleasant’in a comfortable room in a house in the King’s Road. The money of the parish charities is not properly looked after; for many months I have been trying to get the late rector to put matters to rights, but without avail. Being therefore left sole trustee for some portion, and knowing more than most, about the parish school and trust funds, I thought I was the proper person to light the match. Should the vestry appoint the committee on charity affairs, I shall be happy to attend their summons to give them any information in my power: and I think they ought to have a committee, both on this subject and that of the church trustees, and at least chronicle the exact state of facts; for, seriously speaking, we owe ‘liberal opinions’ no small grudge for shutting up Easter Tuesday. I do not recollect that in your charity report[21]you mentioned the large sums belonging to the charity schools, if you did, the vestry ought to have seen that the trustees were dying out. From my experience of the working of the parish charities, schools, &c., I am quite convinced that the vestry should annually qualify themselves to issue a report on all charity money. I have never found anything to make me think otherwise than favourably of the honesty of all dealings with the charity money, but I have found abundant reason to rest satisfied, that without some lay assistance and watchfulness, all matters get into disorder, especially where there are any accounts to keep. This letter is at your service, and may be used as you think fit. I am, dear sir, always yours very faithfully,Wm. Druce. Swan Wharf, Chelsea, 14th April, 1860.

The committee, favoured occasionally with the assistance of Mr. Druce, and strengthened by the addition to it of Messrs. Butt, Tipper, and Callow, have met upon numerous occasions, and are carefully pursuing their enquiry.

It will be recollected that towards the close of the season of 1858, the vestry thought it necessary to remind Mr. Simpson, the proprietor of Cremorne Gardens, of the arrangement made with them as to the conduct of hisgardens, particularly as to the hour of closing; and that Mr. Simpson’s reply, although dated the 16th of August, was not received in sufficient time to be considered until the meeting on the fifth of October, when it was thought to be unsatisfactory. Last year the vestry again moved in the matter, by reminding him of these promises, and requesting to know before Monday, the tenth of September, whether it was his intention to comply with their wishes and those of the parish, by closing the gardens at twelve o’clock at night. No reply having been received from Mr. Simpson at the meeting of the board on the eleventh of September, it was moved by Mr. Delany that the report of the second of November, 1857, which the vestry had refrained from making public in consequence of the pledge on the part of the proprietor, that the gardens should be closed as near to midnight as possible, and that in other respects he would meet the wishes of the vestry, and the comfort of the inhabitants, should be printed for the use of the vestry. The chairman, however, having ruled that this motion was irregular, it was referred to the committee of works and for general purposes to consider the whole question, particularly with reference to the effect, a change in the proprietorship, from an individual to a company, might have in increasing the annoyance of the parishioners; and the report of the committee was presented on the twenty-fifth of September.

That report, which is printed at page 107, recommended the publication of the report of 1857, and the presentation of a petition to the licensing magistrates that the hour of closing might be made twelve o’clock at night, as was the case with other public gardens. A memorial from forty-four owners of property and ratepayers residing near the gardens, urging the vestry to act, was presented at the same time the report was under consideration.

The vestry then decided, by a majority of 17 to 6, to present the petition, but to withold the publication of the report of 1857; and the solicitor being in attendance with a form of petition, which was approved, the seal was affixed to it at once, and it was duly presented.

On the ninth of October, however, a day or two before the licensing day, a communication was received from the solicitors, which induced the board, on a division, by a majority oftwenty-eight to eight, to pass the following resolution:—

Resolved, that having regard to the communication now made by the solicitors, from which it appears that the necessary evidence in support of the petition cannot be obtained upon the present occasion, the solicitors be instructed not to incur any further expense in the matter, on the understanding that if the gardens should be kept open after twelve at night, and the nuisance, annoyance, and injury to the parishioners continue, this board, will in sufficient time next year consider the necessary steps to be taken effectually to oppose the application for the renewal of the license in 1861.

“The Lots,” a parcel of land so called lying on the banks of the river[23a]in front of Ashburnham House, comprises about four acres, and is the meadow ground formerly allotted to Sir Arthur Gorges by the Lord of the Manor, in lieu of his right of common.[23b]These are, and have been for centuries, the Chelsea Lammas Lands, and have hitherto been accustomed to be opened on the twelfth of August, being the first day of the month according to the Old Style. The graziers, butchers, and others, with their cattle, used formerly to assemble in the lane leading to “The Lots” on the eve of Lammas, and when the clock had struck twelve they entered upon the meadow.

From the report of a committee, printed at page 108, appointed by the vestry in the year 1834 to investigate the state of these town meadows, when it was necessaryvi et armisto reassert the invaded privileges of the inhabitants, it appears that “‘The Lots’ are Lammas land, and have been for ages appurtenant to the manor of Chelsea. The Lord of the Manor possesses the right of letting the land on lease for the spring and autumn quarters, beginning with March and ending in August; and the inhabitants at large enjoy the privilege of turning in their cattle from August till February, being the autumn and winter quarters.” Railways, however, and acts of parliament for smoothing down difficulties in their way, have sprung up since those pastoral clays; and theLord of the Manor having sold his freehold to a railway company, the clerk called the attention of the vestry, on the 8th of May, 1860, to the following advertisement:—

West London Extension Railway Company.—Notice is hereby given, that a Meeting of the Householders, Inhabitants, and Land-owners of the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, and other persons interested in the Lammas Lands called “The Lots,” in the said Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, will be held at the house of Mr. John Sparks Alexander situate in Cremorne Road, in the said parish, and known by the name or sign of the ‘King’s Arms,’ on Wednesday, the 9th day of May next, at Eleven o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of appointing a Committee to treat with the Company for the compensation to be paid by them for the extinction of the Lammas and other Commonable Rights, in or over certain land called ‘The Lots’ in the said parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, and which is required by the Company for the purposes of the ‘West London Extension Railway. Act, 1859.’—Dated the 27th day of April, 1860.—Edward Bellamy, Secretary of the Company.

A meeting took place consequently on the 9th of May, at which the following resolution was passed:—

Resolved, that Messrs. William Hall (church warden), John Perry, James Miles, George Wevell Richards, and William Whitehead, being five of the persons entitled to Lammas or other Commonable Rights over or in the piece of land called ‘The Lots Meadow,’ otherwise ‘Chelsea Lot Mead,’ situate in the parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, and containing by admeasurement three acres, two roods, and thirty perches, or thereabouts, and marked or referred to in the map or plan, and in the book of reference of the West London Extension Railway, deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the said County of Middlesex, by the number 10 in the said parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, shall be, and they are accordingly, in pursuance of the provisions of the ‘Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845,’ appointed to be a Committee having all such powers as by the ‘Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845’ are conferred upon Committees of like description, to treat with the West London Extension Railway Company for the compensation to be paid for the extinction ofall Lammas or other Commonable Rights over or in the said piece of land.

The important question of the boundaries of the parish has occupied considerable attention during the past year, and has been the subject of a reference to a sub-committee of the committee of works and for general purposes, who have still the subject under consideration.

Various memorials and petitions have been presented during the year, to which, as they sufficiently elucidate the subjects of them, and are printed in the appendix (Nos. 23 to 27) no further allusion need be made here.

The “Public Indicator” erected in Sloane Square by permission of the board in May, 1860, was removed in the fallowing March, in consequence of the failure of the proprietors to light it at night, and to provide the promised clock. It is retained in the custody of the vestry, under a clause in the agreement, as a lien for the expenses of its removal and making good the paving.

Plans, books of reference, and parliamentary notices of the “London, Buckinghamshire, and West Midland Railway” (whose intended terminus was in the Pavilion grounds), and of “The London Tramway and Dispatch Company,” were deposited with the Vestry, but both of their bills were unsuccessful. Mr. Train also made an application to the vestry for permission to lay down his tramways in Sloane Street and the King’s Road, but its consideration has been adjournedsine die.

On the twenty-ninth of January, 1861, Mr. Finch laid before the Board a copy of a “Bill to Transfer the Seats in Parliament forfeited by the Borough of St. Albans to the proposed Borough of Chelsea and Kensington,” which Viscount Enfield, M.P. for Middlesex had given notice of his intention to introduce in the House of Commons. Immediately the Government[25]brought in their “Bill for the Appropriation of the Seats Vacated by the Disfranchisement of the Boroughs of Sudbury and Saint Albans,” which contained the following clause: “The parishes of Chelsea and Kensington in the county of Middlesex shall, for the purposesof this act, together form a borough, to be called the borough of Chelsea, and such borough shall, from and after the said first day of November, 1861, return one member to serve in parliament.”

An influential deputation from both parishes, accompanied by the two county members, had an interview with Lord Palmerston on the fifth of March, on the subject of the bill, and laid before his lordship various statistical information (see appendix No. 29). But on a division in the House of Commons on the tenth of June, the clause was rejected by a majority of two hundred and seventy-five to one hundred and seventy-two. Mr. Tite thus reported the circumstance to the board:—

42, Lowndes Square,Tuesday Morning, 1 o’clock.My dear Mr. Lahee,—I never was so taken by surprise as by the division I have just left. The Government Bill was affirmed by two large majorities, but when we came to the Chelsea question, to my astonishment we were beaten by one hundred and three. The house was excessively impatient, and would hardly listen to anything; but it appeared to me Sir James Graham, whom they would hear, said all that could be said on the subject. I was also astonished at some of those I saw voting against us. I will send you the division list as soon as I get it. The impression in the Housejust nowwas that the bill would be withdrawn, so in happier times we may have another chance.—Yours very truly,William Tite.P.S.—Rather sharp work for M.P.’s yesterday. I was on a committee from 12 to 4, in the House from 5 to just now; to-day we begin again at 12, I suppose until 2 o’clock Wednesday morning.

42, Lowndes Square,Tuesday Morning, 1 o’clock.

My dear Mr. Lahee,—I never was so taken by surprise as by the division I have just left. The Government Bill was affirmed by two large majorities, but when we came to the Chelsea question, to my astonishment we were beaten by one hundred and three. The house was excessively impatient, and would hardly listen to anything; but it appeared to me Sir James Graham, whom they would hear, said all that could be said on the subject. I was also astonished at some of those I saw voting against us. I will send you the division list as soon as I get it. The impression in the Housejust nowwas that the bill would be withdrawn, so in happier times we may have another chance.—Yours very truly,

William Tite.

P.S.—Rather sharp work for M.P.’s yesterday. I was on a committee from 12 to 4, in the House from 5 to just now; to-day we begin again at 12, I suppose until 2 o’clock Wednesday morning.

By order of the Vestry,CHARLES LAHEE,Vestry Clerk.

All such parts of the said Parish of Chelsea as lie on the south side of the boundary line dividing the said parish from the parish of St. Mary Abbott’s, Kensington, in the Fulham-road, and on the west side of a line drawn from the point of the said boundary line in the Fulham-road, opposite the middle of Upper Church-street, in a southerly direction, along the middle of Upper Church-street, and along the middle of Church-street, to the south end thereof, and thence in the same direction to the southern boundary of the said Parish of Chelsea, in the river Thames.

Breun, John Cowan, 6, Lower Sloane-street.

Delany, James, 3, Albion Place, Fulham-road.

Foy, William, 46, Paultons-square.

Gable, Isaac Cosson, 2, Belle Vue.

Garner, Thomas Betts, sen., Mason’s-place, Fulham-road.

Hall, William, 22, Paultons-square.

Perry, John, 7, Danvers-street.

Tipper, William, 7, Odell’s-place, Fulham-road.

Wood, William, “Adam and Eve,” Duke-street.

D’Oyle, Henry, 190, Sloane-street.

Plan of Stanley Ward, Chelsea, 1860

All such parts of the said Parish of Chelsea as are bounded as follows:—that is to say: Bounded on the north-west side by the boundary line dividing the said Parish of Chelsea from the said parish of St. Mary Abbott’s, Kensington, in the Fulham-road, from the point thereof opposite the middle of Upper Church-street to the point thereof opposite the middle of Marlborough-road; bounded towards the north-east, and partly towards the south-east, by a line commencing at the last-mentioned point, and drawn south-east along the middle of Marlborough-road to the point thereof opposite the middle of Whitehead’s-grove, then turning south-west along the middle of Whitehead’s-grove to the centre of the south-east end of College-street, thence turning south-east across College-place, to and along the middle of Markham-street to the middle of King’s-road, and turning north-east along King’s-road, to the point thereof opposite the middle of Smith-street, thence turning south-east along the middle of Smith-street to the south eastern end thereof, and thence along the middle of the Royal Hospital Creek to the river Thames, and in the same direction to the southern boundary of the said Parish of Chelsea, at a point in the river Thames; bounded on the south by the southern boundary of the said Parish in the river Thames, from the point thereof lastly above mentioned to the boundary line of Ward No. 1; and bounded towards the west by the eastern boundary of Ward No. 1 hereinbefore described.

Alexander, John Sparks, “King’s Arms,” Cremorne-road.

Blazdell, Alexander, 25, Manor-street.

Callow, John, 41, Queen’s-road West.

Carter, Charles, “Red House,” College-street.

Dancocks, Samuel Sharman, Fulham-road.

Doubell, William, 144, King’s-road.

Finch, William Newton, 181, King’s-road.

Goss, William John, “Duke’s Head,” Queen-street.

Hulse, Robert, 40, Radnor-street.

Hunt, Henry, New King’s-road.

Lawrence, William, 141, King’s-road.

Miles, James, 180, King’s-road.

Osborn, William, 8, Queen-street.

Oxford, Henry, 40, Riley-street.

Parker, Edward, 21, Paultons-square.

Robson, Joseph, 24, Smith’s-terrace.

Symons, Thomas, Alpha House, Fulham-road.

Todd, John, Stanley House, Milner-street.

Mead, George Edward, 2, Durham-place.

Plan of Church Ward, Chelsea, 1860

All parts of the said Parish of Chelsea, not included in Wards No. 1 and No. 2, hereinbefore mentioned, or in Ward No. 4, hereinafter mentioned and described.

Badcock, John, 19, Smith-street.

Birch, Abel Francis Faulkner, 14, Sloane-street.

Butt, John, 1, Bayley’s-place.

Chelsea, Viscount, 28, Lowndes-street.

Collier, Caleb, 209, Sloane-street.

Compton, James, 1, Smith-street.

Fisher, John, 60, Cadogan-place.

Gurney, George Edward, “The Earl of Cadogan,” 1, Marlborough-road.

Handover, William, Kensal New Town.

Hopwood, Owen Thomas, 195, Sloane-street.

Jones, Benjamin William, 81, Cadogan-place.

Rope, Robert Northern, 49, Sloane-street.

Shelton, Richard, 22, Halsey-street.

Symons, Elias Octavius, 3, Exeter-street.

Till, John, “The Australian,” Milner-street.

Tite, William, M.P., 42, Lowndes Square.

Thirst, Edward, 11, Halsey-terrace.

Todd, George, Stanley House, Milner-street.

Walker, Thomas Humble, 6, Wellington-square.

Williams, William, Kensal New Town.

Wood, Lancelot Edward, 28a, College-street.

Rhind, William, 189, Sloane-street.

Plan of Hans Town Ward, Chelsea, 1860

All such parts of the said Parish of Chelsea as are bounded as follows;—that is to say: Bounded towards the north-west by a line commencing at the intersection of the central line of College-street with the central line of Whitehead’s-grove, and drawn in a north-east direction along the middle of Whitehead’s-grove to and along the middle of Cadogan-street, to and along the middle of Halsey-terrace, to and along the middle of Cadogan-terrace, crossing Sloane-street, to and along the middle of Ellis-street, to and along the party-wall between the public-house known as “The Woodman” public-house, to the south, and No. 12, D’Oyley-street, to the north, and thence in the same direction to the eastern boundary of the said Parish; bounded towards the east by the eastern boundary of the said Parish, from the point wherein the north-western boundary line of the said Ward No. 4, hereinbefore described, meets the same, to the south point of the said eastern boundary in the river Thames; bounded towards the south by the south boundary of the said Parish in the river Thames, from the point lastly hereinbefore mentioned to the boundary of Ward No. 2; bounded towards the south-west by the north-east boundary of Ward No. 2 from the point lastly hereinbefore mentioned, to the said point of intersection of the central line of College-street with the central line of Whitehead’s-grove.

Dunkley, Thomas, 18, Lower Sloane-street.

Fuge, George Frederick, 13, Sloane-square.

Leete, John Hurstwaite, 143, Sloane-street.

Livingston, Alexander, 8, King’s-road.

Mowels, Samuel Alfred, 142, Sloane-street.

Rabbits, William, 20, Sloane-square.

Roberts, William, 25, Lower Sloane-street.

Roope, Charles, jun., 144, Sloane-street.

Sansum, William, 132, King’s-road.

Smith, George Baxter, 35, King’s-road.

Wain, George, 2, King’s-road.

Wright, John, 8, Queen’s-road East.

Crisp, James, 170, King’s-road.

Plan of Royal Hospital Ward, Chelsea, 1860

Member of Metropolitan Board of Works

W. Tite, Esq., M.P., 42, Lowndes-square.

Treasurer

Charles Hopkinson, Esq., 3, Regent-street.

Solicitors

Messrs. Lee & Pemberton, 44, Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

Vestry Clerk

Charles Lahee, Vestry Hall, King’s-road.

Clerk’s Assistants

J. Eisdell Salway, J. Nichol, Vestry Hall.

Medical Officer of Health

Andrew Whyte Barclay, M.D., 23a, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, and Vestry Hall.

Surveyor

Joseph Pattison, Vestry Hall.

Inspector of Nuisances

Ealand Alder, Vestry Hall.

Hall Keeper

W. Maddy, Vestry Hall.

Office Messenger

W. Holland.

VESTRYMEN.[36]

Date of Election.

Date of expiration of term of office, or of resignation.

Vestry Meetings.

Committee Meetings.

Total Attendance.

Works and for General Purposes.

No.1,or Stanley Ward.

Mr. Breun, Lower Sloane-street

1859

1862

Sept. 1860

,, Delany, Albion-place, Fulham-road

1860

1863

Sept. 1860

,, Foy, Paultons-square

1860

1863

July, 1860

,, Gable, Belle Vue

1860

1863

June, 1860

,, Garner, Mason’s-place, Fulham-road

1858

1861

...

,, Hall, Paultons-square

1858

1861

102

149

June, 1858

,, Perry, Danvers-street

1859

1862

143

June, 1859

,, G. W. Richards, Danvers-street

1857

1860

June, 1857

,, Tipper, Odell’s-place, Fulham-road

1858

1861

...

,, W. Wood, Duke-street

1859

1862

...

No.2,or Church Ward.

Mr. Alexander, Cremorne-road

1859

1862

...

,, Blazdell, Manor-street

1860

1863

114

June, 1860

,, Callow, Queen’s-road West

1858

1861

June, 1858

,, Carter, College street

1858

1861

...

,, Dancocks, Fulham-road

1859

1862

...

,, Doubell, King’s-road

1860

1863

...

,, Finch, King’s-road

1859

1862

119

Sept. 1859

,, Goss, Queen-street

1859

1862

...

,, Hulse, Radnor-street

1860

1863

July, 1860

,, Hunt, New King’s-road

1859

1862

...

,, Lawrence, King’s-road

1860

1863

June, 1860

,, Miles, King’s-road

1858

1861

June, 1858

,, Osborn, Queen-street

1860

1863

June, 1860

,, Oxford, Riley-street

1860

1863

June, 1860

,, Parker, Paultons-square

1860

1861

June, 1860

,, Robson, Smith-terrace

1859

1862

June, 1859

,, T. Symons, Fulham-road

1858

1861

...

,, J. Todd, Milner-street

1858

1861

June, 1858

,, Whitehead, Whitehead’s-grove

1858

1860

...

June, 1858

,, Yapp, Oakley-street

1857

1860

June, 1857

No.3,or Hans Town Ward.

Mr. Badcock, Smith-street

1860

1863

June, 1860

,, Birch, Sloane-street

1858

1861

June, 1860

,, Butt, Bailey’s-place

1860

1863

...

,, Collier, Sloane-street

1859

1862

June, 1859

,, Compton, Smith-street

1860

1863

June, 1860

,, Fisher, Cadogan-place

1859

1862

...

,, Gurney, Marlborough-road

1860

1863

...

,, Handover, Kensal New Town

1858

1861

...

,, Hopwood, Sloane-street

1858

1861

...

,, Jones, Cadogan-place

1859

1862

June, 1859

,, Rope, Sloane-street

1859

1862

...

,, Shelton, Halsey-street

1859

1862

June, 1859

,, E. O. Symons, Exeter-street

1858

1861

June, 1858

,, Thirst, Halsey-terrace

1860

1861

June, 1860

,, Till, Milner-street

1860

1863

...

,, Tite, Lowndes-square

1859

1862

June, 1859

,, G. Todd, Milner-street

1858

1861

June, 1858

,, Walker, Wellington-square

1860

1863

June, 1860

,, Williams, Kensal New Town

1858

1861

...

,, L. E. Wood, College-street

1860

1863

June, 1860

,, R. Wood, Whitehead’s-grove

1857

1860

...

No.4, orRoyal Hospital Ward.

Mr. Dunkley, Lower Sloane-street

1859

1862

Sept. 1860

,, Fuge, Sloane-square

1858

1861

...

,, Leete, Sloane-square

1860

1863

June, 1860

,, Livingston, King’s-road

1859

1862

June, 1859

,, Mowels, Sloane-street

1858

1861

...

,, Rabbits, Sloane-square

1860

1863

June, 1860

,, Roberts, Lower Sloane-street

1858

1861

June, 1860

,, Roope, Sloane-street

1860

1863

...

,, Sansum, King’s-road

1859

1862

June, 1859

,, Smith, King’s-road

1858

1861

...

,, Wain, King’s-road

1860

1863

...

,, Wright, Queen’s-road East

1859

1862

June, 1859

Ex-Officio Members of the Vestry.

Rector, Rev. A. Gerald W. Blunt,M.A.

...

ChurchwardenDiplock,M.D.

...

1309

1031

2340

ChurchwardenHALL,ChurchwardenCOLLIER: Elected respectively for Wards No. 1. and 3.

VESTRYMEN.

Finance.

Fire Engines, Staff, & Escapes.

Contract with London Gas Company.

Chelsea Charities.

Letting, &c. The Hall.

Inauguration Dinner.

Mr. Dover’s Charges against the Metropolitan Board of Words.

Metropolitan Local Management Act Amendment Bill No. 1, to draw Clauses and Amendments

Food Analysis.

Re-Naming Streets and Numbering Houses.

Contracts for Masons’ and Bricklayers’ Works.

West London Extension Railway.

Proposed Roads to Fulham and Kensington.

Asylum Wall.

Chelsea Embankment, Draft Petition to Parliament.

Vestry Hall First Stone.

Chelsea Embankment and Proposed Pimlico and West London Junction Railway.

Space over Ranelagh Sewer and Boundaries.

Line of Frontage King’s Road, and Limerston Road Drainage.

Vestry Hall Lighting, Fitting and Furnishing.

Cremorne Gardens.

Vestry Hall, completing the Building Fitting and Furnishing.

Mr. Ayrton’s Motion, and Mr. Tite’s Amendment Bill.

Smith Terrace, Investigation of Clerk’s and Surveyor’s Reports.

Mr. Breun, Lower Sloane-street

June, 1859

May, 1860

,, Delany, Albion-place, Fulham-road

June, 1860

Sept. 1860

,, Foy, Paultons-square

June, 1859

Jan. 1861

Sept. 1860

Feb. 1861

,, Gable, Belle Vue

Nov. 1859

,, Garner, Mason’s-place, Fulham-road

,, Hall, Paultons-square

June, 1858

Mar. 1859

Oct. 1859

May, 1860

Oct. 1860

Jan. 1861

Apr. 1861

Mar. 1861

Sept. 1859

Jan. 1859

Nov. 1859

Dec. 1859

May, 1860

Apr. 1860

June, 1860

Sept. 1860

Oct. 1860

Jan. 1861

Feb. 1861

,, Perry, Danvers-street

May, 1859

Oct. 1859

May, 1860

Oct. 1860

Mar. 1861

July, 1859

Sept. 1859

Nov. 1859

Dec. 1859

Jan. 1860

Apr. 1860

June, 1860

Sept. 1860

Oct. 1860

Jan. 1861

Feb. 1861

,, G. W. Richards, Danvers-street

Nov. 1859

,, Tipper, Odell’s-place, Fulham-road

June, 1860

Jan. 1861

,, W. Wood, Duke-street

June, 1859

Mr. Alexander, Cremorne-road

June, 1859

Feb. 1861

,, Blazdell, Manor-street

June, 1860

Oct. 1860

July, 1859

Jan. 1859

Apr. 1860

,, Callow, Queen’s-road West

Mar. 1859

Dec. 1860

,, Carter, College street

,, Dancocks, Fulham-road

June, 1860

,, Doubell, King’s-road

June, 1859

,, Finch, King’s-road

Oct. 1859

May, 1860

Oct. 1860

Jan. 1861

Mar. 1861

Sept. 1859

,, Goss, Queen-street

,, Hulse, Radnor-street

June, 1860

Sept. 1860

Jan. 1861

,, Hunt, New King’s-road

June, 1859

July, 1860

Sept. 1860

,, Lawrence, King’s-road

June, 1860

Jan. 1861

Apr. 1861

Sept. 1860

Jan. 1861

,, Miles, King’s-road

June, 1858

Oct. 1859

May, 1860

Oct. 1860

Sept. 1859

Jan. 1859

Nov. 1859

Dec. 1859

Jan. 1860

Apr. 1860

June, 1860

Sept. 1860

Oct. 1860

,, Osborn, Queen-street

Feb. 1861

,, Oxford, Riley-street

June, 1860

,, Parker, Paultons-square

,, Robson, Smith-terrace

Sept. 1860

Feb. 1861

,, T. Symons, Fulham-road

,, J. Todd, Milner-street

June, 1858

Oct. 1859

Jan. 1861

July, 1859

Nov. 1859

Dec. 1859

Apr. 1860

June, 1860

Oct. 1860

Jan. 1861

,, Whitehead, Whitehead’s-grove

Nov. 1859

,, Yapp, Oakley-street

Nov. 1859

Mr. Badcock, Smith-street

,, Birch, Sloane-street

June, 1858

,, Butt, Bailey’s-place

June, 1860

,, Collier, Sloane-street

June, 1859

May, 1859

May, 1860

,, Compton, Smith-street

,, Fisher, Cadogan-place

June, 1859

Oct. 1859

Oct. 1860

Jan. 1861

,, Gurney, Marlborough-road

June, 1860

,, Handover, Kensal New Town

,, Hopwood, Sloane-street

,, Jones, Cadogan-place

May, 1860

Jan. 1861

Mar. 1861

,, Rope, Sloane-street

Sept. 1860

,, Shelton, Halsey-street

July, 1859

Dec. 1859

,, E. O. Symons, Exeter-street

Feb. 1859

May, 1860

July, 1859

July 1859

Dec. 1859

Jan. 1860

Apr. 1860

June, 1860

Oct. 1860

Jan. 1861

,, Thirst, Halsey-terrace

Jan. 1861

,, Till, Milner-street

June, 1860

Oct. 1860

Mar. 1861

,, Tite, Lowndes-square

Oct. 1859

,, G. Todd, Milner-street

Nov. 1859

Dec. 1859

,, Walker, Wellington-square

June, 1860

,, Williams, Kensal New Town

,, L. E. Wood, College-street

,, R. Wood, Whitehead’s-grove

Mr. Dunkley, Lower Sloane-street

June, 1859

,, Fuge, Sloane-square

,, Leete, Sloane-square

June, 1860

May, 1860

Oct. 1860

Jan. 1861

Mar. 1861

Nov. 1859

,, Livingston, King’s-road

June, 1859

Oct. 1859

Apr. 1861

Nov. 1859

Oct. 1860

Jan. 1861

,, Mowels, Sloane-street

Jan. 1861

Feb. 1861

,, Rabbits, Sloane-square

June, 1860

Oct. 1860

Jan. 1861

Mar. 1861

Nov. 1859

June, 1860

Sept. 1860

,, Roberts, Lower Sloane-street

Mar. 1859

,, Roope, Sloane-street

,, Sansum, King’s-road

Feb. 1861

,, Smith, King’s-road

,, Wain, King’s-road

,, Wright, Queen’s-road East

Rector, Rev. A. Gerald W. Blunt,M.A.

May, 1860

ChurchwardenDiplock,M.D.

May, 1859

May, 1860

Nov. 1859

May, 1860

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