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from the Railway Station to Harrow Road, the Vestry contributing
£25 towards the cost of the purchase of the necessary
land by Erith District Council.
Projecting Forecourts in front of Nos. 160, 162, 164 & 166,
Plumstead Common Road, were purchased at a cost of £90
(towards which the Council agreed to contribute £45), and the
Road widened there, at what was one of its narrowest points.
The Vestry paid the Vicar and Churchwardens £78 for a
piece of land in front of St. Margaret's Church, and a footpath
has now been formed in front of the Church, where none
previously existed, in continuation of the footpath in Blendon
Road, and joining the footpath of Vicarage Park. A new iron
fence and gates has been erected to the altered line, by the
Vicar and Churchwardens. The London County Council have
agreed to contribute £25 towards this improvement.
Improvements have been effected at the junction of Wickham
Lane and High Street. Mr. E. Proctor was paid £24 13s. 4d.
for sufficient land at the north-west corner of Wickham Lane
to make Wickham Lane 40 ft. wide as far as Hogtrough Lane,
and Mr. E. Kemp was paid £22 for a strip of land in front of
his shops at the north-east corner, and the land in each of
these cases has been added to the public way.
A much needed improvement has been effected in Herbert
Road, by the fencing in of the vacant land or bank in front
of Herbert Terrace. The land being appurtenant to the
houses and premises in Herbert Terrace, by the owners of
which property the cost was paid with the aid of a contribution
from the Vestry, and the opportunity was taken of
throwing a small piece of the land, at each end, into the footpath,
for which allowances from their contributions were made
to the owners concerned.