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much of the said Parish of Lewisham as will be comprised within a line
drawn from the west boundary of the said parish near Honor Oak, adjoining
the Parish of Camberwell, running eastward to the west side of the bridge
known as No. 9 bridge over the London and South Coast Railway, thence
southward in a straight line to the west side of the railway bridge thrown
over the road leading from the Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill, to Perry
Yale, thence to the centre of the said road under the last-mentioned bridge,
thence along the centre of the road leading through Dartmouth Vale and
Perry Yale to the centre of the Sydenham Road opposite Meadow Croft, thence
southward along the centre of the Sydenham Road to the centre of the road
at Bell Green, thence along the centre of Kent House Lane to the south
boundary of the Parish of Lewisham, adjoining the Parish of Beckenham,
and thence by the boundary of the Parish of Lewisham next the Parishes
of Beckenham and Camberwell to the starting point; and that the said ward
to be called No. 3, or Lewisham Ward, shall consist of the remainder of the
said Parish of Lewisham, including the remainder, if any, of the said
Chapelry of Sydenham. And, having regard, as far as in my judgment it
is practicable, as well to the number of persons rated to the relief of the
poor in each ward as to the aggregate amount of the sums at which all such
persons are rated, I do apportion and assign nine vestrymen to the said ward
to be called No. 1, or Blackheath Ward, and twelve vestrymen to the said
ward to be called No. 2, or Sydenham Ward, and fifteen vestrymen to the
said ward to be called No. 3, or Lewisham Ward.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this Fourth day of
October, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
fifty-five.
William Dttrrant Cooper.