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LIST OF CHARITIES.
Lyon's Estate Charity.
The Vestry are interested, so far as the portion of the
roadway of Oxford-street in this Parish is concerned, in
the rents and profits of certain lands at Kilburn and St,
Marylebone, which were left, about the year 1592, by John
Lyon, the founder of Harrow School, towards the ropair of
the road, from Edgware to London, and the road, from
Harrow to London. The rents and profits are paid annually
to the Edgware Highway Hoard by the Keeper and
Governor of Harrow School, and by that Board distributed
amongst the various local authorities having jurisdiction
over the roads. The total sum apportioned to the southern
half of Oxford Street for the year ended 31st December,
1875, was £165 0s. 6d., and the portion credited to this
Parish, by the St. Marylebone Vestry, (who have charge
of the whole road, in their precept,) upon this Parish, wa
£98 17s. 2d.
General Steuart's Charity.
By will, dated 21st May, 1726, General Steuart left the
sum of £5,000, Irish currency, in the hands of Trustees for
the benefit of the Parish of St. George, Hanover-square;
the sale of this stock realized the sum of £4,484 16s. 1d., and
land was purchased in South-street, and an Endowed School
erected thereon. This School is now carried on by a Board
of Managers, in conjunction with the Subscription School
of the Parish of St. George, Hanover-square, in Southstreet,
under an arrangement sanctioned by the Court of
Chancery ; but the funds of the Charity, which consist of
£4,800, 3 per cent. Consols, and the School House and premises
in South-street (let for £105 per annum) are entirely