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The following information has been obtained by the Town Clerk,
Mr. C. H. F. Barrett.
The following Squares, &c., within the Borough are maintained by the
inhabitants of such out of rates leviable as additional items of the General Rate
by the Borough Council upon the precept served by a Committee elected by
the inhabitants of each square, &c.: Ampthill Square, Brunswick Square,
Camden Gardens, Clarence Gardens, Fitzroy Square, Gordon Square,
Harrington Square, Mecklenburgh Square, Mornington Crescent, Minister
Square, Oakley Square, Regent's Square, Rochester Terrace, &c., and
Tavistock Square.
The following Public Gardens are maintained by the Borough Council out
of the General Rate, namely:—
St. Andrew's Gardens, Gray's Inn Road, by Wells Street.
St. George's Gardens, Wakefield Street.
St. James's Gardens, Hampstead Road.
St. Martin's Gardens, Camden Street.
St. Pancras Gardens, Pancras Road.
Lismore Circus Gardens, Gospel Oak.
Pond Square Garden, Highgate.
College Garden, Great College Street.
Cartwright Gardens (Burton Crescent) is now maintained by the Borough
Council out of an agreed annual amount paid to them by the Skinners'
Company.
The undermentioned Open Spaces, the whole or part of which are situated in
the Borough, are maintained by the London County Council, viz., Hampstead
Heath, Parliament Hill Fields, Waterlow Park, and Whitefield Gardens,
Tottenham < ourt Road.
Regent's Park and Primrose Hill Park, portion of which are in St. Pancras,
are maintained by the Crown.
The Borough Council have no control over the undermentioned Squares and
Open Spaces situated in the Borough:—
Endsleigh Gardens, Euston Road. Owned by the estate of the late Thomas
Cubitt.
Euston Square, Euston Road. Owned by the London and North-Western
Railway Company.
Goldington Crescent Garden. The freeholders arc the Duke of Bedford
and the Brewers' Company, and the Garden is leased to the occupiers of the
houses in the Crescent.
Argyle Square Garden, King's Cross. Owned by the proprietors of the
Battle Bridge Estate, whose agent is A. J. Dryland, Esq., No. 2, Guildhall
Chambers, E.C.
The Highgate Road Open Spaces are owned by Lord Dartmouth and others.
Camden Square Garden is owned by the Marquis of Camden.
The Crescent, Camden Road, is looked after by a Committee of the adjoining
residents, the Secretary of which is Mr. Corderoy, of No. 167, Camden Road.
Leighton Crescent is controlled by a Committee of the adjoining residents,
and the Secretary is Mr. Blunton, of No. 6, Leighton Crescent, N.W.