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This important communication the Vestry referred to
the joint consideration of the three standing Committees,
and, at the same time, decided to inform the Board that, in
the opinion of the Vestry, St. Giles and St. George's Church_
yards, and the Burial Ground at Dulwich might, with
advantage, be immediately levelled and made into Recreation
Grounds.
I may as well state here, that, in accordance with the
latter part of this resolution, communications were immediately
opened with the Rev. F. F. Kelly, the Vicar of Camberwell
the Rev. Norman Campbell, Incumbent of St. George's, and
the Estates Governors of Dulwich College, the parties interested
in the disused Burial Ground at Dulwich. It was
found to be impracticable to deal with the Churchyard of St.
Giles; and the Estates Governors, in reply to the communication
referred to, refused their consent to the laying out of
the Dulwich Burial Ground, but with reference to the St.
George's Burial Ground, the Vestry were met with the cordial
assistance of the Vicar, and, in all probability, the Parishioners
in the poor district around St. George's Church will have the
advantages of an open space laid out with shrubberies and
flower beds, for the resort of themselves and their children.
The steps taken to obtain the necessary Faculty are detailed
under the heading, "St. George's Burial Ground."
The Vestry also placed the use of their Committee rooms
at the disposal of the Mansion House Fund Local Committee,
and many of the members of the Vestry were placed upon the
Committee, and its Sub-committces, and actively assisted in
relieving the prevailing distress.
In order that the three standing Committees should be
in possession of the fullest information on the subject, I
ascertained the views of all those in the Parish under whose