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The Chairman ot the Law and Parliamentary Committee, reported at the
Vestry on the 13th November, 1889, that the Committee had brought under
their notice some building plans of a Brewery proposed to be erected on
Lammas Land, and that they had referred same to the Works Committee
and the Lammas Rights Committee with an intimation to each Committee
that if they intended to recommend the Vestry to vindicate Lammas Rights
they must do so at once. On the 11th December, 1889, the Lammas
Rights Committee informed the Vestry that they (the Committee) had disapproved
the plans for the drainage of the proposed Brewery in Town
Mead Road, and that they had instructed the Clerk to inform the London
County Council, that the Vestry had before them plans of a large Brewery
proposed to be erected on land believed to be subject to Lammas Rights,
and that it was desirable that the Council's opinion should be given as early
as possible to assist the Vestry. The London County Council wrote on the
5th February, 1890, stating that the Parks and Open Spaces Committee were
considering what steps can be taken to secure the Town Meads for the
public use. On the 19th February, 1890, the Vestry resolved that a Memorial
be prepared and delivered to the London County Council, praying
that the Council will take up the question of securing and maintaining the
Lammas Lands of Fulham, as an open space for the people, and that so
soon as the Memorial be signed and ready for delivery, a letter be written
to each of the members of the London County Council, desiring their support
to the claim of the people to their just rights, and enclosing a copy of
Mr. Birkett's report together with a plan; and further, that the Law and
Parliamentary and Lammas Rights Committees, be requested to enquire into
the various Rights of the Copyholders of the Manor of Fulham, and report
to the Vestry whether any compensation could be claimed by them, in the
event of the Town Meadows being secured as an open space, and on the 5th
March, 1890, the Law and Parliamentary Committee reported to the Vestry
that they were of opinion that if the Copyholders of the Manor, established
their claim to the Lammas Rights, they would have a claim for compensation
in event of the land being subsequently converted into an open space, and
the Vestry sealed the Memorial to the London County Council ordered on
the 5th February.
Bishop's Meadow.
On the 29th May, 1889, the Works Committee reported to the Vestry
that they had instructed the Surveyor to apply to the London County
Council, to carry out works in connection with the laying out of the Bishops
Meadow, and the Meadow adjoining as an open space, and the Surveyor
stated he had attended at the London County Council thereon and that a
Committee of the Council would view. The Vestry on the 26 th June,
1889, instructed the Clerk to write to the London County Council requesting
them to receive a deputation as to their taking over an maintaining the
Bishops Meadow, &c., as an open space, and on the 5th July, 1889, the