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1, Temple Gardens, E.C.
Dear Sir, 1st July 1891.
Open space, Crown and Fulham Palace Roads.
The Council decided yesterday to join with the Fulham Vestry in
the purchase of the above, but declined to contribute any portion of
the laying out. I did all that was possible to endeavour to induce
the Council to assist in this latter, but the ground was so large,
viz., nine acres, that it was considered undesirable, and members
were unwilling to create such a precedent. Where the Council
had previously contributed, it was in the cases of very small areas,
such as church yards, &c.
This large open space is now permanently secured, and will be
an undoubted benefit to the inhabitants of Fulham.
Yours truly,
J. Denselow, Esq., (Signed) R. A. GERMAINE.
Fulham Vestry,
Walham Green, S.W.
1, Temple Gardens, E.C.
Dear Sir, 4th July, 1801.
Open space, Fulham Palace Road and Crown Road.
Mr. Basil Holmes, Secretary of the Metropolitan Public Gardens
Association, has written to ask me to impress upon the Fulham
Vestry the necessity of accepting the Ecclesiastical Commissioners'
offer without delay, as he informs me they will not allow it to
remain open much longer. He adds that even if the space were
not laid out at all, it would be exceedingly useful and beneficial to
the district; and fully anticipates the laying out money will soon
be obtained.
I gather from this that if some application were made to the
Metropolitan Gardens Association, that body might be willing to
subscribe a portion of the laying out cost.
Will you kindly read this letter, in addition to my previous
one, to your Open Spaces Committee.
Yours truly,
J. Denselow, Esq., (Signed) R. A. GERMAINE.
Fulham Vestry,
Walham Green, S.W.
83, Lancaster Gate, W.
The Clerk to the Vestry of Fulham, 7th July, 1891.
Vestry Hall, Walham Green, S.W.
Dear Sir,
Proposed Recreation Ground in Fulham Palace Road.
We have been informed by the County Council that while
agreeing to bear one-half of the cost of purchasing this ground, it
declined, as a matter of principle, to sanction the recommendation
of its Committee to subscribe a further sum towards the laying out.
Your Vestry has, no doubt, received a similar intimation.
I am directed by this Association to express its earnest hope
that your Vestry will not allow the diminution of the expected
contribution of the Council by under £2000 to prevent it from
closing with the offer of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.