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Brought Forward £102 12 0
Colls 10 16 0
Farmer 10 16 0
Merritt 10 16 0
Stiff 10 16 0
145 16 0
Quit-Rent West Ham 0 9 10
Expenses visiting Charity Estates 10 10 0
Bennett's Charity distributed in Coal, &c. 9 0 0
Hill and Bell's Charity, Treasurer of Charity School 3 0 0
Coat and Cloak Charity 6 0 0
Mrs. Embleton's Gift 5 0 10
£179 16 8
Miscellaneous.
A memorial signed by 240 Ratepayers of this parish (representing a rating of £14,600)
having been received by the Vestry in favour of the abolition of the Tolls and the Trust Roads,
and the Vestry considering it expedient that all the Turnpike Gates and Toll Bars in the
parish of Rotherhithe should be removed, they sent a communication to that effect (together
with an intimation that they were prepared to undertake the repair and maintenance of the
Turnpike Roads in this Parish, on the expiration of the Act of Parliament relating thereto),
to the Secretary of State for the Home Department and to the Trustees of the Bermondsey,
Rotherhithe, and Deptford Roads.
In consequence of the Trustees not having applied to Parliament for an Act to extend
their term, and as their powers will cease in November next, the Yestry appointed a Committee
to investigate into and report as to the best course to be adopted for the maintenance
of the portion of the Turnpike Roads that will then come under their control; this matter is
still under the consideration of such Committee.
The Yestry have agreed to contribute £50 towards the expenses incurred by the Acting
Committee for the abolition of the Surrey side Turnpikes, in opposing the renewal of the
various Turnpike Road Trusts on the south side of the Thames, including the Bill introduced
into Parliament by the Trustees of the New Cross Roads, which Bill, if carried, would have
inflicted a heavy expense on this Parish by throwing additional traffic on the Bermondsey,
Rotherhithe, and Deptford Roads.
This Vestry have also in conjunction with the Yestries of Bermondsey and St. John's,
Southwark, petitioned the House of Commons, and memorialized Sir George Grey the Secretary
of State for the Home Department, against the continuation of the Woolwich and Lower Road
Turnpike Trust.
In November last the Vestry received Parliamentary notices from the promoters of the
following Railway schemes affecting property in the Parish of Rotherhithe, viz.:-
The East London Railway (Thames Tunnel Line).
The Metropolitan and South London Railway.