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At the request of Mr. William Stotesbury, who in January, 1885, entered into an
agreement with the trustees for building upon the Charity Estate at Plaistow. Leases
o? houses completed upon the Estate have been granted as follows, viz.:—No. 13,
Redriff-terrace, Plaistow-road, to Mr. Frederick John Ovenden, for 81 years from 24th
December, 1884, at a rental of £4 10s. per annum; No. 8, RedrifF-terrace, to
Mr. George Major Cripps, for 81 years from 24th December, 1884, at a rental of
£4 15s. per annum; No. 12, RcdrifF-terrace, to Mr. Sidney Richard Suffield, for 81
years from 24th December, 1884, at a rental of £4 10s. per annum; No. 4, RedrifFterrace,
to Mr. Frank Hamshere, for 81 years from 24th December, 1884, at a rental of
£4 4s. per annum.
On the 3rd November, 1885, the Vestry, upon the report of the Charity Estates
Committee, who had visited the Plaistow Charity Estate, passed resolutions as
follows, viz.:—
"Resolved, that the Vestry lease to Mr. William Stotesbury, not only the house
and land (No. 13, RedrifF-terrace, Plaistow) coloured red and green in the plan
produced, but also the strip on the south side marked on the said plan " Old Ditch
filled in," and also that the Surveyor be instructed to colour the said strip green, on the
said plan."
"Resolved, that the Vestry require that the boundary line on the south side of the
Estate at Plaistow be set out the whole length at 3 feet from the outside of the Hedge
on the site of the old ditch, and as far as possible, according to the plan of the Estate
dated 1817, and notices be served upon the owners of the adjoining property,
requiring I hem to set back the fences where they encroach upon the Charity Estate.
The Committee having reported they had inspected the boundary on the north
side ol the Plaistow Estate, and that they considered the fences of the houses on the
adjoining estate had been set out at a fair line, a space being left between the fences
and the old hedge there, it was "Resolved that the same be approved."
Baths and Wash-houses.
At a meeting of the Vestry held on the 3rd November, 1885, Messrs. Ralph
Westall Walker and 1 homas William Clarke were re-elected Commissioners for Public
Baths and Wash-houses, to carry out the provisions of the Baths and Wash-houses
Acts in this parish, in conjunction with Messrs. Francis John Bisley, John Bulmer,
Edward James Talbot, Samuel Brownfield, and Lawrence Stevens.
At the same meeting of the Vestry, Messrs. Henry Lovell Bartlett and George
Mabbs were re-elected Auditors of the accounts of the Commissioners for Public Baths
and Wash-houses for the ensuing year.