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Vestry of Bermondsey, it would be useless to approach the Council on the subject, that the
Vestry had as far back as 20th November, 1891, resolved not to bear the cost of lighting
and maintenance, and to which resolution the Committee recommended the vestry to adhere.
The Vestry accordingly resolved to adhere to their resolution of the 20th November,
1891, and instructed the Clerk to notify the Vestry of Bermondsey of the action taken by
this Vestry in the matter.
On 24th September, 1895, the Vestry had before them a letter from the Vestry Clerk of
Bermondsey, stating that, in reply to a request to the Parks Committee of the London
County Council to receive a deputation from that Vestry re the opening of the roadway,
Southwark Park, the Committee asked to be furnished with the proposals of that vestry
before receiving the deputation, and he was instructed to ask this Vestry to appoint six
delegates to confer with six appointed by the Vestry of Bermondsey, to agree upon what
recommendations they would make to their respective Vestries in the matter, so that a
definite statement in writing might be sent to the Council; when the Vestry
Resolved—That six delegates be appointed by this Vestry to confer with the delegates
appointed by the Vestry of Bermondsey, and that the Bermondsey and Rotherliithe
representatives on the Council be invited to attend.
The following gentlemen were appointed:-Mr.Vice-Chairman Bisley and Messrs. Board,
Moss, Stuart, F. T. Talbot, and Walker, and on the 15th October, 1895, the following Report
was submitted to the Vestry:—
The Delegates appointed by the Vestry to confer with a Committee of the
Bermondsey Vestry relative to the opening of the roadway through Southwark
Park, report having met the Bermondsey delegates at the Town Hall, Spa Road,
on Thursday, the 10th October, 1895, and having mutually agreed as under,
subject to the approval of their respective Vestries:—
1. To equally share the cost of providing lamps and maintaining the
lighting of the roadway, the estimated cost of same being—lamps £3 each, and
lighting £40 per annum.
2. To invite the Parks Committee of the London County Council to meet
the Joint Committee in the Park to discuss the actual requirements of the