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Vacant Land.
Wyndham Road.
On 2nd July, 1895, the General Purposes and Works Committee reported having
considered a letter from a Mr. Knight complaining of the piece of vacant land in front of
St. George's Terrace, Wyndham Road, being a nuisance and a danger in consequence of
children throwing the loose stones about, and also complaining of the refuse from the horses
belonging to a Mr. Chicken.
The Vestry Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee
(1) That the piece of land, having apparently no owner and being a nuisance, be
enclosed by the Vestry, sufficient space being left to give Mr. Chicken
access to his premises which partly abut upon the land in question.
(2) That Mr. Knight be referred to Mr. Chicken with reference to his further
complaint as to the nuisance occasioned by Mr. Chicken's horses.
On 1st October, 1895, the Surveyor reported that he had seen Mr. Chicken, the occupier
of the premises adjoining the waste piece of ground opposite St. George's Terrace, Wyndham
Road, in reference to providing him with access thereto, and that Mr. Chicken claimed
"right of user" over the whole area, and threatened to apply for an injunction should the
Vestry in any way prevent him free access, not only to his doorway but over the
whole land, but that he had, however, expressed his willingness to pay the Vestry a rent f«»r
the fence should such be erected, so that he might enjoy the use of the enclosed land; when
the Vestry
Resolved—To enclose the whole of the land in question, and that it Mr. Chicken wants
permission to use part of the land for his business, a formal application must be made to
the Vestry who will deal with it in the ordinary way.
On 3rd December, 1895, the Surveyor reported that acting upon the Vestry's instructions,
he commenced on Monday, the 25th November, the erection ot the fence around the waste
piece of ground in Wyndham Road, and on the Wednesday afternoon the work was
completed, except the post in front of the doorway in the hide wall of the adjoining factory,