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Rights of Way.
Adjoining Trinity Wharf.
Complaint having been received of the erection by a Mr. Hollway of a campshed in front
of the above Right-of-Way, the following correspondence has taken place with the Thames
Conservancy and the Board of Trade: —
Town Hall, Lower Road, S.E.,
3rd February, 1898.
Sir,
It has been reported to the Yestry that Mr. John Hollway, of Trinity Wharf, Rotherhithe
Street, has constructed a raised Campshedding upon the foreshore of the river in
front of the right-of-way between his premises and Messrs. Burt, Boulton and Haywood's
premises, and is using the frontage for the repairing of barges ; and I am directed to draw
the attention of the Board to the matter.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JAMES J. STOKES,
Clerk to the Vestry.
James H. Gough, Esq., Secretary,
Thames Conservancy,
Thames Conservancy,
Victoria Embankment, E.C.
1st March, 1898.
Sir,
I have laid before the Conservators of (he River Thames your letter of the 3rd ultimo,
stating that Mr. Hollway has placed a Campshedding on the foreshore in front of a rightof-way
between Trinity Wharf, Rotherhithe, and the premises of Messrs. Burt, Boulton, and
Haywood, and is repairing barges there.
In reply I am directed to state that the Conservators have granted permission for the
Campshed, but there is no desire on their part to interfere with the right-of-way to the river.
Indeed, they understand that what Mr. Hollway has done is rather an improvement, and
that by removing an accumulation of mud there and filling in the berth with hard core, landing
and embarking at the place will be rendered more easy. With the object, however, of