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It was subsequently discovered that part of the land had
never been consecrated, and that it might consequently be
utilised for secular purposes. After much deliberation, it
was determined to apply to Parliament for power to sell the
Chapel, and the unconsecrated portion of the ground for the
benefit of the Parish. This proposal received Parliamentary
sanction in 1869, and the Chapel was subsequently sold to the
Rey. C. W. Hodson, for £3,000, and the remainder of the
available property to the Trustees of the London Temperance
Hospital for £6,050; making a total of £9,050. The following
statement shows the application of this sum:—
£ s. d.
Redemption of Rent-charge of £100 a year 3,104 3 4
Invested in Consols for the maintenance of
the ground 1,250 0 0
Invested in Consols for school purposes—One
moiety for Scholarships in Tenison's
Grammar School for boys, and one
moiety for the Burlington School for
girls 1,000 0 0
Towards building and endowing St. John's
Church, Great Marlborough Street 2,500 0 0
Purchase of leasehold interest of part of the
Chapel property 125 0 0
Professional charges in connection with the
sales of the properties 342 5 2
Cost of obtaining the special Act of Parliament
589 8 11
Balance available for current expenditure 139 2 7
£9,050 0 0
In the year 1883 the London and North-Western Railway
Company obtained an Act of Parliament for the enlargement
of their terminus at Euston Square, and were authorised by
that Act to acquire a portion of the St. James's Burial
Ground, part of the land so acquired to be devoted to the
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