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East
Southwark
So much of the Parishes of St. Olave, St. John, St.
Saviour, Bermondsey, and Rotherhithe as lies to the
East of the Borough High Street and North of the
South Eastern Railway.
West
Southwark
The Parish of Christchurch and so much of the
Parishes of St. Saviour and St. George-the-Martyr
as lie to the West of the Borough High Street.
Bermondsey
The Parish of St. Thomas and so much of the
Parishes of St. Olave, St. John, St. Saviour,
Bermondsey, and Rotherhithe as lie to the East of the
Borough High Street and South of the South Eastern
Railway.
Or as an alternative:—
East
Southivark
St. Olave District, Parish of Rotherhithe, and the
ith Ward of the Parish of Bermondsey.
West
Southwark
Parish of St. Saviour, including the Clink Liberty,
Parish of Christchurch, and 1st and 2nd Wards of
the Parish of St. George-the-Martyr.
Bermondsey
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Wards of the Parish of Bermondsey,
and 3rd Ward of the Parish of St. George-the-Martyr.
After careful consideration by a Committee of the Board, it was
resolved to agree with the second of the two alternative propositions,
subject to a slight alteration in the nomenclature whereby
the first of the two suggested divisions would be named Rotherhithe
instead of "East Southwark," and the second Southwark
instead of "West Southwark," and to protest against the division
of the ancient Borough in manner proposed in the Bill. It was
further resolved to address a communication to the Prime Minister,
the President of the Local Government Board, the Members of
Parliament for the Borough and East Surrey, and the various local
authorities, setting forth the objections entertained by this Board
to the proposal, and urging the Government to take the new
Boroughs in question out of the Fourth Schedule, and appoint a
Special Boundary Commission to inquire into and hear evidence
upon the subject. Letters were accordingly addressed to Mr.
Gladstone, to Sir Charles Dilke (who had charge of the Bill in
the House of Commons), the several Members of Parliament, and to