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protracted Inquiry the Commissioner came to the conclusion
that the wishes of the Honourable Society of
Lincoln's Inn must be had regard to, and consequently
the contention of the Board of "Works for the Strand
District must prevail. The result of this was the loss of
property of considerable rateable value to the St. Giles
District.
Another Inquiry in which the Board took part
in which questions of adjustment of boundaries were
concerned was one held at the Clerkenwell Town Hall by
T. R. Colquhoun Dill, Esq., on the question of adjustment
of boundaries between the Eastern portion of the
Parliamentary Division of Holborn and the adjoining
Districts. This was not a matter which affected the
St. Giles District to such an extent as the points
discussed at the prior Inquiries, but it was felt desirable
that the ratepayers of the St. Giles District should be
represented, having regard to the fact that their interest
was predominant in the new Borough. Ultimately a line
which was to a certain extent a compromise between all
the Authorities, was adopted by the Commissioners.
The Inquiry as to the boundaries of Holborn disclosed
no difficulties, because the boundaries having been adjusted
between the parishes surrounding it, naturally the adoption
of the boundary line of the new Borough must be the
lines then settled, but an important point arose as to the
name which was to be given to the new Borough. On the
part of the Board of Works for the St. Giles District it
was suggested that "Bloomsbury" was the name which
would commend itself to all parties concerned; on the
other hand the Board of Works for the Holborn District
contended that as Parliament had already recognised the
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