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REPORT OF THE VESTRY
For the Year ended 25th March, 1887.
The Vestry of the Parish of St. James and St. John,
Clerkenwell, beg to present the following Report of their
proceedings and other matters connected therewith during
the year ended on the 25th March, 1887.
The Parish of Clerkenwell contains 380 acres, about
65 of which are situate at the outlying portion of the
Parish at Muswell Hill.
According to the last census the population was 69,019.
The number of assessments in the Parish, according to
the Valuation List, which came into force on the 6th April,
1886, was 8,324.
The Parish is divided into five wards as follows :
Ward No. 1 (Pentonville), comprises all that portion of
the Parish which lies north of a line drawn from the west
boundary of the Parish at Battle Bridge, along the centre
of Pentonville Road, to the east boundary of the Parish at
the top of the City Road, thence up High Street and
Liverpool Road to Sermon Lane, thence westward (according
to the boundary of the Parish), to Caledonian
Road, including Nos. 61 to 77, and 68 to 100, in that road,
and 6 to 17, Caledonian Crescent, thence to the western
boundary at Battle Bridge, and all that portion of the
Parish which is situate at or about Muswell Hill.
This Ward contains 1,632 assessments, of a rateable
value of £59,656, and returns twelve members to the
Vestry.