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Council with reference to the disposal of the
£10,000 received by them for the purposes of an
open space, under the provisions of the Post Office
Sites Act. On the 5th January, 1892, the Council
had replied to a communication of the Vestry that
the whole subject was under their consideration.
Nothing being heard in the meantime, the Vestry,
on the 31st March, decided to again ask the Council
to receive a Deputation on the subject. On the
27th May a Deputation waited on the Parks Committee
accordingly. Mr. Churchwarden Robson
addressed the Committee, and the Deputation came
away satisfied that a favourable impression had been
made on the Committee, and that it was their intention,
if possible, that the money should be spent
in Clerkenwell. The Committee asked the Deputation
whether they had any suggestion to make
where open spaces might be provided. They therefore
made three suggestions for consideration—the
ground between the new street and Hardwick
Street; the second was the extension of the St.
James' Churchyard; and the third was the desirability
of extending the open space in the new street,
Spa Green, as far as Eydon Crescent, and, as the
latter land was in the possession of the County
Council, there would be no difficulty in acquiring
it, for they would be only buying their own. The
Committee promised to come down with some of
the members to view the grounds Nothing, however,
appearing to be done, the matter was again
considered by the Vestry in November and December,
and they considered the question of what sites
there were in the parish, where the sum could be
expended for the purpose of an open space. Four
areas were under the consideration of the Vestry,
viz.:—The houses on Clerkenwell Green abutting
on St. James' Churchyard; the old Workhouse