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which both Mr. Frye and Mr. Culver would hold a
key; and asking whether such an arrangement
would meet with the approval of the Vestry, and
whether they would desire also to be furnished with
a key. There is no doubt that the court in question
was a source of considerable nuisance, and the
Yestry gave consent for the erection of such gate,
subject to Mr. Culver putting up a tablet that the
court is public way, and to the Yestry being furnished
with a key of the gate. The key was subsequently
forwarded.
Crawford Passage.—The suggestion has again
been made to the Yestry that the narrow passage
leading to Crawford Passage at the southern end of
the old Workhouse site, Farringdon Road, should
be widened by taking a piece of the site for the purpose,
but they have not seen their way to adopt it.
Goswell Terrace.—In September a letter was
received from Mr. Glover, of 20, Northampton
Square, stating that Mr. Boodle, on behalf of Lord
Northampton, had directed him to pull down and
clear away the houses at the end of Goswell Terrace,
and necessary buildings in Upper Smith Street, and
to make an opening through into Upper Smith
Street, so as to ventilate the houses in the terrace,
and to fix iron guard posts at each end and to leave
an open space between, which may be used as a
playground for the children; and asking, on behalf
of Mr. Boodle, if the Yestry would help in the proposed
improvement by taking over the open space or
playground in the same way that they had done in
Brunswick Close. The Yestry agreed to the
request, and the proposal has since been carried out.