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Clerkenwell 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]

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CHARITIES.

Name of Gift.Situation of Property.How Let.Tenant.Amount ofPrincipal.Gross Annual Income.How appropriated.REMARKS.
Bank of England Stock in Names of Trustees.Court of ???hanesry.
Bellow's Gift cCharohstyle Hse.,Cobhm.LeaseBlunt....250020/- to Churchwardens of Cobham for Bread to the Poor on Good Friday, and the remainder for Bread to Clerkenwell Poor on Sundays
Piece of land, CobharaAt willWoodbury500
Piece of land, CobhamBuilding lease for 80 years from Michaelmas, 1882Bradley
1200
Wood's GiftLate 36-7, Clerkenwell Close 38-9, Clerkenwell Close.. .... ..144655.. ..39154Bread to the Poor at Lady-day and Michaelmas36-7, Clerkenwell Close, sold to School Board for London for the sum of £1,430
Lease 21 years from 1886Moore.. .... ..9000
Wiggles-worth's GiftLate "Sessions House" Hotel, Clerkenwell Green.. .... .... ..713250176
Left for apprenticing poor children. Now devoted to educational purposes in the Parish, by order of the Master of the RollsSold to Metropolitan Board of Works under Streets Improvement Act, 1872. Stock sold in 1895 for £1,338 6s. 11d., and proceeds invested in ground rents in Credon Road and Verney Road, Bermondsey,increasing income to £50 17s. 6d. (proportion of £104) — [See Bennett s Gift below].
Strobe's GiftCockshute Farm,Malvern, consisting of 34 a 2r 34p. with buildings thereonLease 99 years from 29th September, 1359J. Jones's Executors.. .... ..25000£6 to the minister for a preparatory sermon, and the residue to the poor in sums of 5/- each
51592284.. ... ... ...Proceeds of sale of portion of the Estate to the Worcester and Hereford Railwav Company
Stanhope's Gift.. .. .... .... .... ..491603724Bread to the PoorPurchase money of house and premises in Silver Street, described as the "Blue Axe," Turn-mill Street
Spencer's Gift.. .. .... .. .... ..200000.. ..5500Bread, coals and warm clothing to poor not receiving Parochial reliefTrustees of Stock, Messrs. G. B„ Meyer, W. Davies, and F. G. Soheib
Robertson's Gift.. .. .... .... ..29050.. ..7194To keep his vault in St. James' Churchyard in repair, residue to be distributed in sums of 5/-each to poor widowsTrustees of Stock, Rev. R. Maguire, D.D,, Messrs. G. B. Meyer, and J. J. Goode
Bennett's G iftLate 106, St. John St... .... .... ..3315459186In coals to the PoorSold to Metropolitan Board of Works under Streets Improvement Act, 1872. £1,336 10s. 3d. of the stock sold in 1895 for £1,396 13s. Id., part purchase-money of ground rents in Credon Road and Yerney Road, Bermondsey, increasing income to £53 2s. 6d. (proportion of £104), £247 5s. Id. remaining in Consols.—[See Wigglesworth's Gift
Sanderson's GiftLate 59, Turnmill St. and Lamb and Flafr177721076To the Poorabove]. Sold to Met. Board of Works under Streets Improvement Act, 1872
Gardner's Giftltagged Schools Formerly two houses in Ray Street, Hock............75170216820/- to Charity School and remainder to 20 poor widows on Shrove Tuesday
Heron's Giftley in the Hole Portion of ground rent at West Hackney3...............7902To the PoorPaid by Clothworkers' Co.
Herbert'sGifEent charge on a house L and garden in Turn-..................2120Bread to the PoorPaid by Girdlers Company
Kytson's Gifmill Street t Rent charge on Manor of Lackford, Snffolk.....................300Food, Raiment and ClothingPaid by Rev. J. Holden's Exors.