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Clerkenwell 1899

[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.TenantAmount of???ncipal.Gross Annual Income.How appropriated.REMARKS.
Bank of England Stock in Names of Trustees.???ourt of ???ancery.
Bellow's GiftChurchstyleHse.,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, CobhamAt willWoodbury........400
Piece of land, CobhamBuilding leaseBradley......1200
for 80 years from Michaelmas, 1882Cushing
Wood's GiftLate 36-7, 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. Trustees of Stock, " The Official Trustees of Charitable Funds."
38-9, Clerkenwell CloseLease 21 years from 1886Moore........9000
Wiggles-worth's GiftLate"Sessions House" Hotel, Clerkenwell Green.. .... ......713250176Left 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].
Strode's GiftCockshute Farm,Malvern, consisting of 34 a 2r 34p. with buildings thereonLease 99 years from 29 th September, 1859J. Jones's Executors........25000£6 to the minister for a preparatory sermon, and the residue to the poor in sums of 5/- each
r,159228400 ... ... ...Proceeds of sale of portion of the Estate to the Worcester and Hereford Railway Company
Stanhope's Gift.. .. .... .... ......91603724Bread to the PoorPurchase money of house and premises in Silver Street, described as the " Blue Axe," Turnmill 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. Scheib
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 GiftLate 106, St. John St... .... ......315459182In 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. 1d,, part purohase-money of ground rents in Credon Road and Verney Koad, Bermondsey, increasing income to £53 2s. 6d. (proportion of £104), £247 5s. 1d. remaining in Consols.—[See Wigglesworth's Gift abovel.]
Sanderson's GiftLate 59, Turnmill St., and Lamb and Flag Ragged Schools5721076To the PoorSold to Met. Board of Works under Streets Improvement Act, 1872
5170216820/- to Charity School and remainder to 20 poor widows on Shrove Tuesday
Gardner's GiftFormerly two houses in Ray Street, Hockley in the Hole.. .... ......1 1) ZlbC
..7968To the PoorPaid by Clothworkers' Co.
Heron's GiftPortion of ground rents at West Hackney.. .... ......
Herbert'sGiftRent charge on a house and garden in Turnmill Street.. .... ..........212Bread to the PoorPaid by Girdlers Company
Kytson'sGiftRent charge on Manor of Lackford, Suffolk.. .... ........300Food. Raiment by Rev. J. Holden's Exors.Paid by Rev. J. Holden's Exors.