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Brewers Yard—A strip of ground containing 58½ yards super which
was acquired by the late Metropolitan Hoard of Works in connection with
the purchase of the property for the widening of Upper Street having
been added to the public way, the footway on the west side in front of
Nos. 10 to 14 has been set back and the carriageway widened at a cost
of £48 19s. 3d.
Thornhill Road west side, at the south corner of Alma Terrace.
A piece of ground containing about 4 yards super having been given
up by the Trustees of the Thornhill Estate has been added to the
public way; the kerb has been set back and a portion of the footway
added to the carriageway at the expense of the Vestry thus making the
corner more convenient for vehicular traffic along Alma Terrace. The
cost of t he work amounted to £8 4s. 7d.
Malvern Terrace This improvement was carried out in connection
with the laying out of Thornhill Gardens. It comprises a kerbed and
paved footway, 6 feet wide on the north side from Thornhill Road to
and including part of No. 3, and 20 feet wide for the remainder of the
length of t he terrace; and a carriageway 14 feet wide paved wit h
granite setts on a foundation of concrete, from Thornhill Road to
and including part of No. 3. The levels of the new road being lower
than the former surface of the ground the roots of the trees would
have been exposed had they not been surrounded with an enclosure
formed of flags and ironwork in order to keep the mould up to its
original level. The total cost of the work amounted to £244 7s. Id.
Thornhill Road—west side, from Richmond Road to Malvern
Terrace. The footway, which was formerly of an average width of
4 ft. 6 in., has been widened to 7 feet by the addition of a piece of
ground from Thornhill Gardens. The south-west corner of the road
by Richmond-road has also been set back, and a. much more convenient
entrance to the road obtained thereby. The total cost of the work
amounted to £38 15s. 2d.
Thornh ill Road -sout h-east corner, and St. George's Terrace, northwest
corner. A piece of ground in these roads containing 16¼ yards
super, having been given up by the leaseholder of Park House, Thornhill
Road, with the consent of the trustees of the Thornhill Estate who
are the freeholders, upon condition that the Vestry paid to the leaseholder
the sum of £20 to compensate him for setting back and rebuilding the