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£800 17s. 9d. The ground which has been named Thornhill Gardens
was opened to the public by Mrs. Barlow, the wife of the Vicar on
16th May, 1890.
Other Open Spaces.
Stoke Newington Green, Islington Green, Canonbury Square
Gardens, Barnsbury Square Gardens, Thornhill Gardens, Edward Square
Gardens, and the enclosures in Caledonian Road and Goswell Road,
have been maintained as open spaces at the following expense:—
£ s. d.
Labor and keepers' wages 433 15 10
Keeper's Uniforms 25 6 0
Seeds, plants, manure, tools, repairs, &c.
New seats and keeper's lodge
223 3 2
Water and rent of meters 32 19 8
£715 4 8
The band of the parish school played on several Saturday afternoons
during the summer in the gardens at Islington Green.
The parish churchyard is also maintained as an open space by
the churchwardens at the expense of the Vestry under and pursuant to
the Open Spaces Acts.
DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
A new drinking fountain, presented by "Thomas Ayling," a
resident in the parish and "a total abstainer for 85 years" (so runs
the inscription on the fountain), has been fixed by the Metropolitan
Drinking Fountains and Cattle Troughs Association on the south-east
side of Camden Road by the west side of Caledonian Road.