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and No. 38a.—The site of the whole of No. 528 and a portion of the
sites of Nos. 526 and 530 Holloway Road have been purchased by the
Vestry and thrown into Windsor Road; the kerb on the north-east
side has been set back to an improved line, a footway has been formed
and paved on the south-east side, a new channel laid on either side,
and the carriageway made up. Two crossings have been laid in the
footways at the flanks of Nos. 526 and 530, Holloway Road, and a new
pitched crossing laid over the road by Holloway Road. Boundary
walls with 2 gate piers have been constructed on either side of the
road enclosing the ground at the rear of Nos. 526 and 530, Holloway
Road. The total cost of this improvement amounted to £1,209 8s. 0d.,
of which sum £997 1s. 3d. was for the purchase of ground and legal
expenses. The sum of £1,000 0s. 0d. for the purchase of the property
required for the improvement was obtained by a loan from the London
County Council.
Hornsey Road.—South-west-side, in front of St. Mark's Mission
Hall.— An arrangement having been made between the Vicar of St.
Mark's Tollington Park and the Vestry, the projecting forecourt
wall and gate piers to the Mission Hall have been set back to the
general line of the side of the road, thus completing the widening of
Hornsey Road between Seven Sister's Road and Grove Road referred to
in last year's report. The old gate piers were taken down and rebuilt, the
gates rehung, and an ornamental wrought-iron unclimbable fence
erected to the new line; the existing kerb, channel and footway were
taken up and set back, and the portion of ground which was added to
the carriageway made up, and a small quantity of old York paving
laid inside the Mission Hall forecourt at the expense of the Vestry,
while the land added to the public way was given up free of cost by the
Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Mark's. The area thus dedicated to
the public was 432 feet super. The total cost of the whole of the
works referred to amounted to £138 18s. 9d.
Hornsey Road.—North-east side in front of the Public Baths and
Washhouses. — A strip of ground containing an area of 1,070 super feet
having been given up and added to the public way by the Commissioners
of Baths and Washhouses it has been paved at a cost of
£76 2s. 7d.