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Tothill Fields. Plan of Division - with Observations

Copy transmitted to the Bishop of Rochester (as Dean) 30 Novr: 1796.

Plan proposed on the part of Government, for the
disposal of the Waste comprised under the
denomination of Tothill Fields: to which isare added — Considerations

on the question, whether, & in what respects, it would
be for the advantage of the Dean & Chapter of
Westminster, to give their consent & concurrence
to the said plan —.

The plan is —
1. That the fee of the whole Waste be declared by Act
of Parliament to be in the Dean & Chapter solely —
2. That a portion, amounting to between 12 & 13 Acres
(composed principally of the angle formed
by the end of Rochester Row with the inclosed
grounds terminating in Storrs Gardens) be allotted
to the Dean & Chapter, to enable them to allow
a sufficient portion to be made use of in the capacity
of a Cricket Ground by the Westminster
Scholars, in satisfaction for the undefined &
unlimited use they have been accustomed to
make of the Waste for that purpose as long
as memory can reach.

[NB. The content of the Cricket Ground
at Walworth is about 5 1/2 Acres: the gross content
of Lords' at Marybone, near the New
Road, is said to be near 8 Acres: but in this is
included a Kitchen Garden of an Acre or two,
& the site of several erections.]

3. That this portion consist of the Isosecles
triangle, having for its base a line drawn
from

Identifier: | JB/117/124/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.
Date_1	1796-11-30	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	117	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	124	Info in main headings field	tothill fields plan of division - with observations
Image	001	Titles	[[titles::plan / proposed on the part of government, for the disposal of the waste comprised under the denomination of / tothill fields: / to which are added - / considerations […]]]
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	i taylor
Marginals		Paper Producer	evan nepean
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	[[notes_public::"copy transmitted to the biship of rochester (as dean) 30 novr 1796" [note in bentham's hand]]]	ID Number	38741
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