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proposed on the part of Government, for
the disposal of the Waste comprised under the
denomination of
Tothill Fields:
to which is 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 Parlament 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 Storr's 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.
(N.B. The content of the Cricket Ground at Walworth
is about 5 1/2 Acres: the gross content of Lord's
at Mayborne 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 Isoseles
triangle, having for its base a line drawn from
the
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