JB/539/193/001

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1781-6-28

At a Meeting at Westminster June 28. 1781 present a Majority
of the Judges who had viewed the pieces of Ground recommended
by the Supervisors, — reported that Wandsworth North Fields
did not appear to them to be a proper place for either of the
Penitentiary Houses but that they were unanimously of
opinion that Battersea rise was a very proper place for them
both.

A New report was now presented by the supervisors
signed by Sir Charles Bunbury and Thos Bowdler Esqr recommending
Battersea rise as a proper for both the Houses. —

This report was approved by the Meeting, the approbation was
signed —

At a Meeting in Cork street June 29 present
Sir Chas Bunbury and T Bowdler Esq.r resolved that
application be made to Lord Spencer the proprietor of
Battersea rise, for a particular of the Ground to be
purchased for the penitentiary Houses, together with an
Estimate of the Value of the said Ground.

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