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1 Case relative to the Tothill Fields Bill. 1798.

Case.

Stating the Grounds of the annexed Bill for
appropriating a part of Tothill Fields, to the reception
of a Penitentiary House, intended to be erected, under
the Penitentiary Contract Act, of the 7th July 1794. —

The waste spot, known by the name of Tothill Fields,
contains at present in the Gross, about 58 Acres; including the
Scite of Rochester Row, and that of the Old Pile of
Buildings, called the Five Chimnies, used in the time of
the great Plague as a Pest-House(a)(a) Stowes Survey of London by Strype, and for this long time,
and probably ever since that time, as a Poor-House: (which two
Scites together may occupy about two acres of the extent) and
the space employed in Roads, which may occupy about six
or eight acres.

The Westminster Scholars, as stated in the Bill, make
use of the Waste as a Cricket Ground — A considerable part
of it, to the amount of several acres, is in a swampy state,
both Summer and Winter: a much more considerable part,
in Winter: the whole of the Portion lying behind Rochester
Row, amounting to upwards of 6 Acres, is altogether unproductive;
being without a single blade of Grass upon it: and
a considerable part of the remainder, is equally bare of herbage,
the surface being continually covered by fresh Loads of Rubbish,
promiscuously shot down upon it.

The situation has been noticed, in popular songs, as a
place of resort for disorderly and dishonest company: and, for
the purpose of seditious meetings and enterprizes, it could, so
long as it continues in its present state, afford at any time
as spot but too commodious: commodious, not only by reason
of the magnitude of its expense, but on account of its being
common land; that is, a spot on which persons of all descriptions
and

Identifier: | JB/117/107/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.
Date_1	1794-07-07	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	117	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	107	Info in main headings field	case relative to the tothill fields bill
Image	001	Titles	case
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	g & ep 1794
Marginals		Paper Producer	fr3
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public		ID Number	38724
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