Metropolitan Board of Works (Various Powers) Act 1886
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[49 & 50 VICT.] Metropolitan Board of Works (Various [Oh. CXii.]
Potoers) Act, 1886.
CHAPTER cxii.
An Act to confer further powers on the Metropolitan Board
A.D.1886-
of Works as to streets and open spaces; and for other
purposes [25th June 1886.]
THERE AS it is expedient that the Metropolitan Board of Works
(herein-after referred to as "the Board") should be authorised
to make the street improvements and works herein-after mentioned
and that provision should be made as in this Act set forth as to
contributions by certain vestries towards the expenses of certain of
such improvements.
And whereas the Board have caused to be deposited with the
respective clerks of the peace for the counties of Middlesex and
Surrey plans and sections showing the lines and levels of the street
improvements and works by this Act authorised and the lands on
which the same will be made or which may be taken for the purposes
or under the powers of this Act and a book of reference containing
the names of the owners and lessees or reputed owners and lessees
and of the occupiers of those lands and such plans sections and book
of reference are herein referred to respectively as the deposited plans
sections and book of reference.
And whereas the manor of Fulham in the county of Middlesex Little
(part of the ancient possessions of the episcopal see of London and ^°™wood
now vested or reputed to be vested in the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners for England) originally comprised divers commons or waste
lands in the parishes of Fulham and Hammersmith of which there
have been vested in the Board to be preserved as open spaces for
the benefit of the public certain large portions which include
Wormwood Scrubs vested in them under the "Wormwood Scrubs
Act 1879.
And whereas a part of the same tract of common or waste land
which formerly included Wormwood- Scrubs was severed from the
remainder by the West London Railway and such severed part
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Scrubs.
[Oh. CXii.] Metropolitan Board of Worhs (Various [49 & 50 VICT.]
Powers) Act, 1886.
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1886. contains about twenty-two acres and the same has not been vested
in the Board or dealt with by the said Act and does not form part
of the Scrubs as defined by the said Act.
And whereas the copyhold tenants of the manor of Fulham have
or claim certain rights of common of pasture on the said lands for
their commonable cattle and swine at certain seasons of the year
(such as formerly were exerciseable over the whole tract of land
forming Wormwood Scrubs) subject to byelaws from time to time
made by the homage jury of the said manor.
And whereas the said commonable rights have for many years
ceased to be exercised and have been allowed to fall into disuse and
the said piece of land comprising about twenty-two acres has been
for many years past and is now inclosed and the same has been and
is let under the direction of the homage jury of the said manor
and the rent arising therefrom has been and is applied under the
direction of the said homage jury to charitable purposes within the
said manor.
And whereas the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have offered to
transfer the said piece of land to the Board without any considera-
tion on condition that it should be laid out and maintained by the
Board as an open space for public recreation subject to the rights of
the commoners over the same being acquired and extinguished.
And whereas the homage jury of the manor acting so far as
they lawfully can for and on behalf of and as representing all persons
having rights of common on or over the said land have entered into
an agreement for the transfer to the Board and extinguishment of the
same rights on payment of a sum of two thousand pounds and it is
expedient that provision should be made for carrying the said
arrangement into effect.
And whereas the existing means of access to the said lands are
inadequate and it is expedient that further provision should be made
with reference thereto.
And whereas the said piece of land (with a road intended to be
formed thereon) is shown on the plan of Little (Wormwood) Scrubs
comprised in the deposited plans.
Dulwich And whereas by section 48 of the Metropolitan Board of Works
48&49Vict (Various Powers) Act 1885 (in this Act called the Act of 1885)
c. clxvii. ' certain lands in the parish of Oamberwell in the county of Surrey
called in the said Act " Dulwich College lands " delineated upon
the plan marked B referred to in the said Act were transferred to
and vested in the Board and the Board were required to hold the
said lands and from time to time lay out maintain and preserve the
same and every part of the same as a public park for the perpetual
use thereof by the public for exercise and recreation.
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[49 & 50 VICT.] Metropolitan Board of Worlcs (Various [Oh. CXIl.]
Powers) Act, 1886.
And whereas there are on and over the said lands certain footpaths A.D. 1886.
and rights of way which may interfere with the laying out and
public enjoyment of the said lands in manner aforesaid and it is
expedient that subject to the provisions of this Act powers should be
conferred upon the Board as to the stopping diversion or alteration
of the said footpaths and rights of way and as to closing the said
park at night as in this Act set forth.
And whereas under a provisional order headed " Metropolis St. George-
(Saint George-the-Martyr Southwark) Improvement" which was Sotthwark.
confirmed by the Metropolis (Goulston Street Flower and Dean
Street Whitechapel &c.) Improvement Provisional Orders Confirma-
tion Act 1877 the Board were authorised to carry into execution an
improvement scheme under the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings
40 & 41
Vict.
Improvement Act 1875 relating among other lands to certain lands caP- ciii-
adjoining King Street in the parish of St. George-the-Martyr ^^
Southwark.
And whereas under the powers of the said Acts Provisional
Order and Scheme the Board by two deeds dated the 28th November
1882 conveyed to one Frederick Snelling firstly a piece of land in
the said parish on the north-west side of King Street on the south-
west side of Flint Street and on the north-east side of Gun Street
and secondly a piece of land in the same parish situate on the north-
west side of King Street and on the south-west side of Gun Street
and the north-east side of Martin Street subject to certain provisions
and covenants for the erection of dwelling-houses or lodging-houses
suitable for mechanics labourers and other persons of the working
class within the meaning of the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings
38
&
39
Vict.
Improvement Acts 1875 and 1879. 42P&43*Vict
And whereas part of the first-mentioned plot of land between Flint cap, 63.
Street and Gun Street has been used for the erection of artizans
dwellings which are completed and inhabited.
And whereas on other part of the said first-mentioned plot of land
adjoining King Street artizans dwellings were commenced but the
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erection thereof was subsequently abandoned and the portion of the
said buildings which was erected and the materials thereof are
falling into decay.
And whereas no buildings have been commenced on the said piece
of land between Gun Street and Martin Street.
And whereas by reason of subsequent mortgages or reputed
mortgages of the said lands and of the bankruptcy or reputed bank-
ruptcy of the said Frederick Snelling complications have arisen in
which no powers exist under which the said pieces ot land can be
made available for artizans dwellings and it is expedient that further
provisions should be made with reference thereto.
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