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Reference NumberL/SGE/A/9/4
Alternative Reference NumberTH/3053 and 3053A
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TitleGround in Back Road next to the Wesleyan Chapel burial ground, St George's
Date(s)1856-1874
DescriptionDraft conveyances of ground in Back Road for the purpose of erecting vestry rooms (1856, 1857):

(1) Thomas Early, Houndsditch, clothier; John Hall, Sandwell Place, Lewisham Road, ship owner; Richard Spencely, Trinity Almshouses, Deptford, anchorsmith; George Tindall, New Road, Cannon Street, ship broker; William Abner Vaughan, Aldgate, mercer; John Lidgett, Billiter Street, ship owner; Robert Steward, St George's Street, ship owner; Josiah Clippingdale, Browns Wharf, Poplar, gentleman; William Chapman Riley, Princes Square, ship owner; William Merry, Whitechapel, cheesemonger; Peter Tindall the younger, Gracechurch Street, ship owner; Thomas Goldsworthy Pearce, East India Road, manufacturing chemist; Thomas Paddon, St George's Street, furniture dealer; Francis Shaw, Bishopsgate Street without, warehouseman; James Illingworth, Bishopsgate Street without, tailor; John Hall the younger, Mincing Lane, ship broker; Thomas Ward Chambers, Narrow Street, biscuit baker; William Funge, Lower East Smithfield, dock master; Robert Palmer, Adelaide; John Vanner the younger, Spital Square, silk manufacturer; George Reader, Chrisp Street, builder
(2) Vestry of St George in the East

Draft release and conveyance of estate of Wesleyan Chapel (1856):
(1) Robert Palmer, Adelaide
(2) Reverend Robert Inglis, St George's, Wesleyan minister
(3) Thomas Early, Houndsditch, clothier; John Hall, Sandwell Place, Lewisham Road, ship owner; Richard Spencely, Trinity Almshouses, Deptford, anchorsmith; George Tindall, New Road, Cannon Street, ship broker; William Abner Vaughan, Aldgate, mercer; John Lidgett, Billiter Street, ship owner; Robert Steward, St George's Street, ship owner; Josiah Clippingdale, Browns Wharf, Poplar, gentleman; William Chapman Riley, Princes Square, ship owner; William Merry, Whitechapel, cheesemonger; Peter Tindall the younger, Gracechurch Street, ship owner; Thomas Goldsworthy Pearce, East India Road, manufacturing chemist; Thomas Paddon, St George's Street, furniture dealer; Francis Shaw, Bishopsgate Street without, warehouseman; James Illingworth, Bishopsgate Street without, tailor; John Hall the younger, Mincing Lane, ship broker; Thomas Ward Chambers, Narrow Street, biscuit baker; William Funge, Lower East Smithfield, dock master; John Varner the younger, Spital Square, silk manufacturer; George Reader, Chrisp Street, builder

Notices of ratepayers' meetings (1856) and vestry meeting (part; undated)

Also miscellaneous correspondence (1856-1860) and drafts including description of land, plan and memorial, draft instructions and requisitions for conveyance, bill of costs, and correspondence concerning negotiations, payment, deaths incuding those of Robert Palmer, Peter Tindall and Ann Farrant; copy death certificates (1856-1874) of Robert Palmer, George Reader, William Chapman Riley, Richard Spencely, John Lidgate, William Funge, Robert Steward, James Illingworth, Francis Shaw, Thomas Goldsworth Pearce, Thomas Early, Peter Tindall, Ann Palmer and Mary Jackson; and redemption of land tax.
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