LIST OF PUBLIC URBAN PARKS AND RECREATION GROUNDS- (continued). Approxi matte cost per L. Bradford 9. CAMBRIDGE 35,663 1 Various Com 100 ") Corporation and Boron, Town Counci Prince's Sq. 8 3 5 Corporation lands Corporation 362 7 0 Corporation P 2 211 And four others 407 0 0 1 Owned and maintained by Lord Bradford. 2 The cost is total cost, and presumably includes the cost of laying out. 6 Total cost. For cricket and other games. 5 No funds; ground neglected and public rights infringed on. In June 1882 Sir Greville Smythe offered a park to the Corporation of 22 acres near Bedminster. * Including Parker's piece. Not laid out; let as a racecourse. 9 Total cost. In course of formation at cost of donor. 10 In the centre of the town. 11 99 years at 207. per annum; laid out and buildings erected at a cost of 3,000l. by public subscription. 12 Held at an annual rent of 251. 13 Held at an annual rent of 107. per acre. 213 'Purchased under the Glasgow Public Parks Act, 1859, and the 2 A grass common about to be purchased and laid out. 3 35 acres on lease, and 42 acres gift and purchase. • Total cost. 5 Waste land laid out by Mr. Williamson at his own cost. Cost 25,000l. in laying out. 7 2007. per annum paid to the freemen of city for commonage. Area of borough, 5,002 acres. • Distance from the centre of the borough-2 miles, 1 mile, 1 mile, and 1 mile respectively. 10 There are numerous small enclosures in London, such as disused burial grounds, which have been laid out as public gardens by private subscription or by public money or rates:-East London Cemetery, Mile End Old Town; St. Mary's Disused Burial Ground, Haggerston; St. Bartholomew's Disused Burial Ground, Bethnal Green; St. Dunstan's Churchyard, Stepney; St. James's Churchyard, Ratcliff, E.; St. Peter's Disused Burial Ground, Bethnal Green; St. Mary's Disused Burial Ground, Whitechapel; St. Paul's Yes Disused Burial Ground, Shadwell; Baker's Row (E.) Disused |