| 词条 | Glover's Island |
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Glover's Island (originally called Petersham Ait) is in a section of tidal river formerly known as Horse Reach on the Thames, between Richmond Lock and Teddington Lock in the Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England. DescriptionThe tree-covered islet has been precisely measured as {{convert|0.536|acres}} up to the shown limit of ordinary high tides.[1] In 1872 the island was bought by a Richmond-based waterman named Joseph Glover for £70 ({{Inflation|GBP|70|1872|r=-3|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}); advertising it for resale in 1895. Sir J. Whittaker Ellis, Charter Mayor of Richmond lived within view declined to buy it at £5000 ({{Inflation|GBP|5000|1895|r=-3|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}) and suggested that the Richmond Corporation should be approached. The Amenities Committee considered the proposal on 2 April 1895 and decided –
Trying again in 1898, Glover caused a scandal by putting the island up for auction and suggesting it could be sold to Pears soap to erect a giant advertising hoarding. Glover used this threat to vex the Corporation, offering it to them for £4,000 but although the Corporation wanted to buy the island, it was felt that there was no justification in spending such a large sum of money out of its funds. There then followed a lengthy debate and correspondence in the local press about preserving the view from Richmond Hill and suggestions were made that the purchase should be funded jointly by public subscription and the corporation. By September, only £50 had been given to the public fund and the disclosure that Glover had purchased the island in 1872 for £70 did not help the collection. The auction took place on 21 September but the highest bid was only £200. An unnamed resident had offered Glover £1,000 for the island (which he then intended to present to the Corporation), but Glover refused to sell and also withdrew the island from sale. In 1900 Max Waechter, who lived in Terrace House, Richmond Hill, bought it and conveyed it to the Council imposing terms registered against its land records it was never to be developed – the sale price was never disclosed. See also
References1. ^OS 25-inch map of 1894 Ordnance Survey London CXXII repeated on sheet CX published 1897. {{commons category|Glover's Island}}Sources"Richmond Libraries’ Local Studies Collection"{{S-start}}{{River island start|River=River Thames}}{{River item line|upstream=Eel Pie Island|downstream=Corporation Island|}}{{S-end}}{{coord|51|27|00|N|00|18|20|W|region:GB-RIC_type:isle_scale:25000|display=title}}{{LB Richmond}} 3 : Geography of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Islands of London|Islands of the River Thames |
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