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Purchased from Henry Hassall, wine merchant, 1887.
The property conveyed to the Corporation by Henry Hassall comprised land bounded on the north by St. John's Churchyard, on the south by the Groves, on the east by the road from the churchyard to the river Dee, and on the west partly by a footway leading from the churchyard, containing a dwelling house formerly called Rock Cottage, but now 1887 the Anchorite's Cell, and one other cottage. Also conveyed to the corporation were four pieces of land opposite the Anchorite's cell, between the Groves and the river Dee |