In 1853 Charecrofts was let in two £99 0 0 per annum. lots, producing Butt’s Field, let in various lots 445 7 0 „ (among which was the site of the old workhouse, let at £235 a year), producing annually The Gravel Pits, let in various lots, 123 0 0 „ producing Total £667 7 0 „ In the year ending Lady Day, 1853, £253 had been paid in pensions to poor persons, and £157 10_s._ applied for apprenticing poor boys, while £373 1_s._ 5_d._ remained to the credit of the pension fund, and £308 6_s._ 7_d._, to the credit of the apprenticeship fund. Thus we see that the sum £465 invested in land in the years 1635 to 1651 produced in 1777 £54; in 1810, £180 17_s._ 6_d._; and in 1853, £677 7_s._ per annum in rents. And the application of the funds had, except as regards the old parish workhouse for the period mentioned above, been in accordance with the intention of the donors, namely:— The income from Lord Campden’s Bequest (Charecrofts) in pensions to the deserving poor of the parish. From Lady Campden’s (Butt’s) half in such pensions, and half in apprenticeships. And from Cromwell’s (Gravel Pits) three-fourths in pensions, and one-fourth in apprenticeships. Meanwhile the parish had been increasing greatly in population. Other churches had been built, and other congregations than that worshipping at the Parish Church of S. Mary Abbots had been formed, and districts allotted to them. Questions arose as to distribution of the charity funds as between the inhabitants of the various districts, and in 1852 a petition was presented to the Court of Chancery by the Incumbent and Churchwardens of the District Church at Brompton to have them settled by the Court under the powers of an Act of Parliament of 52 George III. And on the 23rd December, 1852, the Court of Chancery made an order directing that the trustees of the Campden Charities should in future apply the profits therefrom as they had hitherto been accustomed to do; but that in future without interfering with any pensions or contracts of apprenticeship already entered into by them in the proportions following among the various church districts:— S. Mary Abbots, Kensington 25 parts. S. Barnabas, Kensington 9 „ Holy Trinity, Brompton 21 „ S. Mary’s, West Brompton 6½ „ S. John’s, Notting Hill 17 „ S. James, Norland 9½ „ Total 88 „