There are a number of documents relating to this acquisition.

There is a document dated 23 June 1909 from the Local Government Board giving approval for an enlargement.

There is a document undated with the title "Appropriation of land for Enlargement", which says the area is    1 rood 20 perches which is 1815 yd2 or (0.375 acre).

The deed, dated 11 July 1910 is for the enlargement of "Fareham Asylum".

There is an undated letter from the Diocesan Registry to Hampshire County Council asking for answers to a number of questions. Are there suitable fences, gates and paths? Is the ground clean, smooth and free from all ordure? Is the grass cut? Is the area secure from incursion by cattle?

Large scale map .

There are two maps of the extension. The large-scale map shows a new path extending up the slope to the new area on the higher level. This area can also be reached from a new path to the north of the existing entrance with its own gate. There is a belt of shrubs to be planted no the north-west boundary. The chapel is now labelled "Mortuary Chapel" and the field to the south is now labelled as the "Sewage Disposal Area"

The smaller-scale map shows the cemetery in the context of the asylum. The building in the south-east is the hospital to the asylum. The buildings further south are the asylum. The farm, chapel and doctor's house are shown. There is a gas works through which a "sewage channel" runs, but the field to the south of the cemetery is labelled "Cemetery Field" on this map.

Small scale map

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