Penge Urban District

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Penge
Administration
Status: Urban district
HQ: Penge
History
Created: 1899
Abolished: 1965
Succeeded by: London Borough of Bromley
Area
1899: 770 acres
1965: 769 acres
Population
1901: 22,465
1961: 25,743

Penge was a local government district in north west Kent from 1899 to 1965 around the town of Penge.

It was created an urban district in 1899 by the London Government Act 1899.

In 1965 it was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and its former area transferred to Greater London from Kent. Its former area was combined with that of other districts to form the present-day London Borough of Bromley.

[edit] References

  • London Government Act 1899
  • London Government Act 1963

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Local government districts abolished (or transferred †) by the London Government Act 1963

from County of London: Battersea | Bermondsey | Bethnal Green | Camberwell | Chelsea | Deptford | Finsbury | Fulham | Greenwich | Hackney | Hammersmith | Hampstead | Holborn | Islington | Kensington | Lambeth | Lewisham | Paddington | Poplar | Shoreditch | Southwark | St Marylebone | St Pancras | Stepney | Stoke Newington | Wandsworth | Westminster | Woolwich

from Essex: Barking | Chingford | Dagenham | East Ham | Hornchurch | Ilford | Leyton | Romford | Walthamstow | Wanstead and Woodford | West Ham

from Hertfordshire: Barnet | East Barnet | to Hertfordshire: Potters Bar

from Middlesex: Acton | Brentford and Chiswick | Ealing | Edmonton | Enfield | Feltham | Finchley | Friern Barnet | Harrow | Hayes and Harlington | Hendon | Heston and Isleworth | Hornsey | Potters Bar | Ruislip-Northwood | Southall | Southgate | Tottenham | Twickenham | Uxbridge | Wembley | Willesden | Wood Green | Yiewsley and West Drayton

from Kent: Beckenham | Bexley | Bromley | Chislehurst and Sidcup | Crayford | Erith | Orpington | Penge

from Surrey: Barnes | Beddington and Wallington | Carshalton | Coulsdon and Purley | Croydon | Kingston upon Thames | Malden and Coombe | Merton and Morden | Mitcham | Sutton and Cheam | Surbiton | Richmond | Wimbledon | to Surrey: Staines † | Sunbury-on-Thames