Metropolitan Borough of Southwark

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Southwark
London County Council County of London
Metropolitan Borough of Southwark shown within the County of London
Status: Metropolitan borough
Admin. HQ: Walworth Road
Area: 1,131 acres
Created: 1900
Abolished: 1965
The Arms of The Metropolitan Borough of Southwark
Successor: London Borough of Southwark

The Metropolitan Borough of Southwark was a metropolitan borough in the County of London, created in 1900, as a merger of the parish Vestry Boards of St Saviour, St Mary Newington, St George the Martyr and Christ Church. It included the areas now known as

After the creation of the Greater London Council, from 1965 it was amalgamated into the London Borough of Southwark with the Metropolitan boroughs of Camberwell and Bermondsey.

Metropolitan Borough of Southwark Town Hall, previously the Vestry Hall of St Mary, Newington
Metropolitan Borough of Southwark Town Hall, previously the Vestry Hall of St Mary, Newington

[edit] Area and population

The Borough had an area of 1,131 acres. The population from the Census was: [1]

  • 1801: 62,669
  • 1811: 78,219
  • 1821: 99,562
  • 1831: 116,006
  • 1841: 134,225
  • 1851: 152,371
  • 1861: 173,900
  • 1871: 175,049
  • 1881: 195,164
  • 1891: 202,693
  • 1901: 206,160

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistical Abstract for London, 1901 (Vol. IV).
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