Municipal Borough of Barnes

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Barnes
Administration
Status: Urban district (until 1932)
Municipal borough (after 1932)
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History
Created: 1894
Abolished: 1965
Succeeded by: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Area
1894: 2,518 acres
1965: 2,521 acres
Population
1901: 17,821
1961: 39,057

Barnes was a local government district of Surrey from 1894 to 1965.

It was formed as an urban district in 1894 and became a municipal borough in 1932. It contained the towns of Barnes and Mortlake and was part of the London postal district and Metropolitan Police District.

In 1965 it was abolished and the area became part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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