Metropolitan Borough of Southwark
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| Southwark | |
| Motto: United to serve | |
 Southwark within the County of London |
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| Geography | |
| Status | Metropolitan borough |
| 1911/1931 area | 1,132 acres |
| 1961 area | 1,131 acres |
| HQ | Walworth Road |
| History | |
| Created | 1900 |
| Abolished | 1965 |
| Succeeded by | London Borough of Southwark |
| Demography | |
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| 1911 population - 1911 density |
191,907 169/acre |
| 1931 population - 1931 density |
171,695 152/acre |
| 1961 population - 1961 density |
86,249 76/acre |
| Politics | |
| Governance | Southwark Borough Council |
 Coat of arms of the borough council |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Southwark was a metropolitan borough in the County of London.
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[edit] History
The borough was created by the London Government Act 1899, taking over the area of St Saviours District Board of Works (the civil parishes of Southwark Christchurch and Southwark St Saviours) and the incorporated vestries of Newington and Southwark St George the Martyr.[1]
It included the areas now known as:
In 1955 the borough council unsuccessfully petitioned for the grant of city status.[2]
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.
[edit] Area and population
The Borough had an area of 1,131 acres (4.6 km²). The population from the Census was:
Civil Parishes 1801-1899
| Year[3] | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 |
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| Population | 62,669 | 78,219 | 99,562 | 116,006 | 134,225 | 152,371 | 173,900 | 175,049 | 195,164 | 202,693 | 206,160 |
[edit] Gallery
 Metropolitan Borough of Southwark Town Hall, previously the Vestry Hall of St Mary, Newington |
[edit] References
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