Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London

Metropolitan borough (London)
Also known as Borough
Category Local government district
Location England
Found in County of London
Created by London Government Act 1899
Created 1900
Abolished by London Government Act 1963
Abolished 1965
Number 28 (as of 1965)
Possible status City (1)
Royal (1)
Government Borough Council

The term metropolitan borough was used from 1900 to 1965, for the subdivisions of the County of London created by the London Government Act 1899.[1]

The metropolitan boroughs were created in 1900 by the London Government Act 1899 which created 28 metropolitan boroughs as sub-divisions of the County of London. They replaced vestries as the second tier of local government.

They were the following:

  1. City of London (not a metropolitan borough)
  2. Westminster
  3. Holborn
  4. Finsbury
  5. Shoreditch
  6. Bethnal Green
  7. Stepney
  8. Bermondsey
  9. Southwark
  10. Camberwell
  11. Deptford
  12. Lewisham
  13. Woolwich
  14. Greenwich
  15. Poplar
  16. Hackney
  17. Stoke Newington
  18. Islington
  19. St Pancras
  20. Hampstead
  21. St Marylebone
  22. Paddington
  23. Kensington
  24. Hammersmith
  25. Fulham
  26. Wandsworth
  27. Lambeth
  28. Battersea
  29. Chelsea

In 1965 the County of London was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and replaced with the much larger Greater London. The 28 metropolitan boroughs were also abolished and merged to create 12 of 32 larger London boroughs.[2]

References

  1. ^ London Government Act 1899 c.14, s.1: "Establishment of metropolitan boroughs in London"
  2. ^ London Government Act 1963 c.33, s.3: "the following administrative areas and their councils (and, in the case of a borough, the municipal corporation thereof) shall cease to exist, that is to say, the counties of London and Middlesex, the metropolitan boroughs, and any existing county borough, county district or parish the area of which falls wholly within Greater London"