Metropolitan Borough of Battersea

The Metropolitan Borough of Battersea was a district in the metropolitan area of the British capital London, with the status of a metropolitan borough. It existed from 1900 to 1965 and was in the western part of the former county of County of London.

History

Battersea was originally a civil parish in the county of Surrey, which involved also the exclave of Penge. As of 1855, the village belonged to the catchment area of the administration union Metropolitan Board of Works, 1866 Penge be made independently. 1889 Battersea arrived as the new County of London, eleven years later, the conversion was followed in a metropolitan borough.

With the establishment of the administrative region of Greater London in 1965 arose from the merger of the Metropolitan Boroughs Wandsworth and Battersea London Borough of Wandsworth.

Statistics

The area was 2164 acres ( 8.76 km ²). The census revealed the following population figures:

Civil parish:

Metropolitan Borough:

Civil parishes in England Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea Metropolitan Borough of Deptford Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury Metropolitan Borough of Fulham Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich Metropolitan Borough of Hackney Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead Metropolitan Borough of Holborn Metropolitan Borough of Islington Metropolitan Borough of Kensington Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham Metropolitan Borough of Paddington Metropolitan Borough of Poplar Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough of Southwark Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras Metropolitan Borough of Stepney Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington Metropolitan Borough of Westminster Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich Essex Middlesex Municipal Borough of Acton Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick Municipal Borough of Ealing Municipal Borough of Edmonton Municipal Borough of Enfield Feltham Urban District Friern Barnet Hayes and Harlington Urban District Municipal Borough of Heston and Isleworth Municipal Borough of Hornsey Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Municipal Borough of Southall Municipal Borough of Southgate Municipal Borough of Tottenham Municipal Borough of Twickenham Municipal Borough of Uxbridge Municipal Borough of Wood Green Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District

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