Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham

The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham 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 south of the former county of County of London.

History

The district was created by the former individual Civil parishes Lee and Lewisham. They were originally in the county of Kent and belonged from 1855 to the catchment area of the administration union Metropolitan Board of Works. 1889 came the municipalities to the new County of London, eleven years later, they were together with a small part of Camberwell combined to form a metropolitan borough.

At the foundation of Greater London in 1965 arose from the merger of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Lewisham Deptford and the London Borough of Lewisham.

Statistics

The area was 7016 acres ( 28.39 km ²). The census revealed the following population figures:

Earlier areas summarized:

Metropolitan Borough:

Civil parishes in England Metropolitan Borough of Deptford Metropolitan Borough of Battersea Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea 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 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 Wandsworth 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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