Metropolitan Borough of Poplar

The Metropolitan Borough of Poplar 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 eastern part of the former county of County of London.

History

The district originated from the Civil parishes Bow, Bromley and Poplar, which were originally located in the county of Middlesex and were summarized in Poplar District, an administrative community. As of 1855, the municipalities belonging to the catchment area of the Zweckverbandes Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889, she came to the County of London, eleven years later, the merger followed a metropolitan borough.

At the foundation of Greater London in 1965 arose from the merger of the Metropolitan Boroughs Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Statistics

The area was 2348 acres (9.50 km ²). The census revealed the following population figures:

Earlier areas summarized:

Metropolitan Borough:

Civil parishes in England Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough of Stepney Metropolitan Borough of Battersea Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey 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 Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough of Southwark Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough of Westminster Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich Essex 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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