Municipal Borough of Hornsey

The Municipal Borough of Hornsey was a district in the metropolitan area of the British capital London. It existed from 1867 to 1965 under various names and lay in the north- east of the former county of Middlesex.

History

Hornsey was originally a civil parish in the Harde ( hundred ) Ossulstone. Three small enclaves were surrounded by the neighboring community of Stoke Newington, made ​​independent in 1865 and formed the congregation South Hornsey. 1867, a local health council (local board of health ) was created with competencies in infrastructure for the rest area. That was in 1875 an urban health district ( urban sanitary district ) with extended powers. 1894 reconstituted the health district as Urban District. This, in turn, received in 1903 the status of a municipal borough.

With the establishment of the administrative region of Greater London in 1965 arose from the merger of the Municipal Boroughs Hornsey, Tottenham and Wood Green London Borough of Haringey.

Statistics

The area was 2871 acres ( 11.62 km ²). The census revealed the following population figures:

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