Municipal Borough of Southgate

The Municipal Borough of Southgate was a district in the metropolitan area of the British capital London. It existed from 1881 to 1965 and was in the north- east of the former county of Middlesex.

History

Southgate was originally a village in the municipality Edmonton. 1879 called for the basic taxable inhabitants of South Gates in a petition separation. 1881 Finally, a separate urban health district ( urban sanitary district ) was created with extended powers in the infrastructure sector; this included the village of Palmers Green. 1894 reconstituted the health district as Urban District. This, in turn, received in 1933 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 Edmonton, Enfield and Southgate the London Borough of Enfield.

Statistics

The area was 3766 acres (15.24 km ²). The census revealed the following population figures:

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