252:
507:, which corresponded to the area of control of the county council, also included the City of London. In practice, the county council had very little authority over the ancient City, with some powers over drainage, roads, fire brigade, embankment of the river and flood prevention. In common with the rest of the country, the 1888 Act provided no reform of lower-tier authorities and the county was, initially at least, administered locally by a series of parish vestries and district boards.
2307:
1212:
52:
302:
2094:
478:
There had been several attempts during the 19th century to reform London government, either by expanding the City of London to cover the whole of the metropolitan area; by creating a new county of London; or by creating ten municipal corporations matching the parliamentary boroughs of the metropolis.
483:
and the introduction of county councils in
England provided the mechanism for creating a territory and authority encompassing the expanded London area. For expediency, the area of the metropolitan board was chosen for the new county, and no attempt was made to select new boundaries. This area had
454:
which initially built and maintained infrastructure for the metropolis, including modern sanitation. Over time the board gained more functions and became the de facto local authority and provider of new services for the London area. The board operated in those parts of the counties of
1058:
and as recorded at each census until its 1965 demise. In 1901, the population was 4.5 million and by 1961 it had fallen to 3.2 million. Following the 1931 census, more of the population of "Greater London" (defined at the time as the
368:
as more residents moved into the outer suburbs; there were periodic reviews of the local government structures in the greater London area and several failed attempts to expand the boundaries of the county. In 1965, the
352:(LCC), which initially performed only a limited range of functions, but gained further powers during its 76-year existence. The LCC provided very few services within the City of London, where the ancient
3104:
1266:
1512:
2130:
525:(LCC). Initially, the LCC provided the services it had inherited from the Metropolitan Board of Works. Eventually, however, it absorbed functions from ad-hoc agencies such the
3099:
1194:†The City of London and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Finsbury, Holborn, St Marylebone, St Pancras, Shoreditch, Southwark, Stepney and Westminster.
3109:
542:
3094:
2730:
1200:§The Metropolitan Boroughs of Camberwell, Deptford, Fulham, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Lewisham, Poplar, Stoke Newington, Wandsworth and Woolwich.
2616:
1063:
and City of London) lived outside the county than in it. The following table illustrates the approximate population according to the census at various intervals:
562:
361:
292:
2435:
2380:
2636:
2485:
2540:
2123:
1539:
766:
721:
2282:
976:
831:
676:
496:
1768:
251:
2666:
2641:
1245:. Middlesex and Surrey had already been reduced in 1889 on the county's creation. The area "that had been" has since been known statutorily as
2656:
2573:
2267:
2172:
2079:
1823:
931:
641:
256:
3089:
2069:
500:
450:
revolutionised and amalgamated much of local government across an identical, newly formed, area. This reform created an indirectly elected
2723:
2475:
2292:
2212:
2116:
2108:
1882:
1010:
761:
2626:
2287:
2272:
2257:
2247:
2232:
2177:
2167:
1930:
1773:
1713:
991:
946:
901:
871:
821:
656:
626:
333:
212:
1652:
484:
been out of line with the expansion of London even in 1855. For example, it anomalously omitted built-up and expanding areas such as
2740:
2262:
2227:
2217:
2202:
2162:
1955:
1688:
916:
806:
776:
731:
611:
2697:
2646:
2495:
2375:
2297:
2242:
2192:
2187:
1250:
1026:
856:
701:
686:
418:
3045:
2535:
2515:
2277:
2237:
2222:
2207:
2182:
966:
961:
891:
841:
791:
746:
671:
646:
2787:
2750:
2716:
2671:
2558:
2530:
2510:
2505:
2340:
2252:
2197:
886:
716:
492:
447:
357:
345:
216:
26:
2661:
2520:
2500:
2460:
2445:
2345:
2651:
2568:
2525:
2490:
2465:
2450:
2370:
2329:
1960:
1532:
1060:
1000:
616:
479:
These had all been defeated in
Parliament, in part because of the agency power of the City Corporation. Ultimately, the
2862:
2611:
2563:
2480:
2470:
2440:
2365:
2360:
1988:
1834:
1813:
1778:
921:
811:
706:
661:
631:
451:
166:
364:. The territory of the county was 74,903 acres (303.12 km) in 1961. During its existence, there was a long-term
2686:
2583:
2430:
2408:
2385:
2350:
2140:
2097:
1978:
1625:
1031:
861:
736:
691:
558:
530:
485:
472:
370:
3084:
3026:
2631:
2621:
2355:
1763:
1748:
1728:
996:
981:
906:
846:
751:
480:
329:
283:
3030:
3022:
2588:
2422:
2074:
1945:
1935:
1897:
1854:
1035:
951:
796:
781:
410:
1315:
2708:
2578:
2334:
1803:
1525:
464:
328:. It was created as part of the general introduction of elected county government in England, by way of the
2692:
2455:
2029:
1844:
1733:
1703:
1698:
1657:
1276:
471:. This area had been administered separately from the City of London, which came under the control of the
422:
2973:
2969:
2403:
2153:
2008:
1839:
522:
516:
504:
406:
365:
353:
349:
287:
236:
227:
2924:
2593:
2003:
1983:
1892:
1796:
1791:
1786:
1743:
1723:
1708:
398:
2745:
2039:
1950:
1940:
1909:
1887:
1808:
1738:
1693:
1647:
1642:
1579:
1016:
936:
876:
538:
526:
402:
341:
242:
43:
1925:
1902:
1620:
1599:
1569:
1556:
1197:‡The Metropolitan Boroughs of Battersea, Chelsea, Islington, Kensington, Lambeth and Paddington.
468:
1253:
operated in the area until 1990. The 28 metropolitan boroughs were merged to form 12 new Inner
2059:
1993:
1672:
1667:
1548:
1494:
2920:
2894:
2886:
2044:
1753:
385:
The county occupied an area of just under 75,000 acres (30,351 ha) and lay within the
51:
2935:
2857:
2832:
2772:
2312:
2034:
2013:
1864:
1859:
1211:
414:
421:. In 1900 a number of boundary anomalies were abolished. These included the loss of the
3013:
2930:
2904:
2877:
2777:
2306:
1998:
1970:
1594:
1574:
1254:
1226:
1219:
1215:
1203:#Defined as the area of the Metropolitan Police district outside the County of London.
601:
595:
534:
374:
337:
301:
198:
22:
3078:
2960:
2852:
2847:
2841:
2822:
2395:
2049:
1635:
1271:
1242:
825:
426:
2998:
2882:
2762:
2054:
1630:
1246:
390:
386:
325:
1225:
The county of London was abolished in 1965 and was replaced by the fivefold-sized
3003:
2992:
2988:
2940:
2781:
1758:
1718:
1055:
2950:
2872:
2807:
2802:
1400:
The
Buildings of England – London, except the Cities of London and Westminster
393:, which was the most significant geographical feature. It was bordered by the
3060:
3047:
1498:
572:
County of London boroughs numbered in the information box on the right side:
3018:
3008:
2910:
2837:
2767:
2418:
1661:
1615:
1584:
1564:
1230:
546:
456:
394:
2955:
2890:
2797:
2792:
488:, but included some sparsely populated areas on the metropolitan fringe.
417:
in the north of the county at 440 feet (134 m), which is one of the
2965:
2945:
2915:
2064:
340:. However, the City of London and the County of London formed separate
321:
491:
The City of London and the County of London each formed counties for "
2984:
2979:
2817:
2603:
1234:
566:
1517:
2827:
2812:
2321:
1238:
430:
2867:
2550:
460:
2712:
2112:
1521:
1218:
covering the area of the former County of London within modern
569:
and district boards as the second tier of local government.
324:
from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as
2139:
Local government districts abolished or transferred by the
336:
County of London, which included within its territory the
541:
in the 1930s. The housing policy of the council included
389:. It was divided into two parts (north and south) by the
348:" purposes. The local authority for the county was the
1267:
List of civil parishes in the County of London in 1891
545:
outside the boundaries of the county, such as that at
356:
monopolised local governance. In 1900, the lower-tier
2680:
2602:
2549:
2417:
2394:
2320:
2147:
2022:
1969:
1918:
1875:
1822:
1681:
1608:
1555:
277:
270:
233:
223:
208:
192:
182:
172:
160:
153:
139:
129:
122:
108:
98:
91:
77:
67:
60:
34:
3105:History of local government in London (1889–1965)
1443:"Official Census Figures – London's Shrinkage".
1383:"London census – Decline in County Population".
557:In 1900, eleven years after its foundation, the
2724:
2124:
1533:
8:
467:as "the Metropolis" for the purposes of the
1330:
1328:
1326:
1324:
1301:
1299:
1297:
1295:
1293:
1291:
521:The local authority for the county was the
167:District of the Metropolitan Board of Works
21:For the present-day ceremonial county, see
3100:Counties of England disestablished in 1965
2731:
2717:
2709:
2131:
2117:
2109:
1540:
1526:
1518:
1491:The government and misgovernment of London
1352:Municipal Boroughs (Metropolis) Bill, 1870
574:
31:
3110:Administrative counties abolished in 1965
1402:. Harmondsworth: Penguin. pp. 37–39.
373:replaced the county with the much larger
1210:
1065:
3095:Counties of England established in 1889
1378:
1376:
1287:
503:for the county of London. However, the
269:
248:
222:
207:
152:
90:
59:
16:County of England between 1889 and 1965
306:Boroughs numbered 2–29 (1 is the City)
561:divided the County of London into 28
533:. The council was initially based in
298:
276:
265:
257:Coat of arms of London County Council
232:
191:
181:
171:
159:
138:
128:
121:
107:
97:
76:
66:
56:County of London shown within England
7:
1769:Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings
565:. These replaced the ancient parish
413:to the north. The highest point was
2313:Constituent parts of Greater London
1387:. London. 27 July 1932. p. 7.
543:provision of large housing estates
358:civil parishes and district boards
14:
1474:English Local Government Reformed
2305:
2093:
2092:
1984:Lord Mayor of the City of London
1251:Inner London Education Authority
463:that had been designated by the
300:
250:
50:
1472:Redcliffe-Maud & Wood, B.,
1458:"Census of England and Wales".
537:, but moved to a purpose-built
429:in return, and the transfer of
2788:Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
1729:1908 Franco-British Exhibition
1413:"Some Results of the Census".
1229:, which took in nearly all of
1046:† Not a metropolitan borough.
448:Metropolis Management Act 1855
425:exclave to Middlesex, gaining
194: • Succeeded by
27:London County (disambiguation)
1:
1513:County of London boundary map
1493:. London: Allen & Unwin.
1428:"London and the Outer Ring".
83:74,903 acres (303.12 km)
73:74,816 acres (302.77 km)
2685:Middlesex to Hertfordshire:
1961:London Metropolitan Archives
1318:. Retrieved on 22 July 2009.
1061:Metropolitan Police District
495:" purposes, with a separate
3090:Greater London predecessors
2863:Huntingdon and Peterborough
1989:Wards of the City of London
1835:Metropolitan Board of Works
1489:Robson, William A. (1939).
1343:County of London Bill, 1870
452:Metropolitan Board of Works
3126:
2141:London Government Act 1963
1979:City of London Corporation
1734:The Battle of Cable Street
1626:Norman and Medieval London
1398:Pevsner, Nikolaus (1952).
531:Metropolitan Asylums Board
514:
371:London Government Act 1963
360:were replaced with 28 new
20:
2758:
2617:Beddington and Wallington
2541:Yiewsley and West Drayton
2303:
2088:
1764:1966 FIFA World Cup final
1749:Abdication of Edward VIII
1447:. London. 24 August 1921.
1370:Robson 1939, pp. 168–169.
1316:London Basin Natural Area
481:Local Government Act 1888
330:Local Government Act 1888
310:
299:
266:
262:
249:
204:
149:
118:
87:
49:
42:
1946:Port of London Authority
1936:London Ambulance Service
1855:Greater London Authority
419:highest points in London
1804:2012 Summer Paralympics
1361:Robson 1939, pp. 71–79.
1334:Robson 1939, pp. 54–61.
1305:Robson 1939, pp. 80–92.
465:General Register Office
2574:Chislehurst and Sidcup
2436:Brentford and Chiswick
1845:Greater London Council
1432:. London. 15 May 1901.
1417:. London. 9 June 1891.
1277:London postal district
1233:, along with areas in
1222:
1054:Population fell after
832:Kensington and Chelsea
767:Hammersmith and Fulham
722:Hammersmith and Fulham
677:Kensington and Chelsea
442:Creation of the county
184: • Abolished
25:. For other uses, see
2691:Middlesex to Surrey:
2381:Wanstead and Woodford
2009:City of London Police
1840:London County Council
1714:1854 cholera outbreak
1214:
1050:Decline in population
579:Metropolitan Borough
563:metropolitan boroughs
559:London Government Act
523:London County Council
517:London County Council
505:administrative county
473:Corporation of London
377:administrative area.
366:decline in population
362:metropolitan boroughs
350:London County Council
332:. The Act created an
293:Metropolitan boroughs
228:London County Council
2925:Soke of Peterborough
2637:Kingston-upon-Thames
2486:Heston and Isleworth
2476:Hayes and Harlington
174: • Created
3057: /
2746:Counties of England
2627:Coulsdon and Purley
2080:Scheduled monuments
2040:Palace of Whitehall
2030:St Paul's Cathedral
1951:London sewer system
1941:London Fire Brigade
1931:Metropolitan Police
1910:London independence
1809:Grenfell Tower fire
1739:Festival of Britain
1648:19th-century London
1643:18th-century London
1580:City of Westminster
527:London School Board
409:the south-west and
405:to the south-east,
401:to the north-east,
342:ceremonial counties
162: • Origin
1956:London Underground
1926:Bow Street Runners
1903:London Green Party
1621:Anglo-Saxon London
1314:Natural England –
1223:
493:non-administrative
469:Bills of Mortality
346:non-administrative
3040:
3039:
2891:Parts of Kesteven
2753:
2743:
2706:
2705:
2698:Sunbury-on-Thames
2647:Merton and Morden
2642:Malden and Coombe
2496:Ruislip-Northwood
2315:
2106:
2105:
2060:Westminster Abbey
2004:Lord Mayor's Show
1898:Liberal Democrats
1883:Political parties
1814:COVID-19 pandemic
1774:Anti-war protests
1549:History of London
1192:
1191:
1081:County of London
1044:
1043:
314:
313:
279: • Type
141: • 1961
131: • 1911
110: • 1961
100: • 1911
79: • 1961
69: • 1911
3117:
3085:County of London
3072:
3071:
3069:
3068:
3067:
3062:
3058:
3055:
3054:
3053:
3050:
2921:Northamptonshire
2895:Parts of Lindsey
2887:Parts of Holland
2749:
2748:(1889–1974) →
2739:
2733:
2726:
2719:
2710:
2657:Sutton and Cheam
2311:
2309:
2133:
2126:
2119:
2110:
2096:
2095:
2045:Westminster Hall
1999:Livery Companies
1724:Great Exhibition
1694:Peasants' Revolt
1590:County of London
1542:
1535:
1528:
1519:
1502:
1477:
1470:
1464:
1463:
1455:
1449:
1448:
1440:
1434:
1433:
1425:
1419:
1418:
1410:
1404:
1403:
1395:
1389:
1388:
1380:
1371:
1368:
1362:
1359:
1353:
1350:
1344:
1341:
1335:
1332:
1319:
1312:
1306:
1303:
1066:
575:
553:Local government
320:was a county of
318:County of London
304:
280:
254:
239:
195:
185:
175:
163:
142:
132:
111:
101:
80:
70:
54:
37:County of London
32:
3125:
3124:
3120:
3119:
3118:
3116:
3115:
3114:
3075:
3074:
3065:
3063:
3059:
3056:
3051:
3048:
3046:
3044:
3043:
3041:
3036:
2936:Nottinghamshire
2858:Huntingdonshire
2833:Gloucestershire
2773:Buckinghamshire
2754:
2737:
2707:
2702:
2676:
2598:
2545:
2413:
2390:
2316:
2310:
2301:
2283:Stoke Newington
2143:
2137:
2107:
2102:
2084:
2035:Tower of London
2018:
2014:Bank of England
1965:
1914:
1871:
1865:Mayor of London
1860:London Assembly
1818:
1754:Swinging London
1677:
1604:
1551:
1546:
1509:
1488:
1485:
1480:
1471:
1467:
1462:. 12 July 1951.
1457:
1456:
1452:
1442:
1441:
1437:
1427:
1426:
1422:
1412:
1411:
1407:
1397:
1396:
1392:
1382:
1381:
1374:
1369:
1365:
1360:
1356:
1351:
1347:
1342:
1338:
1333:
1322:
1313:
1309:
1304:
1289:
1285:
1263:
1255:London boroughs
1216:London boroughs
1209:
1088:Greater London
1087:
1086:Outer Ring# of
1082:
1052:
977:Stoke Newington
555:
519:
513:
497:Lord Lieutenant
444:
439:
415:Hampstead Heath
383:
305:
291:
278:
255:
234:
193:
183:
173:
161:
140:
130:
109:
99:
78:
68:
55:
38:
30:
17:
12:
11:
5:
3123:
3121:
3113:
3112:
3107:
3102:
3097:
3092:
3087:
3077:
3076:
3038:
3037:
3035:
3034:
3016:
3014:Worcestershire
3011:
3006:
3001:
2996:
2982:
2977:
2963:
2958:
2953:
2948:
2943:
2938:
2933:
2931:Northumberland
2928:
2918:
2913:
2908:
2905:City of London
2898:
2880:
2878:Leicestershire
2875:
2870:
2865:
2860:
2855:
2850:
2845:
2835:
2830:
2825:
2820:
2815:
2810:
2805:
2800:
2795:
2790:
2785:
2778:Cambridgeshire
2775:
2770:
2765:
2759:
2756:
2755:
2738:
2736:
2735:
2728:
2721:
2713:
2704:
2703:
2701:
2700:
2695:
2684:
2682:
2678:
2677:
2675:
2674:
2669:
2664:
2659:
2654:
2649:
2644:
2639:
2634:
2629:
2624:
2619:
2614:
2608:
2606:
2600:
2599:
2597:
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2591:
2586:
2581:
2576:
2571:
2566:
2561:
2555:
2553:
2547:
2546:
2544:
2543:
2538:
2533:
2528:
2523:
2518:
2513:
2508:
2503:
2498:
2493:
2488:
2483:
2478:
2473:
2468:
2463:
2458:
2453:
2448:
2443:
2438:
2433:
2427:
2425:
2415:
2414:
2412:
2411:
2406:
2400:
2398:
2392:
2391:
2389:
2388:
2383:
2378:
2373:
2368:
2363:
2358:
2353:
2348:
2343:
2338:
2332:
2326:
2324:
2318:
2317:
2304:
2302:
2300:
2295:
2290:
2285:
2280:
2275:
2270:
2268:St. Marylebone
2265:
2260:
2255:
2250:
2245:
2240:
2235:
2230:
2225:
2220:
2215:
2210:
2205:
2200:
2195:
2190:
2185:
2180:
2175:
2170:
2165:
2160:
2158:
2157:
2156:
2145:
2144:
2138:
2136:
2135:
2128:
2121:
2113:
2104:
2103:
2101:
2100:
2089:
2086:
2085:
2083:
2082:
2077:
2075:Fortifications
2072:
2067:
2062:
2057:
2052:
2047:
2042:
2037:
2032:
2026:
2024:
2020:
2019:
2017:
2016:
2011:
2006:
2001:
1996:
1991:
1986:
1981:
1975:
1973:
1971:City of London
1967:
1966:
1964:
1963:
1958:
1953:
1948:
1943:
1938:
1933:
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1415:The Times
1385:The Times
1231:Middlesex
1207:Abolition
1032:Greenwich
922:Southwark
917:Southwark
812:Islington
807:Islington
777:Hampstead
737:Greenwich
732:Greenwich
707:Islington
662:Southwark
632:Southwark
612:Battersea
547:Becontree
457:Middlesex
433:to Kent.
411:Middlesex
395:River Lea
381:Geography
288:districts
245:, Lambeth
114:3,200,484
104:4,521,685
2956:Somerset
2798:Cornwall
2793:Cheshire
2667:Richmond
2662:Surbiton
2579:Crayford
2521:Uxbridge
2501:Southall
2461:Finchley
2446:Edmonton
2386:West Ham
2351:East Ham
2346:Dagenham
2335:Chigwell
2298:Woolwich
2243:Lewisham
2193:Finsbury
2188:Deptford
2098:Category
1919:Services
1876:Politics
1851:Current
1600:Timeline
1476:, (1974)
1261:See also
1237:, Kent,
1179:927,000
1176:738,000
1108:950,000
1027:Woolwich
862:Lewisham
857:Lewisham
702:Finsbury
692:Lewisham
687:Deptford
567:vestries
486:West Ham
284:Parishes
3049:51°30′N
2966:Suffolk
2946:Rutland
2916:Norfolk
2693:Staines
2652:Mitcham
2632:Croydon
2569:Bromley
2526:Wembley
2491:Hornsey
2456:Feltham
2451:Enfield
2371:Romford
2330:Barking
2278:Stepney
2238:Lambeth
2223:Holborn
2208:Hackney
2183:Chelsea
2065:Big Ben
1609:Periods
1249:and an
1013:(City)
997:Lambeth
982:Hackney
962:Stepney
907:Hackney
847:Lambeth
842:Lambeth
792:Holborn
752:Hackney
747:Hackney
672:Chelsea
437:History
322:England
154:History
145:42/acre
135:60/acre
123:Density
3052:0°06′W
2985:Sussex
2980:Surrey
2901:London
2823:Durham
2818:Dorset
2612:Barnes
2604:Surrey
2564:Bexley
2481:Hendon
2471:Harrow
2441:Ealing
2404:Barnet
2366:Leyton
2361:Ilford
2337:(part)
2253:Poplar
2198:Fulham
2149:London
1888:Labour
1682:Events
1497:
1235:Surrey
1036:Newham
952:Camden
887:Poplar
797:Camden
782:Camden
717:Fulham
407:Surrey
219:county
209:Status
44:County
35:London
2828:Essex
2813:Devon
2594:Penge
2584:Erith
2431:Acton
2322:Essex
1239:Essex
1173:1951
1153:1931
1133:1921
1113:1901
1093:1881
1083:Total
431:Penge
399:Essex
397:with
344:for "
3029:and
2991:and
2972:and
2893:and
2868:Kent
2551:Kent
1797:2012
1792:1948
1787:1908
1495:OCLC
1241:and
1069:Year
529:and
499:and
461:Kent
446:The
403:Kent
316:The
286:and
188:1965
178:1889
61:Area
2744:←
1040:13
1005:26
986:17
956:19
941:21
896:15
881:22
866:12
851:27
836:23
816:18
786:20
771:24
756:16
741:14
726:25
696:11
681:29
666:10
621:28
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3025:,
2889:,
2423:CC
2421:,
2154:CC
1375:^
1323:^
1290:^
1257:.
1034:,
1021:2
999:,
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606:1
598:†
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