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1613: /
1570:Potters Bar
1292:East Barnet
1259:Walthamstow
1176:Westminster
1156:St. Pancras
1096:Hammersmith
926:18 February
508:mural crown
461:Whitechapel
236:(1927—1965)
231:(1900—1965)
46:The former
1628:Categories
1598:51°31′08″N
1505:Carshalton
1419:Wood Green
1399:Twickenham
1239:Hornchurch
1171:Wandsworth
1141:Shoreditch
1131:Paddington
1116:Kensington
1061:Camberwell
1051:Bermondsey
813:References
733:Parliament
654:Population
584:Population
500:St Dunstan
465:St Dunstan
241:Government
100:Population
1601:0°02′34″W
1564:Transfers
1555:Wimbledon
1472:Orpington
1442:Beckenham
1414:Willesden
1394:Tottenham
1389:Southgate
1302:Middlesex
1224:Chingford
1146:Southwark
1111:Islington
1101:Hampstead
1086:Greenwich
1046:Battersea
770:Limehouse
721:Limehouse
457:Limehouse
1550:Richmond
1545:Surbiton
1462:Crayford
1404:Uxbridge
1384:Southall
1344:Finchley
1329:Edmonton
1269:West Ham
1234:East Ham
1229:Dagenham
1218:Chigwell
1181:Woolwich
1126:Lewisham
1076:Finsbury
1071:Deptford
796:See also
775:Mile End
681:Politics
614:285,225
364:Ratcliff
350:(part),
163:127/acre
153:158/acre
1659:Stepney
1576:Staines
1535:Mitcham
1515:Croydon
1452:Bromley
1409:Wembley
1374:Hornsey
1339:Feltham
1334:Enfield
1254:Romford
1213:Barking
1161:Stepney
1121:Lambeth
1106:Holborn
1091:Hackney
1066:Chelsea
790:Stepney
698:South.
674:92,000
666:225,238
663:249,657
660:279,804
657:298,600
611:282,676
608:275,467
605:257,497
602:238,910
599:203,802
596:175,088
593:153,749
590:131,606
587:113,281
518:motto:
504:Stepney
469:Stepney
453:St Anne
433:Aldgate
318:in the
182:History
173:52/acre
141:Density
122:225,238
112:279,804
35:Stepney
1495:Barnes
1487:Surrey
1447:Bexley
1364:Hendon
1354:Harrow
1324:Ealing
1287:Barnet
1249:Leyton
1244:Ilford
1220:(part)
1136:Poplar
1081:Fulham
1032:London
922:. 1919
671:98,858
467:, for
314:was a
225:Status
132:92,000
1477:Penge
1467:Erith
1314:Acton
1205:Essex
695:wards
649:1961
628:Year
579:1891
549:Year
516:Latin
268:Motto
1434:Kent
928:2015
646:1951
643:1941
640:1931
637:1921
634:1911
631:1901
576:1881
573:1871
570:1861
567:1851
564:1841
561:1831
558:1821
555:1811
552:1801
471:and
413:and
390:and
338:and
310:The
204:1965
194:1900
69:Area
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