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Outer Boroughs - these were not part of the County of London but remained in their original counties until 1965.

New (London) Borough	Old Boroughs/Urban Districts
Barking and Dagenham	Essex: Barking, most of Dagenham (rest to Redbridge)
Barnet	Herts: Chipping Barnet (Urban District), East Barnet (UD). Middlesex: Finchley, Hendon, Friern Barnet (UD).
Bexley	Kent : Bexley, Erith, Clayford (UD), Sidcup from Chislehurst and Sidcup (UD)
Brent	Middlesex: Wembley, Willesden
Bromley	Kent: Orpington, Penge, Chislehurst from Chislehurst and Sicup (UD)
Croydon	Surrey: Croydon, Coulsdon and Purley (UD)
Ealing	Middlesex: Acton, Ealing, Southall
Enfield	Middlesex: Edmonton, Enfield, Southgate
Haringey	Middlesex
Harrow	Middlesex
Havering	Essex: Hornchurch (UD), Romford
Hillingdon	Middlesex: Uxbridge, Hayes and Harlington (UD), Ruislip-Northwood (UD), Yiewsley and West Drawyon (UD)
Hounslow	Middlesex
Kingston Upon Thames	Surrey: Kingston, Malden and Combe, Surbiton
Merton	Surrey: Mitcham, Wimbledon, Merton and Morden (UD)
Newham	Essex: East Ham, West Ham, Barking (west of River Roding), Woolwich (north of Thames)
Redbridge	Essex: Ilford, Wanstead, Woodford, northern part of Dagenham, part of Chigwell (UD)
Richmond upon Thames	Surrey: Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, Twickenham
Sutton	Surrey: Beddington, Carshalton (UD), Cheam, Wallington
Waltham Forest	Middlesex and Essex: Chingford, Leyton, Walthamstow

secretlondon, and morwen 14/9/03

Borough	Executive Party	Council make-up
Barking & Dag	Labour	42 Lab, 4 Residents, 3 LD, 2 Con
Barnet	Con	Lab 24, Con 33, LD 6
Bexley	Labour	Lab 32, Con 30, LD 1
Brent	Labour	Lab 35, Con 16, LD 9
Bromley	Con	Lab 6, Con 41, LD 13
Camden	Lab	35 Lab, Con 11, LD 8
Croydon	Labour	Lab 37, Con 32, LD 1
Ealing	Labour	Lab 48, Con 17, LD 4
Enfield	Con	Lab 24, Con 39
Greenwich	Labour	Lab 38, Con 9, LD 4
Hackney	Labour	Lab 45, Con 9, LD 3
Hamm & Fulham	Labour	28 Lab, 18 Con
Haringey	Labour	Lab 42, LD 15
Harrow	Labour	Lab 31, Con 29, LD 3
Havering	Con	Lab 9, Con 26, LD 1, Other 18
Hillingdon	Con	Lab 27, Con 31, LD 7
Hounslow	Labour	Lab 36, Con 15, LD 5, Other 4
Islington	LD	10 Lab, 38 LD, 0 Con
Ken & Chel	Con	42 Con, 12 Lab
Kingston	LD	Lab 3, Con 15, LD 30
Lambeth	joint LD/Con	28 LD, 28 Lab, Con 7
Lewisham	Labour	Lab 45, Con 2, LD 4, Other 3
Merton	Labour	Lab 32, Con 25, LD 0, Other 3
Newham	Labour	Lab 59, Other 1
Redbridge	Con	Lab 21, Con 33, LD 9
Richmond	Con	Lab 0, Con 39, LD 15
Southwark	LD	Lab 28, Con 5, LD 30
Sutton	LD	Lab 3, Con 8, LD 43
Tower Hamlets	Labour	Lab 35, LD 16
Waltham Forest	joint Labour/LD	Lab 29, Con 18, LD 13
Wandsworth	Con	Lab 10, Con 50
Westminster	Con	Lab 12, Con 48

Smaller Map

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Former units

Are the remaining selection of former municipal and other components going to be developed, rather than redirecting to the modern geographical places?

I will add some details as and when they are (as I "collect" historical survivals etc).

Jackiespeel 18:25, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Some have already been started and were hiding:

The rest could all make good articles. Mrsteviec 18:33, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, that's a lot of boroughs

Why do you Londoners need so many? New York does just fine with five of 'em! 204.52.215.107 21:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, not a bad question, but it's been a rather different pattern of development. Brooklyn was a whole other city until 1898, after all. London has never had to absorb a complete rival city, really. It's also worth noting that an NYC borough corresponds to a US county. Equating this with Britain (it's a bit facile, because our counties differ, but still...), the true equivalent of your five boroughs would be the subsumed areas of nearby counties that became part of London in 1899 - then lost more area later in 1965) - all of Middlesex by 1965, plus parts of Kent, Essex, Herts, Surrey - curiously enough, six entities counting London itself...

Interesting to note that NYC and London both underwent significant reorganisation in 1898-99, though. Tarquin Binary 02:15, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]