Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell

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Location of Camberwell in the former County of London

The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell was a district in the metropolitan area of ​​the British capital London with the status of a Metropolitan Borough . It existed from 1900 to 1965 and was located in the south of the former County of London .

history

Camberwell was originally a Civil parish in Surrey . From 1855, the community belonged to the catchment area of ​​the Metropolitan Board of Works . In 1889 Camberwell came to the new County of London, eleven years later the conversion into a Metropolitan Borough followed.

At the foundation of Greater London in 1965, the Metropolitan Borough was created from the merger Bermondsey , Camberwell and Southwark the London Borough of Southwark .

statistics

The area was 4482 acres (18.14 km²). The censuses showed the following population figures:

Civil parish:

year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891
Residents 7,059 11,309 17,876 28,231 38,868 54,667 71,488 111,306 186,593 235.344

Metropolitan Borough:

year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961
Residents 259,339 261,328 267.198 251.294 179,777 175,304

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frederic Youngs: Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. Volume I: Southern England . Royal Historical Society, London 1979, ISBN 0-901050-67-9 .
  2. ↑ a b Camberwell MetB: Census Tables. In: A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth, 2009, accessed May 28, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Statistical Abstract for London, 1901 (Vol. IV)