Metropolitan Borough of Fulham
The Metropolitan Borough of Fulham 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 west of the former County of London .
history
Fulham was originally a Civil parish in the county of Middlesex . In 1834 Hammersmith was separated and went into business for itself. From 1855, the community belonged to the catchment area of the Metropolitan Board of Works . In 1889 Fulham became part of the County of London, eleven years later it was converted into a Metropolitan Borough.
When Greater London was founded in 1965, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham was formed from the merger of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Fulham and Hammersmith .
statistics
The area was 1707 acres (6.91 km²). The censuses showed the following population figures:
Civil parish:
| year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 |
| Residents | 4,428 | 5,903 | 6,492 | 7,317 | 9,319 | 11,886 | 15,539 | 23,350 | 42,900 | 91,639 |
Metropolitan Borough:
| year | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 |
| Residents | 137.289 | 153.284 | 157.938 | 150.928 | 122.064 | 111,791 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Frederic Youngs: Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. Volume I: Southern England . Royal Historical Society, London 1979, ISBN 0-901050-67-9 .
- ↑ a b Fulham MetB: Census Tables. In: A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth, 2009, accessed May 28, 2011 .
- ↑ Statistical Abstract for London, 1901 (Vol. IV)