Metropolitan Borough of Southwark
The Metropolitan Borough of Southwark 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 in the center of the former County of London .
history
Southwark emerged from several previously independent areas in the county of Surrey . These were the Civil parishes of Newington and Southwark St George the Martyr and the St Savior's District. The latter was an administrative consortium of the small Civil parishes Southwark Christchurch and Southwark St Savior. From 1855 onwards, all communities belonged to the catchment area of the Metropolitan Board of Works . In 1889 they came to the new County of London, eleven years later they were combined into a Metropolitan Borough.
When Greater London was founded in 1965, the London Borough of Southwark was formed from the merger of the metropolitan boroughs Bermondsey , Camberwell and Southwark .
statistics
The area was 1131 acres (4.58 km²). The censuses showed the following population figures:
Former areas summarized:
| year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 |
| Residents | 62,669 | 78.219 | 99,562 | 116.006 | 134.225 | 152.371 | 173,900 | 175.049 | 195.164 | 202.693 |
Metropolitan Borough:
| year | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 |
| Residents | 206.180 | 191.907 | 184,404 | 171,695 | 97.221 | 86,249 |
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 Southwark 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)