Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington

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Location of Stoke Newington in the former County of London

The Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington 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 north of the former County of London .

history

Stoke Newington was originally a Civil parish in the county of Middlesex . From 1855, the community belonged to the catchment area of ​​the Metropolitan Board of Works . In 1889 Stoke Newington became part of the County of London. In the area of ​​this municipality there were three exclaves with a total area of ​​0.9 km². These formed the parish of South Hornsey, which initially remained with Middlesex. In 1900, Stoke Newington and South Hornsey were finally merged into a metropolitan borough.

When Greater London was founded in 1965, the London Borough of Hackney was formed from the merger of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Hackney , Shoreditch and Stoke Newington .

statistics

The area was 865 acres (3.50 km²). The censuses showed the following population figures:

Former areas summarized:

year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891
Residents 1,984 2,758 3,360 4,192 5,522 6.134 11,297 17,452 37,561 47,828

Metropolitan Borough:

year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961
Residents 51,247 50,659 52.172 51.208 49,136 52,301

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 Stoke Newington 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)