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Mizter T writes

On 22 Dec, 21:13, Ian Jelf wrote:

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Mizter T writes

No, it wouldn't have been more logical because it's simply not in
Silvertown, it is in North Woolwich. Bear in mind that until 44 years
ago this seperate identity would have been very distinctive - one would
have passed from the County Borough of West Ham in the county of Essex
to the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich in the county of Kent.

Very minor correction:

The Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich was in the County of London, not
Kent. It was in Kent before the creation of the County of London in 1889
but was then simply a parish. Only the County of London's subdivisions
were given the prefix "Metropolitan Borough of.......), a term which
fell out of use with the coming of Greater London in 1965.

(The term Metropolitan Borough was of course resurrected in 1974 for the
subdivisions of the new Metropolitan counties outside London.)


Thank you very much Ian,

You're welcome! :-)


I stand corrected -

As I said, a very minor correction.


that was a rather shoddy
misconception on my part which in retrospect doesn't really make much
sense, given that the boundaries of Kent had significantly retrenched
a long time before the coming of Greater London in '65 when the County
of London was created in 1889.

I often invoke the memory of the LCC as it is one of the most important,
most progressive and most "improving" organisations London has ever had.
We still live with much of its legacy today and it deserves to me much
better remembered than it is.


UIVMM (always possible!) the County Borough of West Ham remained in
the County of Essex but, as a County Borough, was effectively a free
and independent agent outwith the boundaries of the County Council (as
was the later County Borough of *East* Ham).

That is indeed the case. Some county Borough remained united with
their "parent" county for police purposes (other did not) but in the
case of East and West Ham this was academic as they were all covered by
the Met.

I think that the only other County Borough within present day London was
Croydon. Anyone know better?


These County Boroughs are
interesting creations, being perhaps somewhat similar to the unitary
authorities of today - albeit these modern day creations perhaps lack
some of the drama that surrounded the inception of some of these
County Boroughs,

I've always though that the new unitary authorities ought to have been
given the title of "County Borough". (That was done in certain cases
with the new Welsh authorities.)


Anyway I've gone off on a tangent so I'll stop there. Ian Jelf will
doubtless be along to correct my mistakes in a moment!

As if a Brummie (though loyal lover of and servant to our capital!)
could condescend to do such a thing! :-))))
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

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