List of administrative counties and county boroughs of England by population in 1971
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administrative counties An administrative county was a first-level administrative division in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974, and in Ireland from 1899 until either 1973 (in Northern Ireland) or 2002 (in the Republic of Ireland). They are now abolished, although mos ...
and
county borough County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent te ...
s of England by population as at the 1971 census. Three county boroughs, which had been formed in 1889 due to the Local Government Act, 1888, were abolished and absorbed into newly created London Boroughs on 1 April 1965. These were the county borough of
Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...
, the county borough of East Ham and the county borough of
West Ham West Ham is an area in East London, located east of Charing Cross in the west of the modern London Borough of Newham. The area, which lies immediately to the north of the River Thames and east of the River Lea, was originally an ancient ...
, Croydon merged with the
Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Coulsdon and Purley Urban District was a local government district in northeast Surrey from 1915 to 1965. The local authority was Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council. The former area of the district is now mostly part of the London Borough ...
to form the
London Borough of Croydon The London Borough of Croydon () is a London borough in south London, part of Outer London. It covers an area of . It is the southernmost borough of London. At its centre is the historic town of Croydon from which the borough takes its name; ...
, and East Ham and West Ham merged, along with small parts of other local areas to form the London Borough of Newham.


Administrative counties

Administrative counties did not include the county boroughs, see below for their populations.


County boroughs


References

*1971 census {{UK Census area and population 1971 United Kingdom census Lists of counties of England 1971 in England