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Timeline Of London (1900s)
The following is a timeline of the History of London, history of London in the 20th century, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. 1900 to 1909 * 1900 ** 9 January: Influenza outbreak in London. ** 15 January: The Hippodrome, London, London Hippodrome opens as a venue for circus performances. ** 3 March: The Boundary Estate, Shoreditch, Britain's first council estate to be commenced 10 years previously, is officially inaugurated. ** c. July: The List of tablets on the Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice, Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice at Postman's Park in the City is unveiled. ** 5 July: Thames Ironworks F.C. is relaunched as West Ham United F.C. ** 30 July: The Central London Railway, core of the modern-day Central line (London Underground), opens. ** 18 October: The Passmore Edwards Museum is opened in West Ham; it closes in 1994. ** 1 November: London Government Act 1899 comes into effect, dividing the County of London into 28 Metropolitan boroughs of the County o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of London
The history of London, the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, extends over 2000 years. In that time, it has become one of the world's most significant Economy of London, financial and Culture of London, cultural centres. It has withstood Great Plague of London, plague, devastating Great Fire of London, fire, English Civil War, civil war, The Blitz, aerial bombardment, List of terrorist incidents in London, terrorist attacks, and List of riots in London, riots. The City of London is the historic core of the Greater London Built-up Area, Greater London metropolis, and is today its primary financial district, though it represents only a small part of the wider metropolis. Foundations and prehistory Some recent discoveries indicate probable very early settlements near the Thames in the London area. At the Fulham Palace site in Fulham in modern West London, evidence of prehistoric activity dating from the late Mesolithic and early Neolithic age was uncovered by various a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Holborn
The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965. The borough included most of Holborn (the parts outside the City of London) as well as Bloomsbury and St Giles. In 1965 the borough amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras and the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead to form the new London Borough of Camden. Formation and boundaries The borough was formed in 1900 from seven civil parishes and extra-parochial places; all but the first of these were historically part of Holborn: * St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury * St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St George the Martyr * Liberty of Saffron Hill * Furnival's Inn (part) * Gray's Inn * Lincoln's Inn * Staple Inn In 1930 these seven were combined into a single civil parish called Holborn, which was conterminous with the metropolitan borough. Previous to the borough's formation it had been administered by two separate local bodies: Holbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Hampstead
Hampstead was a Civil parishes in England, civil parish and Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropolitan borough in London, England. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, governed by an administrative vestry. The parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 and became part of the County of London in 1889. The parish of Hampstead became a metropolitan borough in 1900, following the London Government Act 1899, with the parish vestry replaced by a borough council. In 1965 the borough was abolished and its former area became part of the London Borough of Camden in Greater London. Geography It included Primrose Hill, Hampstead, Belsize Park, West Hampstead, South Hampstead, much of Hampstead Heath and part of Kilburn, London, Kilburn and Cricklewood. Some street signs still bear the 'Borough of Hampstead' name. Ecclesiastical parish The ancient parish, was originally dedicated to St Mary, but in 1747 it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Hackney
The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was a Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1900 to 1965. Its area became part of the London Borough of Hackney. Formation and boundaries The borough was one of twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs created by the London Government Act 1899. It was the successor to the vestry of the Hackney (parish), parish of Hackney, which had been the local authority since 1894. Between 1855 and 1894 the parish had been administered with Stoke Newington as the Hackney District (Metropolis), Hackney District. The boundaries of Hackney with the neighbouring boroughs were adjusted slightly in 1900: Hackney gained the east side of Bethune Road from Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington, Stoke Newington and the south side of Balls Pond Road from Islington; it lost the west side of Southgate Road to Islington. The boundary with Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, Shoreditch was altered to run along the Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Hammersmith
The Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith was a Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropolitan borough in London, England from 1900 to 1965. It included Hammersmith, Wormwood Scrubs, Old Oak Common and Shepherd's Bush. The borough was created in 1900 from the Hammersmith (parish), parish of Hammersmith, with the Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough Council replacing the Hammersmith Vestry. In 1965, the borough was abolished and became the northern part of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London Borough of Hammersmith, later renamed to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in 1979. History The London Government Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. 14) reformed the administration of London by dividing the County of London into 28 Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropolitan boroughs, replacing the 41 Parish vestry, parish vestries and District board of works, district boards of works administering the area. Under the terms of the London Governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Greenwich
The Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965. It bordered the boroughs of Woolwich, Lewisham and Deptford and, across the River Thames, the borough of Poplar and the County Borough of West Ham in Essex. Within the area of the borough were the Royal Naval College (now the National Maritime Museum), the Royal Observatory and Greenwich Park. The borough was abolished in 1965, and its area was merged with that of the borough of Woolwich to form the London Borough of Greenwich within the new ceremonial county of Greater London. Formation and boundaries The borough was formed from four civil parishes: Charlton-next-Woolwich, Deptford St Nicholas, Greenwich and Kidbrooke. In 1901 Charlton-next-Woolwich and Kidbrooke were merged to form Charlton and Kidbrooke. In 1930 the remaining three civil parishes were combined into a single civil parish called Borough of Greenwich, which was conterminous with the metropol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Fulham
The Metropolitan Borough of Fulham was a Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it was merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith to form the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was a riverside borough, and comprised the ancient parish, many centuries-long definition of Fulham so included parts often considered of independent character today Walham Green, Parsons Green, Hurlingham, London, Hurlingham, Sands End and that part of Chelsea Harbour west of Counter's Creek. The London SW6, SW6 postal district approximately follows this as does the direct, though less empowered, predecessor Fulham civil parish. Coat of arms When the metropolitan borough was formed it carried on using the unofficial arms adopted by its predecessor, Fulham vestry in 1886. This was a quartered shield, with a depiction of a bridge in the first and fourth quarters. The bridge in the first quarter was the origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Finsbury
The Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury was a Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropolitan borough within the County of London from 1900 to 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Islington to form the Borough of Islington, London Borough of Islington. It was the second smallest of the 28 boroughs within the County of London, stretching from Finsbury Pavement and Finsbury Square, Square northwest towards King's Cross, London, King's Cross, splitting The Angel, Islington, The Angel as well as including Farringdon station and the GPO complex at Mount Pleasant. Formation and boundaries The borough was formed from five Civil parishes in England, civil parishes and Extra-parochial area, extra-parochial places: London Charterhouse, Charterhouse, Glasshouse Yard, Liberty of Glasshouse Yard, Clerkenwell, St James & St John Clerkenwell, St Luke Middlesex and St Sepulchre (parish), St Sepulchre Middlesex. In 1915 these five were combined into a single ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Deptford
The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford was a Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it became part of the London Borough of Lewisham along with the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham. History The borough covered the same area of the parish of Deptford St Paul, which had been separated from the neighbouring parish of Deptford St Nicholas to its north in 1730. The rateable values of the two parishes had been roughly equal when they were separated, but St Paul contained all the farmland to the south, the majority of which was built on over the next 170 years. When the Metropolitan Borough was created, consideration was given to reuniting the two parishes, but a closer equalisation of rateable value was served by uniting St Nicholas with Greenwich to the east. The growth of the London conurbation had reached Deptford by the end of the eighteenth century but it had been a large industrial town well befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Chelsea
The Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1900 and 1965. It was created by the London Government Act 1899 from most of the ancient parish of Chelsea. Following the London Government Act 1963, it was amalgamated with the Royal Borough of Kensington in 1965 to form the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Ecclesiastical parish The ancient parish was originally dedicated to All Saints, but by the late 17th century it had been rededicated to St Luke. It was in the Diocese of London. In 1824 a new parish church was built in the centre of the parish, it was also dedicated to St Luke and the original parish church became a chapel-at-ease known as All Saints, Chelsea or Chelsea Old Church. From 1831, as the population of Chelsea increased, a number of new parishes were formed: * Holy Trinity, Upper Chelsea in 1831 * St Saviour, Upper Chelsea in 1840 * St Jude, Upper Chelsea in 1844, (merged into Holy Trinity, Upper Chelsea i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Camberwell
Camberwell was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in south London, England. Camberwell was an ancient parish in the county of Surrey, governed by an administrative vestry from 1674. The parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 and became part of the County of London in 1889. The parish of Camberwell became a metropolitan borough in 1900, following the London Government Act 1899, with the parish vestry replaced by a borough council. In 1965 the borough was abolished and its former area became part of the London Borough of Southwark in Greater London. Geography The original parish of Camberwell St Giles had three divisions. They were the Liberty of Peckham to the east, the Hamlet of Dulwich to the southwest and the central division of Camberwell proper. The liberty of Peckham stretched from north of Old Kent Road to Honor Oak, taking in Peckham and Nunhead. Camberwell stretched from what is now Burgess Park in the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
