Chingford was a local government district in south west

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, England from 1894 to 1965, around the town of

Chingford Chingford is a suburban town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The centre of Chingford is north-east of Charing Cross, with Waltham Abbey to the north, Woodford Green and Buckhurst Hill to the east, Walt ...

. It was within the London suburbs, forming part of the

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and Metropolitan Police District. Its former area now corresponds to the northern part of the

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Background and formation

The ancient parish of Chingford formed part of the Waltham Hundred of Essex. Following the

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, Chingford was grouped into the Epping Poor Law Union and in 1837 an identical area became Epping Registration District for the purposes of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1836. It was included in the Metropolitan Police District in 1840. The Poor Law union area was used again for the purposes of the

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and Chingford became part of the Epping Rural Sanitary District that was created in 1875. In 1894 Chingford became an urban district.

District and borough

Following the Local Government Act 1929, in 1932 it was proposed by Essex County Council that Chingford should be merged with

Waltham Holy Cross Urban District Waltham Holy Cross (also known as Waltham Abbey) was a local government district in the county of Essex, England. It was created as a local board of health district in 1850 when the parish of Waltham Holy Cross adopted the Public Health Act 18 ...

to form a new urban district of Chingford and Waltham Abbey. The council of the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow favoured an expansion of their boundaries that would include Chingford. The Chingford/Waltham amalgamation was supported by Chingford Urban District Council but was not supported by the Waltham Holy Cross Urban District Council. The lack of a direct rail connection between the districts was highlighted as a potential problem. The review resulted in no amalgamation and only a small transfer of territory from Waltham Holy Cross to Chingford as part of a county review order in 1934. The district gained the status of

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in 1938.

Abolition

The Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London considered the borough for inclusion in Greater London in 1960 and subsequently it was abolished by the

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. Its former area was transferred to Greater London from Essex and was combined with the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow and the Municipal Borough of Leyton to form the present-day

References

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