History of local government districts in Middlesex
January 01, 1970
The History of local government districts in Middlesex outside the metropolitan area began in 1835 with the formation of poor law unions. This was followed by the creation of various forms of local government body to administer the rapidly growing towns of the area. By 1934 until its abolition in 1965, the entire county was divided into urban districts or municipal boroughs.
The parishes of the county were grouped under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 to form unions. Each union had a single workhouse, and was administered by a board of guardians elected by the parish ratepayers. The boundaries of the unions would later be used to define rural sanitary districts in 1875 and rural districts in 1894. Poor law unions were abolished in 1930 by the Local Government Act 1929.
Map of the poor law unions in 1840
Name
Parishes
Notes
Barnet PLU
Friern Barnet, Finchey, Monken Hadley, South Mimms
Remainder of PLU in Hertfordshire
Brentford PLU
Acton, Chiswick, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Heston, Isleworth, New Brentford, Old Brentford, Perivale, Twickenham, West Twyford
Edmonton PLU
Edmonton, Enfield, Hornsey, Southgate, Tottenham, Wood Green
Included the parish of Hampstead (in the Metropolis) until 1848, Waltham Holy Cross in Essex and Cheshunt in Hertfordshire
Hendon PLU
Edgware, Great Stanmore, Harrow on the Hill, Harrow Weald, Hendon, Kingsbury, Little Stanmore, Pinner, Wealdstone, Wembley, Willesden (until 1896)
An outbreak of cholera in Tottenham forced the creation of a temporary local board of health in 1831/32. Following the enactment of the Public Health Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 63), permanent boards could be formed on petition of the inhabitants or where there was excess mortality. The first local board in England formed under the Act was at Uxbridge in 1849, and it was followed by a number of other towns. The Local Government Act 1858 simplified the process of creating local councils: ratepayers of a parish or area could adopt the Act by resolution, whereupon it would become a Local Government District, governed by a Local Board.[1] Numerous localities in Middlesex took the opportunity, and it also provided the mechanism for the developing communities of Southgate and Wood Green to separate themselves from the control of the Edmonton and Tottenham boards.
Sanitary districtsedit
The system was rationalised by the Public Health Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55), which designated all municipal boroughs, local board districts, local government districts and improvement commissioners districts in England and Wales as urban sanitary districts. The existing local authority became an urban sanitary authority, without change of title. Also created were rural sanitary districts, which were identical in area to poor law unions, less any urban sanitary district. The poor law guardians for the parishes in the district became the rural sanitary authority.
List of districts 1848–1894edit
Local boards and urban sanitary districts 1848–1894edit
Local board districts (LBDs) were created by the Public Health Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 63) and governed by a local board of health; local government districts (LGDs) were created by the Local Government Act 1858 and governed by a local board. Chiswick was an improvement commissioners district (ICD) created by local act of Parliament.
Originally covered entire parish of Edmonton. In 1881 the Southgate area formed a separate LGD.[5] The boundary with Enfield LBD was adjusted in 1883.[6]
Enfield LBD
1850
Most of the parish of Enfield, part of Edmonton parish from 1883.[6][7]
Parishes of Edgware, Great Stanmore, Kingsbury, Little Stanmore and Pinner; and part of the parish of Harrow on the Hill (Harrow Weald, Wealdstone and Wembley areas). Became Hendon RD, Wealdstone UD, Wembley UD in 1894.
Kingston RSD
Mostly in Surrey
Parish of Hampton (until 1890).
No Middlesex parishes after 1890.
Staines RSD
Parishes of Ashford, Cranford, East Bedfont, Feltham, Hanworth, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Laleham, Littleton, Shepperton, Stanwell and Sunbury. Became Staines RD, Sunbury on Thames UD 1894.
Uxbridge RSD
Parishes of Cowley, Harefield, Hayes, Ickenham, Northolt, Northwood (until 1891), Ruislip and West Drayton and part of Hillingdon parish. Became Uxbridge RD in 1894.
Harrow on the Hill UD created 1894, Harrow UD formed 1934 from Harrow on the Hill UD part of abolished Wealdstone UD, Harrow Weald, Pinner, Little Stanmore, Great Stanmore from abolished Hendon RD
Hayes UD created 1904 from part of Uxbridge RD, Hayes and Harlington UD created 1930 by merger of Hayes UD and Cranford and Harlington from abolished Staines RD
Yiewsley UD created 1911 from part of Uxbridge RD, absorbed Harmondsworth, West Drayton from abolished Uxbridge RD to become Yiewsley and West Drayton UD 1929
^Royston Lambert, Central and Local Relations in Mid-Victorian England: The Local Government Act Office, 1858-71, Victorian Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2. (Dec., 1962), pp. 121-150.
^"Acton - Local Government". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7. 1982. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
^"Chiswick - Local Government". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7. 1982. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
^ ab"Ealing and Brentford - Introduction". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7. 1982. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
^ ab"Edmonton - Local Government". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5. 1976. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
^ abcdeFrederic A Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume I: Southern England, London, 1979
^"Enfield - Local Government". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5. 1976. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
^Hampton & Hampton Hill, Twickenham Museum, accessed February 25, 2008 October 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^Office of Public Sector Information - London Government Act 1963 (as amended). Retrieved on 20 February 2008.
January 01, 1970
history, local, government, districts, middlesex, outside, metropolitan, area, began, 1835, with, formation, poor, unions, this, followed, creation, various, forms, local, government, body, administer, rapidly, growing, towns, area, 1934, until, abolition, 196. The History of local government districts in Middlesex outside the metropolitan area began in 1835 with the formation of poor law unions This was followed by the creation of various forms of local government body to administer the rapidly growing towns of the area By 1934 until its abolition in 1965 the entire county was divided into urban districts or municipal boroughs Contents 1 Poor law unions 2 Local boards of health 3 Sanitary districts 4 List of districts 1848 1894 4 1 Local boards and urban sanitary districts 1848 1894 4 2 Rural sanitary districts 1875 1894 5 County districts 1894 1965 6 ReferencesPoor law unions editThe parishes of the county were grouped under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 to form unions Each union had a single workhouse and was administered by a board of guardians elected by the parish ratepayers The boundaries of the unions would later be used to define rural sanitary districts in 1875 and rural districts in 1894 Poor law unions were abolished in 1930 by the Local Government Act 1929 nbsp Map of the poor law unions in 1840 Name Parishes Notes Barnet PLU Friern Barnet Finchey Monken Hadley South Mimms Remainder of PLU in Hertfordshire Brentford PLU Acton Chiswick Ealing Greenford Hanwell Heston Isleworth New Brentford Old Brentford Perivale Twickenham West Twyford Edmonton PLU Edmonton Enfield Hornsey Southgate Tottenham Wood Green Included the parish of Hampstead in the Metropolis until 1848 Waltham Holy Cross in Essex and Cheshunt in Hertfordshire Hendon PLU Edgware Great Stanmore Harrow on the Hill Harrow Weald Hendon Kingsbury Little Stanmore Pinner Wealdstone Wembley Willesden until 1896 Kingston PLU Hampton Hampton Wick Teddington Majority of PLU in Surrey Staines PLU Ashford Cranford East Bedfont Feltham Hanworth Harlington Harmondsworth Laleham Littleton Shepperton Staines Stanwell Sunbury Uxbridge PLU Cowley Harefield Hayes Hillingdon Ickenham Northolt Northwood Ruislip Uxbridge West Drayton Yiewsley Willesden Poor Law Parish Willesden Formed 1896Local boards of health editAn outbreak of cholera in Tottenham forced the creation of a temporary local board of health in 1831 32 Following the enactment of the Public Health Act 1848 11 amp 12 Vict c 63 permanent boards could be formed on petition of the inhabitants or where there was excess mortality The first local board in England formed under the Act was at Uxbridge in 1849 and it was followed by a number of other towns The Local Government Act 1858 simplified the process of creating local councils ratepayers of a parish or area could adopt the Act by resolution whereupon it would become a Local Government District governed by a Local Board 1 Numerous localities in Middlesex took the opportunity and it also provided the mechanism for the developing communities of Southgate and Wood Green to separate themselves from the control of the Edmonton and Tottenham boards Sanitary districts editThe system was rationalised by the Public Health Act 1875 38 amp 39 Vict c 55 which designated all municipal boroughs local board districts local government districts and improvement commissioners districts in England and Wales as urban sanitary districts The existing local authority became an urban sanitary authority without change of title Also created were rural sanitary districts which were identical in area to poor law unions less any urban sanitary district The poor law guardians for the parishes in the district became the rural sanitary authority List of districts 1848 1894 editLocal boards and urban sanitary districts 1848 1894 edit Local board districts LBDs were created by the Public Health Act 1848 11 amp 12 Vict c 63 and governed by a local board of health local government districts LGDs were created by the Local Government Act 1858 and governed by a local board Chiswick was an improvement commissioners district ICD created by local act of Parliament Name Formed Area covered Acton LGD 1865 Parish of Acton 2 Chiswick ICD 1858 Parish of Chiswick 3 Ealing LGD 1863 Parish of Ealing less chapelry of Old Brentford 4 Edmonton LBD 1850 Originally covered entire parish of Edmonton In 1881 the Southgate area formed a separate LGD 5 The boundary with Enfield LBD was adjusted in 1883 6 Enfield LBD 1850 Most of the parish of Enfield part of Edmonton parish from 1883 6 7 Hampton LGD 1890 Parish of Hampton 8 Hampton Wick LGD 1863 Hamlet of Hampton Wick part of Hampton parish Constituted separate parish in 1866 6 Harrow LBD 1850 Part of the parish of Harrow on the Hill Harrow on the Hill Roxeth and parts of Greenhill and Sudbury 9 Hornsey LGD 1867 The part of the parish of Hornsey not included in South Hornsey LGD 10 Gained part of Friern Barnet parish in 1883 11 South Hornsey LGD 1863 Part of the parish of Hornsey Brownswood Park 12 Teddington LGD 1867 Parish of Teddington 13 Tottenham LBD 1850 Parish of Tottenham Wood Green area became a separate LGD in 1888 14 Twickenham LGD 1868 Parish of Twickenham 15 Uxbridge LBD 1849 Hamlet later parish of Uxbridge and western part of parish of Hillingdon 16 Friern Barnet LGD 1883 Most of parish of Friern Barnet 11 Brentford LGD 1874 Chapelries of Old Brentford Ealing parish and New Brentford Hanwell parish 4 Finchley LGD 1878 Parish of Finchley 17 Hanwell LGD 1885 Parish of Hanwell 18 Hendon LGD 1879 Parish of Hendon 19 Heston and Isleworth LGD 1875 Parishes of Heston and Isleworth 20 Norwood LGD 1891 Parish of Norwood 6 Southgate LGD 1881 Southgate area of Edmonton parish 5 Staines LGD 1872 Parish of Staines 21 Willesden LGD 1874 Parish of Willesden 22 Wood Green LGD 1888 Wood Green area of Tottenham parish 14 East Barnet Valley LGD 1863 Part of Monken Hadley parish 23 Remainder of LGD in Hertfordshire Barnet LGD 1863 Part of Monken Hadley parish 23 Remainder of LGD in Hertfordshire Rural sanitary districts 1875 1894 edit Name Notes Area covered Barnet RSD Mostly in Hertfordshire Parishes of Finchley until 1878 Friern Barnet until 1883 South Mimms Became South Mimms Rural District in 1894 Brentford RSD Parishes of Greenford Hanwell until 1885 Perivale West Twyford Became Greenford UD in 1894 Edgware RSD Renamed Hendon RSD 1877 19 Parishes of Edgware Great Stanmore Kingsbury Little Stanmore and Pinner and part of the parish of Harrow on the Hill Harrow Weald Wealdstone and Wembley areas Became Hendon RD Wealdstone UD Wembley UD in 1894 Kingston RSD Mostly in Surrey Parish of Hampton until 1890 No Middlesex parishes after 1890 Staines RSD Parishes of Ashford Cranford East Bedfont Feltham Hanworth Harlington Harmondsworth Laleham Littleton Shepperton Stanwell and Sunbury Became Staines RD Sunbury on Thames UD 1894 Uxbridge RSD Parishes of Cowley Harefield Hayes Ickenham Northolt Northwood until 1891 Ruislip and West Drayton and part of Hillingdon parish Became Uxbridge RD in 1894 County districts 1894 1965 editThe Local Government Act 1894 56 amp 57 Vict c 73 divided the administrative county into four rural districts and thirty one urban districts based on existing sanitary districts One urban district South Hornsey was a detached part of Middlesex within the County of London until 1900 when it was transferred to the latter county 6 The rural districts were Hendon South Mimms Staines and Uxbridge Because of increasing urbanisation these had all been abolished by 1934 24 Urban districts had been created merged and many had gained the status of municipal borough by 1965 The districts as at the 1961 census were 25 Municipal history 1894 1965 Boroughincorporation District borough in 1965 Population1951 25 Population1961 25 1965 fate 26 Acton UD formed 1894 1921 Acton MB 67 471 nbsp 65 586 LB Ealing Brentford UD Chiswick UD formed 1894 amalgamated as Brentford and Chiswick UD 1927 1932 Brentford and Chiswick MB 59 367 nbsp 54 833 LB Hounslow Ealing UD created 1894 absorbed Greenford UD Hanwell UD 1926 1901 Ealing MB 187 323 nbsp 183 077 LB Ealing Edmonton UD created 1894 1937 Edmonton MB 104 270 nbsp 91 956 LB Enfield Enfield UD created 1894 1955 Enfield MB 110 465 nbsp 109 542 LB Enfield Feltham UD created 1904 from Staines RD absorbed East Bedfont Hanworth on abolition of Staines RD 1934 n a Feltham UD 44 861 nbsp 51 047 LB Hounslow Finchley UD created 1894 1933 Finchley MB 69 991 nbsp 69 370 LB Barnet Friern Barnet UD created 1894 n a Friern Barnet UD 29 163 nbsp 28 813 LB Barnet Harrow on the Hill UD created 1894 Harrow UD formed 1934 from Harrow on the Hill UD part of abolished Wealdstone UD Harrow Weald Pinner Little Stanmore Great Stanmore from abolished Hendon RD 1954 Harrow MB 219 494 nbsp 209 080 LB Harrow boundaries unchanged Hayes UD created 1904 from part of Uxbridge RD Hayes and Harlington UD created 1930 by merger of Hayes UDand Cranford and Harlington from abolished Staines RD n a Hayes and Harlington UD 65 596 nbsp 67 915 LB Hillingdon Hendon UD created 1894 absorbed Edgware from Hendon RD 1931 1932 Hendon MB 155 857 nbsp 151 843 LB Barnet Heston and Isleworth UD created 1894 1932 Heston and Isleworth MB 106 847 nbsp 103 013 LB Hounslow Hornsey UD created 1894 1903 Hornsey MB 98 159 nbsp 97 962 LB Haringey South Mimms RD created 1894 became Potters Bar UD 1934 n a Potters Bar UD 17 172 nbsp 23 376 Hertfordshire Created 1904 from part of Uxbridge RD n a Ruislip Northwood UD 68 288 nbsp 72 791 LB Hillingdon Southall Norwood UD created 1894 renamed Southall 1936 1936 Southall MB 55 896 nbsp 52 983 LB Ealing Southgate UD created 1894 1933 Southgate MB 73 377 nbsp 72 359 LB Enfield Created 1894 absorbed Ashford Laleham and Stanwell from abolished Staines RD 1930 n a Staines UD 39 995 nbsp 49 838 Surrey Created 1894 absorbed Littleton and Shepperton from abolished Staines RD 1930 n a Sunbury on Thames UD 23 394 nbsp 33 437 Surrey Tottenham UD created 1894 1934 Tottenham MB 126 929 nbsp 113 249 LB Haringey Twickenham UD created 1894 absorbed Hampton UD Hampton Wick UD Teddington UD 1937 1926 Twickenham MB 105 663 nbsp 100 971 LB Richmond Uxbridge UD created 1894 absorbed Cowley Harefield Hillingdon East and Ickenham from abolished Uxbridge RD 1929 1955 Uxbridge MB 55 960 nbsp 63 941 LB Hillingdon Wembley UD created 1894 absorbed Kingsbury UD part of abolished Wealdstone UD 1934 1937 Wembley MB 131 384 nbsp 124 892 LB Brent Willesden UD created 1894 1933 Willesden MB 179 697 nbsp 171 001 LB Brent Wood Green UD created 1894 1933 Wood Green MB 52 228 nbsp 47 945 LB Haringey Yiewsley UD created 1911 from part of Uxbridge RD absorbed Harmondsworth West Drayton from abolished Uxbridge RD to become Yiewsley and West Drayton UD 1929 n a Yiewsley and West Drayton UD 20 468 nbsp 23 723 LB HillingdonReferences edit Royston Lambert Central and Local Relations in Mid Victorian England The Local Government Act Office 1858 71 Victorian Studies Vol 6 No 2 Dec 1962 pp 121 150 Acton Local Government A History of the County of Middlesex Volume 7 1982 Retrieved 25 February 2008 Chiswick Local Government A History of the County of Middlesex Volume 7 1982 Retrieved 25 February 2008 a b 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