Croydon Borough Council (county borough)

Croydon
Croydon Town Hall
Area
• 1911	9,012 acres (36.5 km2)
• 1931	12,617 acres (51.1 km2)
• 1961	12,672 acres (51.3 km2)
Population
• 1911	169,551
• 1931	233,032
• 1961	252,501
Density
• 1911	19/acre
• 1931	18/acre
• 1961	20/acre
History
• Origin	Parish of Croydon, Surrey
• Created	1889
• Abolished	1965
• Succeeded by	London Borough of Croydon
Status	County borough
Government	Croydon Corporation
• HQ	Katharine Street, Croydon
• Motto	Sanitate Crescimus (May we grow in health)
Arms of the county borough corporation

The County Borough of Croydon was a local government district in and around the town of Croydon in north east Surrey, England from 1889 to 1965. Since 1965 the district has been part of the London Borough of Croydon within Greater London.

A local board of health was formed for the parish of Croydon St John the Baptist in 1849. On 9 March 1883 the town received a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough. The borough was granted a commission of the peace and a separate court of quarter sessions in 1885 and 1889 respectively. Under the Local Government Act 1888 it became an autonomous county borough in 1889. The area of the original borough included part of Norwood and Addiscombe, Bensham, Croham, Coombe, Haling, Norbury, Shirley, Waddon, and Woodside.

From 1894 to 1915 it was adjacent to Croydon Rural District to the south, east and west and the County of London to the north. The rural district was abolished in 1915, but the county borough was unsuccessful in its attempt to annex the area. The only significant extension of the borough boundaries was in 1925, when the parish of Addington was absorbed.

The borough ran trams until they became the responsibility of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933. The borough ran its own fire brigade and ambulance service until it became a London Borough.

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