Greenwich Metropolitan Borough Council
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 Former Greenwich Town Hall (until 1939) |
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 Greenwich within the County of London |
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| History | |
| • Created | 1900 |
| • Abolished | 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Royal Borough of Greenwich |
| Status | Metropolitan borough |
| Government | Greenwich Borough Council |
| • HQ | Town Hall, Greenwich High Road (until 1939); new Town Hall (from 1939) |
| • Motto | Tempore Utimur (We make use of time) |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965. Within the area of the borough were the Royal Naval College (now the National Maritime Museum), the Royal Observatory and Greenwich Park. It bordered the boroughs of Woolwich, Deptford, Lewisham. It was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich to form the then London Borough of Greenwich, now the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
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 metropolitan borough.
Previous to the borough's formation it had been administered by two separate local bodies: Greenwich District Board of Works and Lee District Board of Works.
The borough covered 3,852 acres (15.6 km2). The population in each decennial census was:
Constituent parishes 1801–1899
Metropolitan Borough 1900–1961
The borough was divided into eight wards for elections: Charlton & Kidbrooke, Marsh, North West, North, South East, South, St Nicholas Deptford and West.
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