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  London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The prominent green space in the middle is Hyde Park, with Green Park and St.
The boroughs thus enjoyed "unitary status" and a degree of autonomy when the GLC was abolished, and although losing some powers which have been repatriated to the GLA they still retain many areas they did not control under the GLC.
Many of the smaller green spaces in central London are garden squares which were built for the private use of the residents of the fashionable districts, but in some cases are now open to the public.
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 London Borough of Tower Hamlets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London.
The Borough itself was formed in 1965 out of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney which formed the classic East End.
With 36,4 the borough is the local authority with the highest percentage of Muslims in Britain.
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 HACKNEY - LoveToKnow Article on HACKNEY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
, a north-eastern metropolitan borough of London, England, bounded ~V. by Stoke Newington and Islington, and S. by Shoreditch, Bethnal Green and Poplar, and extending N. and E. to the boundary of the county of London.
The borough includes the districts of Clapton in the north, Homerton in the east, and Dalston and part of Kingsland in the west.
The borough council consists of a mayor, 10 aldermen and 60 councillors.
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 BETHNAL GREEN - LoveToKnow Article on BETHNAL GREEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Close by the park there stood, until the i9th century, a house believed to have belonged to the notorious Bishop Bonner, the persecutor of Protestants in the reign of Mary; his name is still attached to a street here.
Among institutions are the missionary settlement of the Oxford House, founded in 1884, with its womens branch, St Margarets House; the NorthEastern hospital for children, the Craft school ~nd the Leather Trade school.
The parliamentary borough of,Bethnal Green has two divisions, each returning one member, The borough council consists of a mayor, 5 aldermen and 30 councillors.
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 BETHNAL GREEN - Online Information article about BETHNAL GREEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf.
The Bethnal Green museum was opened in 1872.
parliamentary borough of Bethnal Green has two divisions, each returning one member.
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 Bethnal Green: Parliamentary Representation | British History Online
BETHNAL GREEN, previously part of Hackney parliamentary constituency, was divided between the two constituencies of Bethnal Green North East and South West under the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885.
(Footnote 71) Bethnal Green North East was held by the trade unionist George Howell for the Liberal or 'Radical' party (Footnote 72) from 1885 to 1895 and by the Indian lawyer M. (later Sir Mancherjee) Bhownagree as a Conservative from 1895 to 1905.
Although higher than at borough elections, the turnout at parliamentary elections was usually less than 70 per cent of the electorate and slightly lower in Bethnal Green South West than in Bethnal Green North East.
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 Metropolitan Borough of Hackney
The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was a metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1899 to 1965.
It was merged into the London Borough of Hackney.
It bordered Stoke Newington, Islington, Shoreditch, Bethnal Green and the Poplar.
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 EoLFHS Parishes: Bethnal Green
St John on Bethnal Green was built in 1826-1828 to a design by Sir John Soane and was extensively repaired in 1871 after a fire.
It was in the Bethnal Green Registration District and, in 1965, became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Baptisms from 1931 and marriages from 1958 are with the incumbent vicar of St Matthew's, Bethnal Green.
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 London Borough of Tower Hamlets Online Research :: Information about London Borough of Tower Hamlets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London, England.
The Borough itself was formed in 1965 out of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, Metropolitan Borough of Poplar and Metropolitan Borough of Stepney which formed the classic East End of London.
With 36.4%, the borough is the local authority with the highest percentage of Islam in the United Kingdom.
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 LONDON (CANADA) - LoveToKnow Article on LONDON (CANADA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The twenty-eight remaining divisions are the Metropolitan Boroughs.
Between Westminster, the City and Stepney, and the northern boroughsSt Marylebone (commonly Marylebone), Holborn, Finsbury, Shoreditch, Bethnal Green.
The Metro'politan police area, or " Greater London," however, embraces the whole of Middlesex, with parts of the other three counties and of Hertfordshire.
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 Bethnal Green: Introduction | British History Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Bethnal green was known as the scene of the legend of the Blind Beggar and later as the archetypal East End slum, the green lying c.
Bethnal Green is covered by River Terrace gravels on London Clay.
The common sewer, which marked Bethnal Green's southern boundary from Brick Lane to Mile End Gate, (Footnote 12) may have originated as a natural stream.
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 fatherhood.ca - borough   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Borough of Collegeville, Montgomery County PA http://borough.collegeville...
The Borough of Shippensburg is located in the scenic Cumberland Valley of central Pennsylvania, right on the line...
The Borough of Hanover maintains 3 sources of water to meet the needs of a growing community.
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 MSN Encarta - Search View - London (England)
The population of metropolitan London in mid-1996 was about 7 million, which represents about 12 percent of Britain’s total population of 58.8 million.
The spending cuts in the social welfare areas have accentuated class differences, and the disparity is evident when contrasting expensive new developments like the Docklands with the decaying public housing complexes that have not been maintained to the proper standards.
It remains to be seen whether national and metropolitan policies will attempt to bridge the growing gap between those who do and don’t benefit from the new prosperity.
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 CONK! Encyclopedia: East_End_of_London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
By the late 19th century the East End roughly corresponded to the metropolitan boroughs of Stepney, Bethnal Green, Poplar and Shoreditch, which correspond to the modern boroughs of Tower Hamlets and part of Hackney.
Since 1900 development has spread far into districts which were formerly in the county of Middlesex, but are now in Greater London.
Parts or all of Newham are sometimes considered to be in the East End, however the River Lee is often considered to be the eastermost boundary of the area and this definition would exclude the borough but place it at the heart of East London.
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 The 1832 Madhouse Act and the Metropolitan Commission in Lunacy from 1832
The Elizabethan Bethnal House (Kirby Castle or the Blind Beggar's House) faced west onto the green at Bethnal Green.
an inmate of Mathew Wright's madhouse at Bethnal Green.
It has the advantage of being in the proximity of large open spaces, namely, Bethnal Green Gardens and the Museum Gardens, both maintained by the London County Council, and it is besides within five minutes's walk of the Victoria Park.
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 mexicocity.ca - Borough   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Borough Council will combine the 2005 and 2006 road programs as a way to save money.
The Borough Council was to vote last week on a resolution supporting efforts by Eatontown to seek the transfer of Howard Commons military housing to the private sector through the Residential Community Init...
Over 100,000 citizens in South Ribble Borough Council are expected to benefit from a re-design of council services.
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 GO BRITANNIA! Travel Guide: London's East End - Poplar Rate Strike, 1921
Poplar Council was one of 28 Metropolitan Borough Councils representing a particularly poor part of London's East End.
Precepts were not based on the Borough's ability to pay; in effect Poplar was paying towards the costs of rich boroughs for certain common services, but not receiving similar pooling to help poor relief.
The London County Council and the Metropolitan Asylum Board applied to the Court for the Councillors to be declared in contempt of the mandamus.
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 Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.
Here you will find more informations about Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.
The orginal Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green article can be editet
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 ipedia.com: London Borough of Tower Hamlets Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is the London borough to the east of the City of London, north of the River Thames.
The name derives from the ancient practice that those villages were required by law in the 16th century to provide yeomen for the Tower of London.
The Borough itself was formed in 1965 out of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney.
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 physics - County of London
The county was abolished in 1965 and was replaced by the much larger Greater London, which took in nearly all of Middlesex, along with much of Surrey, Kent, Essex and part of Hertfordshire.
Eleven years after its foundation, in 1899, the County of London was divided into metropolitan boroughs, which replaced the ancient parishes and vestries as the second tier of local government.
When the County of London was abolished in 1965 these metropolition boroughs were merged to form 12 London boroughs.
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 LB Hackney - Your Hackney - Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Virtually the whole of the built-up area of Hackney is within 400 metres, a 5-minute walk, of a bus stop, and most of the built-up area is within 800 metres, a 10-minute walk, of a rail station.
The Borough's first Tube line will be the northern extension of the East London line, from Whitechapel through Dalston to Highbury and Islington.
The Borough has direct access to three of London's five airports - to Heathrow from Manor House, to Stansted from Hackney Downs, and to City from North London line stations; access to Gatwick and Luton is possible with only one interchange.
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 Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Eastern Argus - 13 October 1888
The number of the force stationed at Bethnal Green and controlled by Supt. Keating, is made up by 38 inspectors, 55 sergeants, and 515 constables; total, 609.
In connection with the Jubilee Gifts at the Bethnal Green Museum, we see that 16 members of the force were specially employed, and two at the People's Palace.
One of the miscreants was, however, cleverly traced and apprehended by the Officers of the Criminal Investigation Department of Bethnal Green Station and identified as a convict at large on license, and was sentenced to 15 years penal servitude at the Central Criminal Court on 31st inst.
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 HACKNEY - Online Information article about HACKNEY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The borough includes the districts of Clapton in the north, Homerton in the See also:
flat valley of the Lea, which flows in several branches, and is bordered, immediately outside the confines of the borough, by the extensive reservoirs of the East London See also:
division includes the metropolitan borough of Stoke Newington.
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 Anglican Churches in Bethnal Green, Middlesex in 1890
Stepney is the original parent parish of all, St Matthew Bethnal Green was split out of Stepney in 1746.
Bethnal Green, City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest Chapel, St. James's Road, non-parochial
The "Bethnal Green" link at the head of the page leads to a GENUKI page with an 1868 Gazetteer description of the area, and link to a modern map for that location.
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 Tower Hamlets News pages
The presentation ceremony attended by the mayor of Tower Hamlets, Cllr Doros Ullah, was held at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood.
Fund trustee Dr Georgie Wemyss said: “Thanks to the hard work of local students, schools and colleges, more local young people than ever from the old metropolitan borough of Bethnal Green are progressing on to university this year.
Parmiter’s education fund was developed after the move to promote education in Bethnal Green and to provide grants for students under the age of 25, who were in financial need, to be able to pursue their studies and training, in accordance with the will of Thomas Parmiter.
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 GREEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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