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  CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-GREATER LONDON
The London Borough of Barnet was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Finchley, the Borough of Hendon, the Barnet Urban District, the East Barnet Urban District and the Friern Barnet Urban District.
The white horse, from the crest of the Borough of Bexley and the arms of the Crayford UDC, is derived from the arms of Kent County Council.
The London Borough of Hillingdon was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Uxbridge, the Hayes and Harlington Urban District, the Ruislip-Northwood Urban District and the Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District.
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 Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone was a metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1900 until in 1965 it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington and the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster to form the City of Westminster.
It was based directly on previously existing civil parish of St Marylebone, which was incorporated into the Metropolitan Board of Works area in 1855, retaining a parish vestry, and then became part of the County of London in 1889.
It was that part of the current London Borough which is north of Oxford Street, and east of Maida Vale and Edgware Road.
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 Kensington - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
KENSINGTON, a western metropolitan borough of London, England, bounded N.E. by Paddington, and the city of Westminster, S.E. by Chelsea, S.W. by Fulham, N.W. by Hammerssmith, and extending N. to the boundary of the county of London.
In the north the borough includes the cemetery of Kensal Green (with the exception of the Roman Catholic portion, which is in the borough of Hammersmith); it was opened in 1838, and great numbers of eminent persons are buried here.
The borough council consists of a mayor, 10 aldermen and 60 councillors.
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 Metropolitan Borough of Paddington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1900 and 1965.
To the south it bordered the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster, to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone.
It was abolished in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 and its former area merged with that of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster and the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone to form the present-day City of Westminster.
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 London (England) - Search View - MSN Encarta
The 13 inner London boroughs are Camden, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, and the City of Westminster.
The 19 outer boroughs are Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton, and Waltham Forest.
Stratford, in the London Borough of Newham, was proposed as the site for the construction of the Olympic Park, with new, purpose-built stadiums and sporting facilities and an Olympic village with accommodation for all participating athletes and officials.
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 Copeland Family History and Genealogy - Person Page 20
Marriage*: Edward at age 28, married Florence Louise Parlett at age 20, daughter of William Alfred Parlett and Harriet Elizabeth Carpenter, on Tuesday, 22 October 1895 in Hackney, Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, The ceremony was witnessed by Charles William Warr.'Ernie was a confectioner.
Marriage*: Florence at age 20, married Edward Ernest Dummer at age 28, son of William Chamberlayne Dummer and Ann Stanford, on Tuesday, 22 October 1895 in Hackney, Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, The ceremony was witnessed by Charles William Warr.'Ernie was a confectioner.
Residence*: Ida Maud Neale was residing in January 1909 in Metropolitan Borough of Paddington Ref:Birth of dau.
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 PADDINGTON - Online Information article about PADDINGTON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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.
In the borough are the Paddington and the Queen's Park technical institutes; St. See also:
parliamentary borough of Paddington has north and south divisions, each returning one member.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /ORC_PAI/PADDINGTON.html   (538 words)

  
 CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-LONDON, COUNTY OF (OBSOLETE)
The Borough was formed by the amalgamation of the Parishes of Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, St. Olave, St. John Horselydown and St. Thomas Southwark, of which the first three are represented in the Arms.
The supporters denote the two inns of court in the Borough, the lion being that of the De Lacys, Earls of Lincoln, whose London house became Lincoln's Inn, and the griffin being from the arms of Gray's Inn.
The Borough was formed by the amalgamation of the Parishes of St. Saviour (formerly St. Mary Overy), St. Mary Newington, St. George the Martyr and Christ Church.
www.civicheraldry.co.uk /lcc.html   (4493 words)

  
 SULAIR: British & Commonwealth Literary Studies
John Martin, the artist, became interested in the question of metropolitan water supply and his proposal was discussed at length by Chadwick in Sanitary Condition of the labouring population of Gt.
To the honourable the Metropolitan Commissioners of sewers.
REPORT of the City Members of the Metropolitan Commission of sewers to the commissioners of sewers of the City of London upon the progress of measures for the interception of the sewage of the Metropolis from River Thames.
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 Paddington: Queen’s Park and St. Peter’s Park | British History Online
Citation: 'Paddington: Queen’s Park and St. Peter’s Park', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington (1989), pp.
The districts described below covered respectively the north-west corner and the middle of the north part of the metropolitan borough of Paddington, constituting Queen's Park and Harrow Road wards in 1901.
The north-western part of Paddington parish was still rural in 1840, although there was a plan to extend Elgin Road (later Elgin Avenue) from Maida Vale across the lands of Westbourne manor to the later junction with Harrow Road.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=22668   (3401 words)

  
 Towns & Places in Hall/Barlow Family Tree
It is part of the London Borough of Newham and is situated in the area of the former London docks on the north side of the River Thames.
The borough is known for being one of the poorest and crime-affected London boroughs.
The borough was formed in 1965 from the former metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington.
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 ooBdoo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Putney is a middle-class district in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Firstly, increasing numbers of steam-powered boats made leisure rowing on the Thames in central London unpleasant if not impossible; the buttresses of the original Putney Bridge prevented large river boats from proceeding upstream of the bridge, ensuring more suitable water for rowing.
Second, the construction of the London and South Western Railway from Waterloo Station to Putney and the Metropolitan District Railway to Putney Bridge allowed easy commuting.
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 London - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
However, the definition used here for the metropolitan area of London should be taken with a lot of caution, as it includes areas quite far away from London, such as Dover, right by the English Channel, or Colchester, in the very north of Essex.
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.
The economic impact of the entire London metropolitan area is far higher, year-on-year accounting for approximately 30% of the UK's GDP The Economic Positioning of Metropolitan Areas in North Western Europe www.iaurif.org {PDF} or $642 billion (estimate) in 2004.
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 SWG Police Websites : Metropolitan Police & Sector Working Groups (SWGs)
Paddington Hyde Park SWG consider it vital commercial organisations and their staff play their role with the local police/community partnership.
Their businesses representation across Paddington has developed diversity debates and decisions, in working with police and 'hard to reach' communities to reduce crime, disorder, anti-social behaviour issues and to improve the quality of life for those who live, work and visit Paddington.
Metropolitan Police Borough Commander Operations for Westminster, Chris Allison, with SWG Chair, Lynda King Taylor, at a recent meeting of the SWG.
www.padpolice.com /mpswg.php   (2525 words)

  
 Metropolitan Boroughs
The key boundary change was the removal of Chelsea and dividing it between Kensington and Paddington.
In 1901 Kensington, at the expressed wish of Queen Victoria, was given Royal Borough status by King Edward VII.
There was a steady devolution of functions and responsibilities from the London County Council to the boroughs.
www.rbkc.gov.uk /vmdemocracy/general/vm_ld_p11.asp   (230 words)

  
 Casualty & fatality analysis
It is notable that all the above are stated as having died at the station, with no injured subsequently dying elsewhere.
It should be noted that the date discrepancy may be the result of confusion in a night raid, while the lack of occupation details means it is not possible to confirm at present that this as an LT employee.
Initial CWGC analysis of Paddington Borough civilian dead shows five killed of died in situ, and three more succumbing to their injuries in the following days, although the total may be higher if injured died in hospitals in other Boroughs, as yet unidentified:
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 The Story of the G.W.R.
The Metropolitan Railway, which in 1854 was incorporated to construct a sub-surface line from Paddington Suburban to Farringdon Street, had a useful ally in the Great Western.
And the Metropolitan was opened in 1863 as a mixed-gauge line, and was operated by the Great Western for six months.
The train left Paddington daily and was not scheduled for a halt until it arrived at Plymouth, 245-3/4 miles away and 265 minutes later.
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 SCHEDULE 1.2 - Third Party Contracts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Licence relating to the reconstruction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel Southern Approach Bridge EL27A at Rotherhithe Station in the London Borough of Southwark made 26 July 1995 between London Underground Ltd and the Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark and the Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets;
London Underground Ltd and the Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark and the Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Under the Licence relating to the reconstruction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel Southern Approach Bridge EL27A at Rotherhithe Station in the London Borough of Southwark dated 26 July 1995 between London Underground Ltd and the Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark and the Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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 MPA: Press release 78/04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Metropolitan Police Authority has selected eight new commanders to the Metropolitan Police, all of who will be appointed to senior posts.
Dave is delighted to be joining the Metropolitan Police Service and is looking forward to becoming part of a successful team and meeting the challenges of working with London’s communities.
Shaun Sawyer joined the MPS in 1986 serving as a Constable at Paddington Green police station and Clubs and Vice, Marylebone police station as a sergeant and at Wandsworth police station as an Inspector and Detective Inspector.
www.mpa.gov.uk /news/press/2004/04-078.htm   (1180 words)

  
 The Metropolitan Asylums Board
In 1868, as a separate strand to the implementation of the Metropolitan Poor Act, the Poor Law Board formed six new 'Sick Asylum Districts' which were to erect joint 'asylums' or hospitals for dealing with the general sick poor.
Accommodation for around 400 cases was provided in two more establishments acquired from the South Metropolitan School District — Bridge School (the former Witham Union workhouse) which opened in February, 1901, and the Downs School at Sutton, which opened in February, 1903.
The temporary buildings of the Orchard Hospital at Dartford, erected in 1902, were lent to the War Office from 1915 to 1919 for the use of overseas troops, mainly Australians.
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 London travel guide - Wikitravel
From there, the remaining 20km journey to Paddington (in central London) is a pleasant, traffic free ride along the towpath of the Grand Union Canal.
Paddington is also the downtown terminus of the Heathrow Airport Express service (see above) and also serves commuters from Ealing Broadway, Acton Main Line, Slough, Maidenhead and points west.
For example, the journey from Liverpool Street to Paddington is about 10 min faster using the Central and Bakerloo lines than using the Circle Line, even though it involves a change.
wikitravel.org /en/London   (13248 words)

  
 Mill Hill Cemetery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In 1923 the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington resolved to aquire land for a new cemetery as its cemetery in Willesden Lane NW2 was rapidly becoming filled.
acre) in the north of the cemetery was given by the Borough of Paddington to the Netherlands War Graves Commission to form the Dutch National War Memorial in Great Britain.
The area is surrounded by a mixed species hedge and will have a memorial stone and is intended as a quiet area where people will be able to go and sit.
www.westminster.gov.uk /communityandliving/burials/millhill.cfm   (530 words)

  
 Scotland Yard top apologises to Muslims for "disruption and inconvienence" of terror raid -will meet to discuss'how to ...
London: The Metropolitan Police in the city of London has accepted Hijab as a uniform option for Muslim women serving in police.
Ms Ridley told BBC News this was because the Metropolitan Police had "demonstrated time and time again its Islamophobic attitudes".
Police have until 1600 BST on Saturday to question them under the terms of their present warrant, but they can apply for this to be extended until up to 14 days after the time of their arrest.
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 The Ultimate London - American History Information Guide and Reference
As for the metropolitan area of London: unlike many other countries, the UK does not provide national metropolitan area population figures based on commuter percentages and economic influence.
One such definition describes the London metropolitan area (6,267 square miles, 16,043 km²) with a population of 13,945,000 — larger than the combined populations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The boroughs thus enjoyed "unitary status" and a degree of autonomy when the GLC was abolished, which they have now lost to some extent.
www.historymania.com /american_history/London   (7909 words)

  
 Black Police Association - Paddington Community Project
The report will be made available to the local borough, PDT and the wider MPS.
In due course the report will be made available to the local Borough, Paddington Development Trust (PDT) and the wider Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).
The Data from this research was put in themes and underpins the second phase of the project.
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 clout
These London Borough Councils are elected authorities and have the day-by-day responsibility for the running of their areas.
Figure 1 shows the London Boroughs superimposed on a map of greater Paris drawn at the same scale.
Immediately to the west of the GLA, 37% of the population of the town of Slough was characterised as Asian.
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 Books Online : UK
A History of the County of Essex: Volume IX - The Borough of Colchester - The volume, the first full-scale, comprehensive and scholarly history of the ancient borough of Colchester to be published, describes the life of the oldest and for long the largest town in Essex from the Iron Age to 1990.
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume IX - Hampstead, Paddington - These two parishes lay in the Holborn division of Ossulstone hundred, and before their inclusion in Greater London the parishes embraced the metropolitan borough of Hampstead and most of that of Paddington, with a total population of over 200,000.
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume X - Hackney - Hackney was the largest parish transferred to the administrative county of London in 1889, and became a metropolitan borough with over 220,000 inhabitants, before giving its name to a Greater London borough in 1965.
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 Carpet Cleaning Slough Berkshire Carpet Cleaners SL1 SL2 SL3
The town was divided into wards for the first time; which were the new areas of Burnham, Farnham and Stoke as well as the divisions of the old district Central, Chalvey, Langley and Upton.
The old Municipal Borough was abolished and replaced by a Non-metropolitan district authority, which was made a Borough by the towns second Royal charter.
Slough became a unitary authority on April 1, 1998, with the abolition of Berkshire County Council and the 1973-1998 Borough.
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