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17-590: The Metropolis Management Act 1855 ( 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the Metropolitan Board of Works , a London -wide body to co-ordinate the construction of the city's infrastructure. The Act also created a second tier of local government consisting of parish vestries and district boards of works. The Metropolitan Board of Works

34-670: A town hall at Hammersmith Broadway. In 1889 , the Local Government Act replaced the Metropolitan Board of Works with the London County Council , and the area of the board became the County of London . From that date, the various parishes were separated from Middlesex, Kent and Surrey and placed for all purposes in the new county, while the vestries and district boards continued to function under

51-467: Is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that

68-541: The Crown Estate Paving Act 1851 . 18 %26 19 Vict. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland ). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland . For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see

85-640: The Short Titles Act 1896 . The third session of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom , which met from 12 December 1854 until 14 August 1855. Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London Metropolitan boroughs were subdivisions of the County of London from 1900 to 1965 . The 28 boroughs were created by the London Government Act 1899 . In 1965 they were abolished and replaced by larger London boroughs within

102-608: The list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain . See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland . For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament , the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly , and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru ; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland . The number shown after each act 's title

119-589: The parish vestries and district boards also constituted by the act. The first election of members was to take place on 12 December 1855. From 1857, one third of the board was to go out of office on the third Wednesday of June every year. The board was to take over the powers, duties and liabilities of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers and the Metropolitan Buildings Office on 1 January 1856. Its area of responsibility

136-628: The Metropolitan Board of Works' area but were not included in any district: On 25 March 1986 , following the passing of the Metropolis Management Amendment Act 1885 , the Fulham District Board of Works was dissolved and vestries of Hammersmith and Fulham were incorporated, with elections to the Metropolitan Board of Works to be held on that date. Fulham Vestry continued to use the existing town hall at Walham Green , while Hammersmith Vestry built

153-641: The aegis of the new county council. In 1894 , the Hackney District Board of Works was dissolved, with the vestries of Hackney and Stoke Newington assuming the powers of the district board. Stoke Newington Vestry built a town hall at 126 Church Street. At the same time, the Vestry of the Parish of Plumstead became a separate authority, with the remaining four parishes of Plumstead District being reconstituted as Lee District Board of Works. In 1896 ,

170-431: The modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Some of these acts have a short title . Some of these acts have never had a short title. Some of these acts have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by

187-399: The new area of Greater London . The City of London , indicated no. 1 on the map, was not a metropolitan borough. It predated the metropolitan boroughs and is still in existence. Parliamentary boroughs covering the metropolitan area were created in 1832. They were Finsbury , Greenwich , Lambeth , Marylebone , Southwark , Tower Hamlets and Westminster . Soon after their creation it

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204-468: The parishes of Southwark St Olave and St Thomas were combined as a civil parish. In 1900 , metropolitan boroughs created by the London Government Act replaced the vestries and district boards. As of October 2012, the majority of the Act has been repealed with only sections 239 and 240 remaining in force. Section 239 deals with the maintenance of enclosed gardens and section 240 relates to obligations under

221-425: The second tier of local government. Some boroughs were formed as amalgamations of parishes , but most were continuations of existing units of local government, with the parish vestry or district board elevated to a borough council. With the creation of the boroughs, the opportunity was taken to correct a number of boundary anomalies. All civil parishes in the County of London continued to exist, although their role

238-601: The title: "The Vestry of the Parish of _______ in the County of ________" Where parishes were grouped the resulting authority took the title: "The Board of Works for the _________ District" 5a Kensal Green ; 15a Penge Hamlet; 34a St Anne ; 35a detached portion of Streatham parish; 36a Kensington Gardens Not shown is Clerkenwell Detached , an exclave of that parish within Hornsey , Middlesex. Electing authority Number of members elected to MBW Administrative headquarters A number of extra-parochial places lay within

255-529: Was proposed that they should be incorporated for local government purposes and this was also a finding of the Royal Commission on the City of London , but this did not happen. The metropolitan boroughs were created in 1900 by the London Government Act 1899 which created 28 metropolitan boroughs as sub-divisions of the County of London . Their borough councils replaced vestry and district boards as

272-444: Was the forerunner of the London County Council . The Royal Commission on the City of London considered the case for creation of an authority for the whole of London. Its report recommended the creation of a limited-function Metropolitan Board of Works and seven municipal corporations based on existing parliamentary representation. The act constituted the Metropolitan Board of Works and provided that its members should be chosen by

289-486: Was to be that designated by the Registrar General as London in the 1851 census . The second tier of local government was to be based on the existing vestries of civil parishes in an area comprising parts of the counties of Middlesex , Kent and Surrey . Section 42 of the Act dealt with the incorporation of vestries and district boards. Where single parishes became a local authority they were to have

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