Coulsdon and Purley Urban District
Coulsdon and Purley | |
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Urban district | |
Area | |
• 1921 | 8,572 acres (34.69 km2) |
• 1961 | 11,143 acres (45.09 km2) |
Area transferred | |
• 1929 | 59 acres from Godstone Rural District |
• 1933 | 2,551 acres (net) from adjacent districts |
• 1936 | 39 acres (net) to County Borough of Croydon |
Population | |
• 1921 | 21,491 |
• 1961 | 74,926 |
Density | |
• 1921 | 2.5/acre |
• 1961 | 6.7/acre |
History | |
• Created | 1915 |
• Abolished | 1965 |
• Succeeded by | London Borough of Croydon |
Status | Urban district |
Government | Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council |
• HQ | Council Offices, Brighton Road, Purley |
• Motto | Animo et Fide (By Courage and Faith) |
Coat of arms | |
Coulsdon and Purley Urban District was a local government district in northeast
Creation
The population of Croydon Rural District doubled from 1901 to 1911 as suburban house building took place, with 11,389 in Coulsdon and 2,853 in Sanderstead in 1911.[1][2] In both cases, the population was much higher than would be typical for rural parishes. Surrey County Council made an order in 1914 to abolish the rural district and this was completed in 1915. The new Coulsdon and Purley Urban District consisted of the parish of Coulsdon, including the settlements of Coulsdon, Kenley and Purley, and the parish of Sanderstead. Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council replaced Coulsdon Parish Council, Sanderstead Parish Council and Croydon Rural District Council. By 1921 the population was 18,140 in Coulsdon and 3,351 in Sanderstead, and the total population had risen to 21,491.[3]
Changes
On 1 October 1929, 59 acres were gained from Godstone Rural District, transferred from the parish of Warlingham to Sanderstead. The
Governance
In 1915 the electoral wards were Coulsdon, Kenley, Purley, Sanderstead and Woodcote.[4]
The electoral wards in 1937 were Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Kenley, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon and Farleigh, and Woodcote.[5]
The
Coat of arms
The coat of arms were granted on 14 May 1952.[7] Some charges from these arms were used, together with some charges from the coat of arms of County Borough of Croydon, to form the new coat of arms of the London Borough of Croydon in 1965.
Abolition
The urban district was within the
Farleigh and Hooley transfers
It was anticipated that the practice of combining whole existing units of local government might provide an unsatisfactory boundary in some places.[11]
The London Government Act 1963 Section 6 (4) provided a mechanism for communities on the edge of Greater London to petition for transfer to a neighbouring county. The legislation required the petition to be submitted between 1965 and 1970, to be signed by more than 300 local electors and for the area to be transferred to have no more than 10% of the borough's local electors.
Notable former employee
In Peter Cushing's autobiography, (pp.35-37), he wrote that his father secured for him a surveyor's assistant post in the Drawing Department's Surveyor's Office, during the summer of 1933, and that he hated the job, but remained for three years without promotion or advancement due to his lack of ambition in the profession. The only enjoyment he received was drawing perspectives of proposed buildings, which were almost always rejected because they were too imaginative, and expensive and lacked strong foundations, which Cushing disregarded as a "mere detail."
References
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Coulsdon AP/CP population. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sanderstead CP/AP population. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ a b Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Coulsdon and Purley UD population. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon: Coulsdon and Purley 1915". Wellcome Library. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon: Coulsdon and Purley 1937". Wellcome Library. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ The Government and Misgovernment of London, William A. Robson, (1939)
- ^ Coulsdon and Purley Urban District (Civic Heraldry). Retrieved 15 January 2008
- HMSO
- ^ HC Deb 18 May 1962 vol 659 cc156-7W
- ^ HC Deb 20 February 1963 vol 672 cc445-599
- ^ Sharpe, LJ (1961). The Report of The Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London.
- ^ London Government Act 1963 Section 6 (4)
- ^ Greater London, Kent and Surrey Order 1968