Glasshouse Yard
Glasshouse Yard | |
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A map showing the civil parishes of the Metropolis districts of St. Giles and Holborn as they appeared in 1870. Glasshouse Yard is the green area on the far right. | |
Area | |
• 1801–1911[1] | 5.6 acres (0.023 km2) |
• Coordinates | 51°31′17″N 0°05′53″W / 51.5214414°N 0.0979435°W |
Population | |
• 1801[1] | 1,221 |
• 1841[1] | 1,415 |
• 1881[1] | 931 |
• 1911[1][2] | 463 |
History | |
• Created | Seventeenth century |
• Abolished | 1915 |
• Succeeded by | Finsbury |
Status | extra-parochial area |
The Liberty of Glasshouse Yard was an
Formation
This area was originally part of the parish of
The Glasshouse
The name and date of establishment of the liberty (1601) attest to its "glass-house" or glass-making factory, recorded in later decades. This status coincided with the reign of
Extent
The Liberty of Glasshouse Yard was bounded to the south by the (many parishes of the) City, to the west by the parish of
Governance
Finsbury division
The liberty formed part of
Poor law
The liberty was a separate jurisdiction from the remainder of the parish of St Botolph for the administration of the
The Poor Law Amendment Act 1866 provided that all areas for which a separate poor rate was made were to be constituted as parishes, and accordingly Glasshouse Yard became a distinct
In 1869 the East London PLU was merged with two other unions to form the City of London Poor Law Union, covering 118 parishes.[14][15] In 1901 Glasshouse Yard was transferred to the Holborn Poor Law Union.[15][18]Holborn District Board
The Metropolis Management Act 1855 introduced the first modern local government bodies to govern the built-up area of London. The act introduced two tiers of administration: the Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) which was to undertake major infrastructure projects with below it a lower level of incorporated parish vestries or district boards. District boards covered two or more parishes and consisted of a number of elected vestrymen from each constituent parish, the number depending on population. The Holborn District Board of Works covered five Middlesex parishes and consisted of forty-nine vestrymen, of which one represented Glasshouse Yard.[19] The first elections were held in November 1855, when the entire membership of the board was elected. Thereafter elections for one third of the seats were held in May, beginning in the year 1857.[20]
In 1889 the area of the Metropolitan Board became the County of London, and the London County Council replaced the MBW. The district board continued to exist for a further eleven years.
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury
The
Modern development
The area once occupied by the liberty has been extensively redeveloped since the
References
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- ^ Watts, David (2001). "Glasshouses". Glassmaking in London. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ "SAINT BOTOLPH ALDERSGATE: CITY OF LONDON". AIM 25. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ Youngs (1979) p.647
- ^ a b Samuel Lewis, ed. (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England. London: British History Online. pp. 294–298.
- ^ a b Youngs (1979) p.323
- ^ William John Hardy, ed. (1905). "Sessions Books: 1709". Middlesex county records. Calendar of Sessions Books 1689-1709. pp. 335–353.
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- ^ a b c Youngs (1979) p.649
- ^ a b Higginbotham, Peter (14 June 2010). "East London". The Workhouse. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
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- ^ Metropolis Management Act 1855 Schedule 2
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