Limehouse District (Metropolis)

Limehouse
Limehouse
	; Limehouse Town Hall
	;
History
• Created	1855
• Abolished	1900
• Succeeded by	Metropolitan Borough of Stepney
Status	District
Government	Limehouse District Board of Works
• HQ	White Horse Street (1855—1878); Commercial Road (1878—1900)

Limehouse was a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, England from 1855 to 1900.

History

It was formed by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 and was governed by the Limehouse District Board of Works, which consisted of elected vestrymen.

Until 1889 the district was in the county of Middlesex, but included in the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889 the area of the MBW was constituted the County of London, and the district board became a local authority under the London County Council.

Area

The district comprised the following civil parishes:^[1]

St Anne Limehouse
Hamlet of Ratcliff within the parish of St Dunstan Stepney
St Paul Shadwell
St John of Wapping (an exclave separated by a narrow strip of St George in the East
)

Under the Metropolis Management Act 1855 any parish that exceeded 2,000 ratepayers was to be divided into wards; however the parishes of Limehouse District Board of Works did not exceed this number so were not divided into wards.

In 1894 the population had increased enough for the parish of St Anne Limehouse to be divided into three wards (electing

vestrymen): South (18), North (21) and East (21).^[2]^[3]

Abolition

The district was abolished in 1900 and became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.^[1]

References

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ISBN 0-901050-67-9
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^ The London Gazette Issue: 26542. 14 August 1894. pp. 4720–4721. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
^ The London Gazette Issue: 26563. 23 October 1894. p. 5945. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

[Youngs-1] 
ISBN 0-901050-67-9
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[2] The London Gazette Issue: 26542. 14 August 1894. pp. 4720–4721. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

[3] The London Gazette Issue: 26563. 23 October 1894. p. 5945. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

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v t e Metropolitan Board of Works
Boards of works	Fulham Greenwich Hackney Holborn Lee/Plumstead Lewisham Limehouse Poplar St Giles St Olave St Saviour's Strand Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel	Headquarters at Spring Gardens
Incorporated vestries	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green Camberwell Chelsea Clerkenwell Fulham Hackney Hammersmith Hampstead Islington Kensington Lambeth Mile End Old Town Newington Paddington Plumstead Rotherhithe St George Hanover Square St George in the East St Luke Middlesex St Martin-in-the-Fields St Marylebone St Pancras Shoreditch Southwark St George the Martyr Stoke Newington Westminster St Margaret and St John Westminster St James Woolwich
Undertakings	Metropolitan Buildings Office Metropolitan Commission of Sewers Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Major works	Charing Cross Road Hammersmith Bridge London sewer system Northumberland Avenue Putney Bridge Southwark Street Shaftesbury Avenue Thames Embankment Waterloo Bridge
Legislation	Royal Commission on the City of London Metropolis Management Act 1855 Local Government Act 1888 London Government Act 1899
People	Francis Fowler Frederick Marrable James McGarel-Hogg John Thwaites Joseph Bazalgette List of Members