- Bermondsey (parish)
infobox historic subdivision
Name= Bermondsey
HQ= Town Hall, Spa Road
Government= Vestry (1855-1900)
Origin= Ancient parish
Status=Civil parish
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Replace=Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey PopulationFirst= 17,169Vision of Britain - [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10129035&c_id=10001043&add=N Bermondsey population] ( [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_A&u_id=10129035&c_id=10001043&add=Y area] and [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_rate_page.jsp?u_id=10129035&c_id=10001043&data_theme=T_POP&id=0 density] )]
PopulationFirstYear= 1801
AreaFirst=
AreaFirstYear=
DensityFirst=
DensityFirstYear=PopulationSecond= 48,128
PopulationSecondYear= 1851
AreaSecond= convert|688|acre|km2
AreaSecondYear= 1851
DensitySecond= 70/acre
DensitySecondYear= 1851PopulationLast= 82,483
PopulationLastYear= 1901
AreaLast= convert|626|acre|km2
AreaLastYear= 1901
DensityLast= 132/acre
DensityLastYear= 1901Bermondsey (also known as St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey) was a parish in the metropolitan area of
London ,England .The ancient parish was part of Hundred of Brixton and County of
Surrey . In 1855 it was included in the area of responsibility of theMetropolitan Board of Works . The act establishing the MBW also incorporated a new elected local authority for the parish known as "The Vestry of the Parish of Bermondsey in the County of Surrey". [18 & 19 Vict. c.120, S.42]In 1889 the area of the Metropolitan Board was constituted the
County of London , and Bermondsey was transferred to the new county. In 1900 the County of London was divided into twenty-eightmetropolitan borough s, and the parish became theMetropolitan Borough of Bermondsey , with the borough council replacing the vestry.The population of the parish in 1896 was 84,632 and it had adopted the
Public Libraries Act 1850 in 1887. For electoral purposes the parish was divided into four wards and had 120 elected vestrymen.References
*"The London Manual 1899-1900" edited by Robert Donald (Edward Lloyd Ltd., 1899)
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