Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green
| Bethnal Green | |
|---|---|
Bethnal Green within the County of London | |
| Area | |
| • 1911/1961 | 759 acres (3.07 km2) |
| • 1931 | 760 acres (3.1 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1911 | 128,183 |
| • 1931 | 108,194 |
| • 1961 | 47,078 |
| Density | |
| • 1911 | 169/acre |
| • 1931 | 142/acre |
| • 1961 | 62/acre |
| History | |
| • Origin | Hamlet in parish of Stepney |
| • Created | 1743 |
| • Abolished | 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Status | Civil parish (1743–1965) Poor law parish (1834–1930) Metropolitan borough (1900–1965) |
| Government | Vestry of the Parish of Bethnal Green (1743–1900) Bethnal Green Borough Council (1900–1965) |
| • HQ | Patriot Square |
Borough seal | |
| Map of borough boundary | |
Bethnal Green was a civil parish and a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1899 and 1965, when it was merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney and the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar to form the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
It was formed as a civil parish in 1743 from the Bethnal Green hamlet in Stepney ancient parish, and the church of St Matthew, Bethnal Green, was dedicated in 1746.
The vestry became an electing authority to the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 and in 1889 it became part of the County of London. In the 1900 reform of local government caused by the London Government Act 1899 the parish became a metropolitan borough which bordered Hackney, Poplar, Stepney and Shoreditch. In 1965 it was abolished and merged into the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.