Lee District (Metropolis)

Lee (1894—1900) Plumstead (1855—1894)
History
• Created	1855
• Abolished	1900
• Succeeded by	Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich
Status	District
Government	Plumstead District Board of Works (1855—1894) Lee District Board of Works (1894—1900)

Plumstead (1855–1894) and then Lee (1894–1900) was a local government district within the metropolitan area of London from 1855 to 1900. It was formed as the Plumstead district by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 and was governed by the Plumstead District Board of Works, which consisted of elected vestrymen.

Until 1889 the district was in the county of Kent, 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. In 1894 the parish of Plumstead was removed from the district to be governed by a parish vestry and the district was renamed Lee.

Area

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

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

In 1889-90 the population had increased enough for the parish of Plumstead to be divided into eight wards (electing vestrymen): North (9), North East (12), North West (9), West (12), South West (15), South East (15), East (12) and South (12).^[2]^[3]

In 1891-92 the population had increased enough for the parish of Lee to be divided into four wards (electing vestrymen): Church (9), Park (6), Manor (12) and South (9).^[4]^[5]

Abolition

The district was abolished in 1900 and split as follows:^[1]

Charlton next Woolwich and Kidbrooke to Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich
Eltham to Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich
Lee to Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham

References

1 2 Youngs, Frederic (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
↑ The London Gazette Issue: 25995. 22 November 1889. p. 6454. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
↑ The London Gazette Issue: 26018. 28 January 1890. pp. 482–483. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
↑ The London Gazette Issue: 26232. 11 December 1891. p. 6847. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
↑ The London Gazette Issue: 26260. 23 February 1892. pp. 993–994. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

Metropolitan Board of Works

Districts	Fulham (dissolved 1886) Greenwich Hackney (dissolved 1894) Holborn Lee/Plumstead (re-named 1894) Lewisham Limehouse Poplar St Giles St Olave St Saviour's Strand Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel	Headquarters at Spring Gardens

Incorporated vestries	Original vestries (1855) Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green Camberwell Chelsea Clerkenwell Hampstead Islington Kensington Lambeth Mile End Old Town Newington Paddington 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 Westminster St Margaret and St John Westminster St James Woolwich Later vestries Fulham (1886) Hammersmith (1886) Hackney (1894) Plumstead (1894) Stoke Newington (1894)

Undertakings	Metropolitan Buildings Office Metropolitan Commission of Sewers Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Major works	Charing Cross Road Hammersmith Bridge London sewerage 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

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