List of Metropolitan Boroughs

List of Metropolitan Boroughs

These were created in 1900 under the London Government Act 1899, and replaced vestries as the subdivisions of the County of London.

There was much discussion and negotiation 1899 over the way in which the vestries would be amalgamated, details of which can be found in The Times.


 * City of London (not a metropolitan borough) List of Mayors of the City of London
 * Metropolitan Borough of Westminster See also List of Mayors of Westminster
 * Metropolitan Borough of Holborn See also List of Mayors of Holborn
 * Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury See also List of Mayors of Finsbury
 * Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch See also List of Mayors of Shoreditch
 * Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green See also List of Mayors of Bethnal Green
 * Metropolitan Borough of Stepney See also List of Mayors of Stepney
 * Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey See also List of Mayors of Bermondsey
 * Metropolitan Borough of Southwark See also List of Mayors of Southwark
 * Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell See also List of Mayors of Camberwell
 * Metropolitan Borough of Deptford See also List of Mayors of Deptford
 * Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham See also List of Mayors of Lewisham
 * Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich See also List of Mayors of Woolwich
 * Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich See also List of Mayors of Greenwich
 * Metropolitan Borough of Poplar See also List of Mayors of Poplar
 * Metropolitan Borough of Hackney See also List of Mayors of Hackney
 * Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington See also List of Mayors of Stoke Newington
 * Metropolitan Borough of Islington See also List of Mayors of Islington
 * Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras See also List of Mayors of St Pancras
 * Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead See also List of Mayors of
 * Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone See also List of Mayors of Hampstead
 * Metropolitan Borough of Paddington See also List of Mayors of Paddington
 * Metropolitan Borough of Kensington See also List of Mayors of Kensington
 * Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith See also List of Mayors of Hammersmith
 * Metropolitan Borough of Fulham See also List of Mayors of Fulham
 * Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth See also List of Mayors of Wandsworth
 * Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth See also List of Mayors of Lambeth
 * Metropolitan Borough of Battersea See also List of Mayors of Battersea
 * Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea See also List of Mayors of Chelsea

In 1965 with the replacement of the London County Council with the Greater London Council the Metropolitan Boroughs were abolished and amalgamated into larger Boroughs. A number of road signs with the old borough names survive. A number of the town halls have been converted to other uses.