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This page will briefly describe the historical development of the 32 London Boroughs, generally presenting the information in a tabular form.

Inner London Boroughs
The 12 boroughs of Inner London comprise the area formerly the County of London 1889-1965 and before that the "Metropolis" or area of the Metropolitan Board of Works.

Before 1855 the various civil parishes of the built up areas of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey were administered partly by the vestries of the various Church of England parishes and partly be various trusts established by local acts of parliament.

Under the Metropolis Management Act 1855 elected vestries were created for each civil parish. Although these had the same names as the ancient ecclesiastical parishes (even including the name of the saint to whom the original parish church was dedicated). Some parishes were grouped into district boards of works. In 1885 and 1894 there were alterations in the groupings of a number of parishes.

In 1900, under the London Government Act 1899, the vestries and district boards were replaced by Metropolitan Boroughs. The London Government Act 1963 replaced these by London Boroughs.