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Provision was made for Penge to be combined with either the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell or the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham in the County of London, to be combined with the County Borough of Croydon, or to form an urban district in the counties of Surrey or Kent. A local enquiry took place on 26/27 October 1899 at the Penge Vestry Hall.
Penge formed a part of the parish of Battersea, with the historic county boundary between Kent and Surrey forming its eastern boundary. [16] In 1855 both parts of the parish were included in the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works, with Penge Hamlet Vestry electing six members to the Lewisham District Board of Works. [17]
This is a list of local authorities in London, England, from 1855 to 1900.There were some changes to their number between 1886 and 1894. Following the changes there were 42 authorities responsible for local government, made up of 29 administrative vestries, 12 district boards and one local board of health.
A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government of a parish in England, Wales and some English colonies, which originally met in the vestry or sacristy of the parish church, and consequently became known colloquially as the "vestry". At their height, the vestries were the only form of local government in many places ...
The building became the headquarters of the new Penge Urban District formed in 1900, [7] and was significantly extended by the creation of three extra bays to the northwest at a cost of £3,229 to incorporate a council chamber and committee rooms in 1911. [8] Further changes were made to create a courtroom for petty sessions in 1925. [8]
Penge Common was an area of north east Surrey and north west Kent which now forms part of London, England; covering most of Penge, all of Anerley, and parts of surrounding suburbs including South Norwood. [1] It abutted the Great North Wood and John Rocque's 1745 map of London and its environs showed that Penge Common now included part of that ...
Lambeth Vestry (until 1900, reformed 1855) Lambeth Borough Council (1900–1965) • HQ: St Mary's Church (until 1809) Vestry Hall, Church Street (1809–1853) Vestry Hall, Kennington Road (1853–1908) Town Hall, Brixton Hill (1908–1965) • Motto: Spectemur Agendo (Let us be regarded according to our conduct) Coat of arms of the borough council
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