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The London Borough of Merton and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held in 1964. [3] For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's three outgoing authorities, being the councils of the municipal boroughs of Mitcham and Wimbledon and the urban district of Merton and Morden. [4]
The London Borough of Merton (/ ˈ m ɜːr t ə n / ⓘ) is a London borough in London, England. The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham , the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton and Morden Urban District , all formerly within Surrey .
Merton Urban District (1907–1913) and Merton and Morden Urban District (1913–1965) was an urban district in Surrey, England. It was formed in 1907 from the parish of Merton and was expanded in 1913 to take in Morden. The district was abolished in 1965 and its former area now forms part of the London Borough of Merton in Greater London.
The council recently expanded its dedicated homeless units from 28 to 40, and was looking to procure nightly paid accommodation from a local provider to reduce the use of hotels, he added.
Morden is a district and town in South London, England, now within the London Borough of Merton, in the ceremonial county of Greater London. It adjoins Merton Park and Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Sutton to the south and Worcester Park to the west, and is around 8 miles (13 km) south-southwest of Charing Cross.
The level of destruction across many British cities brought about the passing of the Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act 1944, which led to the building of Excalibur and many estates like it. [ 5 ] The Excalibur Estate was constructed as one of these projects on parkland in Catford between 1945 and 1946 by German and Italian prisoners of war .
This page is a list of these buildings in the London Borough of Merton. Grade I. Name Location Type ... Merton Park: House: c. 1500: 1 June 1949
This extension contained a council chamber and a public library enabling the expanded complex to become the new Civic Centre for Merton in 1990. [1] A major programme of refurbishment works to replace all the windows in the main structure with aluminium double-glazing was completed in spring 2014. [9]