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London's smogs inspired its nickname "The Smoke", as well as this work by Claude Monet. City of London "The City" [112] "The Square Mile" – reference to the area of the City. [112] Both these terms are also used as metonyms for the UK's financial services industry, traditionally concentrated in the City of London. London
John Strype's map of 1720 describes London as consisting of four parts: The City of London, Westminster, Southwark and the eastern 'That Part Beyond the Tower'. [1] As London expanded, it absorbed many hundreds of existing towns and villages which continued to assert their local identities.
Map of the 32 London boroughs and the City of London. This is a list of local authority districts within Greater London, including 32 London boroughs and the City of London. The London boroughs were all created on 1 April 1965. Upon creation, twelve were designated Inner London boroughs and the remaining twenty were designated Outer London ...
The London boroughs were incorporated using the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1882. [5] In the London boroughs the legal entity is not the council, as elsewhere in the country, but the inhabitants incorporated as a legal entity by royal charter (a process abolished elsewhere in England and Wales under the Local Government Act 1972).
London postcode districts often have an influence over where a place is considered to be although they were not designed for that purpose. All London boroughs are divided into wards which often share the names of London districts, however, they rarely share the historic or commonly accepted contemporary boundaries of those places.
The Local Government Act 1972 effectively eliminated all authorities holding city status outside Greater London on 1 April 1974; most of their replacements were confirmed in their predecessor's status—even in cases such as the 1974–2023 City of Carlisle district, where much of the local authority area was undeveloped countryside—but the ...
Cockermouthers -an offensive nickname replaces "er" with "in" Colchester Colchies, Romans, Camuloonies, Steamies, Castlers, Cross 'n' Crowners (after Colchester's coat of arms). Colerne Hoof-polishers Colne Colons (pejorative if an allusion to the large intestine is intended) Congleton Beartowners, [19] Congos Copthorne Yellow-bellies [6] Corby
The "Woodcut" map of London, dating from the 1560s Map showing the extent of the Great Fire of London, which destroyed nearly 80% of the City The 1666 Great Fire as depicted in a 17th-century painting: it depicts Old London Bridge at left, churches, houses, and the Tower of London at right, as seen from a boat near Tower Wharf.