Municipal Borough of Hornsey

Municipal Borough of Hornsey
Municipal Borough of Hornsey
	; Hornsey Town Hall was the borough council's headquarters from 1935
	; Hornsey highlighted within Middlesex, in 1961
Area
• 1901	2,875 acres (11.6 km2)
• 1961	2,871 acres (11.6 km2)
• Coordinates	51°35′N 0°07′W / 51.58°N 0.12°W
Population
• 1901	72,056
• 1931	87,659
• 1939	72,436
• 1961	97,962
History
• Preceded by	Part of the parish of Hornsey
• Origin	Public Health Act 1848; Local Government Act 1894;
• Created	1867
• Abolished	31 March 1965
• Succeeded by	London Borough of Haringey
Government
• Type	Local board 1867–1894; Urban district 1894–1903; Municipal borough 1903–1965;
• HQ	Hornsey Town Hall
• Motto	Fortior quo paratior; (Latin for 'The better prepared, the stronger')
	; Coat of arms of the borough council
History
• Established	1867
Contained within
• County	Middlesex
• Police force	Metropolitan Police District
Subdivisions
• Type	Wards
• Units	Central Hornsey; Crouch End; Finsbury Park; Highgate; Muswell Hill; North Harringay; South Harringay; Stroud Green;

The Municipal Borough of Hornsey was a local government district in east Middlesex from 1867 to 1965.

History[edit]

In 1867, a Local Board was formed for part of the civil parish of Hornsey. The rest of the parish was already under South Hornsey Local Board, formed in 1865.

In 1894, under the Local Government Act of that year, Hornsey became an urban district.^[1] In November 1903, it was incorporated as a municipal borough. The corporation made two unsuccessful attempts to gain county borough status in 1904 and 1915.^[2] The borough was part of the London postal district and Metropolitan Police District.

The borough's coat of arms, granted in 1904, featured two oak trees recalling the ancient forest that once covered the area and surviving remnants including Queen's Wood, Highgate Wood and Coldfall Wood. The manor of Hornsey had at one time been held by the Diocese of London and crossed swords, taken from the Diocese's arms, completed the design. The borough's motto was Fortior quo paratior (Latin for 'The better prepared, the stronger').

One of the municipal borough's first significant projects was the opening of Hornsey Cottage Hospital in 1910. Hornsey Town Hall, built in 1933–35 and designed by Reginald Uren, was widely admired for its clean, Modernist style and beautiful detailing, symbolising enlightened local government. However, since 2004 Haringey Council gradually removed municipal services from the building, and its increasing dereliction caused a local furore.

In 1965, the municipal borough was abolished and its area was transferred to Greater London under the London Government Act 1963. Hornsey's area was combined with the Municipal Borough of Tottenham and the Municipal Borough of Wood Green to form the present-day London Borough of Haringey.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Local Government Act 1894", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1894 c. 73, retrieved 2 May 2020
^ Baggs, A.P.; Bolton, Diane K.; Hicks, M.A. & Pugh, R.B. (1980). "Hornsey, including Highgate: Local government". In Baker, T.F.T. & Elrington, C.R. (eds.). Search | British History Online. A History of the County of Middlesex. Victoria County History. Vol. 6. Oxford University Press. pp. 162–168. ISBN 9780197227503 – via British History Online. Month specified in Kelly's Directory Hornsey, Crouch End Highgate & Finsbury Park, 1903-1904, page 20.
^ "London Government Act 1963: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 31 July 1963, 1963 c. 33 (sch. 1), retrieved 2 May 2020

External links[edit]

A Vision of Britain - Hornsey UD/MB

[1] "Local Government Act 1894", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1894 c. 73, retrieved 2 May 2020

[2] Baggs, A.P.; Bolton, Diane K.; Hicks, M.A. & Pugh, R.B. (1980). "Hornsey, including Highgate: Local government". In Baker, T.F.T. & Elrington, C.R. (eds.). Search | British History Online. A History of the County of Middlesex. Victoria County History. Vol. 6. Oxford University Press. pp. 162–168. ISBN 9780197227503 – via British History Online. Month specified in Kelly's Directory Hornsey, Crouch End Highgate & Finsbury Park, 1903-1904, page 20.

[3] "London Government Act 1963: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 31 July 1963, 1963 c. 33 (sch. 1), retrieved 2 May 2020

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v t e Local government districts abolished or transferred by the London Government Act 1963
London CC	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green Camberwell Chelsea Deptford Finsbury Fulham Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Islington Kensington Lambeth Lewisham Paddington Poplar Shoreditch Southwark St. Marylebone St. Pancras Stepney Stoke Newington Wandsworth Westminster Woolwich	Constituent parts of Greater London
Essex	Barking Chigwell (part) Chingford Dagenham East Ham Hornchurch Ilford Leyton Romford Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford West Ham
Hertfordshire	Barnet East Barnet
Middlesex, CC	Acton Brentford and Chiswick Ealing Edmonton Enfield Feltham Finchley Friern Barnet Harrow Hayes and Harlington Hendon Heston and Isleworth Hornsey Ruislip-Northwood Southall Southgate Tottenham Twickenham Uxbridge Wembley Willesden Wood Green Yiewsley and West Drayton
Kent	Beckenham Bexley Bromley Chislehurst and Sidcup Crayford Erith Orpington Penge
Surrey	Barnes Beddington and Wallington Carshalton Coulsdon and Purley Croydon Kingston-upon-Thames Malden and Coombe Merton and Morden Mitcham Sutton and Cheam Surbiton Richmond Wimbledon
Transfers	Middlesex to Hertfordshire: Potters Bar Middlesex to Surrey: Staines Sunbury-on-Thames