| Teddington | |
|---|---|
| Area | |
| • 1911 | 1,214 acres (4.9 km2) |
| • 1931 | 1,214 acres (4.9 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1901 | 14,037 |
| • 1931 | 23, |
| History | |
| • Created | 1894 |
| • Abolished | 1937 |
| • Succeeded by | Municipal Borough of Twickenham |
| Status | Urban district |
Teddington was a local government district in west Middlesex around the village of Teddington from 1894 to 1937.
Middlesex is an ancient county in southeast England. It is now entirely within the wider urbanised area of London. Its area is now also mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in other neighbouring ceremonial counties. It was established in the Anglo-Saxon system from the territory of the Middle Saxons, and existed as an official unit until 1965. The historic county includes land stretching north of the River Thames from 17 miles (27 km) west to 3 miles (5 km) east of the City of London with the rivers Colne and Lea and a ridge of hills as the other boundaries. The largely low-lying county, dominated by clay in its north and alluvium on gravel in its south, was the second smallest county by area in 1831.
Teddington is an affluent area of South West London, England. Historically in Middlesex, it has been part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965. Teddington is on the north bank of the Thames, just after the start of a long meander, between Hampton Wick and Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. Mostly residential, it stretches from the Thames to Bushy Park with a long high street of generally upmarket shops, restaurants and pubs culminating in a pedestrian suspension bridge over the lowest non-tidal lock on the Thames, Teddington Lock. At Teddington's centre is a mid-rise urban development, containing offices and apartments.
Teddington Urban District succeeded the local board of health following the Local Government Act 1894. The board had purchased Elmfield House in the High Street shortly before it was dissolved and the fifteen-member Urban Council used it for meetings and offices until its dissolution. In 1900 the urban district was divided into four wards; Fulwell, Lower Teddington, Upper Teddington and South Teddington. [1] [2]
Local boards or local boards of health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. They were formed in response to cholera epidemics and were given powers to control sewers, clean the streets, regulate environmental health risks including slaughterhouses and ensure the proper supply of water to their districts. Local boards were eventually merged with the corporations of municipal boroughs in 1873, or became urban districts in 1894.
The Local Government Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888. The 1894 legislation introduced elected councils at district and parish level.
Fulwell is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames between Twickenham, Teddington and Hampton Hill. The name is first mentioned c. 1450 and probably derives from Full or Foul Well.
The urban district was abolished in 1934, when a county review order included its area in an enlarged Municipal Borough of Twickenham. [3] However, local resistance to the proposal delayed implementation and the District continued to function until 1937. [1] Elmfield House remained in use as council offices and was Grade II listed in 1952. [4] It was subsequently sold in 2008 and converted to mixed use as private flats and a dental practice. [5]
The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales.
Twickenham was a local government district in Middlesex, England from 1868 to 1965.
A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.
