| Whitechapel | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Area | |
| • 1891 | 357 acres (1.44 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1891 | 74,420 |
| Density | |
| • 1891 | 208/acre |
| History | |
| • Created | 1855 |
| • Abolished | 1900 |
| • Succeeded by | Metropolitan Borough of Stepney |
| Status | District |
| Government | Whitechapel District Board of Works |
Whitechapel was a local government district of London's Metropolis, England from 1855 to 1900.
The District was formed by the same Act which formed the Metropolitan Board of Works who co-governed it with the Whitechapel District Board of Works, which consisted of 58 elected vestrymen.
Until 1889 the district was in the county of Middlesex, whose quarter sessions in such areas greatly lost powers as did the full vestries themselves as to direct power; it was co-governed by the Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889 the area of the MBW (Metropolis) was constituted the County of London, and this board became the lower-tier local authority with differing powers from higher-tier London County Council.
| civil parishes (vestries) [1] | Members co-opted to the district board: [2] [3] |
|---|---|
| Mile End New Town | 6 |
| Minories Holy Trinity | 1 |
| Norton Folgate | 3 |
| Old Artillery Ground | 1 |
| Precinct of St Katherine | 1 |
| St Botolph without Aldgate (its part in Middlesex) | 6 |
| Spitalfields Christchurch | 12 |
| District of Tower | 1 |
| Whitechapel Saint Mary | 27 |
The members nominated one member to the Metropolitan Board of Works.
The 1855 Act included the "District of Tower" as part of the Whitechapel District. The Great Tower Hill Act 1869 interpretation of this was Old Tower Without containing Great Tower Hill. [4]
Under the 1855 Act as Whitechapel Saint Mary exceeded 2,000 ratepayers it had to be divided into wards. Its wards and elected vestrymen given after their names were: № 1 or East (15), № 2 or Middle (9) and № 3 or South (12). [5]
The district was abolished in 1900 and became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney. [1]
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