Municipal Borough of Wood Green

Municipal Borough of Wood Green
Wood Green
Motto: Nostrum Viret Robur
Woodgreen1961.svg
Wood Green within Middlesex in 1961
Geography
Status Local board 1888 – 1894
Urban district 1894 – 1933
Municipal borough From 1933
1901 area 1,625 acres (6.6 km2)
1965 area 1,697 acres (6.9 km2)
HQ Wood Green
History
Created 1888
Abolished 1965
Succeeded by London Borough of Haringey
Demography
1901 population 34,223
1961 population 47,945
The Arms of The Municipal Borough of Wood Green
Coat of arms of the municipal borough council

Wood Green was a local government district in south east Middlesex from 1888 to 1965.

Until 1888 Wood Green was part of Tottenham, and was included in the district of the Tottenham Local Board in 1850. Pressure from residents of the area led to the passing of the Tottenham Local Board (Division of District) Act 1888, constituting a separate local board for the area.[1]

In 1894, under the local Government Act of that year, Wood Green became an urban district. In 1933 it was incorporated as a municipal borough. It was part of the London postal district and Metropolitan Police District.

A coat of arms was granted to the borough on incorporation. The shield featured yew trees and was supported by medieval archers, recalling that Wood Green had once been an area where archery was practised. A silver and blue stripe across the centre of the shield depicted the New River. The Latin motto was nostrum viret robur, which could be translated as our strength is a tree or more appropriately as Wood Green Flourishes.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ 51 & 52 Vict. c. 187
  2. ^ Letters Patent dated August 1, 1933
  • Local Government Act 1894
  • London Government Act 1963

External links

Coordinates: 51°36′N 0°7′W / 51.6°N 0.117°W / 51.6; -0.117



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