The Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1899 to 1965. It had been left untouched by the local government reform of 1888 as it had already had similar reforms.
WOOLWICH, a S.E. metropolitanborough of London, England, bounded W. by Greenwich and Lewisham, and extending N., E. and S., to the boundary of the county of London.
South of it is Eltham Common (37 acres), and in the E. of the borough are Plumstead Common (103 acres) and Bostall Heath (134 acres).
Woolwich (Wulewich) is mentioned in a grant of land by King Edward in 964 to the abbey of St Peter at Ghent.
The London Borough of Barnet was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Finchley, the Borough of Hendon, the Barnet Urban District, the East Barnet Urban District and the Friern Barnet Urban District.
The white horse, from the crest of the Borough of Bexley and the arms of the Crayford UDC, is derived from the arms of Kent County Council.
The London Borough of Hillingdon was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Uxbridge, the Hayes and Harlington Urban District, the Ruislip-Northwood Urban District and the Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District.
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