Kingston-upon-Thames (spelt with hyphens) was a local government district in north east
Surrey
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, England from 1835 to 1965 around the town now known as
Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...
. It was alternatively known as Kingston on Thames (spelt with or without hyphens).
[On the question of hyphenation, see official documents and other publications from before 1 April 1965.] It was a
municipal borough
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and also held the rarer status of
Royal borough
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. The district was abolished in 1965 and was replaced with the larger
London Borough of Kingston upon Thames
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Surbiton, Chessington, Malden Rushett, New Malden and Tolworth. It is the oldest of the four royal boroughs in Engl ...
in
Greater London
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, with the Royal borough status passed to the new district.
History
![Kingston-upon-Thames MB Ward Map 1868](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Kingston-upon-Thames_MB_Ward_Map_1868.svg)
The ancient borough of
Kingston-upon-Thames
Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...
[ received its charter in 1484 from Edward IV.] The borough corporation was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The ancient parish of Kingston-upon-Thames was much larger than the ancient borough. Through the gradual process of splitting off new parishes, the borough and parish became coterminous in 1894.
It formed part of the expanded Metropolitan Police District
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from 1840 and the London Traffic Area
The London Traffic Area was established by the London Traffic Act 1924 to regulate the increasing amount of motor traffic in the London area. The LTA was abolished in 1965 on the establishment of the Greater London Council.
The traffic area ex ...
from 1924.
It was known as a Royal borough through ancient custom and the right to the title was confirmed by George V
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Born duri ...
in 1927.[ The borough formed part of the ]London Passenger Transport Area
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from 1933.
It gained an area of in the north west from the abolition of Ham Urban District
Ham was a local government district in north east Surrey, England around the village of Ham from 1894 to 1933.
Ham Common Local Government District was formed under the Local Government Act 1858 and was governed by a local board of eight members ...
in 1933 and was affected by a minor exchange of territory with the Municipal Borough of Richmond in 1958.[
The district was abolished in 1965 by the ]London Government Act 1963
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and its former area was transferred to Greater London
Greater may refer to:
*Greatness, the state of being great
*Greater than, in inequality (mathematics), inequality
*Greater (film), ''Greater'' (film), a 2016 American film
*Greater (flamingo), the oldest flamingo on record
*Greater (song), "Greate ...
to be combined with that of the Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe
Malden and Coombe was a local government district in Surrey, England from 1866 to 1965.
New Malden Local Government District was formed in 1866 under the Local Government Act 1858 from part of the ancient parish of Kingston upon Thames. It was ...
and the Municipal Borough of Surbiton
Surbiton was a local government district in northeast Surrey, United Kingdom from 1855 to 1965.
Creation
Until 1855 Surbiton was administered as part of the parish of Kingston upon Thames. In that year a body of improvement commissioners was fo ...
to form the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Surbiton, Chessington, Malden Rushett, New Malden and Tolworth. It is the oldest of the four royal boroughs in Engl ...
; with the status of Royal borough transferred to the new borough.
The borough's coat of arms
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was first registered in 1572. It was ''Azure three salmon naiant in pale argent''. This coat of arms was re-adopted as that of the new London Borough of Kingston upon Thames in 1965, with the addition of a crest and supporters, and the changing of the colour of the fins of the three fishes from silver to red.
References
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