South Hornsey was a local government district in

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from 1865 to 1900. The district was formed in 1865 when the

Local Government Act 1858 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 environmenta ...

was adopted in the southern part of the parish of Hornsey. South Hornsey Local Board was formed to govern the area. The majority of the district (172 acres) consisted of the Brownswood Park area south east of

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. There were also two detached portions with a total area of which were surrounded by the parishes of Stoke Newington and Islington. Under the

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, Islington and Stoke Newington became part of the

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, and the outlying parts of South Hornsey became

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of Middlesex within the new county. The

Local Government Act 1894 The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) 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 un ...

reconstituted the area as an urban district, and South Hornsey Urban District Council replaced the local board. South Hornsey became a separate

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at the same time.Frederic A Youngs Jr., ''Guide to the Administrative Units of England'', Vol. I: Southern England, London, 1979 The

London Government Act 1899 The London Government Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. 14) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the administration of the capital. The Act divided the County of London into 28 metropolitan boroughs, replacing the 41 parish ...

divided the County of London into metropolitan boroughs and provided for boundary revisions to provide more effective administration. Accordingly, South Hornsey Urban District was abolished in 1900, with the bulk of its area included in the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington (with a population of 16,703), and a small unpopulated part to the neighbouring Borough of Islington. The records of South Hornsey Local Board and Urban District are held by the archives department of the London Borough of Hackney.''South Hornsey Local Board of Health/Urban District Council Records'', Hackney Live, accessed February 23, 2008
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