Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham

The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965.

Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham coat of arms
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The metropolitan borough was formed by the London Government Act (1899) from the civil parishes of Lee from the Lee District and Lewisham from the Lewisham District. The borough also included a small area formerly administered by Camberwell Vestry on the western slopes of Forest Hill.

There were still large areas of farmland at the time of the borough’s formation. The property boom of the 1930s saw much of that farmland built upon with both private estates, and the final gaps on the roads to Kent were filled in later on with London County Council built social housing, particularly in Downham and Bellingham.

In 1965, it became part of the London Borough of Lewisham along with the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.

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