Limehouse was a local government

Local government

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 district within the metropolitan area of London

London

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, England from 1855 to 1900. It was formed by the Metropolis Management Act 1855

Metropolis Management Act 1855

The Metropolis Management Act 1855 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the Metropolitan Board of Works, a London-wide body to co-ordinate the construction of the city's infrastructure. The Act also created a second tier of local government consisting of parish vestries...

 and was governed by the Limehouse District Board of Works, which consisted of elected vestrymen.

Until 1889 the district was in the county of Middlesex

Middlesex

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, but included in the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works

Metropolitan Board of Works

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. In 1889 the area of the MBW was constituted the County of London

County of London

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, and the district board became a local authority under the London County Council

London County Council

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Area

The district comprised the following civil parish

Civil parish

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es:

• Limehouse
• Ratcliff
• Shadwell
• Wapping (an exclave separated by a narrow strip of St George in the East
  St George in the East (parish)
  St George in the East was a parish in the metropolitan area of London, England.-History:The parish was largely rural at the time of its creation, the main settlement a hamlet known as Wapping Stepney...
  
  )

Abolition

The district was abolished in 1900 and became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney

Metropolitan Borough of Stepney

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