Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green
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The Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it was merged into the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was created by the London Government Act 1899.
It bordered Hackney, Poplar, Stepney, and Shoreditch.
The area maps roughly to the London postcode E2.
Statistics
Area: 760 acres (3.1 square kilometres)Population:
- 1901: 129,680
- 1911: 128,183
- 1921: 117,238
- 1931: 108,194
- 1951: 58,353
- 1961: 47,078
Borough seal
The borough seal depicted a scene based on The Beggar's Daughter of Bednall Green, a poem published in 1765, but probably dating from the era of Elizabeth I. According to the legend related in the poem, a blind beggar living in Bethnal Green was in fact Henry de Montfort, eldest son of Simon de Montfort, having escaped from the field of the Battle of Evesham. His identity was revealed at the wedding feast of his daughter Bessie.See also
References
- http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10186353
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