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Post by swanarcadian on May 20, 2018 10:05:10 GMT
Abolished in 1934 and became part of the new Harrow UDC.
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Post by swanarcadian on Jun 25, 2018 21:46:13 GMT
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colinjg
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Living in the Past
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Post by colinjg on Jun 26, 2018 20:42:09 GMT
Some background regarding this UDC, shamelessly copied from my website but hopefully setting the scene: The early history of local government in the Harrow area is rather complicated. The Harrow Local Board of Health, set up in 1850, administered a district of 1,047 acres, comprising the whole of the Hill, most of Greenhill and Old Roxeth, and North Sudbury. Other bodies that administered the surrounding area included the Hendon Union Board of Guardians (established 1835), the Edgware Highways Board (1863-79) and the Hendon Rural Sanitary Authority (1872-94). Under the Local Government Act of 1894 and Local Government Board Order no. 31,845, in December 1894 Harrow-on-the-Hill Urban District was formed, with identical boundaries, from the Board of Health District.
On 1 October 1895, as a result of Local Government Board Order no. 33,399, a small part of Harrow-on-the-Hill UD (north of the centre of Hindes Road) was transferred to Wealdstone; a much larger area of Wealdstone UD (including portions of Greenhill south of the centre of Hindes Road, as well as its south-western “arm” towards Dabs Hill, Roxeth) was transferred to Harrow-on-the-Hill, leaving the latter district administering an area of 2,197 acres.
In June 1898 Harrow-on-the-Hill UD failed to regularise its boundaries, presenting a memorial to the Middlesex County Council to annex an area including Roxeth Recreation Ground and properties in Mount Park Road/South Hill Avenue. This was strongly opposed by Northolt Parish Council and Uxbridge Rural District Council. Similarly, in March 1900 Harrow-on-the-Hill presented a memorial to incorporate from Wembley UD three parcels of land (in total an area of 3.7 acres, with one parcel being detached from Wembley) that were east and west of the Greenford Road, adjacent to the boundary with Greenford UD. The application was “strenuously opposed” by Wembley UDC.
When Uxbridge Rural District was abolished in 1928, the Middlesex (Harrow-on-the-Hill Urban District) Confirmation Order no. 72,899 transferred 101 acres from Uxbridge RD to Harrow-on-the-Hill. South Harrow Recreation Ground and the following roads (in whole or in part) were moved to the Urban District as a result: Westwood Avenue, Wood End Avenue, Mount Park Road, South Hill Avenue, Cavendish Avenue and Wood End Road.
Harrow-on-the-Hill Urban District Council met for the first time on 3 January 1895 and for the final time on 26 March 1934. From 1895 until the election in 1904 the Council consisted of nine members, but in that year three additional seats were created, and the Council comprised 12 members until abolition in 1934. Elections were held annually for one-third of the seats.
As far as can be ascertained, before 1919 almost all candidates sought election as independents and without party ‘labels’. However, from the 1919 election onwards candidates were routinely nominated by the Labour Party. After two Labour nominees were elected unopposed in 1922 it is clear that the “anti-Socialist” elements in the area coalesced around the banner of the Harrow Chamber of Trade, who nominated full slates of candidates from 1924 onwards.
When I commenced my investigation of Harrow-on-the-Hill UDC many years ago, I was delighted to find that all election results (excluding electorate and turnout data) were recorded in the pages of the council minutes. Electorate and turnout data were gathered from local newspapers and the ever-useful Register of Electors. I believe I have captured and recorded all election results for this UDC, and the data can be accessed from my website.
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