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Sep 16, 2024 · In 1937 Erith was granted a new royal charter erecting the town into a Borough. The charter provided for a Mayor and Borough Council to take over the functions of the old Urban District...
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In 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, Erith became part of the London Borough of Bexley. The White Hart in Erith featuring Thames Barge mural by Gary Drostle. Demolition of the old town started in 1966 and continued in phases until 1980, leaving only a few reminders of the old town centre.
Erith and Thamesmead (/ ˈɪərɪθ ... tɛmzmiːd /) is a constituency [n 1] created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Abena Oppong-Asare of the Labour Party. [n 2] History. The seat was created for the 1997 general election from parts of the old Woolwich and Erith and Crayford constituencies.
Nov 29, 2017 · The background or ancestry of Erith dates back to the days of the Anglo-Saxons or the Battle of Hastings.The Anglo- Saxons won the Battle of Crayford and after some time claimed the whole...
Erith and Crayford was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK's Parliament. It was created for the 1955 general election , and abolished for the 1997 general election , when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Erith & Thamesmead and Bexleyheath & Crayford .
For its final 32 years it was in the London Borough of Bexley, south-east London but for its first ten years instead in Kent, divided among two council districts, below the higher tier of Kent County Council.
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Erith was a local government district in the Kent suburbs of London from 1876-1965. The parish of Erith formed a Local Board in 1876. In 1894 this became Erith Urban District and in 1938 the urban district council were granted a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough. The...
