Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green
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Template:London Met Boro Image:Bethnal green town hall 1.jpg The Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1899 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.
Area: 760 acres
Population:
- 1901: 129,680
- 1911: 128,183
- 1921: 117,238
- 1931: 108,194
- 1951: 58,353
- 1961: 47,078
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