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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-london-boroughs-london-borough-boundaries-no-2-order-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1444",
  "legislation_title": "The East London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-london-boroughs-london-borough-boundaries-no-2-order-1993",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes small changes in the boundary between the London borough of Newham and the neighbouring London boroughs of Hackney, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.\nThe map and table at the end of the Note give a general guide to the areas affected and the changes made. The table also gives an approximate figure for the total area of land involved (in hectares), and for the population affected.\nFor full details of the transfers made, the order maps (described in article 2) should be inspected. Any person may inspect them at any reasonable time at the offices of the council for each London borough affected, and also at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.\nThe Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/246, amended by S.I. 1978/247) contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.\nThe East London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1443), which also comes fully into force on 1st April 1994, makes changes to the boundary of the London borough of Barking and Dagenham with the London boroughs of Havering, Newham and Redbridge.\nTABLE\nTransfer(s)\nDescription of changes\nBetween Newham and Redbridge (Article 3) Transferred from Newham— Area (hectares): 54 Population: 870 Transferred to Newham— Area: 2 Population: Nil\nTransfers to unite Wanstead Flats in Redbridge by realigning the boundary to follow northern side of Capel Road, then western side of Forest Drive/City of London Cemetery. The following are included in the areas transferred— St. Margaret’s Road, Merlin Road, and parts of Aldersbrook Road, Wanstead Park Avenue and Empress Avenue. Realignments to the eastern side of the North Circular Road (A406) between the Woodgrange Park to Barking railway line in the south and the vicinity of Eltisley Road in the north, then crossing the North Circular Road to follow its western side northwards to the Ilford to Manor Park railway line.\nBetween Newham and Waltham Forest (Article 4) Transferred from Newham— Area: 3 Population: 320 Transferred to Newham— Area: 8 Population: 200\nTransfer of area east of Dames Road, uniting Knighton Road and Sidney Road in Newham. Transfer to unite West Ham Cemetery in Newham. Minor realignments to more defined boundary at— Janson Road/St. Margaret’s Court;\nOdessa Road/Vansittart Road/Field Road; and\nLeytonstone High Road/Gilbert Street/Burgess Road/Ashlin Road/Colegrave Road/Crownfield Road.\nFrom Hackney to Newham (Article 5) Area: 8 Population: 1\nRealignment to centre of River Lea between Temple Mills Road and vicinity of cold store/allotment gardens/Waterden Road. Minor realignment in Temple Mills Road near River Lea.\nFrom Tower Hamlets to Newham (Article 6) Area: 14 Population: 11\nRealignments to centre of River Lea in the vicinity of Carpenters Road, from the College on Marshgate Lane in the north to the A11 flyover in Bow Road/High Street in the south, transferring to Newham land west of Marshgate Lane, consisting mainly of marshland, depots, works and wharves.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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