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In 1965, the London Government Act 1963 abolished the existing county of London and replaced it with the larger Greater London, which took over more territory in the north-east of Surrey, including Richmond, Kingston-upon-Thames, Wimbledon and Sutton. At the same time, Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames were transferred to Surrey from Middlesex.
The library was designed by Hugh Lea, Borough Architect for Croydon Council in 1966 [9] together with the Chief Librarian T.E. Callander and opened in 1968. [10] It is locally listed, within the South Norwood conservation area and a national listing application has been made to Historic England.
Most of their Church of England parish registers, from 1538 to 1987 (baptisms to 1912; marriages to 1937; and burials to 1987) are now available via ancestry.co.uk. The online Guide to parish registers held at Surrey History Centre indicates that significant numbers of the registers for parishes historically in Surrey but now in London are held ...
Kensington Central Library is a Grade II* listed building on Hornton Street and Phillimore Walk, Kensington, London.It was built in 1958–60 by the architect E. Vincent Harris on the site of The Abbey, a Gothic house which had been constructed for a Mr Abbot in 1880 and destroyed by bombing in 1944. [1]
It is a branch of Haringey Libraries run by London Borough of Haringey and is open 7 days a week. [1] It has an active friends group; the Friends of Marcus Garvey Library. [ 2 ] Its Black Literature and Marcus Garvey collections are amongst the resources used by a local Black diasporan community.
The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 (c. 75) is an act of the United Kingdom Parliament. It created a statutory duty for local authorities in England and Wales [1] "to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service for all persons". [2] It also allowed local authorities to "provide and maintain museums and art galleries".
The UK has a comprehensive, state-funded education system, accordingly Surrey has 37 state secondary schools, 17 Academies, 7 sixth form colleges and 55 state primaries. The county has 41 independent schools, including Charterhouse (one of the nine independent schools mentioned in the Public Schools Act 1868 ) and the Royal Grammar School ...
Since 1974 all Surrey areas have had district/borough councils providing a second tier of services (see the Local Government Act 1972) replacing Urban Districts and Rural Districts. Approximately a third of the population elect a further more localised third tier of local government to civil parishes such as Farnham , Claygate and Horley .