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Tower
Geography
Status division of hundred, liberty
1801 area 9,515 acres
History
Created 17th century
Abolished 1900
Succeeded by Bethnal Green MB
Stepney MB
Poplar MB
Shoreditch MB
Hackney MB
Demography
1801 population
- 1801 density		 215,382
22. A Liberty was a local government unit in England. Originating in the Middle Ages, liberties were areas of widely variable extent which were independent of the usual As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar The Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965 when it was merged into the London Borough The Metropolitan Borough of Stepney was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London created in 1900 The Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was between 1900 and 1965 a Metropolitan borough in the County of London. The Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch was a Metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1900 and 1965 when it was merged with the Metropolitan Borough }The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was a Metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1900 to 1965 6/acre
1841 population
- 1841 density		 513,501
54/acre
1881 population
- 1881 density		 1,018,337
107/acre

The Tower Division was a liberty in the ancient county of Middlesex. A Liberty was a local government unit in England. Originating in the Middle Ages, liberties were areas of widely variable extent which were independent of the usual A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. It was also known as the Tower Hamlets, and took its name from being under the special jurisdiction of the Constable of the Tower of London. The Constable of the Tower of London is the governor of the Tower of London. The name "Tower Hamlets" was subsequently used for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets created in 1965. The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. The London Borough of Tower Hamlets ( is a London borough to the east of the City of London, England and north of the River Thames in East

The Tower Division was one of four divisions of the Hundred of Ossulstone. Ossulstone was an ancient hundred in the south east of the county of Middlesex, England. The other divisions were named Finsbury, Holborn and Kensington. The Finsbury Division was one of four divisions of the Hundred of Ossulstone, in the County of Middlesex, England. The Holborn Division was one of four divisions of the Hundred of Ossulstone, in the County of Middlesex, England. The Kensington Division was one of four divisions of the Hundred of Ossulstone, in the County of Middlesex, England. Unlike the other divisions, the Tower Division was outside the jurisdiction of the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, with the Constable of the Tower exercising lieutenancy powers ex-officio. The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British Monarch 's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription with varying The area's special status ceased in 1889 with the creation of the County of London, and the creation of a Lord Lieutenant for the new county. The County of London was a ceremonial county and administrative county of England from 1889 to 1965

In 1829 the Tower Division contained the following "parishes, townships, precincts and places":

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Whitechapel is a built-up Inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. Spitalfields is an area in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London, near to Liverpool Street station and Brick Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney. Norton Folgate is a short length of street in London, connecting Bishopsgate with Shoreditch High Street on the northern edge of its financial district Hackney was a Parish in the ancient county of Middlesex. The parish church of St John-at-Hackney, was built in 1789 replacing the nearby former 16th century Bethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Mile End is an area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England. Bow is an area of East London England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Bromley-by-Bow, historically and officially Bromley, is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Poplar is an area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is on the northern bank of the River Thames opposite Rotherhithe and between Ratcliff Ratcliff or Ratcliffe is a former hamlet lying by the north bank of the River Thames between Shadwell and Limehouse. Shadwell is an inner-city district situated within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets located on the north bank of the Thames between Wapping to the west Wapping (pronounced 'Wopping' is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets which forms part of the Docklands to the east of the City of London. Smithfield is the name of several places In the UK Smithfield Cumbria Smithfield London (sometimes referred to as West Smithfield The Liberties of the Tower, or the Tower Liberty was an area adjoining the Tower of London, which was outside the jurisdiction of either the City of London The Old Artillery Ground is an area of land in Spitalfields, London formerly designated one of the Liberties of the Tower of London and Crown Land The Minories is an area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets close to the Tower of London and City of London.
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