Editing Royal Borough of Greenwich (section)

==History==
The area of the modern borough had historically been part of the county of [[Kent]]. From 1856 the area was governed by the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]], which was established to provide services across the [[metropolis]] of London.<ref>[[Metropolis Management Act 1855]] (18 & 19 Vict. c. 120)</ref> In 1889 the Metropolitan Board of Works' area was made the [[County of London]]. From 1856 until 1900 the lower tier of local government within the metropolis comprised various [[List of London vestries and district boards|parish vestries and district boards]]. In 1900 the lower tier was reorganised into [[Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London|metropolitan boroughs]], two of which were called [[Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich|Greenwich]] and [[Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich|Woolwich]].<ref>[[London Government Act 1899]] (62 & 63 Vict. c. 14)</ref>

The London Borough of Greenwich was created in 1965 under the [[London Government Act 1963]]. It covered the combined area of the two metropolitan boroughs of Greenwich and Woolwich, with the exception that [[North Woolwich]], on the north side of the [[River Thames]], went instead to the [[London Borough of Newham]].<ref>{{cite book | first=Frederic |last=Youngs | title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England | volume=I: Southern England | year=1979 | publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] | location=London | isbn=0-901050-67-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=London Government Act 1963 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/33 |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>

The name '[[Charlton, London|Charlton]]' was briefly considered as the name for the new borough.<ref>"Names for Nine New Boroughs of London" The Times, 14 September 1963</ref> Greenwich Council applied for city status in 2002, but was turned down.<ref>{{cite news |title=Five new cities creates row |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1872577.stm |access-date=7 September 2023 |work=BBC News |date=14 March 2002}}</ref>

In 2012, to mark the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II]], the borough was given the additional honorific status of being a [[royal borough]], in recognition of the area's historic links with the Royal Family and its status as home of the Prime Meridian and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<ref name="royal">{{cite web | url=http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/LeisureCulture/RoyalGreenwich/RoyalGreenwich.htm | title=Greenwich to become Royal Borough | date=5 January 2010 | access-date=5 January 2010 | publisher=Greenwich London Borough Council | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108082815/http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/LeisureCulture/RoyalGreenwich/RoyalGreenwich.htm | archive-date=8 January 2010 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/press/article/61/greenwich_to_become_royal_borough_on_3_february|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801174359/http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/press/article/61/greenwich_to_become_royal_borough_on_3_february|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 August 2012|title=Greenwich to become Royal Borough on 3 February|date=9 January 2012|publisher=Greenwich Council|access-date=14 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60205|page=13300|date=11 July 2012}}</ref>