Editing West Ham (section)

===Formation of Newham and inclusion in Greater London===
The omission of West Ham from the London-administered [[Metropolis Management Act 1855|metropolitan area]], which took in nearby places such as [[Greenwich]] and [[Woolwich]], was first commented on in 1855 and West Ham Council later considered the case for inclusion in the [[County of London]] in 1895 and 1907.<ref name=brit_west>''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42705 Local administration and public services: Administrative bodies]'', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 5 (1966), pp. 32–37. Date accessed: 7 December 2007.</ref> The reluctance to proceed with amalgamation was largely explained by lack of perceived support, fear of financial disadvantage caused by increased rates, the detrimental effect of London planning laws on industry, and the desire to retain the independent civic institutions and privileges attached to county borough status.<ref name=brit_west/>

The [[Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London]] reviewed the local government arrangements of the ''Greater London Conurbation'' and in 1965, under the terms of the [[London Government Act 1963]], the county borough, and the [[County Borough of East Ham]], were abolished and their former area was amalgamated with small parts of [[Municipal Borough of Barking|Barking]] and [[Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich|Woolwich]] to form the [[London Borough of Newham]] in [[Greater London]].