Editing Woolwich (section)

==== Local government ====
[[File:Woolwich, St Mary's Gardens around 1840, postcard 1905.jpg|thumb|[[St Mary Magdalene Woolwich|St Mary Magdalene]] {{Circa|1840|lk=no}}]]
The [[Woolwich (parish)|civil parish of Woolwich]], roughly the area of the present-day [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|wards]] Woolwich Riverside and Woolwich Common, was formerly known as [[Woolwich (parish)|Woolwich Saint Mary]]. Until 1842, when the [[Woolwich Town Hall#History|Old Town Hall]] was built, the [[vestry]] met in a room in the parish church of [[St Mary Magdalene Woolwich|St Mary Magdalene]]. Woolwich became part of the London metropolitan area in the mid-19th century, although was officially still in [[Kent]] at the time. In 1889, with the formation of [[London County Council]], Woolwich became officially part of London. In 1900 the [[civil parish|parishes]] of Woolwich, [[Eltham]] and [[Plumstead]] formed the [[Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich]]. In 1906 the new [[Woolwich Town Hall]] was inaugurated. In April 1965, following implementation of the [[London Government Act 1963]], Woolwich was merged into the [[London Borough of Greenwich]], since 2012 the [[Royal Borough of Greenwich]]. The administrative buildings of the borough are in Woolwich, at the former [[Woolwich Town Hall]].