Editing London boroughs (section)

=== Former authorities ===
The boroughs were created as follows. Some relatively minor changes have been made to the boundaries of boroughs since 1965, and two have changed their names.

[[File:Greater London composite parts.PNG|600px|thumb|center|Former local authorities in the Greater London area
* [[County borough]]s
* [[Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London|Metropolitan boroughs]]
* [[Municipal borough]]s
* [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban districts]]
]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
! London borough
! Designation
! colspan="5" class="unsortable" | Former areas
|-
| [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
| Inner
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead|Hampstead]] (11a) || [[Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras|St Pancras]] (11b) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Holborn|Holborn]] (11c) || ||
|- 
| [[Royal Borough of Greenwich|Greenwich]]
| Inner
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich|Greenwich]] (22a) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich|Woolwich]] (part) (22b) || || ||
|-
| [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]]
| Inner
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|Hackney]] (9a) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch|Shoreditch]] (9b) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington|Stoke Newington]] (9c) || ||
|-
| [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|Hammersmith]]{{NoteTag|Later renamed Hammersmith and Fulham}}
| Inner
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith|Hammersmith]] (4a) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Fulham|Fulham]] (4b) || || ||
|-
| [[London Borough of Islington|Islington]]
| Inner
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Islington|Islington]] (10a) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury|Finsbury]] (10b) || || ||
|-
| [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|Kensington and Chelsea]]
| Inner
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Kensington|Kensington]] (3a) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea|Chelsea]] (3b) || || ||
|-
| [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]]
| Inner
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]] (6a) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]] (part) (6b) || || ||
|-
| [[London Borough of Lewisham|Lewisham]]
| Inner
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham|Lewisham]] (21a) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Deptford|Deptford]] (21b) || || ||
|-
| [[London Borough of Southwark|Southwark]]
| Inner
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey|Bermondsey]] (7b) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell|Camberwell]] (7c) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Southwark|Southwark]] (7a) || ||
|-
| [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|Tower Hamlets]]
| Inner
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green|Bethnal Green]] (8a) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Poplar|Poplar]] (8c) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Stepney|Stepney]] (8b) || ||
|-
| [[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]]
| Inner
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Battersea|Battersea]] (5b) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]] (part) (5a) || || ||
|-
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| Inner
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Paddington|Paddington]] (2c) || [[Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone|St Marylebone]] (2b) || [[Metropolitan Borough of Westminster|Westminster]] (2a) || ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Barking and Dagenham|Barking]]{{NoteTag|Renamed Barking and Dagenham in 1980}}
| Outer
| [[Municipal Borough of Barking|Barking]] (part) (25a) || [[Municipal Borough of Dagenham|Dagenham]] (part) (25b) || || ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Barnet|Barnet]]
| Outer
|[[Barnet Urban District|Barnet]] (31a)|| [[East Barnet Urban District|East Barnet]] (31b) ||[[Municipal Borough of Finchley|Finchley]] (31d)||[[Municipal Borough of Hendon|Hendon]] (31c)|| [[Friern Barnet Urban District|Friern Barnet]] (31e)
|-
|[[London Borough of Bexley|Bexley]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Bexley|Bexley]] (23b)  || [[Municipal Borough of Erith|Erith]] (23a) || [[Crayford Urban District|Crayford]] (23c) || [[Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District|Chislehurst and Sidcup]] (part) (23d)  ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Brent|Brent]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Wembley|Wembley]] (12a) || [[Municipal Borough of Willesden|Willesden]] (12b) || || ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Bromley|Bromley]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Bromley|Bromley]] (20c) || [[Municipal Borough of Beckenham|Beckenham]] (20b) || [[Orpington Urban District|Orpington]] (20e) || [[Penge Urban District|Penge]] (20a) || [[Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District|Chislehurst and Sidcup]] (part) (20d)
|-
|[[London Borough of Croydon|Croydon]]
| Outer
|[[County Borough of Croydon|Croydon]] (19a) || [[Coulsdon and Purley Urban District|Coulsdon and Purley]] (19b)  || || ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Ealing|Ealing]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Acton|Acton]] (13b) || [[Municipal Borough of Ealing|Ealing]] (13a) || [[Municipal Borough of Southall|Southall]] (13c) ||  ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Edmonton|Edmonton]] (30c) || [[Municipal Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] (30a) ||[[Municipal Borough of Southgate|Southgate]] (30b)  ||   ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Hornsey|Hornsey]] (29b) || [[Municipal Borough of Tottenham|Tottenham]] (29c) || [[Municipal Borough of Wood Green|Wood Green]] (29a) || ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Harrow|Harrow]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Harrow|Harrow]] (32)  ||  || ||  ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Havering|Havering]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Romford|Romford]] (24a) || [[Hornchurch Urban District|Hornchurch]] (24b)  ||  ||  ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Hillingdon|Hillingdon]]
| Outer
|[[Hayes and Harlington Urban District|Hayes and Harlington]] (33c) || [[Ruislip Northwood Urban District|Ruislip Northwood]] (33b) || [[Municipal Borough of Uxbridge|Uxbridge]] (33a) || [[Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District|Yiewsley and West Drayton]] (33d)  ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Hounslow|Hounslow]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick|Brentford and Chiswick]] (14c) || [[Feltham Urban District|Feltham]] (14a) || [[Municipal Borough of Heston and Isleworth|Heston and Isleworth]] (14b)  ||  ||
|-
|[[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames|Kingston upon Thames]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Kingston upon Thames|Kingston upon Thames]] (16a) ||[[Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe|Malden and Coombe]] (16b) ||[[Municipal Borough of Surbiton|Surbiton]] (16c) ||  ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Merton|Merton]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Mitcham|Mitcham]] (17c) || [[Merton and Morden Urban District|Merton and Morden]] (17b) || [[Municipal Borough of Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] (17a) ||  ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Newham|Newham]]
| Outer
|[[County Borough of West Ham|West Ham]] (27a) ||[[County Borough of East Ham|East Ham]] (27b) ||[[Municipal Borough of Barking|Barking]] (part) (27c) ||[[Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich|Woolwich]] (part) (27d)  ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Ilford|Ilford]] (26a) || [[Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford|Wanstead and Woodford]] (26b) || [[Municipal Borough of Dagenham|Dagenham]] (part) (26c) || [[Chigwell Urban District|Chigwell]] (part) (26d)  ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Richmond upon Thames]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Barnes|Barnes]] (15a) || [[Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey)|Richmond]] (15b) || [[Municipal Borough of Twickenham|Twickenham]] (15c) ||  ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Sutton|Sutton]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Beddington|Beddington]] (18c) || [[Carshalton Urban District|Carshalton]] (18b) || [[Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam|Sutton and Cheam]] (18a)  || ||
|-
|[[London Borough of Waltham Forest|Waltham Forest]]
| Outer
|[[Municipal Borough of Chingford|Chingford]] (28a) || [[Municipal Borough of Leyton|Leyton]] (28c) || [[Municipal Borough of Walthamstow|Walthamstow]] (28b)  || ||
|}