Editing Upminster (section)

===Local government===
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Upminster (parish) 1931}}|frame=yes|text=Upminster civil parish boundaries before being absorbed into [[Hornchurch Urban District]] in 1934}}
Upminster formed an ancient parish of {{convert|3369|acres}} in the [[Chafford (hundred)|Chafford]] hundred of Essex.<ref name=introduction>{{cite book | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42829 | title=Upminster: Introduction and manors, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 7 | series= [[Victoria County History]] | publisher=[[British History Online]] | author=Powell, W.R. (Edr.)  | year=1978 | access-date=6 February 2010}}</ref> The [[Administrative vestry|parish vestry]] had meetings in the church until 1798, when they moved to the Bell Inn.<ref name=local_gov>{{cite book | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42830 | title=Upminster: Local government and parliamentary representation, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 7 | series= [[Victoria County History]] | publisher=[[British History Online]] | author=Powell, W.R. (Edr.) | year=1978 | access-date=6 February 2010}}</ref> The parish was divided into North and South wards by the Hornchurch to Cranham road.<ref name=local_gov/> In 1836 the vestry lost control of poor relief, with Upminster becoming part of the Romford [[Poor Law Union]]<ref name=local_gov/> and in 1875 the parish became part of Romford [[sanitary district|rural sanitary district]]. Following the [[Local Government Act 1894]], the sanitary district became [[Romford Rural District]] and a parish council was formed of nine members, increasing to twelve by 1913 as the population had doubled.<ref name=local_gov/> The parish council acquired the Clock House building on St Mary's Lane for use as offices in 1924.<ref name=local_gov/> The parish formed part of the [[London Traffic Area]] from 1924 and the [[London Passenger Transport Board|London Passenger Transport Area]] from 1933.<ref name=robson>{{cite book |title=The Government and Mis-government of London |last=Robson |first=William |year=1939 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=London }}</ref> In 1934 the parish council was abolished and Upminster was combined with other parishes to form part of [[Hornchurch Urban District]]. In 1965 the urban district was abolished and its former area was combined with that of [[Municipal Borough of Romford]]; and since then has formed part of the [[London Borough of Havering]] in [[Greater London]].<ref name=vob_havering_lb>{{cite vob|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10166913&c_id=10001043 |name=Havering London Borough |access-date=6 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211082200/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10166913&c_id=10001043 |archive-date=11 February 2009 }}</ref> For elections to the Greater London Council, Upminster was part of the [[Havering (electoral division)|Havering]] electoral division until 1973 and then the [[Upminster (electoral division)|Upminster]] electoral division until 1986.