Editing Penge (section)

==Governance==
Penge formed a part of the parish of [[Battersea]], with the historic county boundary between [[Kent]] and [[Surrey]] forming its eastern boundary.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43025 British History Online] – Battersea with Penge Hamlet</ref> In 1855 both parts of the parish were included in the area of the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]], with Penge Hamlet Vestry electing six members to the Lewisham District Board of Works.<ref>''Kelly's Directory of Surrey'', 1891</ref> The [[Local Government Act 1888]] abolished the Metropolitan Board, with its area becoming the [[County of London]]. However, the [[London Government Act 1899]] subsequently made provision for Penge to be removed from the County of London and annexed to either Surrey or Kent. Accordingly, an [[Order in Council]] transferred the hamlet to Kent in 1900, constituting it as [[Penge Urban District]].<ref>''Hamlet of Penge'', The Times, 27 February 1900</ref> The urban district was abolished in 1965 by the [[London Government Act 1963]], and its former area merged with that of other districts to form the London Borough of Bromley. With the creation of the Penge Urban District, Penge New Road (formerly the part of Beckenham Road north of Kent House Road) was renamed Penge High Street.
[[File:1857-handel-festival.jpg|thumb|right|Inside the Crystal Palace concert hall 1857]]
The urban district comprised three sub-districts: Anerley, Penge and Upper Norwood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol4/pp8-17|title=Parishes: Battersea with Penge &#124; British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> It incorporated the whole of Crystal Palace Park except for part of the eastern side running along Crystal Palace Park Road which was then administered by [[Beckenham Urban District]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UMjvGwAACAAJ|title=Around Crystal Palace and Penge|first=David R.|last=Johnson|date=17 June 2004|publisher=History Press Limited|isbn=9780750931243|via=Google Books}}</ref> 
From 1885, the Hamlet of Penge was part of the [[Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Dulwich parliamentary constituency]], which was then in Surrey, and remained in that seat until 1918, when it was transferred to the new [[Bromley (UK Parliament constituency)|Bromley constituency]]. From 1950, it was part of the [[Beckenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Beckenham constituency]]. At the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], Penge formed part of the [[Lewisham West and Penge (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewisham West and Penge constituency]]. In 2024 it again changed to become part of the new [[Beckenham and Penge (UK Parliament constituency)|Beckenham and Penge constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK Parliamentary Constituencies - Beckenham and Penge |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3898/location |access-date= |website=UK Parliament Members}}</ref> In local government, Penge is contained in the Penge and Cator ward, which had a population of 17,326 in 2011.