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href="/wiki/File:England_Police_Forces_(Metropolitan).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Metropolitan Police District and English police areas (City of London police area not shown)"><img alt="Metropolitan Police District and English police areas (City of London police area not shown)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/England_Police_Forces_%28Metropolitan%29.svg/250px-England_Police_Forces_%28Metropolitan%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/England_Police_Forces_%28Metropolitan%29.svg/375px-England_Police_Forces_%28Metropolitan%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/England_Police_Forces_%28Metropolitan%29.svg/500px-England_Police_Forces_%28Metropolitan%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1108" data-file-height="1345" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Metropolitan Police District and English police areas (City of London police area not shown)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Police_area" title="Police area">Police area</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1829</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,578 km<sup>2</sup> (609 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">9,000,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">5,700/km<sup>2</sup> (15,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Police</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Police Service">Metropolitan Police Service</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Metropolitan Police District</b> (<b>MPD</b>) is the <a href="/wiki/Police_area" title="Police area">police area</a> which is policed by the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Police Service">Metropolitan Police Service</a> in London. It currently consists of the <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">ceremonial county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>, which excludes the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>. The Metropolitan Police District was created by the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 as an ad hoc area of administration because the built-up area of <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> spread at the time into many parishes and counties without an established boundary. The district expanded as the built up area grew and stretched some distance into rural land. When county police forces were set up in England, those of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey did not cover the parts of the counties within the MPD, while Middlesex did not have a county force. Similarly, boroughs in the MPD that elsewhere would have been entitled to their own police force did not have them. </p><p>The MPD was originally defined in reference to civil parishes and in 1946 was altered to correspond to local government districts. The MPD has been used for other purposes during its existence, such as the boundary for <a href="/wiki/Coal-tax_post" title="Coal-tax post">coal tax</a> and as a 'Greater London' statistical unit. When the Greater London Council was established in 1965, the MPD was expanded to include all of its territory, though some areas that did not become part of Greater London continued to be within it. In 2000, when the <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority" title="Greater London Authority">Greater London Authority</a> was formed, the outer boundary of the MPD was retracted to coincide with Greater London and the neighbouring county forces then became responsible for those areas outside Greater London. The MPD now consists of the 32 boroughs of Greater London (including the City of Westminster), while the City of London is served by the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Police" title="City of London Police">City of London Police</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Police_District&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creation">Creation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Police_District&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Metropolitan Police District was defined in the schedule of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Act_1829" title="Metropolitan Police Act 1829">Metropolitan Police Act 1829</a> as an approximately circular area within a seven-mile (11-kilometre) radius of <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross" title="Charing Cross">Charing Cross</a>, which was divided into four districts and 17 <a href="/wiki/Police_division" title="Police division">police divisions</a>. </p><p>It consisted of parts of: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a></b> </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Liberty_of_Westminster" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberty of Westminster">Liberty of Westminster</a>, The <a href="/wiki/Holborn_division" title="Holborn division">Holborn division</a>, the inner parishes of the <a href="/wiki/Finsbury_division" title="Finsbury division">Finsbury division</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tower_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Tower division">Tower division</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kensington_division" title="Kensington division">Kensington division</a>, the township of New <a href="/wiki/Brentford" title="Brentford">Brentford</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Inns_of_Court" title="Inns of Court">Inns of Court</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(division)" title="Liberty (division)">liberty</a> of Ely Place </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a></b> </td> <td>The parishes of <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s,_Deptford" title="St Paul's, Deptford">St Paul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deptford_St_Nicholas" title="Deptford St Nicholas">St Nicholas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deptford" title="Deptford">Deptford</a>, and the parish of <a href="/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich">Greenwich</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a></b> </td> <td>The parishes of <a href="/wiki/Bermondsey" title="Bermondsey">Bermondsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Camberwell" title="Camberwell">Camberwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clapham" title="Clapham">Clapham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lambeth" title="Lambeth">Lambeth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newington,_London" title="Newington, London">Newington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Putney" title="Putney">Putney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rotherhithe" title="Rotherhithe">Rotherhithe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Streatham" title="Streatham">Streatham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tooting" title="Tooting">Tooting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wandsworth" title="Wandsworth">Wandsworth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Christchurch,_Southwark" class="mw-redirect" title="Christchurch, Southwark">Christchurch, Southwark</a>, The <a href="/wiki/Liberty_of_the_Clink" title="Liberty of the Clink">Liberty of the Clink</a>, The hamlet of <a href="/wiki/Hatcham" title="Hatcham">Hatcham</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Southwark" title="Southwark">Borough of Southwark</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1840_revision">1840 revision</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Police_District&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1840 revision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been numerous changes to the boundaries of the MPD, and of the divisions therein. The <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Act_1839" title="Metropolitan Police Act 1839">Metropolitan Police Act 1839</a> recognised that the "boundary is... very irregular" and made it lawful to add any place in the <a href="/wiki/Old_Bailey" title="Old Bailey">Central Criminal Court</a> District and also "any part of any parish, township, precinct or place" not more than 15 miles (24 km) from Charing Cross. The enlarged district encompassed the metropolitan area and some parts of <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>. The <a href="/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" class="mw-redirect" title="1911 Encyclopædia Britannica">1911 <i>Encyclopædia Britannica</i></a> notes that it included "those civil parishes [...] of which any part is within twelve miles (19 km) of, or of which no part is more than fifteen miles (24 km) from, Charing Cross". </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="500" align="center"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ff9999"><b>Metropolitan Police District 1840–1946</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MPD_1933.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/MPD_1933.png/300px-MPD_1933.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/MPD_1933.png/450px-MPD_1933.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/MPD_1933.png 2x" data-file-width="555" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>The map shows the MPD boundary in red. At the centre is the area of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Board_of_Works" title="Metropolitan Board of Works">Metropolitan Board of Works</a> 1855–1889, which became the <a href="/wiki/County_of_London" title="County of London">County of London</a> in 1889. The other dashed lines show the boundaries of <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a> (containing Loughton), <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a> (going clockwise). </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The enlargement under the 1839 Act was carried out by <a href="/wiki/Order_in_Council" title="Order in Council">Order in Council</a> made on 3 January 1840, which listed the following "parishes, townships, precincts, and places" ... "should be added to, and form part of, the metropolitan police district":<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td scope="row"><b>County of Middlesex</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashford,_Surrey" title="Ashford, Surrey">Ashford</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Bedfont" class="mw-redirect" title="East Bedfont">Bedfont (East)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cowley,_London" title="Cowley, London">Cowley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cranford,_London" title="Cranford, London">Cranford</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Drayton" title="West Drayton">Drayton (West)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edgware" title="Edgware">Edgware</a> (sic) including Whitchurch, <a href="/wiki/Edmonton,_London" title="Edmonton, London">Edmonton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enfield_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Enfield Town">Enfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Feltham" title="Feltham">Feltham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finchley" title="Finchley">Finchley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Friern_Barnet" title="Friern Barnet">Fryern Barnet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenford" title="Greenford">Greenford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monken_Hadley" title="Monken Hadley">Hadley (Monken)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampton,_London" title="Hampton, London">Hampton</a> (Town and Court), <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Wick" title="Hampton Wick">Hamptonwick</a> liberty (sic), <a href="/wiki/Hanwell" title="Hanwell">Hanwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hanworth" title="Hanworth">Hanworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harefield" title="Harefield">Harefield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harlington,_London" title="Harlington, London">Harlington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harmondsworth" title="Harmondsworth">Harmondsworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrow,_London" title="Harrow, London">Harrow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hayes,_Hillingdon" title="Hayes, Hillingdon">Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hendon" title="Hendon">Hendon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heston" title="Heston">Heston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hillingdon" title="Hillingdon">Hillingdon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hornsey" title="Hornsey">Hornsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ickenham" title="Ickenham">Ickenham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isleworth" title="Isleworth">Isleworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingsbury,_London" title="Kingsbury, London">Kingsbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laleham" title="Laleham">Laleham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Littleton,_Spelthorne" title="Littleton, Spelthorne">Littleton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northolt" title="Northolt">Northolt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norwood_Green" title="Norwood Green">Norwood</a> precinct, <a href="/wiki/Perivale" title="Perivale">Perivale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pinner" title="Pinner">Pinner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruislip" title="Ruislip">Ruislip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shepperton" title="Shepperton">Shepperton</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Mimms" title="South Mimms">South Mimms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Staines" class="mw-redirect" title="Staines">Staines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanmore" title="Stanmore">Stanmore</a> (Great and Little), <a href="/wiki/Stanwell" title="Stanwell">Stanwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunbury-on-Thames" title="Sunbury-on-Thames">Sunbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teddington" title="Teddington">Teddington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tottenham" title="Tottenham">Tottenham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Twickenham" title="Twickenham">Twickenham</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Twyford" title="West Twyford">Twyford Abbey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uxbridge" title="Uxbridge">Uxbridge</a> township and chapelry, <a href="/wiki/Willesden" title="Willesden">Wilsden</a> (sic) </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b>County of Surrey</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Addington,_London" title="Addington, London">Addington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banstead" title="Banstead">Banstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beddington_and_Wallington" class="mw-redirect" title="Beddington and Wallington">Beddington and Wallington</a> hamlet, <a href="/wiki/Carshalton" title="Carshalton">Carshalton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheam" title="Cheam">Cheam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chessington" title="Chessington">Chessington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croydon" title="Croydon">Croydon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuddington,_Surrey" title="Cuddington, Surrey">Cuddington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epsom" title="Epsom">Epsom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ewell" title="Ewell">Ewell</a> exclusive of part near Walton, <a href="/wiki/Farley,_Surrey" class="mw-redirect" title="Farley, Surrey">Farley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kew" title="Kew">Kew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Thames" title="Kingston upon Thames">Kingston upon Thames</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ham,_London" title="Ham, London">Ham-with-Hatch</a> hamlet, <a href="/wiki/Hook,_London" title="Hook, London">Hook</a> hamlet, <a href="/wiki/Long_Ditton" title="Long Ditton">Long Ditton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Malden" title="Old Malden">Maldon</a> (sic), <a href="/wiki/Merton,_London_(parish)" title="Merton, London (parish)">Merton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitcham" title="Mitcham">Mitcham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morden" title="Morden">Morden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mortlake" title="Mortlake">Mortlake</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Molesey" class="mw-redirect" title="East Molesey">Molesey (East)</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Molesey" class="mw-redirect" title="West Molesey">Molesey (West)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petersham,_London" title="Petersham, London">Petersham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_London" title="Richmond, London">Richmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roehampton" title="Roehampton">Roehampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanderstead" title="Sanderstead">Sanderstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sutton,_London" title="Sutton, London">Sutton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thames_Ditton" title="Thames Ditton">Thames Ditton</a> including hamlet of Ember, hamlet of Weston, and hamlet of Claygate, <a href="/wiki/Warlingham" title="Warlingham">Warlingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon,_London" title="Wimbledon, London">Wimbledon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woodmansterne" title="Woodmansterne">Woodmansterne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Park" title="Worcester Park">Worcester Park</a> (extra-parochial) </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b>County of Kent</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beckenham" title="Beckenham">Beckenham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bexley" title="Bexley">Bexley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bromley" title="Bromley">Bromley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlton,_London" title="Charlton, London">Charlton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chislehurst" title="Chislehurst">Chislehurst</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crayford" title="Crayford">Crayford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Downe" title="Downe">Downe</a> (sic), <a href="/wiki/Eltham,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Eltham, London">Eltham</a> including <a href="/wiki/Mottingham" title="Mottingham">Mottingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erith" title="Erith">Erith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Farnborough,_London" title="Farnborough, London">Farnborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foots_Cray" title="Foots Cray">Foots Cray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hayes,_Bromley" title="Hayes, Bromley">Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keston" title="Keston">Keston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kidbrooke" title="Kidbrooke">Kidbrooke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lee,_London" title="Lee, London">Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lewisham" title="Lewisham">Lewisham</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Cray" title="North Cray">North Cray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orpington" title="Orpington">Orpington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plumstead" title="Plumstead">Plumstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_Cray" title="St Mary Cray">St Mary Cray</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Wickham" title="East Wickham">Wickham (East)</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Wickham" title="West Wickham">Wickham (West)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woolwich" title="Woolwich">Woolwich</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b>County of Essex</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barking,_London" title="Barking, London">Barking</a> (Town Ward, Chadwell Ward, Great <a href="/wiki/Ilford" title="Ilford">Ilford</a> Ward, Ripple Ward), <a href="/wiki/Chigwell" title="Chigwell">Chigwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chingford" title="Chingford">Chingford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham">Dagenham</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Ham" title="East Ham">East Ham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Ilford" title="Little Ilford">Little Ilford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loughton" title="Loughton">Loughton</a>, Low <a href="/wiki/Leyton" title="Leyton">Leyton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waltham_Abbey" title="Waltham Abbey">Waltham Abbey</a> (Holyfield hamlet, Sewardstone hamlet, Upshire hamlet, Waltham Town hamlet), <a href="/wiki/Walthamstow" title="Walthamstow">Walthamstow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wanstead" title="Wanstead">Wanstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Ham" title="West Ham">West Ham</a> (Church-street Ward, Plaistow Ward, Stratford Ward), <a href="/wiki/Woodford,_London" title="Woodford, London">Woodford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b>County of Hertford</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aldenham" title="Aldenham">Aldenham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bushey" title="Bushey">Bushey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheshunt" title="Cheshunt">Cheshunt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chipping_Barnet" title="Chipping Barnet">Chipping Barnet</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Barnet" title="East Barnet">East Barnet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elstree" title="Elstree">Elstree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northaw_(parish)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northaw (parish)">Northaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ridge,_Hertfordshire" title="Ridge, Hertfordshire">Ridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shenley,_Hertfordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Shenley, Hertfordshire">Shenley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borehamwood" title="Borehamwood">Theobald-street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Totteridge" title="Totteridge">Totteridge</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1946_revision">1946 revision</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Police_District&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1946 revision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1946 the Metropolitan Police District was somewhat redrawn by the <a href="/wiki/Police_Act_1946" title="Police Act 1946">Police Act 1946</a>, to match the then local government boundaries. The boroughs of <a href="/wiki/Dartford" title="Dartford">Dartford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">urban district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Caterham_and_Warlingham" class="mw-redirect" title="Caterham and Warlingham">Caterham and Warlingham</a> and the parish of <a href="/wiki/St._Peter_Rural" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Peter Rural">St. Peter Rural</a> were wholly excluded from the District; whilst the borough of Epsom and Ewell, the urban districts of Banstead, Cheshunt, Coulsdon and Purley, Crayford, Esher and Orpington were brought wholly within the district.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The definition, in the Fourth Schedule is as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td scope="row" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/County_of_London" title="County of London">County of London</a> except the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_Croydon" title="County Borough of Croydon">County Borough of Croydon</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_East_Ham" title="County Borough of East Ham">County Borough of East Ham</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_West_Ham" title="County Borough of West Ham">County Borough of West Ham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Barking" title="Municipal Borough of Barking">Municipal Borough of Barking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Chingford" title="Municipal Borough of Chingford">Municipal Borough of Chingford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Dagenham" title="Municipal Borough of Dagenham">Municipal Borough of Dagenham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Ilford" title="Municipal Borough of Ilford">Municipal Borough of Ilford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Walthamstow" title="Municipal Borough of Walthamstow">Municipal Borough of Walthamstow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Wanstead_and_Woodford" title="Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford">Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chigwell_Urban_District" title="Chigwell Urban District">Chigwell Urban District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waltham_Holy_Cross_Urban_District" title="Waltham Holy Cross Urban District">Waltham Holy Cross Urban District</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barnet_Urban_District" title="Barnet Urban District">Barnet Urban District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bushey_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Bushey Urban District">Bushey Urban District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheshunt_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheshunt Urban District">Cheshunt Urban District</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Barnet_Urban_District" title="East Barnet Urban District">East Barnet Urban District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elstree_Rural_District" title="Elstree Rural District">Elstree Rural District</a><br />the parish of <a href="/wiki/Northaw_(parish)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northaw (parish)">Northaw</a> from <a href="/wiki/Hatfield_Rural_District" title="Hatfield Rural District">Hatfield Rural District</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Aldenham" title="Aldenham">Aldenham</a> from <a href="/wiki/Watford_Rural_District" title="Watford Rural District">Watford Rural District</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Beckenham" title="Municipal Borough of Beckenham">Municipal Borough of Beckenham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Bexley" title="Municipal Borough of Bexley">Municipal Borough of Bexley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Bromley" title="Municipal Borough of Bromley">Municipal Borough of Bromley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Erith" title="Municipal Borough of Erith">Municipal Borough of Erith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chislehurst_and_Sidcup_Urban_District" title="Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District">Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crayford_Urban_District" title="Crayford Urban District">Crayford Urban District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orpington_Urban_District" title="Orpington Urban District">Orpington Urban District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Penge_Urban_District" title="Penge Urban District">Penge Urban District</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Barnes" title="Municipal Borough of Barnes">Municipal Borough of Barnes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Beddington_and_Wallington" title="Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington">Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Epsom_and_Ewell" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Borough of Epsom and Ewell">Municipal Borough of Epsom and Ewell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Kingston-upon-Thames" title="Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames">Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Malden_and_Coombe" title="Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe">Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Mitcham" title="Municipal Borough of Mitcham">Municipal Borough of Mitcham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Richmond_(Surrey)" title="Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey)">Municipal Borough of Richmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Surbiton" title="Municipal Borough of Surbiton">Municipal Borough of Surbiton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Sutton_and_Cheam" title="Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam">Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Wimbledon" title="Municipal Borough of Wimbledon">Municipal Borough of Wimbledon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banstead_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Banstead Urban District">Banstead Urban District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carshalton_Urban_District" title="Carshalton Urban District">Carshalton Urban District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coulsdon_and_Purley_Urban_District" title="Coulsdon and Purley Urban District">Coulsdon and Purley Urban District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Esher_Urban_District" title="Esher Urban District">Esher Urban District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merton_and_Morden_Urban_District" title="Merton and Morden Urban District">Merton and Morden Urban District</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1965_revision">1965 revision</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Police_District&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1965 revision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1965 the administrative boundaries of London were extended. After 1965 the newly created Greater London more closely matched the MPD, and the MPD was defined again by section 76 of the <a href="/wiki/London_Government_Act_1963" title="London Government Act 1963">London Government Act 1963</a>. The former area of the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Romford" title="Municipal Borough of Romford">Municipal Borough of Romford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_Urban_District" title="Hornchurch Urban District">Hornchurch Urban District</a>, which had not previously been covered by the MPD but were now in Greater London, were added. The revised MPD included some areas that did not become part of Greater London. </p><p>In 1974 it was again restated as:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>, excluding the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> and the Temples</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>: <a href="/wiki/Epping_Forest_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Epping Forest (district)">Epping Forest</a> : former <a href="/wiki/Chigwell_Urban_District" title="Chigwell Urban District">Chigwell Urban District</a> and parish of <a href="/wiki/Waltham_Holy_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Waltham Holy Cross">Waltham Holy Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>: <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Broxbourne" title="Borough of Broxbourne">Broxbourne</a> : former <a href="/wiki/Cheshunt_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheshunt Urban District">Cheshunt Urban District</a></li> <li>Hertfordshire: <a href="/wiki/Hertsmere" title="Hertsmere">Hertsmere</a></li> <li>Hertfordshire: <a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Hatfield" title="Welwyn Hatfield">Welwyn Hatfield</a>: parish of <a href="/wiki/Northaw_(parish)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northaw (parish)">Northaw</a> (renamed Northaw and Cuffley in 1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>: <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Elmbridge" title="Borough of Elmbridge">Elmbridge</a>: former <a href="/wiki/Esher_Urban_District" title="Esher Urban District">Esher Urban District</a></li> <li>Surrey: <a href="/wiki/Epsom_and_Ewell" title="Epsom and Ewell">Epsom and Ewell</a></li> <li>Surrey: <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Spelthorne" title="Borough of Spelthorne">Spelthorne</a></li> <li>Surrey: <a href="/wiki/Reigate_and_Banstead" title="Reigate and Banstead">Reigate and Banstead</a>: former <a href="/wiki/Banstead_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Banstead Urban District">Banstead Urban District</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s_revision">1990s revision</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Police_District&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1990s revision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the first periodic review of Greater London and the London boroughs by the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Boundary_Commission_for_England" title="Local Government Boundary Commission for England">Local Government Boundary Commission for England</a>, changes were made to the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Police" title="City of London Police">City of London Police</a> and MPD boundary on 1 April 1994, with several exchanges of territory.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_revision">2000 revision</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Police_District&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000 revision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998 the Government '<a href="/wiki/Green_Paper" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Paper">Green Paper</a>' on the <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority" title="Greater London Authority">Greater London Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> proposed to create a <a href="/wiki/Police_authority" title="Police authority">police authority</a> for the Metropolitan Police, who had previously been under the control of the <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a>. Initially, the government proposed to retain the areas outside the local government boundary, with a representative appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Authority" title="Metropolitan Police Authority">Metropolitan Police Authority</a> from the councils outside the Greater London Authority boundary. </p><p>However the government changed its mind and in the <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_1999" title="Greater London Authority Act 1999">Greater London Authority Act 1999</a>, the boundaries of the Metropolitan Police District were redefined to match Greater London. The excised county areas were reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Essex_Police" title="Essex Police">Essex Police</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_Constabulary" title="Hertfordshire Constabulary">Hertfordshire Constabulary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Surrey_Police" title="Surrey Police">Surrey Police</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Use_for_other_purposes">Use for other purposes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Police_District&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Use for other purposes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coal-tax-post-Broxbourne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Coal-tax-post-Broxbourne.jpg/170px-Coal-tax-post-Broxbourne.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Coal-tax-post-Broxbourne.jpg/255px-Coal-tax-post-Broxbourne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Coal-tax-post-Broxbourne.jpg/340px-Coal-tax-post-Broxbourne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Coal-tax post on a footpath in Wormley Wood, Hertfordshire</figcaption></figure> <p>The London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act 1861 aligned the coal tax boundary to the MPD and a series of <a href="/wiki/Coal-tax_post" title="Coal-tax post">coal-tax posts</a> can be found along the boundary as it existed at that time. </p><p>During the 20th century the population of the <a href="/wiki/County_of_London" title="County of London">County of London</a> was in decline and the London population was growing in the outer suburbs within the MPD. During this period the MPD was used as a definition of 'Greater London'. 1901 Census is an example of this.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Exceptions">Exceptions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Police_District&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Exceptions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Not all parts of Greater London, although within the boundaries of the MPD, are policed by the Metropolitan Police. The Greater London Authority Act 1999 defines the Metropolitan Police District as consisting of "Greater London, excluding the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Inner_Temple" title="Inner Temple">Inner Temple</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Temple" title="Middle Temple">Middle Temple</a>." The City of London has its own police force, the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Police" title="City of London Police">City of London Police</a>, which also covers the Inner and Middle Temples. As constables of both forces are empowered throughout <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a>, mutual assistance is a routine matter. The City of London has limited policing jurisdiction with parks constabularies within their lands at <a href="/wiki/Hampstead_Heath#Hampstead_Heath_Constabulary" title="Hampstead Heath">Hampstead Heath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Epping_Forest" title="Epping Forest">Epping Forest</a> (constables are attested under the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_London_Parks_%26_Open_Spaces_Act_1967&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greater London Parks & Open Spaces Act 1967 (page does not exist)">Greater London Parks & Open Spaces Act 1967</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Epping_Forest_Act_1878" title="Epping Forest Act 1878">Epping Forest Act 1878</a> respectively not under the Police Acts as members of the City of London Police). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a> and the lines and stations of the <a href="/wiki/Network_Rail" title="Network Rail">national railway network</a> within the MPD are primarily policed by the <a href="/wiki/British_Transport_Police" title="British Transport Police">British Transport Police</a> but are not excluded from the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Parks_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Parks of London">Royal Parks of London</a> used to be policed by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Parks_Constabulary" title="Royal Parks Constabulary">Royal Parks Constabulary</a> (RPC) whose powers derived from the <a href="/wiki/Parks_Regulation_Act_1872" title="Parks Regulation Act 1872">Parks Regulation Act 1872</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Serious_Organised_Crime_and_Police_Act_2005" title="Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005">Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005</a> abolished the RPC in England and Wales and provided for the transfer of personnel within Greater London into the Metropolitan Police, leaving the Royal Parks within the general jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Police" title="Ministry of Defence Police">Ministry of Defence Police</a> is responsible for policing a few Ministry of Defence buildings and property within the MPD. 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