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{{infobox historic subdivision|
|Name= Ealing
|Motto= Respice Prospice (Look backward, look forward)
|HQ= Ealing
|Status= [[Local board of health]] 1863 - 1894 <br /> [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban district]] 1894 - 1901 <br />[[Municipal borough]] 1901 - 1965
|Start= 1863
|End= 1965
|Replace= [[London Borough of Ealing]]
|Arms= [[File:Ealing MB arms.png|200px|Coat of arms of the Municipal Borough of Ealing]]
|Image= [[File:Town hall ealing 804.JPG|250px|Ealing Town Hall]] <br /> [[Ealing Town Hall]]
|AreaFirst= {{convert|2947|acre|km2|1}}
|AreaLast= {{convert|8783|acre|km2|1}}
|AreaFirstYear= 1894
|AreaLastYear= 1965
|PopulationFirst= 33,031
|PopulationLast= 183,077
|PopulationFirstYear= 1901
|PopulationLastYear= 1961
|Map= [[File:Ealing1961.svg|200px]]<br />''Ealing within Middlesex in 1961''
}}
'''Ealing''' was a local government district from 1863 to 1965 around the town of [[Ealing]]
==History==
A [[local board of health]] was formed for the southern part of the parish of Ealing, [[Middlesex]], in 1863. In 1873 the board's area was extended to the rest of the parish.<ref name="vch">{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=T.F.T. |last2=Elrington |first2=C.R. |title='Ealing and Brentford: Local government', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22580 |work=British History Online |year=1982 |pages=144–147 |
It was created an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] in 1894, by the [[Local Government Act 1894]]. In 1901 it was granted a charter of incorporation to become the first [[municipal borough]] in Middlesex. The urban district council was replaced by a corporation consisting of a [[mayor]], 6 [[alderman|aldermen]] and 18 councillors.
[[Ealing Town Hall]] was built in 1886, replacing an earlier hall on the same site. The architect was [[Charles Jones (architect)|Charles Jones]], who also designed several other buildings and features in the borough.▼
The borough was greatly enlarged in 1926 when it absorbed the urban districts of [[Greenford Urban District|Greenford]] (including the [[civil parish|parishes]] of [[Perivale]] and [[West Twyford]]) and [[Hanwell Urban District|Hanwell]].<ref>Youngs 1979, p. ?</ref> Accordingly the size of the borough council was increased: by 1960 it consisted of a mayor, 16 aldermen and 48 councillors.<ref name="vch"/> In 1952 there was a failed attempt to gain [[county borough]] status.<ref name="vch"/>▼
▲The borough was greatly enlarged in 1926 when it absorbed the urban districts of [[Greenford Urban District|Greenford]] (including the [[civil parish|parishes]] of [[Perivale]] and [[West Twyford]]) and [[Hanwell Urban District|Hanwell]].<ref>Youngs 1979, p. ?</ref> Accordingly, the size of the borough council was increased: by 1960 it consisted of a mayor, 16 aldermen and 48 councillors.<ref name="vch"/> In 1952 there was a failed attempt to gain [[county borough]] status.<ref name="vch"/>
In 1965, under the [[London Government Act 1963]], the municipal borough was abolished and its former area transferred to Greater London to be combined with the [[Municipal Borough of Acton]] and [[Municipal Borough of Southall]] to form the present-day [[London Borough of Ealing]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ealing London Borough: Relationships and Changes|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10026519|website=A Vision of Britain Through Time|publisher=University of Portsmouth|access-date=26 August 2016}}</ref> An oak in its coat of arms features, smaller, in the [[coat of arms of the London Borough of Ealing]].
▲Ealing Town Hall was built in 1886, replacing an earlier hall on the same site. The architect was [[Charles Jones (architect)|Charles Jones]], who also designed several other buildings and features in the borough.
==Coat of arms==
Granted on 22 February 1902, the Municipal Borough's [[coat of arms]] (not to be confused with the modern borough's coat of arms) was: Per [[Chevron (insignia)|chevron]] [[Gules (heraldry)|gules]] and [[Argent (heraldry)|argent]], in dexter [[Chief (heraldry)|chief]] two swords in saltire and in sinister chief three seaxes (Saxon swords) fessewise in [[Pale (heraldry)|pale]] all proper, with pommels and hilts [[Or (heraldry)|or]], and in base an [[oak]] tree eradicated (uprooted) also proper. The crossed swords are the symbol of [[Paul (apostle)|Saint Paul]] and taken from the arms of the [[Diocese of London|See of London]], to which the manor historically belonged. The seaxes are from the arms of the county of [[Middlesex]], and the tree was a symbol that Ealing is growing and flourishing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Ealing|title=Coat of arms of Ealing|publisher=Heraldry of the World|access-date=16 April 2015}}</ref>
==See also==
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[[Category:Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894|Ealing]]
[[Category:Local Government Districts created by the Local Government Act 1858|Ealing]]
[[Category:History of the London Borough of Ealing]]
[[Category:Municipal boroughs of England]]
[[Category:History of local government in Middlesex]]
[[Category:Hanwell]]
[[Category:Perivale]]
[[Category:Northolt]]
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