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Collection Tree View see this DOCUMENT in context The Collection Tree View below shows the catalogue level, document or item described on this page in the hierarchical context of the collection it belongs to, identified in the tree by the open folder icon and highlighed text. London's first civic authority was that of the City of London.

The origin of the Corporation of London is unknown, but the initial rights and privileges of the City rested upon a Charter granted by William the Conqueror. The term 'London' was gradually applied to the area adjoining the ancient city, and as a consequence of the need for a central authority to deal with the local government of this ever growing area the term 'metropolis' was defined, and an authority, the Metropolitan Board of Works, was set up in to deal with many of the services common to the whole area.

In , as a result of the Local Government Act, the area of the City and the metropolis was constituted the 'Administrative County of London' and the London County Council was established as the central authority. The 'Administrative County' consisted of the City of London and the twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs; while a 'County of London' was also constituted, excluding the City of London, for certain ceremonial and judicial purposes; for example, a Lord Lieutenant was appointed, while in the City this function is carried out by the Lord Mayor.

Those parts of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey that were part of the Metropolis were taken out of those counties and added to the County of London. The City of London and the twenty-eight borough councils were independent of the County Council, and had complete jurisdiction over certain fields within their individual areas. There were many case in which cooperation and consultation took place between the various London local government authorities.

The principal instances in which the County Council had control over the Metropolitan Borough Councils were: sanctioning the raising of loans for housing, building, land purchase, street improvements and drainage; making byelaws although the borough councils had to enforce the byelaws ; approval of sewer plans; taking steps if the borough council was not fulfilling statutory obligations; and control over grants.

Work on Middlesex went ahead separately, one volume being published in By the end of , all work on the VCH had stopped and the idea of separate London volumes was abandoned. For full access to all volumes, check your local library catalogue or your local archive. Explore an A-Z list of all counties covered by the VCH since , including areas where research is currently under way. Layers of London is a groundbreaking crowd-sourced mapping project that records the rich layers of London's heritage.

Buckinghamshire borders 6 counties including Greater London to the south-east, Hertfordshire to the east, and Oxfordshire to the west. Cambridgeshire lies directly west of Norfolk and Suffolk and has a northen border with Lincolnshire.

Cambridgeshire is home to the famous university and the magnificent Ely cathedral. Cheshire boasts the beautiful city of Chester, not to mention some very famous cheese. It is England's smallest ceremonial county. With Devon to its east, Cornwall is in the far south western corner of the UK and has the longest stretch of continuous coastline in Britain.

Cumbria is in the furthest north western corner of England, with the Scottish Border to the north and the Irish Sea to the west. Cumbria is predominantly rural and includes the Lake District, considered one of England's most outstanding areas of natural beauty. Derbyshire borders Yorshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, and Staffordshire to the south-west.

County Durham is a north eastern county of England, bordered by North Yorkshire to the south and Northumberland to the north.

Its county town is Beverley.