Editing Inner London (section)

===Background===
The area that is now Inner London was defined by the [[Registrar General]] as a collection of parishes called "London" and appeared in the [[United Kingdom Census 1851|1851 Census]]. At the time the metropolitan area—commonly called the Metropolis—had its origins in the area of the [[Bills of mortality]] that had expanded from the tiny [[City of London]] into three surrounding counties{{Which|date=January 2024}} over the previous several hundred years. The area become fixed in 1847 with the addition of Lewisham Poor Law Union and the parish of Hampstead.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/census/SRC_P/4/EW1861GEN#_edn7 |title=1861 Census: General Report |publisher=Vision of Britain |access-date=2016-08-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829013522/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/census/SRC_P/4/EW1861GEN#_edn7 |archive-date=2016-08-29 }}</ref> In 1855 the Registrar General area, with the addition of [[Penge]], was used to define the district of the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]].<ref name=davis>Davis, J., ''Reforming London: The London Government Problem, 1855–1900'', (1988)</ref> The Metropolis was also described as Inner London from the 1881 Census.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/census/SRC_P/3/EW1881GEN |title=1881 Census: General Report |publisher=Vision of Britain |access-date=2016-08-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829004020/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/census/SRC_P/3/EW1881GEN |archive-date=2016-08-29 }}</ref> In 1889 this area became the [[County of London]]. The area was adjusted in 1900 when Penge was transferred to Kent and [[South Hornsey]] was gained from Middlesex.