 the metropolitan borough of woolwich was a metropolitan borough in the county of london from 1900 to 1965. it was formed from the civil parishes of eltham, plumstead and woolwich. its former area is now part of the royal borough of greenwich and the london borough of newham. ==formation== the borough was formed from the civil parishes (with previous local authority): *eltham (lee district board of works) *plumstead (plumstead vestry) *woolwich (woolwich local board of health) ==area and population== the area of the borough varied between 8,277 and . the population, as recorded at the census, was:statistical abstract for london, 1901 (vol. iv). civil parish 1801-1899 {| class="wikitable" ! year || 1801 || 1811 ||1821 || 1831 || 1841 || 1851 || 1861 || 1871 || 1881 || 1891 |- ! population || 12,619|| 20,983||21,277||22,411||30,787|| 43,177|| 69,064|| 67,880|| 74,963|| 98,966 |} metropolitan borough 1900-1961 {| class="wikitable" ! year|| 1901 || 1911 || 1921 || 1931 || 1941 || 1951 || 1961 |- ! population ||117,178||121,376||140,389|| 146,881||the census was suspended for world war ii|| 147,891||146,603 |} ==abolition== most of it was amalgamated with the metropolitan borough of greenwich to form the london borough of greenwich, but small parts north of the river, including north woolwich, were instead included in the london borough of newham. ==references==  ==further reading== *    
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