why is there no north-east london?

Question

theres north-west, south-west and south-east so why no north-east?

i mean the postcodes not the actual location. as in there is no NE in london

Answer 1

Interesting point - you get a star!!

It's because the first London city council, the Metropolitan Board of Works, started by an Act of Parliament called The Metropolis Management Act 1855, designated "London" as being a merger of Middlesex, Surrey and Kent (with areas north of the Thames, excluding The City of London which was independent, falling under "Middlesex".

Middlesex was given the designations of W, NW, N and E; Surrey was given the designation SW, and Kent was given the designation of SE.

"In 1835 elected municipal boroughs had been set up covering every major city except London. The City of London, only the very core of the sprawling metropolis, was untouched by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 and resisted all moves to expand its borders to include the poorer inner-city districts surrounding it. This meant that three counties had authority over the metropolitan area: Middlesex covered the area north of the Thames and west of the River Lee, Surrey the area to the south and south-west, and Kent the far south east."

Middlesex was recorded in the Domesday Book as being divided into the six "hundreds" of Edmonton, Elthorne, Gore, Hounslow (later Isleworth), Ossulstone and Spelthorne. Here are the "hundreds" which include parts of present-day North East London.

Middlesex Edmonton Hundred - Edmonton - Enfield - Monken Hadley - South Mimms - Tottenham

Middlesex Ossulstone Hundred: Acton - Bloomsbury - Bow - Bromley - Chelsea - Chiswick - Clerkenwell - Ealing - Finchley - Friern Barnet - Fulham - Hackney - Hammersmith - Hampstead - Minories - Hornsey - Kensington - Mile End - Paddington - Poplar - Ratcliffe - Shadwell - Shoreditch - Spitalfields - Holborn - St Pancras - Stepney - Wapping - West Twyford - Whitechapel - Willesden

During the 17th Century Ossulstone Hundred was divided into four divisions, which, along with the Liberty of Westminster largely took over the administrative functions of the hundred. The divisions were named Finsbury, Holborn, Kensington and Tower.

Answer 2

There is. It's just that the Post Office never issued postcodes to identify the area as North East London. Probably for the same reason why there are postcodes for North London (as in London N.. ) but no postcodes for South London.

Answer 3

Hackney has always been in th East End,but it does overlap in parts and part of it comes under the Postal number of N1,the main postal of district of North London.

Answer 4

'NE' postcodes are for Newcastle, 'S' codes for Sheffield.

So it's nothing to do with people from Essex etc, as the evidence points to those areas of London having been nicked by people from up north!! ;-)

Answer 5

There used to be.

But they decided they wanted home rule and sawed themselves free.

They floated up the Thames and the last time they were seen was half way across the Atlantic.

Of course they won't get much further.
Old Sid, from number 27, was digging a hole to bury his cat and was letting the water in.

It's probably sunk by now.

Answer 6

There is a North-East London! It comprises of Chingford, and parts of Hackney!

Answer 7

I've often wondered that. Also, there is no South London as such, just SE and SW.

Answer 8

I think the post codes are just N1 or something, I don't know sorry

Answer 9

There is, it's called Essex :)

Answer 10

whats that area around Stratford then ???