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By Beet 86.(2) enacted that" Where a parish is at the passing of
this Act, situated in more than one Urban District, the parts of the
parish in each such District shall, as from the appointed day, unless
the County Council for special reasons, otherwise direct—be separated."
The Hornsey and South Hornsey Local Boards being both Urban
Districts, within the parish of Hornsey, the Middlesex County
Council instituted a public enquiry at the Hornsey Local Board
Offices, in Southwood Lane, Highgate, on May 28th, 1894. The
Local Board on the 9th of May, 1894, had unanimously passed the
following resolution—
"That in the event of the Middlesex County Council being of
opinion that special reasons exist why South Hornsey should not
become a separate parish, then that this Board would acquiesce, and
be content to remain within the parish of Hornsey as a separate
District Council; but if that is to be followed by the absorption of
this district into Hornsey, then that this Board would strongly
protest against such a course ; and that the County Council be
requested to exercise their jurisdiction to preserve Hornsey and South
Hornsey as an entire parish while maintaining them as separate
Urban authorities, such being not only the wish of the Board, but the
ascertained desire of the inhabitants of the district."
After the enquiry, the Local Board, on June 6th, 1894,
unanimously resolved—
"That in the opinion of this Board, the evidence adduced at the
Enquiry held on the 28th May proved conclusively that absorption
into Hornsey for sanitary purposes could not be effected without
grave injustice to the inhabitants of South Hornsey, who have
opposed and would strenuously oppose such amalgamation."
"That the Board therefore re-affirm the resolution passed
unanimously at their meeting on May 9th."
The Middlesex County Council after consideration of the report
of R. W. Harper, Esq., the Inspector appointed to hold the enquiry,
resolved—
"That special reasons exist why the Parish of Hornsey should
remain partly in the District of the Hornsey Local Board and partly
in the District of the South Hornsey Local Board, and that, notwithstanding
the provisions of the Local Government Act 1894, the
Parish of Hornsey shall not be divided, but shall continue to be
within the Districts of the two Local Boards above referred to."
"That an order, in a form to be approved of by the Clerk of the
County Council, embodying the above and any other necessary
provisions, be sealed in duplicate with the Common Seal of the
County Council."
Accordingly, this District remains a separate authority within the
parish of Hornsey, and after an uncontested election in November,
on Monday December 31st, 1894, the present Local Authority held
its first meeting as the Urban District Council of South Hornsey.