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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 3,048
Population, Census, 1931 26,249
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population for 1938 30,880
Number of inhabited houses, 1931 7,092
Number of inhabited houses, 1938 9,222
Rateable Value, December, 1938 £370,552
Sum represented by penny rate, December, 1938 £1,500
The year 1938 represents the first full year in which the district
has enjoyed Borough status. The district continues to expand,
although the rapid growth which preceded the granting of the charter
has slowed down considerably.
The Urban District of Beddington and Wallington was constituted
in 1915 by an Order of the Surrey County Council, the area up to that
time constituting part of the Croydon Rural District.
By an order in Council, dated 20th August, 1937, H.M. King George
VI granted a charter to Beddington and Wallington, which was presented
on the 15th September, 1937, by the Lord Lieutenant of the
County of Surrey.
The Borough is bounded on the east by the County Borough of
Croydon, to the north by the Borough of Mitcham, to the west by the
Carshalton Urban District and to the south by the Urban District of
Coulsdon and Purley.
The character of the Borough, though it has been greatly developed
and increased in population, has changed little in personality and
charm.
For the most part the district is still residential in character, the
middle third being almost wholly so, while the southern third, although
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