Westminster and Middlesex Commission of Sewers | |
Successor: | Metropolitan Commission of Sewers |
Status: | Statutory authority |
Purpose: | Public health, sewerage, drainage |
Headquarters: | 1 Greek Street (from 1811)[1] |
Location City: | London |
Location Country: | United Kingdom |
Coordinates: | 51.5149°N -0.1313°W |
Region Served: | City and Liberty of Westminster and Middlesex |
Parent Organization: | Government of the United Kingdom |
The Westminster and Middlesex Commission of Sewers was established in 1596 under the 1531 Statute of Sewers.
Its area was defined by statute in 1807,[2] and before then by various letters patent.[3]
It was absorbed by the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers (which took over the Greek Street offices) on 1 January 1849.
Records are kept at the London Metropolitan Archives