On 31/08/2012 13:53, Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
Martin Edwards wrote:

Where I lived as a small child was well outside what people generally
recognised as London. It is now well inside what people generally
recognise as London. Even the county has been absorbed into London.

Probably the most accurate definition today would be any built up area
within the M25.

Cue howls of protest from the likes of Epsom and Watford...

Just so, and even places like Bushey which are in Herts but in the Met
Police area.

Wasn't the MPA realigned to the Greater London boundary in 2000? Epsom was
certainly transferred to Surrey Police around then.

Possibly. Thanks for the update.

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