Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury

The Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury was a district in the metropolitan area of the British capital London, with the status of a metropolitan borough. It existed from 1900 to 1965 and was in the northern part of the former county of County of London.

History

Finsbury arose from several previously separate areas in the county of Middlesex. These were the Civil parishes Clerkenwell and St Luke's, the unincorporated area Charter House and part of the Holborn District. The latter was an administrative community of several smaller Civil parishes, of which Glasshouse Yard and St Sepulchre came to Finsbury. All parishes belonged from 1855 to the catchment area of the administration union Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889, she came to the new County of London, eleven years later, they were combined into one metropolitan borough.

At the foundation of Greater London in 1965 arose from the merger of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Finsbury and Islington London Borough of Islington.

Statistics

The area was 586 acres (2.37 km ²). The census revealed the following population figures:

Earlier areas summarized:

Metropolitan Borough: