Metropolitan Borough of Westminster

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

History

Westminster emerged from several previously separate areas in the county of Middlesex. These were the Civil parishes St George Hanover Square and St Martin in the Fields, the unincorporated area Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter and the beach district and the Westminster District. In the districts it was management communities following civil parishes and community- free areas:

  • Beach District: Liberty of the Rolls, St Anne Within the Liberty of Westminster, St Clement Danes, St Mary le beach, St Paul Covent Garden, Precinct of the Savoy
  • Westminster District: Westminster St Margaret, Westminster St John

All areas were originally in the county of Middlesex and belonged from 1855 to the catchment area of the administration union Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889, she came to the County of London, eleven years later, they were combined into one metropolitan borough. Also in 1900 was awarded the Westminster City status. At the foundation of Greater London in 1965, the Metropolitan Boroughs Paddington and St Marylebone were merged with the City of Westminster.

Statistics

The area was 2505 acres ( 10.14 km ²). The census revealed the following population figures:

Earlier areas summarized:

Metropolitan Borough:

Civil parishes in England Metropolitan Borough of Paddington Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone Metropolitan Borough of Battersea Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea Metropolitan Borough of Deptford Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury Metropolitan Borough of Fulham Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich Metropolitan Borough of Hackney Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead Metropolitan Borough of Holborn Metropolitan Borough of Islington Metropolitan Borough of Kensington Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham Metropolitan Borough of Poplar Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough of Southwark Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras Metropolitan Borough of Stepney Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich Essex Municipal Borough of Acton Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick Municipal Borough of Ealing Municipal Borough of Edmonton Municipal Borough of Enfield Feltham Urban District Friern Barnet Hayes and Harlington Urban District Municipal Borough of Heston and Isleworth Municipal Borough of Hornsey Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Municipal Borough of Southall Municipal Borough of Southgate Municipal Borough of Tottenham Municipal Borough of Twickenham Municipal Borough of Uxbridge Municipal Borough of Wood Green Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District
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