Westminster

County of London
Status:	City, Metropolitan borough
Admin. HQ:	Westminster
Created:	1899
Abolished:	1965
Successor:	City of Westminster

The Arms of The Metropolitan Borough of Westminster

The Metropolitan Borough of Westminster was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1899 to 1965. Image File history File links LondonMBWestminster. ... Historically, city status was associated with the presence of a cathedral, such as York Minster. ... A Metropolitan Borough (or Metropolitan District) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... Image File history File links Londoncountycouncil. ... Image File history File links Westminster_arms. ... Image File history File links Westminster_arms. ... A Metropolitan Borough (or Metropolitan District) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ... The County of London (in red), super imposed upon todays Greater London area, to show the difference in size with post-1965 Borough boundaries The County of London was an administrative county of England from 1888 to 1965. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...

It was abolished in 1965 and its area became part of the London Borough also to be known as the City of Westminster along with the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington and the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone. The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which 12 (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and 20 Outer London. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... History The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1899 and 1965, when it was merged into the London Borough of Westminster. ... The Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone was a metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1899 until in 1965 it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington and the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster to form the London Borough of Westminster. ...

City status

By royal charter dated 29th October 1900 the borough was granted the title City of Westminster. Westminster had originally been created a city and seat of the shortlived Diocese of Westminster in 1541. The diocese was supressed in 1550, but the area was still known as a "city", although without official sanction. (Redirected from 29th October) October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... Events The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish February 12 - Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile. ...

Area

It consisted of the area that is now part of the City of Westminster and south of Oxford Street and Bayswater Road. It included Soho, Mayfair, St. James's, The Strand, Westminster, Pimlico, Belgravia, and Hyde Park. Oxford Street, from the top deck of a bus Oxford Street is a major London shopping street in the City of Westminster. ... The main road running across the north of Hyde Park,London. ... Soho is an area of Londons West End in the City of Westminster. ... Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ... St. ... Strand is a famous road in London, linking Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street and the City of London. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... A street in Pimlico which characteristically mixes grand Victorian town-houses with 1970s council housing. ... Belgravia is a district in the City of Westminster, London, England, to the south-west of Buckingham Palace. ... The Sexpentine, viewed from the eastern end. ...

It was formed from various parishes:

• St Anne within the Liberty of Westminster (usually known as St Anne's Soho)
• St Clement Danes
• St George Hanover Square
• St Martin in the Fields
• St Mary le Strand
• St Paul Covent Garden
• St James Westminster (usually called St James Piccadilly)
• St Margaret and St John Westminster
• And the extra parochial places of the Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter (or Westminster Abbey), the Precinct of the Savoy and the Liberty of the Rolls.

Previous to the borough's formation it had been administered by five separate local bodies. St Clement Danes at night St Clement Danes is a church in the City of Westminster, London. ... St George Hanover Square is a Church of England church in what now the City of Westminster, built in the early 18th century. ... St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Interior of St Martin-in-the-Fields St Martin-in-the-Fields and Charing Cross, circa 1562 The ceiling of the café in the crypt St. ... St Mary-Le-Strand viewed from the West St Mary-le-Strand is a Church of England church on Strand, London, in the City of Westminster, London. ... Covent Garden is a district in central London and within the easterly bounds of the City of Westminster. ... Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. ... The Abbeys western façade The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ...

External link

• Metropolitan Borough of Westminster at Vision of Britain