Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Location of Islington in the former County of London

The Metropolitan Borough of Islington 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 located in the north of the former County of London .

history

Islington was originally a Civil parish in Middlesex . From 1855, the community belonged to the catchment area of ​​the Metropolitan Board of Works . In 1889, Islington became part of the County of London, and was converted into a Metropolitan Borough eleven years later.

When Greater London was founded in 1965, the London Borough of Islington was formed from the merger of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Islington and Finsbury .

statistics

The area was 3,092 acres (12.51 km²). The censuses showed the following population figures:

Civil parish:

year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891
Residents 10,212 15,065 22,417 37,316 55,690 95,329 155.341 213.778 282.865 319.143

Metropolitan Borough:

year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961
Residents 334.981 327.403 330,737 321,795 235.632 228.345

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frederic Youngs: Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. Volume I: Southern England . Royal Historical Society, London 1979, ISBN 0-901050-67-9 .
  2. ↑ a b Islington METB: Census Tables. In: A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth, 2009, accessed May 28, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Statistical Abstract for London, 1901 (Vol. IV)