Metropolitan Borough of Kensington

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Location of Kensington in the former County of London

The Metropolitan Borough of Kensington 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-west of the former County of London .

history

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

At the foundation of the administrative region Greater London in 1965, the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington and arose from the merger Chelsea the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea .

statistics

The area was 2291 acres (9.27 km²). The censuses showed the following population figures:

Civil parish:

year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891
Residents 8,556 10,886 14,428 20,902 26,834 44.053 70.108 120,299 163.151 166.308

Metropolitan Borough:

year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961
Residents 176,628 172.317 175,859 180,677 168.160 171.272

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 Kensington 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)