Metropolitan Borough of Paddington

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Location of Paddington in the former County of London

The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington 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

Paddington 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 Paddington became part of the County of London, and was converted into a Metropolitan Borough eleven years later.

At the foundation of Greater London in 1965, the Metropolitan Borough Paddington, formed from the merger St Marylebone and Westminster , the City of Westminster .

statistics

The area was 1355 acres (5.48 km²). The censuses showed the following population figures:

Civil parish:

year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891
Residents 1,881 4,609 6,476 14,540 25.173 46,305 75,784 96,813 107.058 117,846

Metropolitan Borough:

year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961
Residents 143.976 142,551 144.261 144.923 125,463 116.923

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 Paddington 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)