METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON

The 'Metropolitan Borough of Islington' was a metropolitan borough within the County of London from 1900 to 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury to form the London Borough of Islington.

Contents

Boundaries

Town Hall

Area and population

References

See also

External links

Boundaries

The borough comprised the districts of Pentonville, Islington, Barnsbury, Lower Holloway, Holloway, Tufnell Park, Archway, Highbury, and Canonbury.
The neighbouring boroughs were Finsbury, Hackney, Stoke Newington, Shoreditch, St Pancras.

Town Hall

The town hall is on Upper Street, and was opened in 1923. It is a listed building.
Today, the Town hall is the headquarters, and contains the council chambers of the successor authority, the London Borough of Islington.

Area and population

The metropolitan borough was conterminous with the Vestry authority, when it was formed in 1900. Statistics compiled by the London County Council, in 1901 show the population growth in London, over the preceding century.
The area of the borough in 1901 was 3,091 acres (approximately 12.51 km²). The populations recorded in National Censuses were:
'Islington Vestry 1801-1899'

Year[1]	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
Population	10,212	15,065	22,417	37,316	55,690	95,329	155,341	213,778	282,865	319,143

'Metropolitan Borough 1900-1961'

Year[2]	1901	1911	1921	1931	1941	1951	1961
Population	334,981	327,403	330,737	321,795	[3]	235,632	235,632

By comparison, after amalgamation with Finsbury, to form the modern London Borough of Islington, the combined area became 14.86 km² - approximately 3,672 acres; in 2005, this had a population of 182,600,^[4] or a population density of 12,288/km². In 1901 Islington the population density was 26,778/km².

References

1. Statistical Abstract for London, 1901 (Vol. IV)
2. Islington MetB: Census Tables at ''Vision of Britain'' accessed on 14 Dec 2006
3. ''The census was suspended for World War II
4. 2005 estimate

See also

★ London Government Act 1899

★ Metropolis Management Act 1855

External links