METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON

The 'Metropolitan Borough of Kensington' was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965.
It bordered Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith, Paddington, and Westminster
It included Kensington, South Kensington, Earls Court, Notting Hill, Brompton and part of Kensal Green.
In 1901 it was granted the status of a royal borough, and therefore from then was also known as the 'Royal Borough of Kensington'. The status was granted after the death of Queen Victoria, in accordance with her wish (she was born at Kensington Palace in the borough). [1]
In 1965 it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea to form the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
A number of street name plaques still bear the designation "Borough of Kensington."

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Area and population

References

Area and population

The Kensington borough covered 2,291 acres once part of Kensal New Town (a detached part of Chelsea before 1901) became incorporated. The population of Kensington recorded in the Census, which excludes Kensal New Town before 1901, was:

Year[1]	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Population	8,556	10,886	14,428	20,902	26,834	44,053	70,108	120,299	163,151	166,308	176,628

References

1. Statistical Abstract for London, 1901 (Vol. IV); Census tables for Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras