Westminster (disambiguation)

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Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London.

Westminster may also refer to:

Contents 1 Government 2 Places 2.1 London, England 2.2 United States of America 2.3 Australia 3 Naval 4 Religion 5 Education 6 Other uses 7 See also

[edit] Government

• Westminster, the Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Westminster, the United Kingdom government, see Her Majesty's Government
• Westminster System of government
• Statute of Westminster 1931, the act of the British Parliament that provided for the independent sovereignty of Australia, Canada, the Irish Free State, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and South Africa.

[edit] Places

[edit] London, England

• Westminster, a district in London
• City of Westminster, since 1965 the name of the London Borough the district is within
• Metropolitan Borough of Westminster from 1899 to 1965 was also called the City of Westminster

[edit] United States of America

• Westminster, California
• Westminster, Colorado
• Westminster, Maryland
• Westminster, Massachusetts
• Westminster, Ohio
• Westminster, Pennsylvania
• Westminster, South Carolina
• Westminster, Texas
• Westminster (town), Vermont
• Westminster (village), Vermont

[edit] Australia

• Westminster, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth

[edit] Naval

• HMS Westminster (F237), a ship of the Royal Navy.

[edit] Religion

• Westminster Assembly of 1643, appointed by the Long Parliament to restructure the Church of England
  • Westminster Confession of Faith, a Reformed confession of faith authored by this assembly
  • Westminster Shorter Catechism a Reformed catechism written by the Westminster Assembly
  • Westminster Larger Catechism, a Reformed catechism written by the Westminster Assembly
• Westminster Abbey, in the district of Westminster, London
• Westminster Cathedral is the Catholic Mother Church of England and Wales, also located within Westminster, London
• Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
• Westminster Presbyterian Church of Australia
• Westminster Seminary California, a Reformed seminary in Escondido, California, United States
• Westminster Theological Seminary, a Reformed seminary headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

[edit] Education

• University of Westminster, London
• Westminster School, London
• The Westminster Schools, a private secondary school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

• Westminster Shorter Catechism a Reformed catechism written by the Westminster Assembly
• Westminster Larger Catechism, a Reformed catechism written by the Westminster Assembly
• Westminster Seminary California, a Reformed seminary in Econdido, California, United States
• Westminster Theological Seminary, a Reformed seminary heaquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Westminster School, Adelaide
• Westminster Christian School, a private Reformed K-12 school in Miami, Florida, United States
• Westminster Academy
  • Westminster Academy (London) — London, UK
  • Westminster Academy (Tennessee) — Memphis, Tennessee
  • Westminster Academy (Florida) — Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Westminster Christian Academy
  • Westminster Christian Academy, Watkinsville, Georgia
  • Westminster Christian Academy, Opelousas, Louisiana
  • Westminster Christian Academy, St. Louis, Missouri
• Westminster College
  • Westminster College, Cambridge
  • Westminster College, Oxford
  • Westminster College, Missouri
  • Westminster College, Pennsylvania
  • Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Westminster College, Texas
  • Westminster College, a four year liberal arts university in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

[edit] Other uses

• Palace of Westminster, the home of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London
• Westminster tube station, in central London
• Westminster Bank, one of the predecessors of the National Westminster Bank
• Duke of Westminster, major landowner, originally in London and now worldwide
• Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City, USA
• Westminster, the name of a steam locomotive built by Peckett and Sons of Bristol in 1914 as part of an order from the War Office, currently under restoration at Northampton & Lamport Railway
• "Westminster", brand of tea products by Wesergarten in Rinteln, Germany
• Westminster Quarters, a tune that many clocks play on the hour
• Westminster (typeface), a font is bundled with Windows 98 and several other Microsoft products
• Westminster Records, an American record label of the LP era
• Westminster Review, a journal for philosophical radicals, was sometimes known simply as the Westminster
• Westland Westminster, British helicopter
• Westminster, a song written by James Montgomery and released on the Feldons 2008 album, A Cabinet of Human Oddities.

[edit] See also

• New Westminster, a city in the Canadian province of British Columbia; formerly the colonial capital (1858-71)
• New Westminster (disambiguation)