Metropolitan Borough of Islington

Islington
Motto: Deus Per Omnia (God pervades all things)

Islington within the County of London
Geography
Status Metropolitan borough
HQ Town Hall, Upper Street
History
Created 1900
Abolished 1965
Succeeded by London Borough of Islington
Politics
Governance Islington Borough Council

Coat of arms of the borough council

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

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 (12.5 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 3,672 acres (14.9 km2); 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.

Archival records

Islington Local History Centre holds records of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, including council and committee minutes, rate books and publications.[5]

See also

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
  5. ^ "Local History Collections". Islington Local History Centre. http://www.islington.gov.uk/Leisure/heritage/heritage_lhc/lhc_collections/localhistorycollections.asp. Retrieved 3 March 2011.