Finsbury division

infobox historic subdivision
Name= Finsbury
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Status= division of hundred
Start= 17th century
End= 1900
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PopulationFirst= 73,268
PopulationFirstYear= 1801
AreaFirst= convert|11492|acre|km2
AreaFirstYear= 1801
DensityFirst= 6.4/acre
DensityFirstYear= 1801

PopulationSecond= 185,174
PopulationSecondYear= 1841
AreaSecond=
AreaSecondYear=
DensitySecond= 16/acre
DensitySecondYear= 1841

PopulationLast= 482,264
PopulationLastYear= 1881
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DensityLast= 42/acre
DensityLastYear= 1881The Finsbury Division was one of four divisions of the Hundred of Ossulstone, in the county of Middlesex, England.The other divisions were named Holborn, Kensington and Tower. Ossulstone hundred was divided in the seventeenth century, with each of the four divisions replacing the hundred for most administrative purposes.

Area

The division stretched from the boundary of the City of London north to the border between Middlesex and Hertfordshire. In 1899 the area, with the southern section becoming part of the new County of London, and the northern section remaining in Middlesex.

The area is now covered by three London Boroughs: Islington, parts of Barnet, Haringey, and Hackney.

Later use of the name "Finsbury"

Under the Reform Act 1832, part of the Division became the Parliamentary Borough of Finsbury. A smaller area became the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury in 1900. The placename "Finsbury" now generally refers to part of the London Borough of Islington formerly the Metropolitan Borough.

Constituent parishes

The Finsbury Division contained the following "parishes, townships, precincts and places":

Inner Parishes (Included in the district of the Metropolitan Board of Works 1855, County of London 1889
*The parish of St Luke
*The liberty of Glasshouse Yard
*The parish of St Sepulchre
*The parish of St James, Clerkenwell
*The parish of St Mary, Islington
*The parish of St Mary, Stoke Newington
*The Charterhouse

Outer Parishes
*Finchley
*Friern Barnet
*Hornsey

External links

*Map of Inner Parishes of Finsbury Division [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image.aspx?compid=8471&filename=figure2.gif]
*Map of Outer Parishes of Finsbury Division [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image.aspx?compid=22489&filename=fig02.gif]