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.

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

Islington 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

• Metropolis Management Act 1855
• London Government Act 1899
• London Government Act 1963
• London Borough of Islington

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. 

Coordinates: 51°32′30″N 0°06′08″W / 51.5416°N 0.1022°W / 51.5416; -0.1022