The Holborn Division was one of four divisions of the
Hundred
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In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...
of
Ossulstone
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, in the
county
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of
Middlesex
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,
England
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.
The other divisions were named
Finsbury
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The Manor of Finsbury is first recorded as ''Vinisbir'' (1231) and means "manor of a man called Finn ...
,
Kensington
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The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
and
Tower
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.
The area was to the north of the
liberty
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In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
of
Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Bu ...
, and was included entirely within the
County of London
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on its creation in 1889. It gave its name to the
Metropolitan Borough of Holborn
The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras and the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead to form the London Boroug ...
created in 1900. The area is now covered by the
London Borough of Camden
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and the northern section of the
City of Westminster
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.
In 1829 the Holborn Division contained the following "parishes, townships, precincts and places":
*The combined parishes of
St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury
*The combined parishes of
St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St George the Martyr
St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St George the Martyr (also known as St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St George the Martyr Queen Square) was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, that existed from 1767 to 1930. The four In ...
*The liberty of
Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents and Ely Place
Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents and Ely Place was a liberty and from 1866 to 1930 a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England. It was part of the ancient parish of St Andrew Holborn.
The southern boundary was the street no ...
*The
liberty of the Rolls
The Liberty of the Rolls was a liberty, and civil parish, in the metropolitan area of London, England.
The Liberty was probably created in the late medieval period by its removal from the Farringdon Without Ward of City of London,London 800-1216: ...
*The parish of
St Pancras
*The parish of St John,
Hampstead
Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from Watling Street, the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the Lon ...
*The parish of
St Marylebone
Marylebone (usually , also , ) is a district in the West End of London, in the City of Westminster. Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping street, forms its southern boundary.
An ancient parish and latterly a metropolitan borough, it merge ...
*The parish of
Paddington
Paddington is an area within the City of Westminster, in Central London. First a medieval parish then a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Three important landmarks of the district are Paddi ...
*The
precinct of the Savoy
The Precinct of the Savoy, also known as Savoy St John the Baptist, was a component of the Liberty of the Savoy in the county of Middlesex, England, located between the Strand and the River Thames. Formerly extra-parochial, it was a civil parish ...
External links
Map of Divisions of Ossulstone Hundre
– the map indicates that technically the Westminster Division was an independent constituent of the Holborn Division.
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Hundreds and divisions of Middlesex
History of local government in London (pre-1855)