Westminster Westminster is an area of Central London, part of the wider City of Westminster. The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Bu ...

is an area within the City of Westminster, London, UK. Westminster may also refer to:

Education

University of Westminster , mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength , type = Public , established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster , endowment = £5.1 million ...

, London, U.D. *

Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy The Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy was a private college founded in October 1874, for the teaching of chemistry and pharmacy, by the chemist and pharmacist George S. V. Wills. Its purpose was to prepare students for examinations set ...

, a defunct College of Chemistry and Pharmacy in London, founded in 1841 *

Westminster Seminary California Westminster Seminary California is a Reformed tradition, Reformed and Presbyterianism, Presbyterian Christianity, Christian seminary in Escondido, California. It was initially a branch campus of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia un ...

, a Reformed seminary in Escondido, California, U.S. *

Westminster Theological Seminary Westminster Theological Seminary is a Protestant theological seminary in the Reformed theological tradition in Glenside, Pennsylvania. It was founded by members of the faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary in 1929 after Princeton chose to t ...

, a Reformed seminary headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Westminster Academy

Westminster Academy (Florida) Westminster Academy is a private Christian school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, serving students in grades PK2 through 12. It is an educational ministry of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and is related denominationally to the Presbyterian Ch ...

, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. *

Westminster Academy, London Westminster Academy is an Academy (England), Academy (publicly funded, semi-independent secondary school) located in London, England. It is a co-educational school for pupils of 11+ years, and specialises in International Business and Enterprise ...

, London, UK * Westminster Academy (Tennessee), Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

Westminster Christian Academy

Westminster Christian Academy (Georgia) Westminster Christian Academy (WCA) is a K–12 (education), K–12, private school, private, college preparatory Christian school. Its campus is located at 1640 New High Shoals Road in Watkinsville, Georgia, Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia, ...

, Watkinsville, Georgia, U.S. *

Westminster Christian Academy (Louisiana) Westminster Christian Academy is a Christian private school with campuses located in Opelousas, Louisiana and Lafayette, Louisiana. The school officially opened in 1978. WCA is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International. T ...

, Opelousas, Louisiana, U.S. *

Westminster Christian Academy (Missouri) Westminster Christian Academy (WCA) is a private school, private Christian school in Town and Country, Missouri serving students in grades 7–12. As of 2022, the school has an enrollment of approximately 940 students. The High school#United Stat ...

, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Westminster College

City of Westminster College City of Westminster College is a further education college in the City of Westminster, England, founded originally as Paddington Technical Institute in 1904 and gaining its current name in 1990. The college has two centres in central London, lo ...

, London, U.K. *

Westminster Choir College Westminster Choir College (WCC) is a historic conservatory of music currently operating on the campus of Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Rider's Westminster College of the Arts, the college under which the historic institution has b ...

, in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. *

Westminster College (Utah) Westminster College is a private college in Salt Lake City, Utah. The college comprises four schools: the School of Arts and Sciences, the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business, the School of Education, and the School of Nursing and Health Sci ...

, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. *

Westminster College, Cambridge Westminster College in Cambridge, England is a theological college of the United Reformed Church. Its principal purpose is training for the ordination of ministers, but is also used more widely for training within the denomination. History ...

, U.K. *

Westminster College, Oxford Westminster College was a teacher training college and college of higher education in England. The college was founded in London in 1851 as a training institute for teachers for Wesleyan Methodist schools, but moved to Oxford in 1959. Before t ...

*former name of Wesley College (Mississippi), U.S. *

Westminster College (Missouri) Westminster College is a private college in Fulton, Missouri. It was established in 1851 as Fulton College. National Churchill Museum, America's National Churchill Museum (formerly the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library) is a national histor ...

, Fulton, Missouri, U.S. *

Westminster College (Pennsylvania) Westminster College is a private liberal arts college in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1852, it is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The student population is approximately 1,307 undergraduate and graduate students. Histo ...

, U.S. * Westminster College, Texas, U.S. *

Westminster Kingsway College Westminster Kingsway College is a large college for further education in central London with centres in King's Cross in Camden, together with Victoria and Soho centres in Westminster. Founded in 2000 and having origins dating back to 1910, the ...

, London, U.K.

Other schools

Westminster High School (disambiguation) Westminster High School may refer to: *Westminster High School (Manila) * Westminster High School (Westminster, California) *Westminster High School (Westminster, Colorado) * The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, Georgia * Westminster Senior High Schoo ...

Westminster School (disambiguation) Westminster School is the more common name of The Royal College of St. Peter at Westminster in London, which is one of the original group of nine leading public schools in England as defined by the Public Schools Act 1868. Westminster School may al ...

Entertainment

*"Westminster", a song written by James Montgomery and released on

the Feldons The Feldons is an Australian three-piece britpop/powerpop band based in Canberra, Australia. It came together in 2006 and consists of Mark Hunstone on guitar and vocals, James Montgomery on bass and vocals, and Adam Bowler on drums and vocals ...

' 2008 album ''A Cabinet of Human Oddities'' *

Westminster Records Westminster Records was an American classical music record label, issuing original recordings until 1965. It was co–founded in 1949 by Mischa Naida (who later founded Musical Heritage Society), the owner of the Westminster Record Shop in New Y ...

, an American record label of the LP era *''

Westminster Review The ''Westminster Review'' was a quarterly British publication. Established in 1823 as the official organ of the Philosophical Radicals, it was published from 1824 to 1914. James Mill was one of the driving forces behind the liberal journal until ...

'', a journal for philosophical radicals, was sometimes known simply as the ''Westminster''

Government

Palace of Westminster The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place for both the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Informally known as the Houses of Parli ...

, the home of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London **

Westminster Hall The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place for both the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Informally known as the Houses of Parli ...

, part of the Palace of Westminster, where the Court of King's Bench sat 1215–1665 * Statute of Westminster (disambiguation), several laws *Westminster, a metonym for the Parliament and

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Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...

(from 1800), the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories **

Parliament of Great Britain The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdo ...

(1707–1800), formed following the ratification of the Acts of Union by the Parliaments of England and Scotland ** Westminster system, a parliamentary system of government modelled after the United Kingdom * Westminster (electoral district), a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia *

Westminster District (federal electoral district) Westminster District was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1921. This riding was created in 1914 and was used only in the federal election of 1917. It ...

in the Canadian province of British Columbia *

Westminster District (Metropolis) Westminster is an area within the City of Westminster, London, UK. Westminster may also refer to: Education * University of Westminster, London, U.D. *Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, a defunct College of Chemistry and Pharmacy in ...

, London, England

Parliamentary constituencies

Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency) Cities of London and Westminster (also known as City of London and Westminster South from 1974 to 1997) is a constituency returning a single Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons in the United Kingdom Parliament. It is a borough c ...

(1950– ) *

Westminster (UK Parliament constituency) Westminster was a parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of England to 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain 1707–1800 and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. It returned two members to 1885 and one thereafter. The constitue ...

(1545–1918) *

Westminster Abbey (UK Parliament constituency) Westminster Abbey was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House o ...

(1918–1950) *

Westminster St George's (UK Parliament constituency) Westminster St George's, originally named St George's, Hanover Square, was a parliamentary constituency in Central London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the ...

People

Dean of Westminster The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey. Due to the Abbey's status as a Royal Peculiar, the dean answers directly to the British monarch (not to the Bishop of London as ordinary, nor to the Archbishop of Canterbu ...

, head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey *

Matthew of Westminster Matthew of Westminster, long regarded as the author of the '' Flores Historiarum'', is now thought never to have existed. The error was first discovered in 1826 by Francis Turner Palgrave, who said that Matthew was "a phantom who never existed," an ...

, long regarded as the author of the ''Flores Historiarum'', now thought never to have existed

Places

England

City of Westminster The City of Westminster is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and London boroughs, borough in Inner London. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and much of the British government. It occupies a large area of cent ...

, since 1965 the name of the London Borough the district is within * Metropolitan Borough of Westminster, from 1899 to 1965 also called the "City of Westminster", London *

Liberty of Westminster The City and Liberty of Westminster was a unit of local government in the county of Middlesex, England. It was located immediately to the west of the City of London. Originally under the control of Westminster Abbey, the local authority for the ...

, administration prior to 1899 – also known as the "City and Liberties of Westminster", London *

Westminster St Margaret and St John St Margaret was an ancient parish in the City and Liberty of Westminster and the county of Middlesex. It included the core of modern Westminster, including the Palace of Westminster and the area around, but not including Westminster Abbey. It ...

, an ancient parish in the City and Liberty of Westminster * Westminster, Ellesmere Port, suburb of the town of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

South Africa

* Westminster, Free State, a village

United States

Westminster, California Westminster is a city in northern Orange County, California, known for its many Vietnamese refugees who immigrated to the city during the 1980s. They settled largely in Little Saigon, and the city is known as the "capital" of overseas Vietnames ...

, a city in Orange County *

Westminster, Colorado The City of Westminster is a home rule municipality located in Adams and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. The city population was 116,317 at the 2020 United States Census with 71,240 residing in Adams County and 45,077 residing in J ...

, a home rule municipality in Adams and Jefferson counties * Westminster, Louisiana, a census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish *

Westminster, Maryland Westminster is a city in northern Maryland, United States. It is the seat of Carroll County. The city's population was 18,590 at the 2010 census. Westminster is an outlying community within the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA, which is part of a greate ...

, a city in Carroll County *

Westminster, Massachusetts Westminster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States. At the 2020 census, the town population was 8,213. History Westminster was first settled by Europeans in 1737, and was officially incorporated in 1759. Westmin ...

, a town in Worcester County *

Westminster, Michigan Paradise Township is a civil township in the south of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,952 at the 2020 census, an increase from 4,713 at the 2010 census. Paradise Township is home to the village of Kingsl ...

, a ghost town in Grand Traverse County *

Westminster, Ohio Westminster is an unincorporated community in western Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio, United States. It lies along State Route 117 just north of its intersection with State Route 196, 6½ miles (10½ km) north of Waynesfield and sou ...

, an unincorporated community in Allen County *

Westminster, South Carolina Westminster is a city in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,418 at the 2010 census. History Westminster was founded in 1874 upon completion of the Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway and incorporated on March 17 ...

, a city in Oconee County *

Westminster, Texas Westminster () is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northeastern Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 861 as of the 2010 census, up from 390 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a city. West ...

, an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Collin County *

Westminster (town), Vermont Westminster is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,016 at the 2020 census. It is also the first capital of the Republic of Vermont. It borders the state of New Hampshire. History Westminster is Vermont's olde ...

, a town in Windham County *

Westminster (village), Vermont Westminster is a village in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 287 at the 2020 census. Most of the village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as the Westminster Village Historic District. Geogr ...

, a village in Windham County * Westminster Historic District, historic center of Westminster, Maryland

Australia

* Westminster, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth

Canada

Westminster, Ontario (disambiguation) Westminster, Ontario, may refer to: *Westminster, a community in Alfred and Plantagenet, a township in eastern Ontario, Canada *Westminster, Middlesex County, Ontario (formerly Westminster Township, Ontario) *Westminster, Middlesex County, Ontario, ...

* Westminster–Branson, a neighborhood in Toronto *

New Westminster New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capita ...

, historic capital of Britisih Columbia *

South Westminster South Westminster is an industrial neighbourhood in the Whalley town centre of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, located on the Fraser River south of the city of New Westminster. History South Westminster is historically known as Brownsville ...

, a neighbourhood of Whalley, Surrey

Religion

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster The Catholic Diocese of Westminster is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in England. The diocese consists of most of London north of the River Thames and west of the River Lea, the borough of Spelthorne (in Surrey), and th ...

, an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Westminster, London, United Kingdom **

Archbishop of Westminster The Archbishop of Westminster heads the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster, in England. The incumbent is the metropolitan of the Province of Westminster, chief metropolitan of England and Wales and, as a matter of custom, is elected presid ...

, the Roman Catholic Cardinal of Westminster *

Synods of Westminster Synods of Westminster were certain of the more important ecclesiastical councils held within the present bounds of London. Though the precise locality is occasionally uncertain, the majority of the medieval synods assembled in the chapter-house ...

ecclesiastical councils held in Westminster *

Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United ...

, in the district of Westminster, London *

Westminster Assembly The Westminster Assembly of Divines was a council of Divinity (academic discipline), divines (theologians) and members of the English Parliament appointed from 1643 to 1653 to restructure the Church of England. Several Scots also attended, and ...

of 1643, appointed by the Long Parliament to restructure the Church of England **

Westminster Confession of Faith The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith. Drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly as part of the Westminster Standards to be a confession of the Church of England, it became and remains the " subordinate standard" ...

, a Reformed confession of faith authored by this assembly **

Westminster Shorter Catechism The Westminster Shorter Catechism is a catechism written in 1646 and 1647 by the Westminster Assembly, a synod of English and Scottish theologians and laymen intended to bring the Church of England into greater conformity with the Church of Sco ...

a Reformed catechism written by the Westminster Assembly **

Westminster Larger Catechism The Westminster Larger Catechism, along with the Westminster Shorter Catechism, is a central catechism of Calvinists in the English tradition throughout the world. History In 1643 when the Long Parliament of England called the Westminster As ...

, a Reformed catechism written by the Westminster Assembly *

Westminster Cathedral Westminster Cathedral is the mother church of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. It is the largest Catholic church in the UK and the seat of the Archbishop of Westminster. The site on which the cathedral stands in the City of ...

, the Catholic Mother Church of England and Wales, also located within Westminster, London * Westminster Presbyterian Church (disambiguation), several churches that share the name *

, a Reformed seminary in Escondido, California, United States *

, a Reformed seminary headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Transportation

Austin Westminster The Austin Westminster series are large saloon and estate cars that were sold by the British manufacturer Austin from 1954, replacing the A70 Hereford. The Westminster line was produced as the A90, A95, A99, A105, and A110 until 1968 when th ...

, a 1954 motor car * HMS ''Westminster'' (F237), a frigate of the Royal Navy * HMS ''Westminster'' (L40) (1918–1948), W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy * ''Westminster'', a former yacht converted into commercial service *''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 The Northampton and Lamport Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Northamptonshire, England. It is based at Pitsford and Brampton station, near the villages of Pitsford and Chapel Brampton, roughly north of Northampton. Overview ...

Westland Westminster The Westland Westminster was a British helicopter of the 1950s from Westland Aircraft. A large cargo design, it was powered by two turboshaft engines driving a single, five-bladed rotor. Initially unclad, the all-metal airframe was later enclose ...

, British helicopter

Other uses

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is a 430-bed teaching hospital located in Chelsea, London. Although the hospital has been at its present site since only 1993, the hospital has a rich history in that it serves as the new site for the Westminst ...

(1994– ), Chelsea, U.K. *

Duke of Westminster Duke of Westminster is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster. It is the most recent dukedom conferred on someone not related to the ...

, major landowner, originally in London and now worldwide **

Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military Literature The Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military Literature was awarded by the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, (the RUSI), Whitehall, London. Awarded annually from 1997 to 2016, the Medal was given to honour a living au ...

* Mount Westminster, a mountain in the Supporters Range *

National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank, commonly known as NatWest, is a major retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom based in London, England. It was established in 1968 by the merger of National Provincial Bank and Westminster Bank. In 2000, it ...

, a large retail and commercial bank in the U.K. **

Westminster Bank Westminster Bank was a British retail bank which operated in England and Wales from 1834 until its merger into the National Westminster Bank in 1970; it continued to exist as a dormant registered non-trading company until 4 July 2017 when it ...

, one of its predecessors * Westminster (Evanston, Illinois), an apartment building in Evanston, Illinois *

Westminster (typeface) Westminster (not to be confused with Westminster Old Style) is a printing and display typeface inspired by the machine-readable numbers printed on cheques and designed by Leo Maggs.Westminster Bridge Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats in the H ...

, London, U.K. * Westminster Bubble or Village, a notion that MPs, peers, government workers and reporters live a life dominated by politics and know none of the concerns of normal life *

Westminster Hospital Westminster Hospital was a hospital in London, England, founded in 1719. In 1834 a medical school attached to the hospital was formally founded. In 1939 a newly built hospital and medical school opened in Horseferry Road, Westminster. In 1994 the ...

(1719–1994), London, U.K. *

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is an all-breed conformation show, traditionally held annually at New York City's Madison Square Garden. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is one of a handful of benched shows in the United States. Dogs ...

in New York City, U.S. *

Westminster paedophile dossier A dossier on paedophiles allegedly associated with the British government was assembled by the British Member of Parliament Geoffrey Dickens, who handed it to the then-Home Secretary, Leon Brittan, in 1984. The whereabouts of the dossier is unknow ...

, a dossier on paedophiles allegedly associated with the British government *

Westminster Quarters The Westminster Quarters, from its use at the Palace of Westminster, is a melody used by a set of four quarter bells to mark each quarter-hour. It is also known as the Westminster Chimes, Cambridge Quarters or Cambridge Chimes from its place of ...

, a tune that many clocks play on the hour *

Westminster tube station Westminster is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster. It is served by the Circle, District and Jubilee lines. On the Circle and District lines, the station is between St James's Park and Embankment, and on the Jubilee line i ...

, in central London, U.K.