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 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, 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 ...

, 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 , mottoeng = Let us be judged by our deeds , established = 1926 , type = Private , president = Gregory G. Dell'Omo , dean = Marshall Onofrio , city = Dayton, OH (1926–1929), Ithaca, NY (1929–1932), Princeton, NJ (1932–2020), Lawrenc ...

, in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. * Westminster College (Utah), 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 *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. America's National Churchill Museum (formerly the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library) is a national historic site located on campus ...

, Fulton, Missouri, U.S. * Westminster College (Pennsylvania), 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 School (disambiguation)

Entertainment

*"Westminster", a song written by James Montgomery and released on the Feldons' 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'', a journal for philosophical radicals, was sometimes known simply as the ''Westminster''

Government

* Palace of Westminster, the home of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London ** Westminster Hall, 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 Government of the United Kingdom ** Parliament of the United Kingdom (from 1800), the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories ** Parliament of Great Britain (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), London, England

Parliamentary constituencies

* Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency) (1950– ) * Westminster (UK Parliament constituency) (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, long regarded as the author of the ''Flores Historiarum'', now thought never to have existed

Places

England

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

, 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 great ...

, a city in Carroll County * Westminster, Massachusetts, 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, an unincorporated community in Allen County * Westminster, South Carolina, 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, 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 capi ...

, historic capital of Britisih Columbia * South Westminster, a neighbourhood of Whalley, Surrey

Religion

* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster, an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Westminster, London, United Kingdom ** Archbishop of Westminster, 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, in the district of Westminster, London *

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

of 1643, appointed by the Long Parliament to restructure the Church of England ** Westminster Confession of Faith, 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, a Reformed catechism written by the Westminster Assembly * Westminster Cathedral, the Catholic Mother Church of England and Wales, also located within Westminster, London * Westminster Presbyterian Church (disambiguation), several churches that share the name * Westminster Seminary California, 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, 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 * Mount Westminster, a mountain in the Supporters Range * National Westminster Bank, 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 ...

, 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 (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, 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.