St Martin in the Fields (parish)

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St Martin in the Fields
Civil parish

Area
 • 1881/1921286 acres (1.16 km2)
Population
 • 188117,508
 • 190112,980
 • 192110,666
History
 • Origin
City of Westminster (parish)
Status
Civil parish
GovernmentSt Martin in the Fields Vestry
 • HQVestry Hall, St Martin's Place
Contained within
 • Poor Law Union
Strand
(1868–1913)
City of Westminster (1913–1922)
Today part ofCity of Westminster

St Martin in the Fields was a

Liberty of Westminster. Within its boundaries were the former extra-parochial areas of Buckingham Palace and St James's Palace.[1]

Geography

St Martin in the Fields was an ancient parish. In 1542, it gained the "lands between the church of

Westminster St Margaret.[2]

The parish originally included a number of areas that were carved out between 1645 and 1724 to create new parishes:[3]

Year Parish Localities
1645 St Paul Covent Garden Covent Garden
1685 Westminster St James Piccadilly
1687
St Anne Soho
 Soho
1724 St George Hanover Square Belgravia, Mayfair, Pimlico

The vestry

In 1855, the parish vestry became a local authority within the area of responsibility of the

vestrymen): Park (15), Long Acre (12) and Embankment (9).[6]

Poor law

St Martin in the Fields was a single parish for the poor law, following the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, until 1868, when it became part of the Strand Poor Law Union.

Reform

In 1889, the parish became part of the new County of London, and in 1900, it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. The St Martin in the Fields Vestry was replaced by Westminster City Council, and the vestry hall became Westminster City Hall. The civil parish was abolished in 1922.

References

  1. ^ Sir Walter Besant and Geraldine Edith Mitton (1903). The Strand District, The Fascination of London. Adam and Charles Black at Project Gutenberg
  2. ^ "Estate and Parish History | British History Online".
  3. ISBN 0-901050-67-9
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  4. ^ The London Gazette Issue: 21802. 20 October 1855. pp. 3896–3898. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  5. ^ "H.M.S.O. Boundary Commission Report 1885 Westminster Map". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  6. ^ The London Gazette Issue: 26709. 14 February 1896. pp. 860–861. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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