Everything about The Metropolitan Borough Of Paddington totally explained
The
Metropolitan Borough of Paddington was a
metropolitan borough of the
County of London between 1900 and 1965.
History
Its area covered that part of the current City of Westminster west of
Edgware Road and
Maida Vale, and north of
Bayswater Road. Places in the borough included
Paddington,
Westbourne Green,
Bayswater,
Maida Hill,
West Kilburn,
Maida Vale. To the south it bordered the
Metropolitan Borough of Westminster, to the east, the
Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone.
Paddington Town Hall, designed by
James Lockyer in the Classical style, dated from
1853. The building, originally the Vestry Hall, was situated on Paddington Green. It was enlarged in
1900 and
1920. Following its closure in
1965, it was demolished to make way for the Westway urban motorway. The chair used by the Mayors of Paddington at council meetings was preserved, and is currently placed in the hallway at the Council House in Marylebone Road, the current meeting place for Westminster City Council. The war memorial, unveiled in
1924, was moved to the adjacent parish church of St. Mary.
It was abolished in 1965 by the
London Government Act 1963 and its former area merged with that of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster and the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone to form the present-day
City of Westminster.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms were adopted from the devices on the former Paddington seal, combined with the wolves' heads and blue background of the arms of the first Mayor of the Borough, Sir John Aired. One suggestion is that the wolf heads commemorate the killing of the last wolf in Middlesex in Paddington. The vestry seal had included the cross swords of the See of London. The coat-of-arms was granted
5th April 1902 by the
College of Arms, but designs were in use before that date.
Area and population
The area of Paddington Metropolitan Borough was, once part of Kensal New Town was added after 1901. The population recorded in the Census was:
Civil Parish 1801-1899
| Year |
1801 |
1811 |
821 |
1831 |
1841 |
1851 |
1861 |
1871 |
1881 |
1891 |
| Population |
1,881 |
4,609 |
6,476 |
14,540 |
25,173 |
46,305 |
75,784 |
96,813 |
107,058 |
117,846 |
Metropolitan Borough 1900-1961
| Year | |
1911 |
1921 |
1931 |
1941 |
1951 |
1961
|
| Population |
143,976 |
142,551 |
144,261 |
144,923 |
|
125,463 |
116,923 |
Notable places
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