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Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter
Civil parish within Westminster in 1921Geography Status Civil parish 1881 area 9 acres (0.036 km2) History Abolished 1922 Succeeded by Metropolitan Borough of Westminster Demography 1881 population 249 1901 population 231 1921 population 194 The Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter was an extra-parochial area, and later civil parish, in the metropolitan area of London, England. It corresponded to the area of Westminster Abbey and was an enclave between the parishes of St Margaret and St John,[1] within the City and Liberty of Westminster.
In 1889 the parish became part of the County of London and in 1900 it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster.
It was abolished as a civil parish in 1922.[2]
References
- ^ Port, M. H. (Edr.) (1986). "Illustrative map of London parishes". The Commissions for building fifty new churches: The minute books, 1711-27, a calendar. London Record Society. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38869.
- ^ Youngs, Frederic (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0901050679.
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- Former civil parishes in England
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