Westminster (disambiguation)

Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London.

Westminster may also refer to:

Government

*"Westminster", the Parliament of the United Kingdom
*"Westminster", the United Kingdom government, see Her Majesty's Government
*Westminster System of government
*Statute of Westminster 1931, the act of the British Parliament that provided for the independent sovereignty of Australia, Canada, the Irish Free State, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and South Africa.

Places

London, England

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

United States of America

*Westminster, California
*Westminster, Colorado (the largest city by this name in the United States)
*Westminster, Maryland
*Westminster, Massachusetts
*Westminster, Ohio
*Westminster, Pennsylvania
*Westminster, South Carolina
*Westminster, Texas
*Westminster (town), Vermont
*Westminster (village), Vermont

Australia

*Westminster, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth

Naval

*HMS Westminster (F237), a ship of the Royal Navy.

Religion

*Westminster Assembly 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 a Reformed catechism written by the Westminster Assembly
**Westminster Larger Catechism, a Reformed catechism written by the Westminster Assembly
*Westminster Abbey, in the district of Westminster, London
*Westminster Cathedral is the Catholic Mother Church of England and Wales, also located within Westminster, London
*Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
*Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States (WPCUS), a denomination
*Westminster Presbyterian Church of Australia
*Westminster Seminary California, a Reformed seminary in Escondido, California, United States
*Westminster Theological Seminary, a Reformed seminary headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Education

*University of Westminster, London
*Westminster School, London
*The Westminster Schools, a private secondary school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

*Westminster Shorter Catechism a Reformed catechism written by the Westminster Assembly
*Westminster Larger Catechism, a Reformed catechism written by the Westminster Assembly
*Westminster Seminary California, a Reformed seminary in Econdido, California, United States
*Westminster Theological Seminary, a Reformed seminary heaquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
*Westminster School, Adelaide
*Westminster Christian School, a private Reformed K-12 school in Miami, Florida, United States
*Westminster Choir College
*Westminster Academy
**Westminster Academy (London) — London, UK
**Westminster Academy (Tennessee) — Memphis, Tennessee
**Westminster Academy (Florida) — Fort Lauderdale, Florida
*Westminster Christian Academy
**Westminster Christian Academy, Watkinsville, Georgia
**Westminster Christian Academy, Opelousas, Louisiana
**Westminster Christian Academy, St. Louis, Missouri
*Westminster College
**Westminster College, Cambridge
**Westminster College, Oxford
**Westminster College, Missouri
**Westminster College, Pennsylvania
**Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah
**Westminster College, Texas

Other uses

*Palace of Westminster, the home of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London
*Westminster tube station, in central London
*Westminster Bank, one of the predecessors of the National Westminster Bank
*Duke of Westminster, major landowner, originally in London and now worldwide
*Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City, USA
*"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
*"Westminster", brand of tea products by Wesergarten in Rinteln, Germany
*Westminster Quarters, a tune that many clocks play on the hour
*Westminster (typeface), a font is bundled with Windows 98 and several other Microsoft products
*Westminster Records, an American record label of the LP era
*"Westminster Review", a journal for philosophical radicals, was sometimes known simply as the "Westminster"
*Westland Westminster, British helicopter
*"Westminster", a song written by James Montgomery and released on The Feldons 2008 album, "A Cabinet of Human Oddities."

ee also

*New Westminster, a city in the Canadian province of British Columbia; formerly the colonial capital (1858-71)
*New Westminster (disambiguation)