This is a list of civil parishes in the County of London, excluding the City of London, on the night of the United Kingdom census, 1891. The total population of this area was 4,194,413.
There were 196 civil parishes in the county at large on this date, of which 80 were entirely outside the City, 112 were entirely within the City, and four were partly within the City.
| Parish[1] | District of Metropolis[2] | Poor Law Union[1] | Population[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 150,558 |
| Bermondsey | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 84,682 |
| Bethnal Green | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 129,132 |
| Bow | Poplar | Poplar | 40,365 |
| Bromley | Poplar | Poplar | 70,000 |
| Camberwell | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 235,344 |
| Charlton next Woolwich | Plumstead | Lewisham | 11,742 |
| Charterhouse | None | Holborn | 136 |
| Chelsea | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 96,253 |
| Clapham | Wandsworth | Wandsworth and Clapham | 43,698 |
| Clerkenwell | None (Vestry) | Holborn | 66,216 |
| Deptford St Nicholas | Greenwich | Greenwich | 6,887 |
| Deptford St Paul | Greenwich | Greenwich | 101,286 |
| Eltham | Plumstead | Lewisham | 5,682 |
| Fulham | None (Vestry) | Fulham | 91,639 |
| Furnival's Inn (part)[notes 1] | None | Holborn | 97 |
| Gray's Inn | None | Holborn | 253 |
| Greenwich | Greenwich | Greenwich | 57,240 |
| Hackney | Hackney | Hackney | 198,606 |
| Hammersmith | None (Vestry) | Fulham | 97,239 |
| Hampstead | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 68,416 |
| Holborn, St Andrew Above the Bars with St George the Martyr | Holborn | Holborn | 26,228 |
| Horsleydown, Southwark St John | St Olave | St Olave | 9,812 |
| Islington | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 319,143 |
| Kensington | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 166,308 |
| Kidbrooke | Plumstead | Woolwich | 2,298 |
| Lambeth | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 275,203 |
| Lee | Plumstead | Lewisham | 16,381 |
| Lewisham | Lewisham | Lewisham | 72,272 |
| Limehouse | Limehouse | Stepney | 32,202 |
| Lincoln's Inn | None | Holborn | 27 |
| Mile End New Town | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 11,303 |
| Mile End Old Town | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 107,592 |
| Minories, Holy Trinity | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 301 |
| Newington | None (Vestry) | St Saviour's | 115,804 |
| Norton Folgate | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 1,449 |
| Old Artillery Ground | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 2,138 |
| Paddington | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 117,846 |
| Penge | Lewisham | Croydon | 20,375 |
| Plumstead | Plumstead | Woolwich | 52,436 |
| Poplar | Poplar | Poplar | 56,383 |
| Putney | Wandsworth | Wandsworth and Clapham | 17,771 |
| Ratcliff | Limehouse | Stepney | 14,928 |
| Rolls, Liberty of the | Strand | Strand | 421 |
| Rotherhithe | None (Vestry) | St Olave | 39,255 |
| Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents and Ely Place, Liberty of | Holborn | Holborn | 4,506 |
| St Anne Within the Liberty of Westminster | Strand | Westminster | 12,317 |
| St Botolph without Aldersgate (part, Glasshouse Yard)[notes 2] | Holborn | London City | 779 |
| St Botolph without Aldgate | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 2,971 |
| St Clement Danes | Strand | Strand | 8,492 |
| St George Hanover Square | None (Vestry) | St George's | 78,364 |
| St George in the East | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 45,795 |
| St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury | St Giles | None (Poor Law Parish) | 39,782 |
| St Katherine by the Tower | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 182 |
| St Luke | None (Vestry) | Holborn | 42,440 |
| St Martin in the Fields | None (Vestry) | Strand | 14,616 |
| St Mary le Strand | Strand | Strand | 1,549 |
| St Marylebone | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 142,404 |
| St Pancras | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 234,379 |
| St Paul Covent Garden | Strand | Strand | 2,142 |
| St Sepulchre | Holborn | Holborn | 1,972 |
| Savoy, Precinct of the | Strand | Strand | 201 |
| Shadwell | Limehouse | Stepney | 8,123 |
| Shoreditch | None (Vestry) | None (Poor Law Parish) | 124,009 |
| Southwark Christchurch | St Saviour's | St Saviour's | 13,264 |
| Southwark St George the Martyr | None (Vestry) | St Saviour's | 59,712 |
| Southwark St Olave | St Olave | St Olave | 2,159 |
| Southwark St Saviour | St Saviour's | St Saviour's | 13,913 |
| Southwark St Thomas | St Olave | St Olave | 752 |
| Spitalfields | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 22,859 |
| Staple Inn (part)[notes 3] | None | Holborn | 18 |
| Stoke Newington | Hackney | Hackney | 30,936 |
| Streatham | Wandsworth | Wandsworth and Clapham | 42,972 |
| Tooting Graveney | Wandsworth | Wandsworth and Clapham | 5,784 |
| Tower of London | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 868 |
| Tower Without, Old | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 65 |
| Wandsworth | Wandsworth | Wandsworth and Clapham | 46,717 |
| Wapping | Limehouse | Stepney | 2,123 |
| Westminster St James | None (Vestry) | Westminster | 24,995 |
| Westminster St Margaret and St John | Westminster | St George's | 55,539 |
| Westminster St Peter, Close of the Collegiate Church of | None | St George's | 235 |
| Whitechapel (part)[notes 4] | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 32,284 |
| Woolwich | None (Vestry) | Woolwich | 40,848 |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Population. Administrative counties, England and Wales. Vol. I, 1891
- ^ Youngs, Frederic (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. Vol. I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.