List of civil parishes in the County of London in 1891 explained

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 UnionPopulation
BatterseaNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)150,558
BermondseyNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)84,682
Bethnal GreenNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)129,132
BowPoplarPoplar40,365
BromleyPoplarPoplar70,000
CamberwellNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)235,344
Charlton next WoolwichPlumsteadLewisham11,742
CharterhouseNoneHolborn136
ChelseaNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)96,253
ClaphamWandsworthWandsworth and Clapham43,698
ClerkenwellNone (Vestry)Holborn66,216
Deptford St NicholasGreenwichGreenwich6,887
Deptford St PaulGreenwichGreenwich101,286
ElthamPlumsteadLewisham5,682
FulhamNone (Vestry)Fulham91,639
Furnival's Inn (part)[3] NoneHolborn97
Gray's InnNoneHolborn253
GreenwichGreenwichGreenwich57,240
HackneyHackneyHackney198,606
HammersmithNone (Vestry)Fulham97,239
HampsteadNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)68,416
Holborn, St Andrew Above the Bars with St George the MartyrHolbornHolborn26,228
Horsleydown, Southwark St JohnSt OlaveSt Olave9,812
IslingtonNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)319,143
KensingtonNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)166,308
KidbrookePlumsteadWoolwich2,298
LambethNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)275,203
LeePlumsteadLewisham16,381
LewishamLewishamLewisham72,272
LimehouseLimehouseStepney32,202
Lincoln's InnNoneHolborn27
Mile End New TownWhitechapelWhitechapel11,303
Mile End Old TownNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)107,592
Minories, Holy TrinityWhitechapelWhitechapel301
NewingtonNone (Vestry)St Saviour's 115,804
Norton FolgateWhitechapel Whitechapel1,449
Old Artillery GroundWhitechapel Whitechapel2,138
PaddingtonNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)117,846
PengeLewishamCroydon20,375
PlumsteadPlumsteadWoolwich52,436
PoplarPoplarPoplar56,383
PutneyWandsworthWandsworth and Clapham17,771
RatcliffLimehouseStepney14,928
StrandStrand421
RotherhitheNone (Vestry)St Olave 39,255
Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents and Ely Place, Liberty ofHolbornHolborn4,506
St Anne Within the Liberty of WestminsterStrandWestminster12,317
St Botolph without Aldersgate (part, Glasshouse Yard)[4] HolbornLondon City779
St Botolph without AldgateWhitechapelWhitechapel2,971
St Clement DanesStrandStrand8,492
St George Hanover SquareNone (Vestry)St George's78,364
St George in the EastNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)45,795
St Giles in the Fields and St George BloomsburySt GilesNone (Poor Law Parish)39,782
St Katherine by the TowerWhitechapelWhitechapel182
St LukeNone (Vestry)Holborn42,440
St Martin in the FieldsNone (Vestry)Strand14,616
St Mary le StrandStrandStrand1,549
St MaryleboneNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)142,404
St PancrasNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)234,379
St Paul Covent GardenStrandStrand2,142
HolbornHolborn1,972
Savoy, Precinct of theStrandStrand201
ShadwellLimehouseStepney8,123
ShoreditchNone (Vestry)None (Poor Law Parish)124,009
Southwark ChristchurchSt Saviour'sSt Saviour's13,264
Southwark St George the MartyrNone (Vestry)St Saviour's59,712
Southwark St OlaveSt OlaveSt Olave2,159
Southwark St SaviourSt Saviour'sSt Saviour's13,913
Southwark St ThomasSt OlaveSt Olave752
SpitalfieldsWhitechapelWhitechapel22,859
Staple Inn (part)[5] NoneHolborn18
Stoke NewingtonHackneyHackney30,936
StreathamWandsworthWandsworth and Clapham42,972
Tooting GraveneyWandsworthWandsworth and Clapham5,784
Tower of LondonWhitechapelWhitechapel868
Tower Without, OldWhitechapelWhitechapel65
WandsworthWandsworthWandsworth and Clapham46,717
WappingLimehouseStepney2,123
Westminster St JamesNone (Vestry)Westminster24,995
Westminster St Margaret and St JohnWestminsterSt George's55,539
Westminster St Peter, Close of the Collegiate Church ofNoneSt George's235
Whitechapel (part)[6] WhitechapelWhitechapel32,284
WoolwichNone (Vestry)Woolwich40,848

Notes and References

  1. Population. Administrative counties, England and Wales. Vol. I, 1891
  2. Book: Youngs, Frederic . Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England . I: Southern England . 1979 . . London . 0-901050-67-9.
  3. Partly in the City of London; total population 121
  4. Partly in the City of London; total population 2,440
  5. Partly in the City of London; total population 21
  6. Partly in the City of London; total population 32,326