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  Westminster shown within Greater London |
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| London borough | Westminster |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | SW1 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| European Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Cities of London and Westminster |
| London Assembly | West Central |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
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Westminster is situated south west of the City of London and half a mile (0. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically 8 km) south west of Charing Cross. Charing Cross is located at the junction of the Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street in Central London, England.
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History
The name was historically used to describe the area around Westminster Abbey – the West Minster, or monastery church, that gave the area its name – which has been the seat of the government of England for almost a thousand years. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church In English usage Minster is an honorific title attached to certain major medieval churches England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The name is also used for the larger City of Westminster which covers a wider geographical area and since 1965 has included the former boroughs of St. Marylebone and Paddington. The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Marylebone (sometimes written St Marylebone or Mary-le-bone, or in archaic use Marybone) is an area of central London, England in Paddington is an area of the City of Westminster, in Central London, England.
The historic core of Westminster is the former Thorney Island on which Westminster Abbey was built. Thorney Island was the Eyot on the Thames, upstream of mediæval London, where Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster (commonly The Abbey became the traditional venue of the coronation of the kings of England. The Kings of Wessex, who conquered Kent and Sussex from Mercia in 825 became increasingly dominant over the other kingdoms of England during The nearby Palace of Westminster came to be the principal royal residence after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and later housed the developing Parliament and law courts of England. The Parliament of England was the Legislature of the Kingdom of England. Her Majesty's Courts of Justice of England and Wales are the civil and criminal Courts responsible for the administration of Justice in England London thus developed two distinct focal points – an economic one in the City of London and a political/cultural one in Westminster, where the Royal Court had its home. This division is still very apparent today.
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The monarchy later moved to other palaces elsewhere in the city, and the law courts have since moved to the Royal Courts of Justice, close to the border of the City of London. See also the Royal Courts of Justice Belfast. The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is the building in The area is still the centre of government, with Parliament now located in the Palace of Westminster and most of the major Government ministries situated in Westminster, centred on Whitehall. Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional "Westminster" is thus often used as shorthand for Parliament and the political community of the United Kingdom generally. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The civil service is similarly referred to by the area it inhabits, Whitehall, where there was also once a royal palace. The Palace of Whitehall was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698 when all except Inigo Jones 's 1622 "Westminster" is consequently also used in reference to the Westminster System, the parliamentary model of democratic government that has evolved in the United Kingdom. The Westminster system is a democratic Parliamentary system of Government modelled after the British government (the Parliament of the United The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Westminster System is used with some adaptation in many other nations, particularly in the Commonwealth of Nations and other parts of the former British Empire. The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power.
Close to the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey is Westminster School, one of the major English public schools. Westminster Cathedral in London, England, is the Mother church of the Roman Catholic community in England and Wales and the Metropolitan The Royal College of St Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain 's leading boys' Independent schools with An independent school in the United Kingdom is a school relying upon private sources for all of its funding predominantly in the form of school fees Three of the four campuses of the University of Westminster are within the borough, although none in Westminster proper. The University of Westminster is a university in London, England, formed in 1992 as a result of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, which allowed
The area has a substantial residential population, a surprisingly large proportion of which is a traditional London working-class community living in council and Peabody Trust estates at the back of Westminster Abbey and off Millbank. Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types The Peabody Trust is one of London 's largest and oldest Housing associations Its own website says that it " Millbank is an area of central London in the City of Westminster. There is also a substantial working class community in the north of the borough.
The term Westminster Village, sometimes used in the context of British politics, does not refer to a geographical area at all; employed especially in the phrase Westminster Village gossip, it denotes a supposedly close social circle of Members of Parliament, political journalists, so-called spin doctors and others connected to events in the Palace of Westminster. In Public relations, spin is a usually Pejorative term signifying a heavily biased portrayal in one's own favor of an event or situation it is a Euphemism
Bibliographic References
- THE WESTMINSTER CITY FATHERS (THE BURGESS COURT OF WESTMINSTER) 1585-1901: Being some account of their powers and domestic rule of the City prior to its incorporation in 1901 by W H Manchee. With a Foreword by Walter G. Bell and 36 illustrations which relate to documents (some pull-outs) and artefacts. [1]
- An Account of the Formation and Early Years of The Westminster Fire Office by E A Davies (Includes black and white photographic plates with a colour frontispiece of 'A Waterman') With a foreword by Major K M Beaumont. In Accountancy, an account is a label used for recording and reporting a Quantity of almost anything [2]
Education
- For education in Westminster see the main City of Westminster article. The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status.
Footnotes
External links
- http://www.westminster.gov.uk
- Westminster Walks - from Findlay Muirhead's 1927 guidebook to London and its Environs
- Westminster, by Sir Walter Besant and Geraldine Edith Mitton and A. Murray Smith, 1902, from Project Gutenberg
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