Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras
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| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Admin. HQ: | Town Hall, Judd Street |
| Created: | 1900 |
| Abolished: | 1965 |
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| Successor: | London Borough of Camden |
The Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead and the Metropolitan Borough of Holborn to form the London Borough of Camden. It was based on the ancient parish of St Pancras.
It included Tottenham Court Road, Camden Town, St Pancras, Kings Cross, Somers Town, Kentish Town, Euston, and part of Regent's Park.
There are still a few street names signs with "Borough of St Pancras" on them.
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[edit] Coat of arms
The corporation designed its own, unofficial, coat of arms in 1901. In the centre of the shield was a depiction of St Pancras. The shield itself was in four quarters: the first had a gold saltire on blue, the attributed arms of Mercia, and the fourth three seaxes on red: those of the kingdom of the middle and east Saxons. The other two quarters had a lion and cross crosslets; and blue and silver chequers. These were taken from the arms of the borough of Lewes, in Sussex. The parish church of Lewes was the first in England to be dedicated to St Pancras. At the top of the shield was shown a gold rising sun for the "dawn of Christianity" in the area. The motto adopted was Constans Justitiam Moniti. According to Richard Crosley, writing in 1928, "This motto is unique amongst the mottoes of London in as much as the author has not discovered anyone who can translate it".[1]
In 1936 the corporation received an official grant from the College of Arms. The figure of St Pancras was moved to the crest, on top of the helm. The shield featured elements from the arms of historical landowners of the borough. The scallop shells were taken from the arms of the Russell family, Dukes of Bedford. The elephant's heads were from the arms of the Marquess Camden. The roses and crossed swords represented the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral.
The 1936 arms can still be seen over the entrance of Camden Town Hall.
[edit] Area and population
The borough had an area of 2,694 acres (10.9 km²). . The populations recorded in National Censuses were:
St Pancras Civil Parish 1801-1899
| Year[2] | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 |
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| Population | 31,779 | 46,333 | 71,838 | 103,548 | 129,763 | 166,956 | 198,788 | 221,465 | 236,363 | 234,379 |
Metropolitan Borough 1900-1961
| Year[3] | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1941 | 1951 | 1961 |
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| Population | 235,317 | 218,387 | 211,366 | 198,133 | [4] | 138,377 | 124,855 |
[edit] References
- ^ London's Coats of Arms, Richard Crosley, 1928
- ^ Statistical Abstract for London, 1901 (Vol. IV); Census tables for Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras
- ^ Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras : Census Tables at Vision of Britain accessed 14 Dec 2006
- ^ The census was suspended for World War II
[edit] See also
from County of London: Battersea • Bermondsey • Bethnal Green • Camberwell • Chelsea • Deptford • Finsbury • Fulham • Greenwich • Hackney • Hammersmith • Hampstead • Holborn • Islington • Kensington • Lambeth • Lewisham • Paddington • Poplar • Shoreditch • Southwark • St Marylebone • St Pancras • Stepney • Stoke Newington • Wandsworth • Westminster • Woolwich
from Essex: Barking • Chingford • Dagenham • East Ham • Hornchurch • Ilford • Leyton • Romford • Walthamstow • Wanstead and Woodford • West Ham
from Hertfordshire: Barnet • East Barnet • to Hertfordshire: Potters Bar †
from Middlesex: Acton • Brentford and Chiswick • Ealing • Edmonton • Enfield • Feltham • Finchley • Friern Barnet • Harrow • Hayes and Harlington • Hendon • Heston and Isleworth • Hornsey • Potters Bar • Ruislip-Northwood • Southall • Southgate • Tottenham • Twickenham • Uxbridge • Wembley • Willesden • Wood Green • Yiewsley and West Drayton
from Kent: Beckenham • Bexley • Bromley • Chislehurst and Sidcup • Crayford • Erith • Orpington • Penge
from Surrey: Barnes • Beddington and Wallington • Carshalton • Coulsdon and Purley • Croydon • Kingston upon Thames • Malden and Coombe • Merton and Morden • Mitcham • Sutton and Cheam • Surbiton • Richmond • Wimbledon • to Surrey: Staines † • Sunbury-on-Thames †
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