St Martin in the Fields (parish)

Demography
St Martin in the Fields
Civil parish within Westminster in 1921
Geography
Status	Civil parish
1881-1921 area	286 acres (1.16 km²)
History
Abolished	1900 (vestry) 1922 (civil parish)
Succeeded by	Metropolitan Borough of Westminster
1881 population	17,508
1901 population	12,980
1921 population	10,666
Politics
Governance	Vestry of the Parish of St Martin in the Fields

St Martin in the Fields was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England. It took its name from the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields and was within the Liberty of Westminster. It included within its boundaries Buckingham Palace and St. James's Palace.^[1]

It was an ancient parish and originally included the following, which were carved out as new parishes:^[2]

It was a single parish following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 until 1868 when it became part of the Strand Poor Law Union.

In 1855 the parish vestry became a local authority within the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works.

In 1889 the parish became part of the County of London and in 1900 it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. It was abolished as a civil parish in 1922.

References

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- Sir Walter Besant and Geraldine Edith Mitton (1903). The Strand District, The Fascination of London. Adam and Charles Black at Project Gutenberg
^ Youngs, Frederic (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.

v t e Metropolitan Board of Works

Districts	Fulham Greenwich Hackney Holborn Lee/Plumstead Lewisham Limehouse Poplar St Giles St Olave St Saviour's Strand Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel	Headquarters at Spring Gardens

Incorporated vestries	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green Camberwell Chelsea Clerkenwell Fulham Hackney Hammersmith Hampstead Islington Kensington Lambeth Mile End Old Town Newington Paddington Plumstead Rotherhithe St George Hanover Square St George in the East St Luke Middlesex St Martin in the Fields St Marylebone St Pancras Stoke Newington Shoreditch Southwark St George the Martyr Westminster St Margaret and St John Westminster St James Woolwich

Undertakings	Metropolitan Buildings Office Metropolitan Commission of Sewers Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Major works	Charing Cross Road Hammersmith Bridge London sewerage system Northumberland Avenue Putney Bridge Southwark Street Shaftesbury Avenue Thames Embankment Waterloo Bridge

Legislation	Royal Commission on the City of London Metropolis Management Act 1855 Metropolis Toll Bridges Act 1877 Metropolitan Board of Works (Money) Act 1885 Metropolis Management Amendment Act 1885 Local Government Act 1888 London Government Act 1899

People	Frederick Marrable James McGarel-Hogg John Thwaites Joseph Bazalgette List of Members

v t e History of the formation of the City of Westminster

Metropolitan boroughs	St Marylebone Paddington Westminster

District boards	Strand Westminster

Parishes	Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter Liberty of the Rolls Precinct of the Savoy St Anne Within the Liberty of Westminster St Clement Danes St George Hanover Square St Martin in the Fields St Mary le Strand St Paul Covent Garden Westminster St James Westminster St Margaret and St John

Liberties	The Savoy Westminster