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Westminster City Council

The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster District but St Margaret and St John continued to have a nominal existence until 1922.

Westminster City Council was created in 1965 from the former area of the Metropolitan Boroughs of St Marylebone, Paddington and the smaller Metropolitan Borough of Westminster (1900-65).

The City of Westminster crest has the motto 'Custodi Civitatem Domine', 'O lord watch over our city'.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Westminster City Council

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Amsterdam 700th Anniversary

These gardens were renamed Rembrandt Gardens on 2 May 1975 to commemorate the...

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Approved extension

A misunderstanding? A joke? Do the owners now claim they have an English Heri...

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Coroner's Court, Westminster - foundation

Thrust into a corner of the facade and hidden by a bay tree this plaque has t...

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Coroner's Court, Westminster - keystone

This delicate monogram can be decoded to represent: St Margaret and St John, ...

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Trees for Westminster

To celebrate Westminster City Council's Quatercentenary HRH the Duke of Kent,...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Westminster City Council

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50 years of peace

The two seated allies are unidentified at the site but with the assistance of...

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Adams-Acton

John Adams-Acton, sculptor, 1831 - 1910, lived here 1882 - 1906. Westminster ...

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Alexis Soyer

Alexis Soyer, 1810 - 1858, chef, author of cookbooks, inventor, lived here. C...

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Alhambra Theatre

Theatreland - heart of the performing arts in London. Alhambra Theatre On t...

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Ambrose Godfrey

Ambrose Godfrey, 1660 - 1741, chemist and inventor of the fire extinguisher, ...

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Councillor Paul Matthews

Councillor Paul Matthews

Deputy Mayor of Islington and Vice-Chair of Leisure Services until September 1991. Instrumental in the restoration of Grimaldi's grave.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Robert Hales

Sir Robert Hales

Born Kent.  Lord/Grand Prior of the Knights Hospitallers of England.  As Lord High Treasurer he was responsible for collecting the poll tax. Bad timing for him since the Peasants Revolted, stormed ...

Person, Execution, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd
1 memorial
W. Cowper

W. Cowper

First Commissioner Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby

Politician. Born in the Hanover Square area. Good friend of Pitt the Younger, being his second in Pitt's duel in 1798. 1809 honoured with the title Earl of Harrowby. Lived at (what is now) 44 Grosv...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial