Metropolitan Borough of Westminster
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The
Metropolitan Borough of Westminster was a
metropolitan borough under the
County of London from
1899 to
1965, when it was amalgamated into the
London Borough of Westminster along with the
Metropolitan Borough of Paddington and the
Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone.
It consisted of the part of the London Borough of Westminster south of Oxford Street and Bayswater Road. It included Soho, Mayfair, St James's, Strand, Westminster, Pimlico, Belgravia, and Hyde Park.
It was formed from various parishes, including the old borough of Westminster, and St George's Hanover Square and St Martin-in-the-Fields.