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St George Hanover Square

1724 establishments in England1922 disestablishments in EnglandFormer civil parishes in LondonHistory of local government in London (pre-1855)History of the City of Westminster
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St George's Hanover Square by T Malton. 1787
St George's Hanover Square by T Malton. 1787

St George Hanover Square was a civil parish created in 1724 in the Liberty of Westminster, Middlesex, which was later part of the metropolitan area of London, England. The creation of the parish accompanied the building of St George's, Hanover Square, constructed by the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches to meet the demands of a growing population. The parish was formed from part of the quite early medieval (in legal parlance called ancient) parish of Saint Martin in the Fields in the consequent Liberty of Westminster, probably one parish at the time of the Norman conquest, and in the hundred of Ossulstone. It included some of the most fashionable areas of what later became the West End of London, including Belgravia and Mayfair. Civil parish administration, known as a select vestry, was dominated by members of the nobility and landed gentry until the parish adopted the Vestries Act 1831. The vestry was reformed again in 1855 by the Metropolis Management Act. In 1889 the parish became part of the County of London and the vestry was abolished in 1900, to be replaced by Westminster City Council. The parish continued to have nominal existence until 1922. As created, it was a parish for both church and civil purposes, but the boundaries of the ecclesiastical parish were adjusted in 1830, 1835 and 1865.

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St George Hanover Square
Maddox Street, City of Westminster Mayfair

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Maddox Street
W1S 1PY City of Westminster, Mayfair
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St George's Hanover Square by T Malton. 1787
St George's Hanover Square by T Malton. 1787
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