Islington (parish)

Islington St Mary
Islington Town Hall
Islington within the County of London
Population
• 1961	235,632
History
• Origin	Ancient parish
• Abolished	1965
• Succeeded by	London Borough of Islington
Status	Civil parish (until 1965) Metropolitan borough (1900–1965)
Government	Vestry of the Parish of Islington (until 1900) Islington Borough Council (1900–1965)
• HQ	Town Hall, Upper Street (1923–1965)
• Motto	Deus Per Omnia (God pervades all things)
Coat of arms of the borough council

Islington was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London, England. It was an ancient parish within the county of Middlesex, and formed part of The Metropolis from 1855. The parish was transferred to the County of London in 1889 and became a metropolitan borough in 1900. It was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury to form the London Borough of Islington in Greater London in 1965.

The borough comprised the districts of Pentonville (also partly in Clerkenwell/Finsbury), Islington (also partly in Clerkenwell/Finsbury), Barnsbury, Lower Holloway, Holloway, Tufnell Park (also partly in St Pancras), Archway, Highbury, and Canonbury.

The neighbouring boroughs were Finsbury, Hackney, Stoke Newington, Shoreditch, St Pancras.

The parish of St Mary Islington operated as an open vestry. It was added to the bills of mortality area in 1636. The vestry was incorporated by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 as an administrative vestry in the metropolitan area.