Paddington (parish)

Paddington
Paddington within the County of London
Area
• 1911	1,356 acres (5.49 km²)
• 1931	1,357 acres (5.49 km²)
• 1961	1,355 acres (5.48 km²)
Population
• 1911	142,551
• 1931	144,923
• 1961	116,923
Density
• 1911	105 inhabitants per acre (260/ha)
• 1931	107 inhabitants per acre (260/ha)
• 1961	86 inhabitants per acre (210/ha)
History
• Origin	Ancient parish
• Abolished	1965
• Succeeded by	City of Westminster
Status	Civil parish (until 1965) Metropolitan borough (1900–1965)
Government	Paddington Vestry (until 1900, reformed 1855) Paddington Borough Council (1900–1965)
• HQ	Paddington Town Hall, Harrow Road
Coat of arms of Paddington Borough Council

Paddington was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London, England. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, governed by an administrative vestry. The parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 and became part of the County of London in 1889. The parish of Paddington became a metropolitan borough in 1900, following the London Government Act 1899, with the parish vestry replaced by a borough council. In 1965 the borough was abolished and its former area became part of the City of Westminster in Greater London.

Its area covered that part of the current City of Westminster west of Edgware Road and Maida Vale, and north of Bayswater Road. Places in the borough included Paddington, Westbourne Green, Bayswater, Maida Hill, Queens Park, Kensal Green, West Kilburn, Maida Vale. To the south it bordered the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster, to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone.

The borough was abolished on 1 April 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 and its former area merged with that of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster and the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone to form the present-day City of Westminster.