Middlesex Sessions:
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Hundred called Finsbury Division into the Districts and that part
of the said Hundred called Holborn Division together with the parish of
Saint Luke at Chilsea into five Districts The Committee further
recommend it to this Court that the following be the Districts in the
Tower Division. vizt

1st The parish of St Mary Matfellon otherwise Whitechapel containing 3270 H [..]


2ndSt George in the East 2000
St Botolph Aldgate 900
containg 2900

3d the Hamlet of Mile end New Town 400
the parish of Christ Church Spital fields 1300
St Paul Shadwell 1500}3200

4th St John Wapping 850
the precinct of St Catherine400
the Hamlet of Ratcliff450
the parish of St Ann Limehouse500
the Hamlet of Mile and Old Town650
Poplar and Blackwall400}3250

5th the parish of Saint Mary Stratford Bow270
Saint John Hackney1100
the Hamlet of Bethnal Green 1500}2870

6th the parish of St Leonard Shoreditch 2800
the Liberty of Norton Falgate 260}3060

The Committee also recommend that the following be the District
within Finsbury Division vizt

1st The Parish of St Luke Old Street
The Liberty of Glass House Yard

2d The parish of St Mary Islington
St Sepulcher

3d The parishes of Saint John & St James Clerkenwell

The Committee also recommend that the following be the Districts
within Holborn Division together with the parish of St Luke at Chelsea

1st the parish of Saint Mary le bone

2d the parish of Paddington
St Pancras
St Luke at Chelsea

3d the parish of Saint Giles in the fields
Saint George Bloomsbury




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