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THE BOROUGH.
The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington as constituted by the London Government Act,
1899, contains the old Parish of Paddington, with the following additions and deductions:—
Transferred to Paddington—
(a) From Chelsea—so much of Kensal Town Registration Sub-District as lies North of the
Towing Path of the Grand Junction Canal to the West of Wedlake Street, thence North
of centre of Kensal Road, area 114 acres, population 17,181 persons.
(b) From St. George's, Hanover Square—the burial ground abutting on the Bayswater Eoad
and the houses adjacent thereto, area 5.6 acres, population 18 persons.
(c) From Kensington—certain houses lying North and South of Westbourne Grove, along St.
Luke's Eoad, Chepstow Place, &c., area 9.6 acres, population 918 persons.
Transferred from Paddington—
(a) To Kensington
(i.) An area to the South of Kensal Eoad, bounded by that road and the
G.W. Eailway, area 4.5 acres, population 1,048 persons.
(ii.) The houses on the west side of Ossington Street and so much of the old Parish
as lay South of Bayswater Eoad and West of the Broad Walk, area 21.75
acres, population 421 persons.
The changes on the Western Border of the Parish were made for the purpose of rectifying the
boundary line, so that the present line is now down the centres of roadways, not through houses,
gardens, &c., as in the past.
The old Parish was co-terminous with the Poor Law Parish, the Parliamentary Borough
and the Petty Sessional Division of Paddington. The Borough is co-terminous with the Poor
Law Parish of Paddington, but includes part of the Parliamentary Division of Chelsea and of the
Petty Sessional Division of Kensington, in addition to the Parliamentary Borough and Petty
Sessional Division of Paddington.
The Parish was for Registration purposes divided into two Sub-Districts, St. Mary and, St.
John, the dividing line being the middle of Praed Street to Irongate Wharf Road, thence along the
middle of the Grand Junction Canal to Bishoji's Road Bridge, and thence along the middle of
Bishop's Road and Westbourne Grove to the Western Boundary. The Borough contains three
Registration Sub-Districts, viz., the two already mentioned, and North-West Paddington, which is
that part of Chelsea Detached which has been transferred to the Borough. At the Census of 1891
the Parish was divided into four Wards, which at the middle of 1900, or just before the
constitution of the Borough, had been increased to six, viz.:—
Harrow Eoad. Church.
Maida Vale. Lancaster Gate.
Westbourne. Hyde Park.
The Borough is divided into eight Wards, viz.:—
Queen's Park. Church.
Harrow Eoad. Lancaster Gate West.
Maida Vale. Lancaster Gate East.
Westbourne. Hyde Park.
The present sub-divisions of the Borough cannot bo regarded as finally settled, and before the
next Census be taken (1911) it is likely that changes will be effected in the Parliamentary Division,
in the Registration Sub-Districts, and in the Wards. It is unfortunate that the necessary adjustments
could not be made at the time of the formation of the Borough, as the continuity of statistical
records, much impaired by changes already made, will suffer still more in the future.
POPULATION.
The occurrence of the Decennial Census so soon after the formation of the Borough was a happy
coincidence, as the changes in the boundaries had entirely dislocated all estimates of the population.