Metropolitan Borough of Kensington

Kensington
The old Kensington Town Hall
Kensington within the County of London
History
• Created	1900
• Abolished	1965
• Succeeded by	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Status	Metropolitan borough (and Royal borough from 1901)
Government	Kensington Borough Council
• HQ	Kensington High Street
• Motto	Quid Nobis Ardui (What is hard for us)
Coat of arms of the borough council
Map of borough boundary

The Metropolitan Borough of Kensington was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965, which since 1901 was known as the Royal Borough of Kensington, following the death of Queen Victoria, in accordance with her wishes.