Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury

Finsbury
Finsbury Town Hall
Finsbury within the County of London
Area
• 1911/1931	587 acres (2.38 km2)
• 1931	586 acres (2.37 km2)
Population
• 1911	87,923
• 1931	69,888
• 1931	32,887
Density
• 1911	150/acre
• 1931	119/acre
• 1931	56/acre
History
• Created	1900
• Abolished	1965
• Succeeded by	London Borough of Islington
Status	Metropolitan borough (1900—1965) Civil parish (1915—1965)
Government	Finsbury Borough Council
• HQ	Rosebery Avenue
• Motto	Altiora Petimus (We seek higher things)
Coat of arms granted in 1931
Subdivisions
• Type	Civil parish
• Units	Charterhouse (2) Clerkenwell Glasshouse Yard (3) St Luke's St Sepulchre (1)
Map of borough boundary

The Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury was a metropolitan borough within the County of London from 1900 to 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Islington to form the London Borough of Islington.

It was the second smallest of the 28 boroughs within the County of London, stretching from Finsbury Pavement and Square northwest towards King's Cross, splitting The Angel as well as including Farringdon station and the GPO complex at Mount Pleasant.