Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith

Hammersmith
Hammersmith Town Hall, built 1938 by E Berry Webber
Hammersmith within London from 1900 to 1965
Area
• 1961	2,288 acres
• Coordinates	51°29′29″N 0°14′03″W / 51.4915°N 0.2341°W / 51.4915; -0.2341
Population
• 1841	13,453
• 1961	110,333
History
• Preceded by	Chapelry in Fulham
• Created	1834
• Abolished	1965
• Succeeded by	London Borough of Hammersmith
Status	Civil parish (1834–1965) Metropolitan borough (1900–1965)
Government	Hammersmith Vestry (1834–1855, 1886–1900) Hammersmith Borough Council (1900–1965)
• HQ	Town Hall, King Street
• Motto	Spectemur Agendo (Let us be judged by our acts)
Coat of arms
Map of borough boundary

Hammersmith was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London, England. It was formed as a civil parish in 1834 from the chapelry of Hammersmith that had existed in the ancient parish of Fulham, Middlesex since 1631. The parish was grouped with Fulham as the Fulham District from 1855 until 1886, when separate parish administration was restored. In 1889 it became part of the County of London and in 1900 it became a metropolitan borough. It included Hammersmith, Wormwood Scrubs, Old Oak Common and Shepherd's Bush. In 1965 it was abolished and became the northern part of the London Borough of Hammersmith, since 1979 renamed the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.