Finsbury, Islington

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Finsbury is a suburban area in Islington, Islington

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Finsbury within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Finsbury in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Finsbury, parl. bor., Middlesex, in N. of London, 1078 ac., pop. 198,694; consists of St Luke and Clerkenwell pars., Holborn dist., St Giles dist., &c., and returns 3 members -- 3 divisions, viz., Holborn, Central, and East, 1 member for each; its representation was increased in 1885, when its limits were reduced by the formation of Islington parl. bor.

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