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The modern borough was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963, which reorganised 86 boroughs and urban districts into 32 London boroughs and also created the Greater London Council. It was a merger of the old metropolitan boroughs of Chelsea and Kensington, and it inherited Kensington's royal borough status. [5] .
The present borough was established in 1965 by the amalgamation of the borough of Chelsea with the royal metropolitan borough of Kensington, whose royal charter had been granted in 1901. It includes such areas as North Kensington, Notting Hill, Kensington, Knightsbridge (in part
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Bringing the history of Kensington and Chelsea to life through information, illustrations and artefacts from archives in the Borough's Libraries and Museums. Image Kensington High Street in 1811
Sep 19, 2019 · In the 20th century, waves of immigration have made the borough (London’s smallest) one of the most diverse. Here are five places in Kensington and Chelsea that exhibit the borough’s evocative and memorable history.
Oct 8, 2022 · Kensington and Chelsea became a Royal borough the minute the Kensington and Chelsea districts were knitted together in 1965. The status was inherited from the former Royal Borough of Kensington which was made such in 1901.
Oct 4, 2022 · The Metropolitan Borough of Kensington was granted royal status in 1901 because it was the birthplace of Queen Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1819. When it merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea in 1965, the area became known as the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Aug 5, 2014 · One of the old metropolitan boroughs of London, Kensington was granted the status of Royal Borough by King Edward VII in 1901, in recognition his mother, Queen Victoria, who was born there, and lived there as a child. Later the title became: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
