Metropolitan Borough of Islington
The
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury was a
metropolitan borough within the
County of London from
1888 to
1965, when it was amalgamated with the
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury to form the
London Borough of Islington.
It included the districts of Pentonville, Islington, Barnsbury, Lower Holloway, Holloway, Tufnell Park, Upper Holloway, Highbury, and Canonbury. The neighbouring boroughs were Finsbury, Hackney, Stoke Newington, Shoreditch, St Pancras.