Editing London Borough of Islington (section)

==Etymology==
Islington was originally named by the Saxons ''Giseldone'' (1005), then ''Gislandune'' (1062). The name means 'Gīsla's hill' from the Old English [[personal name]] Gīsla and ''dun'' '[[hill]]', 'down'. The name then later mutated to ''Isledon'', which remained in use well into the 17th century when the modern form arose.<ref name=Growth>{{cite book|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=6734 |title='Islington: Growth', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes |date=1985 |pages=9–19 |access-date=13 March 2007}}</ref> In medieval times, Islington was just one of many small manors in the area, along with ''Bernersbury'', ''Neweton Berewe'' or ''Hey-bury'', and ''Canonesbury'' (Barnsbury, Highbury and Canonbury – names first recorded in the 13th and 14th centuries). "Islington" came to be applied as the name for the parish covering these villages, which became the [[Metropolitan Borough of Islington]] in 1900. On the merger with Finsbury to form the modern borough, the Islington name was used for the whole borough.