Editing Finsbury (section)

===Latter administration and representation===
The parts of the parish of St Giles outside of the city (originally the Manor of Finsbury, later organised as the Parish of St Luke) were part of the [[Hundred (county division)|Hundred]] of [[Ossulstone]] in [[Middlesex]]. By the 17th century, population growth made this unit inefficient, so it was sub-divided with the area north of the walls becoming part of a new [[Finsbury division|Finsbury Division]] which handled the responsibilities previously managed by the Hundred. Parish-level institutions continued to manage the [[English Poor Law|Poor Law]] and ecclesiastical matters.

In 1832 the [[Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|parliamentary borough of Finsbury]] was created to represent the area in parliament. This area loosely approximated to the [[Finsbury division]], but also included parts of west London. In 1857 [[Finsbury Park]] was opened some three miles north, for the enjoyment of the residents of this parliamentary borough.<ref name=mills/>

[[File:Finsbury Met. B Ward Map 1952.svg|thumb|left|The wards of the Metropolitan Borough preserved the boundary between Finsbury (St Luke's) and Clerkenwell. Finsbury comprised the five eastern wards.]]
The [[Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury]] in the County of London was created in 1900, covering the area of Finsbury (also known as St Luke's) and Clerkenwell, with [[Finsbury Town Hall]] located on [[Rosebery Avenue]], Clerkenwell. In 1938, Dr. [[Chuni Lal Katial]] was elected mayor of Finsbury, making him the first Asian mayor in the United Kingdom.

The [[Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury#Coat of arms|Borough's coat of arms]] included an embattled chief (top of the shield) representing the London Wall, a Barbican representing the three northern gates (Aldersgate, Cripplegate and Moorgate) and a Winged Bull, the heraldic symbol of St Luke.<ref>Civic heraldry website http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/lcc.html</ref>

In 1965 the area merged with [[Islington]] to form the new [[London Borough of Islington]], though [[Finsbury Circus]] remains part of the [[City of London]].