Editing Covent Garden (section)

==Governance==
The Covent Garden estate was originally under the control of Westminster Abbey and lay in the [[civil parish|parish]] of [[Westminster St Margaret and St John|St Margaret]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46081 |title=Survey of London: volume 36: Covent Garden |author=F. H. W. Sheppard |page=19 |year=1970 |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |access-date=27 July 2010 |archive-date=5 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805130308/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46081 |url-status=live}}</ref> During a reorganisation in 1542 it was transferred to [[St Martin in the Fields (parish)|St Martin in the Fields]], and then in 1645 a new parish was created, splitting governance of the estate between the parishes of [[St Paul Covent Garden]] and St Martin,<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46079 |title=Survey of London: volume 36: Covent Garden |author=F. H. W. Sheppard |year=1970 |page=1 |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |access-date=27 July 2010 |archive-date=5 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805130115/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46079 |url-status=live}}</ref> both still within the [[Liberty of Westminster]].<ref name="Youngs">{{ cite book | author=Frederic Youngs | title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume 1: Southern England | year=1979 | publisher=Royal Historical Society | isbn=0-901050-67-9}}</ref> St Paul Covent Garden was completely surrounded by the parish of St Martin in the Fields.<ref name="parish map">{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38869 |title=The Commissions for building fifty new churches: The minute books, 1711–27, a calendar |year=1986 |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |author=M. H. Port |pages=38–39 | access-date=7 May 2011 | archive-date=5 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605000033/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38869 | url-status=live}}</ref> It was grouped into the [[Strand District (Metropolis)|Strand District]] in 1855.<ref>{{cite web |title=Registration Districts |url=http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/archives/infosheet5.pdf |publisher=City of Westminster Archives Centre |access-date=7 May 2011 |page=3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525155024/http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/archives/infosheet5.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2011}}</ref> In 1900 it became part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Westminster]] and was abolished as a civil parish in 1922. The northern reaches of Covent Garden were within the ancient parish of [[St Giles in the Fields (parish)|St Giles in the Fields]] and outside the Liberty of Westminster. They were from 1855 to 1900 part of the [[St Giles District (Metropolis)|St Giles District]] and from 1900 part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Holborn]].

Covent Garden came within the area of responsibility of the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]] from 1855 and in 1889 became part of the [[County of London]]. Since 1965 Covent Garden falls within the London boroughs of [[City of Westminster|Westminster]] and [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]], and is in the Parliamentary constituencies of [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]] and [[Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)|Holborn and St Pancras]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1681/schedule/made |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=2 May 2011 |archive-date=18 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818151201/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1681/schedule/made |url-status=live}}</ref> For local council elections it falls within the St James's ward for Westminster,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://map.westminster.gov.uk/LocalViewPub/Sites/Wards/?extent=523789,177719,531165,183938&sr=27700 |title=Westminster's Wards on a map |work=westminster.gov.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109144825/https://map.westminster.gov.uk/LocalViewPub/Sites/Wards/?extent=523789%2C177719%2C531165%2C183938&sr=27700 |archive-date=9 January 2014}}</ref> and the [[Holborn and Covent Garden (ward)|Holborn and Covent Garden ward]] for Camden.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/download/asset?asset_id=2411915 |title=Camden ward map |work=camden.gov.uk |access-date=9 January 2014 |archive-date=9 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109142750/http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/download/asset/?asset_id=2411915 |url-status=live}} (PDF)</ref>