St Luke's Vestry

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St Luke's Vestry
Type
Type
Vestry of the parish of St Luke's
History
Founded1733
Disbanded1900
Succeeded by Finsbury Metropolitan Borough Council
Structure
Seats60 vestrymen
Joint committees
1855–1889: Appointed 1 member to Metropolitan Board of Works
Length of term
3 years
Meeting place
Vestry Hall, City Road, Shoreditch

The St Luke's Vestry was the vestry of St Luke's, an urbanised parish north of the City of London, from 1733 until 1900. The vestry had growing secular authority over the parish with the relief of the poor its main responsibility. It was incorporated in 1855 as an administrative vestry within the Metropolitan Board of Works area, with local government and sanitary rights and responsibilities added over time.

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History

St Luke's Vestry was formed in 1733 when the portion of St Giles without Cripplegate outside the City of London was split off as a new parish of St Luke, to coincide with the building of St Luke's Church.

Poor law

The vestry inherited the workhouse at Bunhill Fields from St Giles without Cripplegate.

In 1869 responsibility for the poor law passed to the Holborn Guardians, following the Metropolitan Poor Act 1867.

Incorporated vestry

In 1855 the parish of St Luke's came within the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works. The St Luke's Vestry was incorporated as local government body and appointed one member to the Metropolitan Board of Works.

In 1892/3 the vestry had an expenditure of £31,537 (equivalent to £4,418,181in 2023). [1]

The election of vestrymen was reformed by the Local Government Act 1894 with the vestry election in December 1894 the first to use the new system. [2] The 1894 election was for all members with the third elected with the least votes retiring in 1896, then the next third in 1897 and the third with the most votes in 1898. [1]

Abolition

The final vestry election was held on 17 May 1899. [3]

St Luke's Vestry was abolished by the London Government Act 1899 with the first election to the replacement Finsbury Metropolitan Borough Council taking place on 1 November 1900.

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References

  1. 1 2 The London Vestries (PDF). London: The Fabian Society. November 1894. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  2. "London Vestry Elections". London Evening Standard. 17 December 1894. p. 2.
  3. "The St Luke's Vestry Election". Islington Gazette. 10 May 1899. p. 3.