Metropolitan Borough of Westminster thumb|Westminster City Hall, completed in 1965 Under local government reforms in 1889, the area fell within the newly created County of London, and the local government of Westminster was further reformed in 1900, when the court of burgesses and the parish vestries were abolished and replaced by the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. The borough was given city status at the same time, allowing it to be known as the City of Westminster and its council as Westminster City Council.
Metropolitan Borough of Westminster thumb|Westminster City Hall, complet:ed in 1965 Under local government reforms in 1889, the area fell within the newly created County of London, and the local gove:rnment of Westminster was further reformed in 1900, when the court of burgesses and the parish vestries were abolished and replaced by the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. The borough was given city status at the same time, allowing it to be known as the City of Westminster and its council as Westminster City Council.