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Westminster is the name of a city that covers much of central London, located to the west of the ancient City of London, and which has been the principal seat of government in England for more than nine hundred years. Both cities, and much of the surrounding conurbation, are collectively known more generally as London. For the modern administrative area, see City of Westminster.
The Palace of Westminster came to be the principal royal residence after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and later housed the developing Parliament and law courts of England. The neighbouring Westminster Abbey became the traditional venue of the coronation of the kings of England.
The monarchy later moved to other palaces elsewhere in the city, and the law courts have since moved to the Royal Courts of Justice, close to the border of the City of London, so today "Westminster" is often used as shorthand for Parliament and the political community (including the elected Government) of the United Kingdom generally. The civil service is similarly referred to by the area it inhabits, Whitehall, where there was also once a royal palace. "Westminster" is consequently also used in reference to the Westminster System, the parliamentary model of democratic government that has evolved in the United Kingdom. The Westminster System is used with some adaptation in many other nations, particularly in the Commonwealth of Nations and other parts of the former British EmpireThe British Empire in the early decades of the 20th century, held sway over a population of 400 500 million people (roughly a quarter of the world's population), and covered nearly 30 million square kilometres, (roughly two-fifths of the world's land area.
Close to the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey is Westminster SchoolWestminster School (in full, The Royal College of St. Peter at Westminster but almost always referred to as Westminster School or even just Westminster for short) is an ancient English public school, located by Westminster Abbey in Westminster, in central, one of the major English public schoolsA public school in common British usage, is a prestigious school which charges fees and is not financed by the state. It is traditionally a single sex boarding school (although many now accept day pupils and are coeducational). The majority date back to t. There is also a University of WestminsterThe University of Westminster is a British university in London, established on December 1st 1992, formerly called London Polytechnic and Polytechnic of Central London PCL . Its headquarters are in Regent Street in the West End of London. It has evolved o in the north of the city.
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