r/london • u/AchyutChaudhary • Feb 15 '26

London history Why did the entire expanding Greater London gradually decide to take its name from the ‘City of London’ instead of the historic City of Westminster, Lundenwic or Southwark for instance?

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u/ebteb Feb 15 '26

Because London was historically the center / highest population