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'''Westminster''' is a [[Westminster Cathedral|cathedral]] [[City status in the United Kingdom|city]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Westminster Cathedral – Westminster Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales. It is the largest Catholic church in the UK and the seat of the Archbishop of Westminster. |url=https://westminstercathedral.org.uk/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |language=en-GB}}</ref> and the main settlement of [[City of Westminster|the London Borough of the City of Westminster]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=City of Westminster {{!}} London Borough, UK History & Attractions {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/City-of-Westminster |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> in [[Central London|Central]] [[London]], England. It extends from the [[River Thames]]<ref>{{cite web|year=2011|title=London's Places|url=http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/LP2011%20Chapter%202.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408162506/http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/LP2011%20Chapter%202.pdf|archive-date=8 April 2012|access-date=27 May 2014|work=[[London Plan]]|publisher=[[Greater London Authority]]|page=46}}</ref> to [[Oxford Street]] and has many famous landmarks, including the [[Palace of Westminster]], [[Buckingham Palace]], [[Westminster Abbey]], [[Westminster Cathedral]], [[Trafalgar Square]] and much of the [[West End of London|West End]] cultural centre including the entertainment precinct of [[West End Theatre]].
The name ({{langx|ang|Westmynstre}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://asc.jebbo.co.uk/c/c-L.html|title=Manuscript C: Cotton Tiberius C.i|website=asc.jebbo.co.uk|access-date=24 November 2018|quote='On þisum geare com Harold kyng of Eoforwic to Westmynstre'|archive-date=26 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726221008/http://asc.jebbo.co.uk/c/c-L.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> originated from the informal description of the [[abbey]] church and [[royal peculiar]] of St Peter's (Westminster Abbey), west of the [[City of London]] (until the [[English Reformation]] there was also an [[Eastminster]], near the [[Tower of London]], in the [[East End of London]]). The abbey's origins date from between the 7th and 10th centuries, but it rose to national prominence when rebuilt by [[Edward the Confessor]] in the 11th century. Westminster has been the home of [[Governance of England|England's government]] since about 1200, and from 1707 the [[Government of the United Kingdom]]. In 1539, it became a city.
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