is a place in the south of the
London Borough Of Islington . The name is first recorded as ''Vinisbir'' (1231) and means "manor of a man called Finn."Mills, D., ''Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names,'' (2000)
Finsbury was a division of the
Ossulstone hundred of
Middlesex . There is a
Finsbury Park some miles further north, within the division, but outside the area latterly considered to be Finsbury, which was the core of the former
Metropolitan Borough Of Finsbury .
The name as a geographical term of reference has partly been superseded in recent years by
Clerkenwell and
St Luke's . "Finsbury" is used in building names such as ''Finsbury Tower'', the
Finsbury Estate and the ''Finsbury Library'' and by local newspaper, the ''Clerkenwell & Finsbury Advertiser''.
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Finsbury is the home of the
Sadler's Wells contemporary dance theatre.
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