Inner London is the name for the group of
London boroughs which form the interior part of
Greater London and are surrounded by
Outer London. With its origins in the
Bills of mortality, it became fixed as an area for statistics in 1847 and was used as an area of local government from 1855 to 1965. It now has two common definitions. The first is the statutory definition delineated in the
London Government Act 1963, coming into force on 1 April 1965, comprising twelve Inner London boroughs and almost identical to the
County of London that was abolished at the same time. The second is the current definition used by the
Office for National Statistics comprising eleven of the statutory Inner London boroughs and two of the statutory Outer London boroughs, and the
City of London.