This wider usage of London is documented as well-established in 1864, and the case of Lord Henry Seymour's Will.

London most often denotes the sprawling London metropolis, or the 32 Greater London boroughs, in addition to the City of London itself. The name London is now ordinarily used for a far wider area than just the city. Both of these terms are also often used as metonyms for the United Kingdom's trading and financial services industries, which continue a notable history of being largely based in the City. The City of London is widely referred to simply as the City (differentiated from the phrase 'the city of London' by capitalising City) and known as the Square Mile, as it is 1.12 sq mi (716.80 acres 2.90 km 2) in area. It is also a separate ceremonial county, being an enclave surrounded by Greater London, and is the smallest ceremonial county in the United Kingdom. Administratively, the City of London is not one of the London boroughs, a status reserved for the other 32 districts (including Greater London's only other city, the City of Westminster). The City is now only a small part of the metropolis of Greater London, though it remains a notable part of central London. It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the modern area named London has since grown far beyond the City of London boundary. The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London.

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