Victoria, Hong Kong

Although the city expanded over much of what is now Kennedy Town, Shek Tong Tsui, Lung Fu Shan, Sai Ying Pun, Sheung Wan, Wan Chai, Happy Valley, the Mid-Levels, East Point and parts of Causeway Bay,[8] the name Victoria has been eclipsed by Central in popular usage.[1] In 1857, the British government expanded the scope of Victoria City and divided it into four wans (Chinese: 環; Jyutping: waan4; lit.It occupies the areas known in modern times as Central, Admiralty, Sheung Wan, Wan Chai, East Point, Shek Tong Tsui, the Mid-levels, the Peak, Happy Valley, Tin Hau, and Kennedy Town, on Hong Kong Island.All 16 streets were named after persons of great prominence in Great Britain or in Hong Kong, with the location and layout determined according to the position and prominence of the person being named after: Later 14th Earl of Derby In 1903, the Hong Kong Government erected several boundary stones to mark the limits of Victoria, measuring 98 cm in height, tapered at the top and with the inscription "City Boundary 1903".He was therefore styled as Baron MacLehose of Beoch, of Maybole in the District of Kyle and Carrick, and of Victoria in Hong Kong.
Map of Victoria City with location of boundary rocks marked in red
A 1915 map showing Victoria in the north shore of Hong Kong Island (below); Kowloon peninsula (above) was not part of the colony until 1860
Victoria Town, 1850
Victoria City, 1860–65
Victoria (disambiguation)Hong KongUnited KingdomFounded as a townBritish Hong KongCharles ElliotTime zoneTraditional ChineseSimplified ChineseCantoneseStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinYue: CantoneseYale RomanizationJyutpingChinesede factoits time as a British dependent territoryCentralKennedy TownShek Tong TsuiLung Fu ShanSai Ying PunSheung WanWan ChaiHappy ValleyMid-LevelsEast PointCauseway BayVictoria ParkVictoria PeakVictoria HarbourVictoria PrisonHong Kong ScoutWanchai Towerdistrict courtsSai Wanthe racecoursegranitethe new tramwayQueen VictoriaAdmiraltythe PeakTin HauHong Kong IslandThe HarbourHill above BelchersWong Nei Chong RoadWong Nei Chong ValleyGovernor of Hong KongSir John Francis DavisQueen's RoadMonarch of Great BritainArbuthnot RoadGeorge ArbuthnotCaine RoadWilliam CaineColonial Secretary of Hong KongCochrane StreetSir Thomas John CochraneEast Indies and China StationD'Aguilar StreetSir George Charles d'AguilarLieutenant Governor of Hong KongElgin StreetJames Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of KincardineGough StreetHugh Gough, 1st Viscount GoughGraham StreetSir James GrahamHome SecretaryFirst Lord of the AdmiraltyLyndhurst TerraceJohn Copley, 1st Baron LyndhurstLord High Chancellor of Great BritainPeel StreetSir Robert PeelPrime Minister of Great BritainPottinger StreetSir Henry PottingerStanley StreetEdward Smith-StanleyBaron of Stanley14th Earl of DerbyColonial Secretary of Great BritainWellington StreetArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonField Marshal Wyndham StreetWilliam PedderRoyal NavyLieutenantHarbour MasterMount DavisVictoria RoadPokfulam RoadSmithfieldHatton RoadKotewall RoadOld Peak RoadMagazine Gap RoadBowen RoadStubbs RoadRosaryhill SchoolWong Nai Chung RoadTaipingshanSheong WanChoong WanSo Kun PooSir Crawford Murray MacLehoselife peer1982 New Years HonoursMayboleKyle and Carrickterritorial designationHistory of Hong KongList of buildings, sites and areas in Hong KongYeung SumSanderson, EdgarBlackie and SonCambridge Digital Library