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The London Borough of Camden is a borough in north west London, and forms part of Inner London. The southern reaches of Camden form part of central London. The borough was created in 1965 from the previous area of the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and St Pancras, which had formed a part of the County of London. The borough was named after Camden Town, which had gained its name from Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden in 1795. The transcribed diaries of William Copeland Astbury, recently made available, describe Camden and the surrounding areas in great detail from 1829 to 1848. The local authority is Camden London Borough Council. Neighbouring places are the City of Westminster and also the City of London towards the south, Brent to the west, Barnet and Haringey to the north and Islington to the east. As outlined by population estimates from the middle of 2014, Camden features a permanent population of around 234846 people. You can find 162 English Heritage blue plaques in the borough of Camden representing the lots of diverse personalities that have lived there. The borough is also home to a wide selection of attractions, like the Bloomsbury Theatre, Camden Market, the Foundling Museum and Kenwood House. All bus services are operated by Transport for London, and buses serve each suburb inside the borough. Three of the fourteen central London’s railway terminals are situated inside the borough, which are Euston, St. Pancras International and King’s Cross.