Cordwainer (ward)

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St Mary-le-Bow
St Mary-le-Bow
Ward of Cordwainer
Cordwainer (ward) (Greater London)
Cordwainer (ward)

Ward of Cordwainer shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ323811
Sui generis City of London
Administrative area Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district EC2
Dialling code 020
Police City of London
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Cities of London and Westminster
London Assembly
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Coordinates: 51°30′46″N 0°05′36″W / 51.51285, -0.09324

Cordwainer is a ward[1] in the City of London, England, the word being an ancient word for shoemaker[2]. It is bounded[3] to the north by Cheapside (the boundary with Cheap Ward), to the west by the eponymous Bread Street (Ward), to the south by Cannon Street (Vintry Ward) and to the east, Wallbrook (ward). Within its boundaries are, amongst others, Bow Lane, Budge Row, Pancras Lane and part of Watling Street.In mediaeval times the ward was divided into eight precincts[4]. These were

  • St. Mary, Aldermary, upper and lower
  • Allhallows, Bread Street
  • St. Mary-le-Bow
  • St. Antholin, upper and lower
  • St. Pancras
  • St. Bennet, Sherehog and St. John
  • St. Thomas the Apostle
  • Trinity[5]

Today it is home to many large businesses and new initiatives such as Bow Bells House[6], named after the bells of St Mary-le-Bow [7] due for completion at the end of 2007. The ward contains one other church(St Mary Aldermary) and the site of Antholin’s Budge Row, demolished in 1875[8]. Cordwainer Ward is quite distinctive for its high number of licensed premises, but in addition has its own club[9]dedicated to promoting the area positively[10]

[edit] Politics

Cordwainer is one of 25 wards in the City of London, each electing an Alderman, to the Court of Aldermen and Commoners (the City equivalent of a Councillor) to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation. Only electors who are a Freeman of the City of London are eligible to stand.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ward Map
  2. ^ Chambers Dictionary 9th Edition (2003) p335 ISBN 0550101055
  3. ^ City of London Police Force description
  4. ^ Book 2, Ch. 17: Cordwainer Ward , A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 597-600 25 September 2007
  5. ^ Thomas Allen, The City of London and Parts Adjacent: Volume 3
  6. ^ Details of Project
  7. ^ and not as sometimes thought, the area of Bow in the East End
  8. ^ Vanished Churches of the City of London Huelin,G: Guildhall Library Publishing, London, 1996 ISBN ISBN 0900422424
  9. ^ [ http://www.cordwainer.co.uk/ Club Website]
  10. ^ Ward Newsletter
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