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Coordinates: 51°30′39″N 0°04′55″W / 51.51089, -0.08184
Langbourn[1] is a ward in the City of London, one of 25 self governing enclaves that have existed since mediaeval times. It is a long thin area, in shape similar to a left pointing arrow[2]. Starting at its western boundary with Walbrook at Bank Junction, where Cornhill meets King William Street, it travels around a spur by Abchurch Street and then eastwards along Lombard Street, the division with Candlewick. This merges into Fenchurch Street: the north/south boundary with, successively Bridge, Billingsgate and Tower wards. Here the eastern boundary with Aldgate turns northwards up Billiter Street. The ward then snakes westwards along Fenchurch Avenue with firstly,the Lloyds building (in Lime Street Ward) to the north and then the maze of courtyards behind Cornhill’s southern facade. No other ward borders so many neighbours[3]. The Ward encompasses a large area of Leadenhall Market[4] and two historic churches: St Mary Woolnoth and St Edmund the King and Martyr, now a centre for spirituality. Historically, the ward also contained these three churches: All Hallows Staining(demolished 1870),St. Dionis Backchurch(1878) and All Hallows Lombard Street(1939) [5]. It has its own Club for Ward officials, City workers and residents[6] and newsletter[7].
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Langbourn 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 Freeman of the City of London are eligible to stand.
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