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Coordinates: 51°30′29″N 0°04′34″W / 51.508056, -0.076111
Tower is a ward of the City of London and is named from its propinquity to the Tower of London[1]. Tower ward is found within the boundary formed by the River Thames, Minories, Pepys Street and the Tower itself.
[edit] Churches
All Hallows-by-the-Tower[2] was the church from which Pepys[3] had watched the Fire unfold in September 1666. St Olave Hart Street, Betjeman remarked is a country church in the middle of the busiest city on earth[4].St Dunstan’s Church in St Dunstan’s Hill, destroyed during World War Two, is now a garden[5].
[edit] Politics
Tower 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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[edit] References
- ^ The City of London-a history Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801
- ^ Sometimes known as All Hallows Barking (The Churches of the City of London)Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922
- ^ Diary of Samuel Pepys 4th September 1666 Dover, Lewis Publications,1992 ISBN 048636675
- ^ The City of London Churches Betjeman,J: Andover, Pitkin, 1972 ISBN 0853721122
- ^ Vanished churches of the City of London Huelin, G.: London, Guildhall Library Publishing 1996 ISBN 0900422424
