Broad Street (ward)

Ward of Broad Street
Location within the City
Ward of Broad Street  Ward of Broad Street shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ329814
Sui generis	City of London
Administrative area	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	EC2
Dialling code	020
Police	City of London
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Cities of London and Westminster
London Assembly	City and East
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Coordinates: 51°30′58″N 0°05′06″W / 51.5161°N 0.085°W

Broad Street is one of the 25 ancient wards of the City of London.

History

In medieval times it was divided into ten precincts^[1] and contained six churches,^[2] of which only two, St. Margaret Lothbury and All Hallows-on-the-Wall now survive:^[3] St. Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange was demolished in 1840, St. Benet Fink in 1844, St. Martin Outwich in 1874 and St. Peter-le-Poer in 1907.^[4]

All Hallows-on-the-Wall church.

The ward's northern boundary along London Wall and Blomfield Street borders Coleman Street ward, before curving to the north-east along Liverpool Street, the division with Bishopsgate. From here, Old Broad Street runs south-west along the border with Cornhill where it joins Throgmorton Street, its southern boundary - to the south of which is the Bank of England in Walbrook ward. The western boundary follows a series of small courts and alleys adjacent to Moorgate and then runs up Copthall Avenue. A busy commercial area^[5] it also contains two livery halls of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters^[6] and Worshipful Company of Drapers.^[7] Like many of the City wards it has a social club for people who work in the area,^[8] which celebrated its 30th anniversary in March 2006.^[9]

At the top of Old Broad Street, adjacent to Liverpool Street station, was Broad Street station which closed in 1986 — the only major terminus station in London to have permanently closed.

Politics

Broad Street 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 Freemen of the City of London are eligible to stand.

References

1. Book 2, Ch. 12: Broad Street Ward, A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 566-76 accessed: 23 September 2007
2. The Dutch Church at Austin Friars was originally a monastic foundation Churches of City of London, Reynolds,H (Bodley Head 1922)
3. 1750 map of Broad Street & Cornhill Ward (London Ancestor) accessed: 23 September 2007
4. Genealogical web-site
5. Police overview Archived 9 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
6. Livery Carpenter’s Web-site Archived 25 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
7. Draper’s Information Archived 15 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
8. Ward Club
9. Ward Newsletter Archived 7 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine.

External links

• Broad Street Ward The Official Ward Website
• City of London Corporation Map of City of London Wards (2003 —)
• Broad Street Ward Club - a Social Club based in the City of London
• Map of Early Modern London: Broad Street Ward - Historical Map and Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's London (Scholarly)