Farringdon Without

infobox UK place
official_name= Ward of Farringdon Without
map_type= Greater London
country= England
region= London
london_borough= City of London
latitude= 51.51627
longitude= -0.10911
os_grid_reference= TQ313814
post_town= LONDON
postcode_area= EC
postcode_district= EC1, EC4
dial_code= 020
constituency_westminster = Cities of London and Westminster

Farringdon Without is a ward in the City of London, England. The ward covers the area east of Chancery Lane including Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Smithfield market, [ [https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/719D0041-FEF0-4625-9F32-45D9D09DCD58/0/farringdonwithout.jpgCity of London Corporation] - Farringdon Without. Retrieved 20 October 2006. ] and is the largest of the 25 City wards.__TOC__Originally known as the "Ward of Anketill de Auvergne", [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=7196. 'Ward of Anketill de Auvergne', A Dictionary of London (1918)] . Date accessed: 27 October 2006.] Farringdon was named for Sir Nicholas Farindon, who was appointed Lord Mayor for "as long as it shall please him" by Edward II. [Nicholas Farringdon served as Lord Mayor 1308-9, 1320-1, and again, 1323-4] The ward had been in the Farindon family for 82 years at this time, his father, William Farindon preceding him as alderman in 1281, when he purchased the position. The father was Lord Mayor in 1281-2 and also warden of the Goldsmiths. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45053 'The Lord Mayors of London', Old and New London: Volume 1 (1878), pp. 396-416] . Date accessed: 27 October 2006.] During the reign of Edward I, as an alderman and Goldsmith, William Farindon was implicated in the arrest of English Jewry (some, fellow goldsmiths) for treason. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45553. 'Gregory's Chronicle: 1250-1367', The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the fifteenth century (1876), pp. 67-88] . Date accessed: 27 October 2006.]

The ward was split into Farringdon Without and Farringdon Within in 1394.

As well as goldsmiths, in medieval times, the Fleet Ditch attracted many tanners to the ward. As the city became more populous, this practice was banished to the suburbs and by the 18th century the river had been culverted and built over. In its later years, the Fleet became little more than an open sewer, and the locality was given over to slums due to the undesirable odours. The modern Farringdon Street was built over it, with the Fleet Market opening for the sale of meat, fish and vegetables in 1737. Charles Dickens described the market, in unflattering terms, in his novel "Barnaby Rudge", set in 1780:

"Fleet Market, at that time, was a long irregular row of wooden sheds and penthouses, occupying the centre of what is now called Farringdon Street. They were jumbled together in a most unsightly fashion, in the middle of the road; to the great obstruction of the thoroughfare and the annoyance of passengers, who were fain to make their way, as they best could, among carts, baskets, barrows, trucks, casks, bulks, and benches, and to jostle with porters, hucksters, waggoners, and a motley crowd of buyers, sellers, pick–pockets, vagrants, and idlers. The air was perfumed with the stench of rotten leaves and faded fruit; the refuse of the butchers’ stalls, and offal and garbage of a hundred kinds. It was indispensable to most public conveniences in those days, that they should be public nuisances likewise; and Fleet Market maintained the principle to admiration." ["Barnaby Rudge" (1841), Dickens, Charles chpt. 60]

In 1829, it became necessary to widen Farringdon Street, and the market was moved to new premises at Farringdon Market. This did not thrive, and its activities were moved to West Smithfield. [ [http://www.perseus.org/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2000.01.0003&query=head%3D%2358 Walter Thornbury, Old and New London: A Narrative of its History, its People and its Places. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings from the Most Authentic Sources.: Volume 2] . Date accessed: 27 October 2006.]

On 27th January, 1769 the radical, John Wilkes was chosen alderman for this ward, while a prisoner in Newgate Prison. This was after he had repeatedly been elected and expelled from Parliament for "outlawry"; essentially obscene and malicious libel against, among others, George III. Other famous aldermen included the scions of the Childs, Hoares and Goslings banking families.

Politics

Farringdon Without 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.

ee also

*Farringdon, London
*Farringdon station

References

External links

* [http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/render_page.php?id=FARR2&title=Farringdon%20(without)/ Map of Early Modern London: Farringdon Ward (without)] - Historical Map and Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's London (Scholarly)