Lime Street (ward)

Lime Street (ward)

infobox UK place
official_name= Ward of Lime Street
map_type= Greater London
country= England
region= London
london_borough= City of London
latitude= 51.513597
longitude= -0.08024
os_grid_reference= TQ332812
post_town= LONDON
postcode_area= EC
postcode_district= EC3
dial_code= 020
constituency_westminster = Cities of London and Westminster

"It is divided into four precincts; and it is worthy a remark that, though the ward includes parts of several parishes, there is not even a whole street in it." John Noorthhouck (1773)
Lime Street is a very small [ [http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/SaferCityWards/YourCityWard/Wards/limestreet.htm City of London Police Profile] ] ward, one of 25 within the City of London, a self-governing enclave within the capital city of the United Kingdom. It takes its name from the production of lime in the vicinity during mediaeval times [ A Survey of London, Vol I Stow,J : London, A.Fullarton & Co,1890] . It is bounded to the north by Camomile Street, the division with Bishopsgate ward, before travelling due south along its eastern extremity,St Mary Axe(which separates it from Aldgate Ward), then south-west to the southernmost point of the ward (where Lime Street itself makes a small peninsula into Langbourn ward), cutting through Leadenhall Market and from there northwards up Gracechurch Street [ [http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/map-limestreet.htm Historical Map] ] with the ward of Cornhill to the west. Just outside the ward boundary to the east is St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, bombed by the IRA in 1993 and restored through generous donations [ [http://www.stethelburgas.org/donors.htm List of donors] ] , such as that provided by the Lime Street Ward Club [ [http://www.unitedwards.org/Ward_lime_street.htm Ward Club Details] ] . A well organised [ [http://www.limestreetward.co.uk/june2007.pdf Ward Newslatter] ] ward with a long association with the insurance industry [ The City of London-a history Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801] , the current [Term ends Friday 9th November, 2007] Lord Mayor John Stuttard, [ [http://www.limestreetward.co.uk/lord-mayor.htm Ward Web Site Profile] ] is its Alderman.

Politics

Lime 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 Freeman of the City of London are eligible to stand.

References

External links

* [http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/render_page.php?id=LIME1&title=Lime%20Street/ Map of Early Modern London: Lime Street Ward] - Historical Map and Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's London (Scholarly)


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  • Lime Street and Cornhill Wards' School —    On the west side of St. Mary Axe, east of Leathersellers Hall. In Lime Street Ward (O.S. 1875 and 1880).    Established 1710 for Lime Street and Cornhill Wards. The School house is held under a lease dated 1849 from the rector and… …   Dictionary of London

  • Lime Street Square —    East out of Lime Street at No. 48, south of Leadenhall Street (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.    First mention: P.C. 1732.    Named after Lime Street …   Dictionary of London

  • Lime Street Passage —    North west out of Lime Street at No. 21A. (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn Ward.    First mention: Lockie, 1810.    Named after Lime Street …   Dictionary of London

  • Broad Street (ward) — Coordinates: 51°30′58″N 0°05′06″W / 51.5161°N 0.085°W / 51.5161; 0.085 …   Wikipedia

  • Axe Yard, Lime Street —    East out of Lime Street. In Aldgate Ward, near the Ward boundary (Strype, 1720 55).    Seems to be the same as Ball Alley, Lime Street (q.v.). Name derived from the sign …   Dictionary of London

  • Pump in Lime Street —    Set up in 1576 partly at the charges of the parish of St. Andrew) partly at the charges of the Chamber of London in the High Street of Lime Streete ward, neare unto Limestreet corner.    Taken up and new set in 1600 (S. 162) …   Dictionary of London

  • Ward of Ralph Fabri de Cornhull —     Dicunt quod quedam aqua opturata est que liabuit cursum suum per vicum Sancte Marie Attenaxe usque ad murum Lond per Jacobum Koc aliqu pincerna domini Phi Basset (3 Ed. I. Rot. Hund. Vol. I. p. 431).    Identified by Beavan with Lime Street… …   Dictionary of London

  • Ward School —    See Lime Street and Cornhill Wards School …   Dictionary of London

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