Tower (ward)

Tower (ward)

infobox UK place
official_name= Ward of Tower
map_type= Greater London
country= England
region= London
london_borough= City of London
latitude= 51.508056
longitude= -0.076111
os_grid_reference= TQ319812
post_town= LONDON
postcode_area= EC
postcode_district= EC3
dial_code= 020
constituency_westminster = Cities of London and Westminster

Tower is a ward of the City of London and is named from its propinquity to the Tower of London [The City of London-a history Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801] . Tower ward is found within the boundary formed by the River Thames, Minories, Pepys Street and the Tower itself.

Churches

All Hallows-by-the-Tower [Sometimes known as "All Hallows Barking" (The Churches of the City of London)Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922] was the church from which Pepys [Diary of Samuel Pepys 4th September 1666 Dover, Lewis Publications,1992 ISBN 048636675] 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 [The City of London Churches Betjeman,J: Andover, Pitkin, 1972 ISBN 0853721122] .St Dunstan’s Church in St Dunstan’s Hill, destroyed during World War Two, is now a garden [Vanished churches of the City of London Huelin, G.: London, Guildhall Library Publishing 1996 ISBN 0900422424] .

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.

External links

* [http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/SaferCityWards/YourCityWard/Wards/tower.htm City of London Police Ward Constable profile]
* [http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/committees/ward/ward_newsletters/29.pdf Ward newsletter]
* [http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/render_page.php?id=TOWE4&title=Tower%20Street/ Map of Early Modern London: Tower Street Ward] - Historical Map and Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's London (Scholarly)

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