Cordwainer (ward)

Ward of Cordwainer
Location within the City
Ward of Cordwainer  Ward of Cordwainer shown within Greater London
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Coordinates: 51°30′46″N 0°05′36″W / 51.51285°N 0.09324°W / 51.51285; -0.09324

Cordwainer is a small, almost rectangular-shaped ward in the City of London.^[1] It is named after the cordwainers, the professional shoemakers who historically lived and worked in this particular area of London;^[2] there is a Livery Company for the trade — the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers. The ward is sometimes referred to as the "Cordwainers' ward".

It is bounded to the north by Poultry and Cheapside (the boundary with Cheap ward); to the west by the eponymous Bread Street and the ward of the same name; to the south by Cannon Street (and Vintry and Dowgate wards); and to the east by Walbrook ward and a street of the same name.

Streets within Cordwainer's boundaries are, amongst others, Bow Lane, Pancras Lane and part of Watling Street. Queen Street runs north-south through the centre of the ward.^[3]

Former precincts

In mediaeval times and long before the most recent boundary changes in 2003, Cordwainer was divided into eight precincts:^[4]

• St. Mary, Aldermary, upper and lower
• Allhallows, Bread Street
• St. Mary-le-Bow
• St. Antholin, upper and lower
• St. Pancras
• St. Bennet, Sherehog and St. John
• St. Thomas the Apostle
• Trinity^[5]

Today

A statue of a cordwainer in the ward.

The contemporary ward is home to many large businesses and new initiatives such as Bow Bells House,^[6] named after the bells of St Mary-le-Bow church—and not as sometimes thought the area of Bow. Cordwainer contains one other church, St Mary Aldermary, and the site of St Antholin, Budge Row, demolished in 1875.^[7] Cordwainer ward is quite distinctive for its high number of licensed premises, but in addition has its own club^[8] dedicated to promoting the area positively.^[9]

Politics

Cordwainer is one of 25 ancient wards of the City of London, each electing an alderman to the Court of Aldermen and commoners (the City equivalent of a councillor) elected to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation. Only electors who are Freemen of the City are eligible to stand for election.

References

External links

• Cordwainer The Official Ward Website

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