BROAD STREET (WARD)

Broad Street is one of the 25 wards within the City of London, a self-governing enclave within the capital city of the United Kingdom. In mediaeval 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 1874 and St Peter le Poer 1907^[4]It’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 travels south-west along the border with Cornhill where it joins Throgmorton Street, its southern boundary- to the south of which are the Stock Exchange and Bank of England in Walbrook Ward. The western boundary follows a series of small courts and alleys^[5] adjacent to Moorgate. A busy commercial area ^[6] it also contains two Livery halls (Carpenter’s ^[7] and Draper’s,^[8]). Like many of the City Wards it has a social club for people who work in the area^[9], which celebrated its 30th anniversary in March 2006^[10].

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1. British History On-line
2. The Dutch Church at Austin Friars was originally a monastic foundation 'Churches of City of London',Reynolds,H: Bodley Head, London,1922
3. 1750 map
4. Genealogical web-site
5. Exact boundaries
6. Police overview
7. Livery Carpenter’s Web-site
8. Draper’s Information
9. Ward Club
10. Ward Newsletter