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[[File:AllHallowsOnTheWall.JPG|thumb|left|200px|[[All Hallows-on-the-Wall]] church.]]
[[File:AllHallowsOnTheWall.JPG|thumb|left|200px|[[All Hallows-on-the-Wall]] church.]]


The ward'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 runs south-west along the border with [[Cornhill, London|Cornhill]] where it joins [[Throgmorton Street]], its southern boundary - to the south of which is the [[Bank of England]] in [[Walbrook]] ward. The western boundary follows a series of small courts and alleys adjacent to [[Moorgate]] and then runs up Copthall Avenue. A busy commercial area<ref>[http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/SaferCityWards/YourCityWard/Wards/broadstreet.htm Police overview] {{wayback|url=http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/SaferCityWards/YourCityWard/Wards/broadstreet.htm |date=20071009164801 |df=y }}</ref> it also contains two [[Livery Company|livery halls]] of the [[Worshipful Company of Carpenters]]<ref>[http://www.thecarpenterscompany.co.uk/carpenters_hall.php Livery Carpenter’s Web-site] {{wayback|url=http://www.thecarpenterscompany.co.uk/carpenters_hall.php |date=20070825130155 |df=y }}</ref> and [[Worshipful Company of Drapers]].<ref>[http://www.thedrapers.co.uk/History/1_Intro_halls.html Draper’s Information] {{wayback|url=http://www.thedrapers.co.uk/History/1_Intro_halls.html |date=20070815103108 |df=y }}</ref> Like many of the City wards it has a social club for people who work in the area,<ref>[http://www.broadstreetwardclub.org Ward Club]</ref> which celebrated its 30th anniversary in March 2006.<ref>[http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/committees/ward/ward_newsletters/8.pdf Ward Newsletter] {{wayback|url=http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/committees/ward/ward_newsletters/8.pdf |date=20090107150756 |df=y }}</ref>
The ward'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 runs south-west along the border with [[Cornhill, London|Cornhill]] where it joins [[Throgmorton Street]], its southern boundary - to the south of which is the [[Bank of England]] in [[Walbrook]] ward. The western boundary follows a series of small courts and alleys adjacent to [[Moorgate]] and then runs up Copthall Avenue. A busy commercial area<ref>[http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/SaferCityWards/YourCityWard/Wards/broadstreet.htm Police overview] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009164801/http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/SaferCityWards/YourCityWard/Wards/broadstreet.htm |date=9 October 2007 }}</ref> it also contains two [[Livery Company|livery halls]] of the [[Worshipful Company of Carpenters]]<ref>[http://www.thecarpenterscompany.co.uk/carpenters_hall.php Livery Carpenter’s Web-site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825130155/http://www.thecarpenterscompany.co.uk/carpenters_hall.php |date=25 August 2007 }}</ref> and [[Worshipful Company of Drapers]].<ref>[http://www.thedrapers.co.uk/History/1_Intro_halls.html Draper’s Information] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815103108/http://www.thedrapers.co.uk/History/1_Intro_halls.html |date=15 August 2007 }}</ref> Like many of the City wards it has a social club for people who work in the area,<ref>[http://www.broadstreetwardclub.org Ward Club]</ref> which celebrated its 30th anniversary in March 2006.<ref>[http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/committees/ward/ward_newsletters/8.pdf Ward Newsletter] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107150756/http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/committees/ward/ward_newsletters/8.pdf |date=7 January 2009 }}</ref>


At the top of Old Broad Street, adjacent to [[Liverpool Street station]], was [[Broad Street railway station (London)|Broad Street station]] which closed in 1986 — the only major terminus station in London to have permanently closed.
At the top of Old Broad Street, adjacent to [[Liverpool Street station]], was [[Broad Street railway station (London)|Broad Street station]] which closed in 1986 — the only major terminus station in London to have permanently closed.

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Ward of Broad Street
Location within the City
OS grid referenceTQ329814
Sui generis
Administrative areaGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtEC2
Dialling code020
PoliceCity of London
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London Assembly
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Broad Street is one of the 25 ancient wards of the City of London.

History

In medieval 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 in 1874 and St. Peter-le-Poer in 1907.[4]

All Hallows-on-the-Wall church.

The ward'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 runs south-west along the border with Cornhill where it joins Throgmorton Street, its southern boundary - to the south of which is the Bank of England in Walbrook ward. The western boundary follows a series of small courts and alleys adjacent to Moorgate and then runs up Copthall Avenue. A busy commercial area[5] it also contains two livery halls of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters[6] and Worshipful Company of Drapers.[7] Like many of the City wards it has a social club for people who work in the area,[8] which celebrated its 30th anniversary in March 2006.[9]

At the top of Old Broad Street, adjacent to Liverpool Street station, was Broad Street station which closed in 1986 — the only major terminus station in London to have permanently closed.

Politics

Broad 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 Freemen of the City of London are eligible to stand.

References

  1. ^ Book 2, Ch. 12: Broad Street Ward, A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 566-76 accessed: 23 September 2007
  2. ^ The Dutch Church at Austin Friars was originally a monastic foundation Churches of City of London, Reynolds,H (Bodley Head 1922)
  3. ^ 1750 map of Broad Street & Cornhill Ward (London Ancestor) accessed: 23 September 2007
  4. ^ Genealogical web-site
  5. ^ Police overview Archived 9 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Livery Carpenter’s Web-site Archived 25 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Draper’s Information Archived 15 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Ward Club
  9. ^ Ward Newsletter Archived 7 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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