Cordwainer (ward)
Coordinates: 51°30′46″N 0°05′36″W / 51.51285°N 0.09324°W / 51.51285; -0.09324
Ward of Cordwainer | |
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OS grid reference | TQ323811 |
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Sui generis | City of London |
Administrative area | Greater London |
Region | London |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LONDON |
Postcode district | EC2 |
Dialling code | 020 |
Police | City of London |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
EU Parliament | London |
UK Parliament | Cities of London and Westminster |
London Assembly | City and East |
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Cordwainer is a small, almost rectangular-shaped ward in the City of London. It is named after the cordwainers, the professional shoemakers who historically lived and worked in this particular area of London; 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.
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