Bridge (ward)

Bridge (ward)

infobox UK place
official_name= Ward of Bridge
map_type= Greater London
country= England
region= London
london_borough= City of London
latitude= 51.511
longitude= -0.083
os_grid_reference= TQ319812
post_town= LONDON
postcode_area= EC
postcode_district= EC4
dial_code= 020
constituency_westminster = Cities of London and Westminster

Bridge is a ward of the City of London and is named from its propinquity to London Bridge [The City of London-a history Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801] . Bridge ward is found within the boundary formed by the river Thames, Swan Lane, Arthur Street, Fish Street Hill, Gracechurch Street, Fenchurch Street, Rood Lane, Lovat Lane and Lower Thames Street.The ward contains Monument tube station, Fishmongers Hall and St Magnus-the-Martyr church, no longer as Betjeman observed in 1972 [ The City of London Churches (Pitkin Guide) ISBN 0853721122] surrounded by the smell of fish [ It relocated to Canary Wharf in 1982] . There is a monument to the Great Fire of London and the whole of London Bridge is incorporated into the ward [In former times the bridge had houses all the way along it Diary of Samuel Pepys 10th April 1664 Dover, Lewis Publications,1992 ISBN 048636675] .

Politics

Bridge 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.bridgewardclub.org.uk/ Ward Club]

* [http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/SaferCityWards/YourCityWard/Wards/bridge.htm Ward Constable Profile]

* [http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/committees/ward/ward_newsletters/7.pdf Ward Newsletter]

* [http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/render_page.php?id=BRID3&title=Bridge%20(within)/ Map of Early Modern London: Bridge Ward (within)] - Historical Map and Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's London (Scholarly)

* [http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/render_page.php?id=BRID4&title=Bridge%20(without)/ Map of Early Modern London: Bridge Ward (without)] - Historical Map and Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's London (Scholarly)

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