Dowgate

Ward of Dowgate
Ward of Dowgate
	Location within the City
	Ward of Dowgate Location withinGreater London
OS grid reference	TQ319812
Sui generis	City of London;
Administrative area	Greater London
Region	London;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	EC4
Dialling code	020
Police	City of London
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Cities of London and Westminster;
London Assembly	City and East;
	List of places UK England London 51°30′40″N0°05′20″W/ 51.511°N 0.089°W

Dowgate,also referred to asDowngateandDownegate,^[1]is a smallwardin theCity of London,the historic and financial centre ofLondon,England. The ward is bounded to the east by Swan Lane and Laurence Poutney Lane, to the south by theRiver Thames,to the west by Cousin Lane and College Hill, and to the north byCannon Street.It is where the "lost"Walbrookwatercourse emptied into the Thames.

A number of Citylivery companiesare quartered in the ward: theWorshipful Company of Dyers,Worshipful Company of Innholders,Worshipful Company of SkinnersandWorshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers.There is one church,St. Michael Paternoster,^[a]where, in addition to its local and congregational causes, theAnglican Mission to Seafarersconvenes and fundraises. The ward also containsCannon Street station,which is on the site of theSteelyard(a mediaeval trading port of theHanseatic League), and Dowgate Fire Station onUpper Thames Street,the onlyLondon Fire Brigadestation within the City of London.^[2]

Politics[edit]

Dowgate is one ofthe 25 wardsof theCity of London,each electing analdermanto theCourt of Aldermenand commoners (the City equivalent of acouncillor) to theCourt of Common Councilof theCity of London Corporation.Only electors who areFreemen of the City of Londonare eligible to stand.

Notes[edit]

^Described byJohn Betjemanas
A round colonnaded temple with round urns on it, a middle stage with curving corbels, more urns, round turret supporting a vane.

References[edit]

^Dowgate Ward,Map of Early Modern London, last updated 5 May 2022, accessed 5 June 2022
^London Fire Brigade,The City of London,accessed 5 June 2022

Bibliography[edit]

Betjeman, J,The City of London Churches,Andover, Pitkin, 1972ISBN 0-85372-112-2

External links[edit]

Corporation of London- present day map of Dowgate ward
Vintry and Dowgate Wards Club
City of London police
Alison Gowman, Alderman of Dowgate Ward
Map of Early Modern London: Dowgate Ward- Historical Map and Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's London (Scholarly)

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[2] Described byJohn Betjemanas
A round colonnaded temple with round urns on it, a middle stage with curving corbels, more urns, round turret supporting a vane.

[1] Dowgate Ward,Map of Early Modern London, last updated 5 May 2022, accessed 5 June 2022

[3] London Fire Brigade,The City of London,accessed 5 June 2022

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