Bread Street Information
Bread Street is a ward of the City of London and is named from its principal street, which was anciently the bread market; for by the records it appears that in 1302,[1] the bakers of London were ordered to sell no bread at their houses but in the open market.[2] Bread Street is .09 miles long (0.15 kilometres) or 499.81 feet long (152.34 metres).
The modern ward extends greatly north and west from Bread Street itself and includes Paternoster Square, a modern development to the north of St Paul's Cathedral, home of the London Stock Exchange and Goldman Sachs.[3] The City's only large, modern shopping centre — One New Change — is located in the ward and was opened in October 2010.
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Boundaries
As with most of the City's 25 wards, the boundaries of Bread Street were altered quite considerably in 2003, having remained almost unchanged for centuries. The ward is now bounded on the north and north-west by the ward of Farringdon Within; on the east by Cordwainers' ward; on the south by Queenhithe ward; and on the west by Castle Baynard ward.[2] Its street boundaries are Bread Street in the east, Newgate Street & Cheapside in the north, Warwick Lane/Ave Maria Lane in the west, and Queen Victoria Street to the south.
St Paul's Cathedral is outside the ward boundaries, being in Castle Baynard ward, but the St Paul's Cathedral School, situated between the cathedral and New Change, is in the ward.
Guilds and churches
Five successive halls of the Cordwainers' (workers in fine leather) stood in the ward. They are commemorated by a blue plaque in the gardens of St Paul's Cathedral facing Cannon Street. The fifth and last Hall was built in 1909-10 but on the night of 10 May 1941, the building was gutted during the Blitz.[4]
There were once two churches in the ward, All Hallows Bread Street and St Mildred, Bread Street, both to designs by Sir Christopher Wren. Today their former parishes form a part of that of St Mary-le-Bow. All Hallows was demolished in 1876 to make way for warehouses,, and St Mildred was destroyed by enemy action in April and May 1941.[5]
Politics
Bread Street is one of 25 wards in the City of London, each electing one Alderman and a number of Common Councilmen (the City equivalent of a Councillor) to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation. Only Freemen of the City of London are eligible to stand for office as Aldermen; to stand as a Common Councilman, a candidate must be a Freeman and also an elector, a resident, or an owner of freehold or leasehold land within the City. As of March 2009[update], the elected members for the ward of Bread Street are Alderman Sir Michael Savory, Deputy Dr Giles Shilson and Oliver Lodge TD CC.[6]
Arthur Phillip
Admiral Arthur Phillip was the commander of the First Fleet, and the founder and first Governor of Australia. He was baptised in All Hallows Church, Bread Street in 1738; he entered the Royal Navy in 1755, and died on the 31 August 1814. He is remembered on Australia Day. A bust of Admiral Arthur Phillip can be found in the gardens at Watling Street.
Famous residents
John Milton plaqueBread Street was the birthplace of the poets John Donne and John Milton.
References
- ^ 30 Edw. I. The Court Rolls
- ^ a b Book 2, Ch. 9: Bread Street Ward, A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 558-60 accessed: 21 May 2007
- ^ City of London police - Ward Profile accessed: 21 May 2007
- ^ Cordwainers' Later History accessed 21 May 2007
- ^ London Parishes accessed 21 May 2007
- ^ http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Council_and_democracy/Councillors_democracy_and_elections/results_2009.htm
External links
- Map of Early Modern London: Bread Street Ward - Historical Map and Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's London (Scholarly)
- Map of Early Modern London - Historical Map and Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's London, showing ward boundaries and reproducing John Stow's description of the wards (Scholarly)
- Corporation of London Present Day Bread Street Ward Boundaries
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