Dowgate

Ward of Dowgate
Ward of Dowgate
	Location within the City
	Ward of Dowgate Location within Greater 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″N 0°05′20″W / 51.511°N 0.089°W

Dowgate, also referred to as Downgate and Downegate,^[1] is a small ward in the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London, England. The ward is bounded to the east by Swan Lane and Laurence Poutney Lane, to the south by the River Thames, to the west by Cousin Lane and College Hill, and to the north by Cannon Street. It is where the "lost" Walbrook watercourse emptied into the Thames.

A number of City livery companies are quartered in the ward: the Worshipful Company of Dyers, Worshipful Company of Innholders, Worshipful Company of Skinners and Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers. There is one church, St. Michael Paternoster,^[a] where, in addition to its local and congregational causes, the Anglican Mission to Seafarers convenes and fundraises. The ward also contains Cannon Street station, which is on the site of the Steelyard (a mediaeval trading port of the Hanseatic League), and Dowgate Fire Station on Upper Thames Street, the only London Fire Brigade station within the City of London.^[2]

Politics

Dowgate is one of the 25 wards of 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.

Notes

^ Described by John Betjeman as
A round colonnaded temple with round urns on it, a middle stage with curving corbels, more urns, round turret supporting a vane.

References

^ 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

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

External links

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 by John Betjeman as
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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