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Much like the London Borough ride, let's ride through the 25 wards of London.
1 Aldersgate - Named for the*Roman*gate
2 Aldgate - Named for the Roman gate
3 Bassishaw - Archaically named "Basinghall ward"; historically the smallest ward
4 Billingsgate - Originally known as Blynesgate and Byllynsgate, and may have originated with a water-gate on the Thames
5 Bishopsgate - Named for the Roman gate
6 Bread Street - takes its name from its principal street, which was anciently the bread market
7 Bridge and Bridge Without - Merger of Bridge (Within) with Bridge Without in 1978; commonly known simply as Bridge
8 Broad Street - takes its name from a street which, before the great fire, was one of the widest within the walls of the City
9 Candlewick - Generally called "Candelwykstrete" Ward in early times (13th to 16th centuries) and named after the street which intersected it from east to west.
10 Castle Baynard - Named after the formerBaynard's Castle
11 Cheap - Archaic word meaning "market"
12 Coleman Street - takes its name from the profession of charcoal burners who occupied the area in medieval times
13 Cordwainer - Sometimes referred to as the "Cordwainers' ward" — the trade which gave the ward its name
14 Cornhill - takes its name from one of the three ancient hills of London
15 Cripplegate - Named for the Roman gate
16 Dowgate - where the Walbrook watercourse emptied into the Thames.
17 Farringdon Within - Result of split of Farringdon ward in 1394; within the*London Wall
18 Farringdon Without - Result of split of Farringdon ward in 1394; outwith the Wall; includesInner Temple*and*Middle Temple
19 Langbourn - Spelt variously over the ages; possibly named after a*supposed subterranean stream
20 Lime Street - takes its name from the production of lime in the vicinity during mediaeval times
21 Portsoken - Lay entirely outwith the London Wall
22 Queenhithe – takes its name from an ancient but presently disused dock and a minor street which runs along that dock, both of which fall within the ward
23 Tower - Historically known as "Tower Street ward"
24 Vintry - Named for its association with the*Vintners
25 Walbrook - Named after the small (now subterranean) stream that flows through the area
Route to be planned. Time to be confirmed. Snack stops to be factored in.
Date is Sunday 2nd March 2014.
Start is 12pm
Start Point is Millennium Bridge North Side
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/how-we-work/elections-and-wards/wards/Pages/ward-boundaries-map.aspx
Route: Here
http:// ridewithgps.com/ routes/ 4068858 <--Remove spaces
Cheat notes:
http://www.lfgss.com/post4113758-198.html