2014-03-02 - The Wards of the City of London Ride

I thought it was about time to complete the Ward list by filling in the blanks, looking forward to this

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