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.
| Ward of Dowgate | |
|---|---|
 Location within the City | |
  Ward of Dowgate Location within Greater London | |
| OS grid reference | TQ319812 |
| Sui generis | |
| Administrative area | Greater London |
| Region | |
| 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 | |
| London Assembly | |
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
editDowgate 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
edit- ^ 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
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
editBetjeman, J, The City of London Churches, Andover, Pitkin, 1972 ISBN 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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