Coordinates: 51°30′49″N 0°04′49″W / 51.513597, -0.08024
St Helen's Bishopsgate in the ward.
It is divided into four precincts; and it is worthy a remark that, though the ward includes parts of several parishes, there is not even a whole street in it. John Noorthhouck (1773)
Lime Street is a very small[1] ward, one of 25 within the City of London, a self-governing enclave within the capital city of the United Kingdom. It takes its name from the production of lime in the vicinity during mediaeval times[2]. It is bounded to the north by Camomile Street, the division with Bishopsgate ward, before travelling due south along its eastern extremity,St Mary Axe(which separates it from Aldgate Ward), then south-west to the southernmost point of the ward (where Lime Street itself makes a small peninsula into Langbourn ward), cutting through Leadenhall Market and from there northwards up Gracechurch Street [3]with the ward of Cornhill to the west. Just outside the ward boundary to the east is St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, bombed by the IRA in 1993 and restored through generous donations[4], such as that provided by the Lime Street Ward Club[5]. A well organised [6] ward with a long association with the insurance industry[7], the current[8] Lord Mayor John Stuttard, [9] is its Alderman.
Politics
Lime Street is one of 25 wards in 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 Freeman of the City of London are eligible to stand.
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