Farringdon Within

Farringdon Within is one of the 25 wards of the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London. The ward covers an area from Blackfriars station in the south to Barbican station in the north.[2]

Ward of Farringdon Within

Location within the City
Ward of Farringdon Within
Location within Greater London
Population276 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ317812
Sui generis
Administrative areaGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtEC1, EC4
Dialling code020
PoliceCity of London
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
London Assembly

Originally known as the Ward of Anketill de Auvergne,[3] Farringdon was named for Sir Nicholas Farindon, who was appointed Lord Mayor of London for "as long as it shall please him" by King Edward II.[4] The ward had been virtually a political possession of the Farindon family for 82 years at the time of his appointment. His father, William Farindon, preceded him as alderman in 1281, when he, the father, purchased his position as alderman.

John Betjeman's house on Cloth Fair.

The father was Lord Mayor in 1281 and 1282 and also warden of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, a City Livery Company.[5] During the reign of King Edward I, William Farindon, as an alderman and goldsmith, was implicated in the arrest of English Jewry (some, fellow goldsmiths) for treason.[6]

The ward was split into Farringdon Without and Farringdon Within in 1394. "Without" and "Within" denote whether the ward fell outside or within the London Wall — this was also the case for the wards of Bridge Within and Without. However, since boundary changes in 2003 Farringdon Within is no longer entirely within the former wall.

The resident population of the ward is 276 (2011).[7]

Politics

Farringdon Within 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) elected to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation. To be eligible to stand for election, candidates must be Freemen of the City of London or own land in the City or have resided in the City for the whole of the twelve months preceding the date of the nomination.[8]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "City of London ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. City of London Corporation Archived 21 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine - Farringdon Within. Retrieved 20 October 2006.
  3. 'Ward of Anketill de Auvergne', A Dictionary of London (1918). Date accessed: 27 October 2006.
  4. Nicholas Farringdon served as Lord Mayor 1308-9, 1320-1, and again, 1323-4
  5. 'The Lord Mayors of London', Old and New London: Volume 1 (1878), pp. 396-416. Date accessed: 27 October 2006.
  6. 'Gregory's Chronicle: 1250-1367', The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the fifteenth century (1876), pp. 67-88. Date accessed: 27 October 2006.
  7. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6501896&c=farringdon&d=14&e=61&g=6317320&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&p=1&r=1&s=1366839025750&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491
  8. "Notice of Ward Election - City Of London Ward of Farringdon Within - Election of a Common Councilman" (PDF). City of London Corporation. 24 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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