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Cordwainer is a small, almost rectangular-shaped ward in the City of London.〔(Ward Map )〕 It is named after the cordwainers, the professional shoemakers who historically lived and worked in this particular area of London;〔Chambers Dictionary 9th Edition (2003) p335 ISBN 0-550-10105-5〕 there is a Livery Company for the trade — the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers. The ward is sometimes referred to as the "Cordwainers' ward". It is bounded to the north by Poultry and Cheapside (the boundary with Cheap ward); to the west by the eponymous Bread Street and the ward of the same name; to the south by Cannon Street (and Vintry and Dowgate wards); and to the east by Walbrook ward and a street of the same name. Streets within Cordwainer's boundaries are, amongst others, Bow Lane, Pancras Lane and part of Watling Street. Queen Street runs north-south through the centre of the ward.〔(City of London Police Force description )〕 ==Former precincts== In mediaeval times and long before the most recent boundary changes in 2003, Cordwainer was divided into eight precincts:〔(''Book 2, Ch. 17: Cordwainer Ward'' , A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 597-600 ) 25 September 2007〕 *St. Mary, Aldermary, upper and lower *Allhallows, Bread Street *St. Mary-le-Bow *St. Antholin, upper and lower *St. Pancras *St. Bennet, Sherehog and St. John *St. Thomas the Apostle *Trinity〔(Thomas Allen, The City of London and Parts Adjacent: Volume 3 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cordwainer (ward)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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