Portsoken

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Portsoken is a historic ward of the City of London located just outside the former eastern walls of the old city.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Portsoken canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ward of the City of London
adjacentTo Tower of London vicinity
borderedBy Aldgate
Bishopsgate
Tower
Whitechapel
contains Aldgate Ward Club area overlaps
Goodman’s Fields area
linked to: Tower Hill area

Minories area
St Botolph without Aldgate
country United Kingdom
electoralWardOf City of London Corporation
governedBy City of London Corporation
hasCharacteristic mixed commercial and residential area
significant post-war redevelopment
hasCivicRole elects Common Councilmen
elects an Alderman
hasElectorateType business vote
residential vote
hasGoverningBody Court of Common Council
hasHistoricFunction area of special jurisdiction outside city walls
hasHistoricStatus ancient ward
liberty
hasLegalStatus ward for local government purposes
hasNameEtymology derived from ‘port’ and ‘soke’ meaning jurisdiction of the gate
hasParliamentaryConstituency Cities of London and Westminster
linked to: City of London
hasReligiousBuilding St Botolph without Aldgate Church
hasUrbanCharacter inner-city district
historicallyAssociatedWith Knighten Guild
historicallyPartOf East Smithfield area
linked to: East Smithfield
locatedEastOf City of London wall
linked to: London Wall
locatedIn City of London
England
Greater London
London
linked to: London, England
locatedOutsideOf former eastern walls of the City of London
near Aldgate Underground station
linked to: Aldgate station

Fenchurch Street railway station
Tower Gateway DLR station
partOf historic City of London wards
historic core of London
representedIn Court of Aldermen
roadPassesThrough Aldgate High Street
Mansell Street
Minories
timeZone British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time

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E1 coversArea Portsoken