Farringdon Without

Ward of Farringdon Without
Farringdon Without, after the major boundary review of 2003
Ward of Farringdon Without is located in Greater London
Ward of Farringdon Without
Ward of Farringdon Without
Location within Greater London
Population1,099 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ313814
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
List of places
UK
England
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51°30′59″N 0°06′33″W / 51.51627°N 0.10911°W / 51.51627; -0.10911

Farringdon Without is the most westerly ward of the City of London, England. Its suffix Without reflects its origin as lying beyond the City's former defensive walls. It was first established in 1394 to administer the suburbs west of Ludgate and Newgate, including West Smithfield and Temple. This was achieved by splitting the very large, pre-existing Farringdon Ward into two parts, Farringdon Within (inside the wall) and Farringdon Without (outside the wall). The large and prosperous extramural suburb of Farringdon Without has been described as having been London's first West End.[2]

The ward was reduced in size considerably after a boundary review in 2003, and no longer corresponds closely to its historic extent, although it remains the largest of the City's 25 wards. Its resident population is 1,099 (2011).[3]

Farringdon Without and Farringdon Within are unconnected to the Farringdon area to the north, outside the city, in the London Borough of Islington. The area is sometimes referred to as Farringdon due to the presence of Farringdon Station, which was named after Farringdon Street and originally named Farringdon Street Station.[4]

  1. ^ "City of London ward population". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ^ London 800-1216: The Shaping of a City, Brook and Keir Ch 7
  3. ^ "Local statistics – Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk.
  4. ^ Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground: A diagrammatic history. Capital Transport Publishing. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.