Vintry is one of the 25

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s of the

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. Located within it is the City end of

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and, adjacent to that, the hall of the

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, the City livery company for the wine trade. The ward's boundary is formed by

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to the north, College Hill and Cousin Lane to the east, the

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to the south, and its western edge follows an unusual line along part of Little Trinity Lane, Lambeth Hill and Distaff Lane. The

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-designed church

St James Garlickhythe St James Garlickhythe is a Church of England parish church in Vintry ward of the City of London, nicknamed "Wren's lantern" owing to its profusion of windows. Recorded since the 12th century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London ...

is within Vintry ward, near Mansion House tube station. In medieval times, French wine and garlic were landed at the nearby ''Garlickhythe'' ('garlic dock'). This circumstance led to the church being part of the route for English pilgrims travelling to the cathedral of

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in Spain, which is sacred to the memory of St James the Great.A survey of London Stow, J A (W.Thoms, Ed): London, A Whittaker & Co, 1842- rev of 1598 book pp.89-94 The ward contained Whittington's Longhouse, a 128-seat public toilet gifted by

Dick Whittington Richard Whittington ( March 1423) of the parish of St Michael Paternoster Royal,Will of Richard Whittington: " I leave to my executors named below the entire tenement in which I live in the parish of St. Michael Paternoster Royal, Londo/ ...

Politics

Vintry is one of 25 wards in the

, each electing an

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to the

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and commoners (the City equivalent of a

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) to the

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of the

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. Only electors who are freemen of the City are eligible to stand for election.

Former churches

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's ''A Survay of London'' lists four churches in Vintry ward:

External links

City Corporation
Ward map (for 2003–13)
Vintry Ward newsletterSt James Parish News
- Historical Map and Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's London (Scholarly)
Vintry and Dowgate Wards ClubJoint Ward Club with Dowgate

References

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