| Ward of Bassishaw | |
|---|---|
 Location within the City | |
  Ward of Bassishaw Location within Greater London | |
| OS grid reference | TQ325815 |
| Sui generis | |
| Administrative area | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | EC2 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | City of London |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
Bassishaw is a ward in the City of London. Small, it is bounded by wards: Coleman Street, east; Cheap, south; Cripplegate, north; Aldersgate, west.
It first consisted of Basinghall Street with the courts and short side streets off it,[1] but since a boundary review in 2003 (after which the ward expanded into Cripplegate Within) it extends to streets further west, including Aldermanbury, Wood Street,[2] and, to the north, part of London Wall and St Alphage Garden.[3] The ward was historically the City's smallest.[4]
- ^ Book 2, Ch. 6: Bassishaw Ward, A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 549-51 accessed: 21 May 2007
- ^ 'Cripplegate, one of the 26 Wards of the City of London' Baddesley, J.J p46: London; Blades, East & Blades; 1921
- ^ City of London Corporation Archived 4 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Map of Bassishaw ward (2003 —)
- ^ A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis, 1831, p 134