| Ward of Bread Street | |
|---|---|
 Paternoster Square is located within Bread Street Ward. | |
 Location within the City | |
  Ward of Bread Street Location within Greater London | |
| OS grid reference | TQ319812 |
| Sui generis | |
| Administrative area | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | EC4 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | City of London |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
Bread Street is one of the 26 wards of the City of London, the name deriving from its principal street, which was anciently the city's bread market; already named Bredstrate (to at least 1180)[1] for by the records it appears as that in 1302,[2] Edward I announced that "the bakers of Bromley and Stratford-le-Bow [London], and ones already living on the street, were forbidden from selling bread from their own homes or bakeries, and could only do so from Bread Street."[1][3] The street itself is just under 500 ft (153 m) in length and now forms the eastern boundary of the ward after the 2003 boundary changes.
The modern ward extends much further west from Bread Street itself and includes Paternoster Square, a modern development to the north of St Paul's Cathedral and home of the London Stock Exchange since 2004.[4] The city's major shopping centre which opened in 2010 is at One New Change within Bread Street Ward.
- ^ a b Sukhadwala, Sejal (21 June 2016). "How London's Food And Drink Streets Got Their Names". Londonist. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ 30 Edw. I. Court Rolls
- ^ Book 2, Ch. 9: Bread Street Ward, A New History of London: including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 558-60
- ^ City of London Police - Ward Profile Archived 2 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine