Cripplegate
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| Ordnance Survey | |
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| OS grid reference: | TQ327811 |
| Administration | |
| Local government: | Corporation of London |
| Region: | London |
| Country: | England |
| State: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Police force: | City of London Police |
| Ceremonial county: | City of London |
| Historic county: | Middlesex |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | LONDON |
| Postcode: | EC1, EC2 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Cities of London and Westminster |
| London Assembly: | City and East |
| European Parliament: | London |
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Cripplegate was a gate in London Wall and a name for the region of the City of London outside the gate. It was almost destroyed by bombing in World War II and today is the site of the Barbican Estate and Barbican Centre. The name is preserved in the church of St Giles Cripplegate, and in the Cripplegate ward of the City.
See also: city gate, city wall
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