Vintry

Ward of Vintry
Location within the City
Ward of Vintry  Ward of Vintry shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ319812
Sui generis	City of London
Administrative area	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	EC4
Dialling code	020
Police	City of London
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Cities of London and Westminster
London Assembly	City and East
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Coordinates: 51°30′40″N 0°05′36″W / 51.511°N 0.0934°W / 51.511; -0.0934

Vintry is one of the 25 wards of the City of London. Located within it is the City end of Southwark Bridge and, adjacent to that, the hall of the Worshipful Company of Vintners, the City livery company for the wine trade.

The ward's boundary is formed by Cannon Street to the north, College Hill and Cousin Lane to the east, the River Thames to the south, and its western edge follows an unusual line along part of Little Trinity Lane, Lambeth Hill and Distaff Lane.^[1]

The Christopher Wren-designed church St James Garlickhythe 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 Santiago de Compostela in Spain, which is sacred to the memory of St James the Great.^[2]

The ward contained Whittington's Longhouse, a 128-seat public toilet gifted by Dick Whittington.

Vintry in a 1572 map by Agas

Politics

Vintry is one of 25 wards in the City of London, each electing an alderman to the Court of Aldermen and commoners (the City equivalent of a councillor) to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation.

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

Former churches

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

14. In the Vintrie ward 4.

S. Michael Paternoſter in the Royall ſometime a colledge.
S. Thomas Apoſtles.
S. Martin in the Vintrie.
S. Iames at Garlicke Hith.^[3]

External links

• City Corporation Ward map (for 2003-13)
• Vintry Ward newsletter
• Vintry Ward Constable Profile
• St James Parish News
• Map of Early Modern London: Vintry Ward - Historical Map and Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's London (Scholarly)
• Vintry and Dowgate Wards Club
• Joint Ward Club with Dowgate

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