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499:"Langborne water so called of the length thereof, was a greate streame of water breaking out of the ground, in Fan Church streete , which ran downe with a swift course, west, through that streete, thwart Grastreet and downe Lombardestreete , to the west ende of S. Mary Woolnothes Church, and then turning the course South downe Shareborne lane , so termed of sharing or deviding, it brake into divers rilles or rillets to the River of Thames, of this Bourne that warde tooke the name, and is till this day called Langborne warde, this Bourne also is long since stopped up at the heade and the rest of the course filled up and paved over, so that no signe thereof remaineth more then the names aforesaide." 50: 1424: 34: 1418: 1474: 1322: 1463: 1452: 1435: 1412: 1373: 1350: 1333: 1316: 1305: 374: 359: 1446: 1406: 1395: 1384: 1367: 1344: 512:"The first syllable " shitte," " shite," "schite," presents considerable difficulty, and it is hard to See from what A.S. word it can be derived, as the suggested derivation from A. S. "scir "= a share, "sciran "= to divide, seems to leave the "t" out of account. The word "borwe," "borue" suggests O.E. "burh," "burgh," "borough," rather than "burn" or "bourne," as the original form. "Burgh "= fortress, walled town, later perhaps "a mansion," "fortified house." 1569: 1356: 57: 507:
asserts that Stowe's explanation "must be left out of account as a possible derivation, inasmuch as it ignores the earliest forms of the name to be found." It goes on to list "Shitteborwelane," "Shiteburn lane," "Shiteb(ur)uelane" and "Shiteburlane as forms of the name recorded around 1300 AD. Harben
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It is a small ward; a long thin area, running in a west–east direction. Historically, Lombard Street and Fenchurch Street were the principal streets, forming the cores of the ward's West and East divisions respectively. Boundary changes in 2003 and 2013 have resulted in most of the northern sides of
401:. Three changes to the boundaries of Langbourn took place in 2013; all of the southern side of Lombard Street, with the notable exception of the guild - or ward - church of St Mary Woolnoth, is in Candlewick (from 2003 to 2013 Candlewick extended only to Abchurch Lane); the ward of 205: 516:
Later commentators have made the conclusion that the modern english translation is either "Shit House Lane" or "Shite Bourne Lane" and refers to public latrines that were placed over the river.
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The John Stowe's 1598 Survey of London records the street name Sharebourne Lane and attributes its origin to the dividing of the stream at this point. Henry Harben's 1918
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now includes the northern side of Lombard Street from number 68 to Bank junction. In turn, Langbourn expanded by taking another part of Leadenhall Market, from
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Nicholas Barton, in his 1962 book "Lost Rivers of London" lists the Langbourn in his chapter on "Dubious Lost Rivers" for three reasons:
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The ward at present borders eight other wards (Walbrook, Candlewick, Bridge, Billingsgate, Tower,
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these streets remaining in Langbourn, whilst the southern sides are now largely in the wards of
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The 1598 Survey of London records the course of the Langbourn river. The entry notes that the
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Langbourn is one of 25 wards of the City of London, electing an
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on the corner of Lombard Street and King William Street.
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had ceased to flow by the time the entry was written.
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Ward of Langbourn is located in Greater London
Greater London
OS grid reference
TQ331809
City of London
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Region
London
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
LONDON
Postcode district
EC3
Dialling code
020
Police
City of London
Fire
London
Ambulance
London
UK Parliament
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