Portsoken
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Portsoken is a historic ward of the City of London located just outside the former eastern walls of the old city.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ward of the City of London ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Tower of London vicinity ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Aldgate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bishopsgate NERFINISHED ⓘ Tower ⓘ Whitechapel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Aldgate Ward Club area overlaps
ⓘ
Goodman’s Fields area NERFINISHED ⓘ Minories area ⓘ St Botolph without Aldgate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| electoralWardOf | City of London Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | City of London Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
mixed commercial and residential area
ⓘ
significant post-war redevelopment ⓘ |
| hasCivicRole |
elects Common Councilmen
ⓘ
elects an Alderman ⓘ |
| hasElectorateType |
business vote
ⓘ
residential vote ⓘ |
| hasGoverningBody | Court of Common Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricFunction | area of special jurisdiction outside city walls ⓘ |
| hasHistoricStatus |
ancient ward
ⓘ
liberty ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | ward for local government purposes ⓘ |
| hasNameEtymology | derived from ‘port’ and ‘soke’ meaning jurisdiction of the gate ⓘ |
| hasParliamentaryConstituency | Cities of London and Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | St Botolph without Aldgate Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUrbanCharacter | inner-city district ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith | Knighten Guild NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyPartOf | East Smithfield area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | City of London wall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of London
ⓘ
England ⓘ Greater London ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOutsideOf | former eastern walls of the City of London ⓘ |
| near |
Aldgate Underground station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fenchurch Street railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Tower Gateway DLR station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
historic City of London wards
ⓘ
historic core of London ⓘ |
| representedIn | Court of Aldermen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadPassesThrough |
Aldgate High Street
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mansell Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Minories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone |
British Summer Time
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.