The EC (Eastern Central) postcode area , also known as the London EC postal area , is a group of postcode districts in central London , England . It includes almost all of the City of London and parts of the London boroughs of Islington , Camden , Hackney , Tower Hamlets and Westminster . The area covered is of very high density development. Deliveries for the EC postcode area are made from Mount Pleasant Mail Centre .
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34-578: A well-preserved Roman statue of an eagle with a snake in its mouth, thought to have been part of a funerary monument, was discovered on a building site on the street, close to its junction with Aldgate High Street. Burials were forbidden within the inhabited area in the Roman period, so the City's defensive wall was ringed by many large cemeteries. The statue is considered to be one of the best examples of Romano-British sculpture in existence. The street gave its name to Minories railway station , built in 1840 as
51-601: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages EC postcode area The current postcode districts are relatively recent divisions of EC1, EC2, EC3 and EC4, which were established in 1917. When the districts are used for purposes other than the sorting of mail, such as a geographic, spoken reference and on street signs, they continue to be commonly grouped into those four 'districts'. The EC1 postcode district ( 51°31′23″N 0°05′31″W / 51.523°N 0.092°W / 51.523; -0.092 ( EC1 ) )
68-780: Is roughly bounded by Cheapside to the north, London Bridge to the east, the River Thames to the south and Chancery Lane to the west. It roughly covers the southwestern corner of the City of London, including Fleet Street , Temple , Blackfriars , and St Paul's Cathedral . 6 postcodes in EC4 (2 in EC4A and 4 in EC4Y) fall within St. James's ward in Westminster . Minories Minories ( / ˈ m ɪ n ər iː z / MIN -ə-reez )
85-638: Is roughly bounded by City Road to the northeast and east, Moorgate to the east, Chiswell Street and Newgate Street to the south, Rosebery Avenue to the northwest, and Gray's Inn Road to the west, where it borders WC postcode area . A long thin protrusion to the north east takes in all of Old Street. Taking in the districts of Clerkenwell , Finsbury and the northwestern corner of the City of London from St Paul's Cathedral . The EC2 postcode district ( 51°31′05″N 0°05′02″W / 51.518°N 0.084°W / 51.518; -0.084 ( EC2 ) )
102-477: Is roughly bounded by Old Street to the north, Bishopsgate to the east, Cheapside , Poultry and Threadneedle Street to the south, and Aldersgate to the west. The postcode district includes Moorgate , Finsbury Circus and Liverpool Street and roughly covers the northeastern corner of the City of London from St Paul's Cathedral. To the north there are small sections in the London Borough of Islington and
119-637: Is the name of a small former administrative unit, and also of a street in the Aldgate area of the City of London . Both the street and the former administrative area take their name from the Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate . Both are positioned just to the east of, and outside, the line of London's former defensive walls , in London's East End . The area of the former administrative unit
136-465: The Barbican and Whitechapel . The border between the City and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets ran haphazardly between Minories and nearby Mansell Street until boundary changes in 1994 relocated the present-day border along Mansell Street, so that Minories is now within the City of London. Aldgate Underground station is at the northern end of Minories, on Aldgate High Street. In September 2013,
153-529: The London Borough of Hackney . Numbers 250-288 Bishopsgate (EC2M) fall within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets The EC3 postcode district ( 51°30′29″N 0°04′34″W / 51.508°N 0.076°W / 51.508; -0.076 ( EC3 ) ) is roughly bounded by Minories and the Tower of London to the east, the River Thames to the south, London Bridge and Threadneedle Street to
170-510: The Minories reflects that. The name Minories can be found in other English towns, including Birmingham , Colchester , Newcastle upon Tyne and Stratford-upon-Avon . {{{annotations}}} Minories was in the ancient parish of St Botolph without Aldgate until 1557, when it became extra-parochial . The area was a papal peculiar outside the jurisdiction of the English bishops. The abbey
187-560: The latin sorores minores ("little sisters"), a name they took out of humility. The Abbey was also known as the Abbey of St Clare, and by a variety of other variations. The Abbey was a house of the Order of St Clare of Assisi founded by St Clare, one of the first followers of St Francis of Assisi . The order was and is the female branch of the Order of St Francis or Order of Friars Minor known as Franciscans . As an expression of humility,
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#1732776880055204-469: The male Franciscans had adopted for themselves the Latin term fratres minores ("lesser or little brothers"), rendered in English as "friars minor" or just "minors". In a similar way, the female Franciscans were known in Latin as sorores minores ("lesser or little sisters"), anglicised to "minoresses". Members of the order were also known as Poor Clares or Clarisses, and the name St. Clare Street, just off
221-421: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title East Central . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East_Central&oldid=1166780083 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
238-633: The west and Houndsditch to the north. It includes the Monument , Aldgate , Cornhill , Fenchurch Street , Gracechurch Street , Leadenhall Street , Lombard Street , Mincing Lane , Pudding Lane and Tower Hill and roughly covers the southeastern corner of the City of London. A small part is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets , including the Tower of London. The EC4 postcode district ( 51°30′40″N 0°05′53″W / 51.511°N 0.098°W / 51.511; -0.098 ( EC4 ) )
255-569: Was dissolved in 1539, the property passing to the Crown. The chapel of the former abbey became the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories , and other buildings were used as an armoury and later as a workhouse. In 1686, the area became part of the Liberties of the Tower of London . The Minories area historically hosted a large Jewish community. Minories Holy Trinity, also known as Minories Holy Trinity ,
272-524: Was abolished as a civil parish in 1895 and absorbed into the parish of Whitechapel . The parish took its name from Holy Trinity Minories church, just off St Clare St, which was built 1706 on the site of an earlier church but destroyed during the Blitz in 1940. The modern street named Minories runs north–south with traffic flowing both-ways from Aldgate to Tower Hill ; it is part of the A1211 road between
289-487: Was outside the City of London (most recently in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets ), with the street partially in the City and partly in Tower Hamlets. Boundary changes in 1994 mean the area of both is now wholly within the City of London. Minories' name is derived from the former Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate , founded in 1294. The minoresses were nuns, the name being an anglicisation of
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