please empty your brain below
St Clement Danes also claims to be the church in the rhyme. Its bells ring out the tune and it has an annual oranges and lemons service when it gives out the said fruit to the local primary school children which is also called St Clements

Good to see the randomiser is back

arcturus | 14.10.20 - 7:36 a.m. | #

Any idea how many people live in the ward of Candlewick ? also the link to the "Bank Station Upgrade" was really interesting thank you so much for highlighting it.

fishislandskin | 14.10.20 - 7:58 a.m. | #

Population estimates for City wards aren't normally published because they're so small.

Combining Candlewick with four other wards to the north, the total population is only 240. I suspect Candlewick's close to single figures.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.10.20 - 8:09 a.m. | #

Excellent post. I love and am fascinated by The City, so much history and change. I was very fortunate to live for 6 months in the Barbican and used to enjoy weekend walks through the lanes and alleys. I think The Corporation has done and excellent job recently on improving the public realm.

I hope this series continues.

David | 14.10.20 - 8:19 a.m. | #

The population is possibly largely the night-watchmen.

Joho | Homepage | 14.10.20 - 8:57 a.m. | #

Love a wander around the city. There are still some very atmospheric passages and alleyways. Hopefully hear about some of them in future posts.

Peter | 14.10.20 - 9:02 a.m. | #

Close. I make that a usual resident population for Candlewick ward of 17 people across 14 households, according to the 2011 Census (crosschecking Doogal population and active postcodes by ward with ONS population/households by postcode: EC3R_8BG 2/1 + EC4N_7BA 1/1 + EC4N_8AD 3/3 + EC4R_0DP 5/4 + EC4R_0DR 6/5 = 17/14).

Rich G | Homepage | 14.10.20 - 9:41 a.m. | #

Fascinating and informative - thank you. I'm looking forward to more of this series!

Suse | 14.10.20 - 9:54 a.m. | #

Fascinating indeed. I expect to learn much from this series!

Dominic H | 14.10.20 - 9:58 a.m. | #

I think that House of Fraser had a direct entrance from inside the station, which for some reason I always found rather pleasing when I went there. I think it was in a quiet corner so allowed you to avoid the then-busy City streets (and the rain!).

Andrew S | 14.10.20 - 10:20 a.m. | #

A fascinating post. I'm looking forward to your explorations of other wards.

Tony | 14.10.20 - 10:38 a.m. | #

Chapeau! May you indeed be inspired to visit more.

tops | 14.10.20 - 10:39 a.m. | #

Loved this, can't wait to read the rest!

R | 14.10.20 - 11:00 a.m. | #

Off to a cracking start! I've always loved the 'random' series.

Cornish Cockney | 14.10.20 - 11:37 a.m. | #

Andrew yes, the inside entrance was very handy. Think they closed it off well before the store shut down.

This post has given me the work/commute equivalent of homesickness - the platform shot is pretty much my usual position for the 1 stop to London Bridge I took every day for nigh on 10 years until March 20th. Probably the only bit of the City I know well enough to recognise every shot and point out how things have changed over a decade. Good to see it again, you've encouraged me to walk around there next time I need to head in that direction.

E1W-er | 14.10.20 - 12:17 p.m. | #

Four things I failed to mention:

• Post Office Court
• The Candlewick Ward Club
• London's largest Quaker Meeting House
• Headquarters of the Royal Philatelic Society

diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.10.20 - 12:44 p.m. | #

Nice work DG, look forward to the rest of the series.

Hope we get to hear about the insurance argument in October's 'unclogged things'.

Lux | 14.10.20 - 1:40 p.m. | #

Accommodation for live-in caretakers and their families may account for some of the population, there was a kid at school who lived in a flat on top of an office block, you had a view from your window of air-con units and the various other stuff you have on the roofs of offices, as well as a birds eye view over the city.

Still Anon | 14.10.20 - 3:08 p.m. | #

Fascinating DG, has encouraged me to go and have a look around for myself. Keep up the good work!

Barry arnold | 14.10.20 - 3:28 p.m. | #

While walking around the City keep an eye out for odd bollards. The City Corporation has many thousends, mostly fairly modern and to two designs, but there are plenty of old ones hidden away in back lanes and courtyards. Just three examples are (i) those taken over from other authoritie when the boundary has been adjusted (ii) Specialy cast ones to commemorate anniversaries and (iii) pink ones.

Alan S | 14.10.20 - 4:39 p.m. | #

It’s really very pleasing to have this look into a small area of the City - thank you. This was my frequent through route between Liverpool Street and Monument instead of going around the corner on the Circle Line. I found various different ways through, so your descriptions and pictures were a nice reminder.
I liked Clements Lane as it was much quieter to walk down than the main roads and has a few interesting bits like a monument to a Serbian ‘man of letters’.
Your link to the huge station upgrade is truly fascinating- thanks for that.

Herbof | 14.10.20 - 11:32 p.m. | #

Makes me wonder what connection there might be to candlewick bedspreads

Caz | 15.10.20 - 2:04 a.m. | #











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