Cheap (ward)

{{Short description|Ward of the City of London}}

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{{Use British English|date=November 2014}}

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| official_name = Ward of Cheap

| map_type = Greater London

|static_image_name= Ward of Cheap.jpg

| static_image_2 = City of London, Ward of Cheap.svg

| static_image_2_caption = Location within the City

| country = England

| region = London

| london_borough = City of London

| coordinates = {{coord|51.5148|-0.094|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = TQ321812

| post_town = LONDON

| postcode_area = EC

| postcode_district = EC1, EC4

| dial_code = 020

| constituency_westminster = Cities of London and Westminster

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Cheap is a small ward in the City of London, England. It stretches west to east from King Edward Street, the border with Farringdon Within ward, to Old Jewry, which adjoins Walbrook; and north to south from Gresham Street, the border with Aldersgate and Bassishaw wards, to Cheapside, the boundary with Cordwainer and Bread Street wards. The name Cheap derives from the Middle English word "cheep, cheap" for "market".cheap, n., I.2.b., Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989, Oxford University Press.

The following roads run north to south across the ward: St. Martin's Le Grand,[http://www.moveandstay.com/offices_description.asp?id=1320 Details of junction] Foster Lane, Gutter Lane, Wood Street, Milk Street, King Street, and Ironmonger Lane. Within its boundaries are two Anglican churches: St Vedast Foster Lane[http://www.vedast.net/ Parish Web Site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929211351/http://www.vedast.net/ |date=29 September 2007 }} and St Lawrence Jewry;[http://www.london-city-churches.org.uk/Churches/St%20Lawrence%20Jewry.htm More details] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213700/http://www.london-city-churches.org.uk/Churches/St%20Lawrence%20Jewry.htm |date=27 September 2007 }} a third church, St Mildred, Poultry, was demolished in 1872. Several Livery Halls are located in Cheap, including those of the Mercers', Goldsmiths', Wax Chandlers' and Saddlers' Companies.[http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/SaferCityWards/YourCityWard/Wards/cheap.htm Police overview] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009164849/http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/SaferCityWards/YourCityWard/Wards/cheap.htm |date=9 October 2007 }}

File:St Lawrence Jewry.JPG in Gresham Street]]

A small part of the Guildhall lies within the ward's boundaries: the main entrance and main hall itself; the remainder is in Bassishaw. Also within Cheap are the Lord Mayor's and City of London Court and the southern end of Basinghall Street.[http://213.86.34.248/NR/rdonlyres/5115C3A2-5389-4865-9AA6-4D713BFF5C7A/0/cheap.jpg]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}