Langbourn Ward

Langbourn is one of 25 wards in the City of London, electing an Alderman to the Court of Aldermen and three Common Councillors to the Court of Common Council.

Unique in bordering eight other Wards, Langbourn has for centuries been home to bankers, insurers, merchants, goldsmiths and other trades. The Ward is reputedly named after a buried stream in the vicinity, detailed in Stowe’s 1598 Survey of London.

St Mary Woolnoth on the corner of Lombard Street and King William Street is the Ward Church and is used as the Polling Station at elections. The boundaries before the recent changes were nearly the same as they were 700 years ago. It is a small Ward; a long thin area, running in a west-east direction. t also encompasses a large area of that Jewel of the City, Leadenhall Market, the original site of the Roman Forum (or marketplace) in Londinium.

With the rise in the popularity of Coffee Houses in the 17th Century it is remarkable that there were fifteen of these meeting places in Langbourn Ward, the most notable being close to the corner of Abchurch Lane originally owned by Mr Edward Lloyd, a vestryman of the Church of St Mary Woolnoth, who was to give his name to the Lloyd’s of London insurance market.

Please do get in touch about joining Langbourn Ward Club, founded in 1890. All the Langbourn Slate Team are members and there are lots of fun events each year.

The City of London Corporation has adopted a radical Climate Action Strategy which breaks new ground and sets out how the organisation will achieve net zero, build climate resilience and champion sustainable growth, both in the UK and globally, over the next two decades. By adopting the strategy, the City Corporation has committed to:

• Achieve net zero carbon emissions from its operations by 2027
• Achieve net zero carbon emissions across its investments and supply chain by 2040
• Support the achievement of net zero for the Square Mile by 2040

This follows an extensive study of its activities and assets and puts a plan in place to address emissions from its financial and property investments and full  supply chain.

The City Corporation has set out a fully funded action plan for 2020-2027 and set annual targets. With this plan it aims to address areas of biggest impact first. Data on progress will be shared via a programme dashboard, expected to go live for the public mid-2022.

At the end of each year the City Corporation will publish a report of its progress against targets for that year. It will invite its stakeholders to participate in a survey to help it understand how well it is reaching and engaging with them.

You can contact the Langbourn Slate Team personally to tell us what climate actions you would like the City Corporation to take or how you would like to get involved.

Alternatively you can contact the City Corporation’s Climate Action Team at Climate Action.

More information and resources for businesses and residents are available to view and download from the City Corporation’s Climate Action Webpages.