page_title: Coleman Street Ward
section_title: Features
hierarchical_section_title: Coleman Street Ward / Features
caption_attribution_description: English: St Margaret Lothbury
context_page_description: Coleman Street is one of the 25 ancient wards of the City of London and lies on the City's northern boundary with the London Borough of Islington.
  The ward, which includes land lying on either side of the former city wall, takes its name from a road linking Gresham Street with the London Wall road.
context_section_description: Coleman Street is a one-way road that runs from Gresham Street to London Wall. The church of St Stephen Coleman Street used to stand at the southern end of the street, on the western side, until it was completely destroyed in the Blitz and was not rebuilt. In the 17th century, St. Stephen's became a Puritan stronghold. On the night of 5 January 1642, after the king's failed attempt to arrest them, five MPs, Pym, Hampden, Haselrig, Strode and Holles, hid on Coleman Street utilising the support for parliament that tended to be afforded by sympathisers in the City of London.
  At the northern end of the street stands the livery hall of the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers, and the pineapple-shaped headquarters of Legal & General.
  Despite the bustle of business, the ward also contains the City’s "finest oasis of calm", 
  Finsbury Circus, an elliptical square with its own bowling club, is located within the ward, as is Moorgate station.
caption: St Margaret Lothbury church.
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