In medieval times it was divided into ten precincts and contained six churches, of which only two,
St Margaret Lothbury and
All Hallows-on-the-Wall now survive:
St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange was demolished in 1840,
St Benet Fink in 1844,
St Martin Outwich in 1874 and
St Peter le Poer in 1907. church The ward's northern boundary along
London Wall and Blomfield Street borders
Coleman Street ward, before curving to the north-east along Liverpool Street, the division with
Bishopsgate. From here, Old Broad Street runs south-west along the border with
Cornhill where it joins
Throgmorton Street, its southern boundary—to the south of which is the
Bank of England in
Walbrook ward. The western boundary follows a series of small courts and alleys adjacent to
Moorgate and then runs up Copthall Avenue. A busy commercial area it also contains two
livery halls of the
Worshipful Company of Carpenters and
Worshipful Company of Drapers on the private Throgmorton Avenue which they jointly own. Like many of the City wards it has a social club for people who work in the area, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in March 2006. At the top of Old Broad Street, adjacent to
Liverpool Street station, was
Broad Street station which closed in 1986—the only major terminus station in London to have permanently closed. ==Politics==