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SHOREDITCH.
The Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, is situate entirely within
the County of Middlesex. It is bounded on the east by Bethnal
Green, Spitalfields and Norton Folgate, on the north by Hackney,
on the west by Islington and St. Luke's, while its southern
boundary is immediately contiguous to that of the City of London;
its length, from north to south, is about 1¾ miles, while its breadth,
from east to west, is nearly 1½ miles, and its superficial area is
about 640 acres. The Parish is classed Schedule A in the Metropolis
Local Management Act, and consequently returns two representatives
to the Metropolitan Board of Works. The Vestry consists
of 120 elected Members, and meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays
in each month for the transaction of its general business; other
and Special Meetings are held as circumstances or occasion require.
The Parish is divided for Vestry purposes into eight wards, the
boundaries of which are as follows:—
No. 1—Moorfields Ward.—All that part of the Parish lying
South of a line commencing at the Bethnal Green Boundary
in Bethnal Green Road (Church Street) ; and continuing
through Church Street, New Inn Yard, and Leonard Street,
to St. Luke's Boundary.
No. 2—Church Ward.—North of the line above described. The
Eastern Boundary commences at the corner of Boundary
. Street, Bethnal Green Road, and continues by Boundary
Street to Austin Street, Hackney Road, thence to Kingsland
Road, and by that Road to Mary Street; crosses Hoxton
Street to Great James Street, thence by St. John's Road and
Pitfield Street to Old Street Road, thence westward through
Old Street Road, and thence by the boundary of St. Luke's
to Leonard Street.
No. 3—Hoxton Ward.—West and North of the Boundary of
Church Ward. The Northern Boundary of this ward
commences at the St. John's Road end of Nicholas Street,
through that street to the New North Road, Murray Street,