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The City of London, sometimes shortened to City, was an area in London.
Geography
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City shared its western border with Westminster, its north-western border with Camden, its northern border with Islington, its north-eastern border with Hackney and its eastern border with Tower Hamlets. Its southern border was the River Thames, across which was the London Borough of Southwark. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen)
The City of London was the location of St Paul's Cathedral, the City of London School and the northernmost landfall of the Millennium Bridge. Stations in the city included Cannon Street, Monument, Mansion House and Blackfriars. (TV: The Lie of the Land) It also contained the Bank of England, the Royal Exchange, a financial district and an area known as Cheapside. (PROSE: At Childhood's End)
A column at the bottom of King William Street — close to the Bank of England building in the City of London — commemorated the Great Fire of London. Its plaque read in part:
- "In the year of Christ 1666, on 2 September, at a distance eastward of this place of 202 ft, which is the height of this column, a fire broke out in the dead of night which, the wind blowing, devoured even distant buildings, and rushed devastating through every quarter with astonishing swiftness and noise..." (PROSE: Matrix)
History
The Great Fire of London began in the City (PROSE: Matrix) in a baker's shop on Pudding Lane on 2 September 1666. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Visitation) The fire raged for three days, destroying most of the medieval city of London. (PROSE: A History of Humankind)
During the "London Event", Jamie McCrimmon and Gwynfor Evans visited the Monument and Cannon Street stations in the London Underground. (TV: The Web of Fear)
The Slitheen craft flew over the City of London in 2006, swerving around St Paul's towards the neighbouring borough of Westminster. (TV: Aliens of London )
City appeared on Mr Smith's map of London. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen)
The Monks parked their pyramid in the City of London, close to St Paul's Cathedral. City was seen on a map of London used during the Monk invasion of the late 2010s. (TV: The Lie of the Land)
