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Tower Ward , Corporation of London
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History
The City of London was divided into wards for the purpose of government as early as Norman times. The wards had responsibility to keep the peace, supervise trade and oversee sanitation, and each ward has the right to elect an Alderman and Commoners to sit in the Court of Common Council.
Tower Ward is situated with Aldgate Ward at the eastern most side of the City. The ward contained three City parish churches: All Hallows Barking, St Olave Hart Street and St Dunstan in the East.