The City
- City of London Corporation - all about the City, how it works, etc etc
- Livery Companies of the City of London - hosts the Livery Companies Database
- The London Livery Companies - list of companies, their Masters, halls and websites
- City and Livery - exploring the City of London and its Livery Companies; supports the book The City of London Freeman's Guide (see below)
- The Beadles of London - beadles to the Livery Companies
- City Bridge Trust
- City of London Festival - held annually in June/July
- City Street Names - text of book published 1926 with origins of names of streets, lanes, alleys and courts in the City of London
- A Dictionary of London by Henry Harben (1819)
- A Guide to the Alleys, Courts, Passages and Yards of Central London
- Visiting the City
Books
(op) = out of print
- Colonel Robert J Blackham, London For Ever: The Sovereign City (op) and The Soul of the City: London's Livery Companies (op) - written in the 1930s; interesting not just for the information but as snapshots of the period (with occasionally wince-inducing opinions!)
- Paul D Jagger, The City of London Freeman's Guide (The Information Technologists' Company, 2014)
City Wards
- Wards of the City of London on Wikipedia
- Ward boundaries map on City of London Corporation site
Some wards have their own website - click on the ward name below. Otherwise see the Wikipedia entry.
| Aldersgate Wikipedia |
Aldgate Wikipedia |
Bassishaw Wikipedia |
Billingsgate Wikipedia |
Bishopsgate Wikipedia |
| Bread Street Wikipedia |
Bridge Wikipedia |
Broad Street Wikipedia |
Candlewick Wikipedia |
Castle Baynard Wikipedia |
| Cheap Wikipedia |
Coleman Street Wikipedia |
Cordwainer Wikipedia |
Cornhill Wikipedia |
Cripplegate Wikipedia |
| Dowgate Wikipedia |
Farringdon Within Wikipedia |
Farringdon Without Wikipedia |
Langbourn Wikipedia |
Lime Street Wikipedia |
| Portsoken Wikipedia |
Queenhithe Wikipedia |
Tower Wikipedia |
Vintry Wikipedia |
Walbrook Wikipedia |
Traditions and ceremonies
- Lord Mayor's Show - Saturday after the second Friday in November (when the Silent Ceremony takes place in Guildhall); from Guildhall to the Royal Courts of Justice and back to Mansion House
- Ceremony of the Keys - every night, Tower of London; free, book well in advance
- Blessing the River Thames - Sunday after 6 Epiphany, London Bridge; blessing given by clergy from Southwark Cathedral and St Magnus the Martyr
- Trial of the Pyx - February, Goldsmiths' Hall; free tickets available on application
- Distribution of the Butterworth Charity - Good Friday, St Bartholomew the Great; distribution of hot cross buns before the morning service
- John Stow Memorial Service - April every three years, St Andrew Undershaft
- Beating the Bounds - Ascension Day (in 2014 on 29 May), All Hallows by the Tower
- Knollys Rose Ceremony - June, All Hallows by the Tower
- Cart Marking Ceremony - July, Guildhall Yard; see photos from the 2013 ceremony
- Procession of the Worshipful Company of Vintners - second Wednesday in July, Vintners' Hall to St James Garlickhythe, to mark the installation of the new Master
- Doggett's Coat & Badge Race - mid July, sculling race for apprentice watermen from London Bridge to Chelsea
- Swan Upping - third week of July, Thames up river
- Pearly Kings and Queens Harvest Festival - last Sunday in September, Guildhall Yard
- London Lion Sermon - October, St Katharine Cree
- Margaret Brentnall, Old Customs and Ceremonies of London (Batsford, 1975, op)
Museums, galleries and visitor attractions
- Museum of London
- Guildhall Art Gallery and London's Roman Amphitheatre
- All Hallows by the Tower Crypt Museum
- Bank of England Museum
- Barbican Centre
- City of London Distillery
- City of London Police Museum
- Clockmakers' Museum
- Dennis Severs House, Spitalfields
- Dr Johnson's House
- Mansion House
- The Monument
- Museum of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell
- St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum
- St Paul's Cathedral
- Tower Bridge Museum
- Tower of London