Editing Cripplegate (section)

{{Short description|Ward of the City of London}}
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{{infobox UK place
| official_name            = Ward of Cripplegate
| map_type                 = Greater London
| country                  = England
| region                   = London
| london_borough           = City of London
| coordinates              = {{coord|51.518087|-0.0931473|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference        = TQ327811
|static_image_name=The Ward of Cripplegate Without.jpg
| population               = 2,782
| population_ref           = (2011 Census. Ward)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688522&c=Cripplegate&d=14&e=62&g=6317308&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476628931522&enc=1|title=City of London Ward population 2011|access-date=16 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=21 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021060331/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688522&c=Cripplegate&d=14&e=62&g=6317308&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476628931522&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| post_town                = LONDON
| postcode_area            = EC
| postcode_district        = EC2
| dial_code                = 020
| constituency_westminster = [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]]
}}
'''Cripplegate''' was a [[city gate|gate]] in the [[London Wall]] which once enclosed the [[City of London]], England.

The Cripplegate gate lent its name to the Cripplegate [[Wards of the City of London|ward]] of the City, which encompasses the area where the gate and the former city wall once stood. The ward is divided into two parts: Cripplegate Within and Cripplegate Without,<ref>[http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/committees/ward_newsletters/15.pdf Cripplegate Ward News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612211407/http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/committees/ward_newsletters/15.pdf |date=12 June 2011 }} - note use of "Within" and "Without" on page 4</ref> a division that originated from the gate and wall. Each part has a designated  [[beadle]] and a deputy ([[alderman]]). Following boundary changes in 1994 (City) and 2003 (ward), the majority of the ward now falls within Cripplegate Without, as the ward of [[Bassishaw]] has expanded significantly into the Cripplegate Within area.

Until [[World War II]], the area approximating to ''Cripplegate Without'' was commonly known as simply ''Cripplegate''.  The area was almost entirely destroyed in [[the Blitz]] of [[World War II]], causing the term to fall out of colloquial speech. Cripplegate Without is the site of the [[Barbican Estate]] and [[Barbican Centre]], with a small part of these lying in neighbouring [[Aldersgate|Aldersgate Without]].