Their administrative, judicial and military purpose made them equivalent to Hundreds in the countryside.

Early charters show that the western boundary of the City and Westminster was pushed back to approximately its current position in around 1000, though the area outside the walls is thought to have been sparsely populated, if at all, at this time.

[7] and in 1276 the area was carried the name of another Alderman, as the Ward of Anketill de Auvergne.

[8][6] Farringdon was later named after Sir Nicholas de Faringdon, who was appointed Lord Mayor of London for "as long as it shall please him" by King Edward II.

William de Faringdon was Lord Mayor in 1281–82 and also a Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company.