Aldgate High Street, EC3N

Once the route to one of the six original gates of the Wall of London, Aldgate High Street has an important place in medieval London’s history.

North side of Aldgate High Street, c.1905
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Aldgate High Street was closely located to where the eastern part of the original Roman Wall, and in the medieval period, it led to town of Colchester in Essex.

Because of its connection to places outside London, Aldgate High Street was vital to the geography of medieval London. Unfortunately, any archaeological remnants of the Roman gate have been obscured, and there is no evidence of its precise location, but is believed to have straddled Aldgate High Street, the gate’s northern edge beneath the pavement of current address of 1-2 Aldgate High Street, and its southern edge beneath 88-89 Aldgate High Street.

There is some dispute over the etymology and meaning of "Aldgate," but various historians have provided some theories. The earliest record of Aldgate has it listed as East Gate, which makes sense, given its location as the easternmost gate on the Wall.

Another interpretation of its current name, "Ale Gate," indicates that an ale-house may have been nearby, and yet another, "All Gate," may have pointed to that area’s openness to all. Even though the name Aldgate may point to a variety or origins, all of these etymologies do seem to corroborate Aldgate High Street’s history of being a center for weary travelers to London, who may have stayed at an inn or have a pint of ale on this street. Most scholars seem to agree that the most likely meaning of "Aldgate," however, is "Old Gate," which gives us an indication Aldgate High Street’s antiquity, and its long history dating back to Roman times.

Aldgate High Street’s close proximity to Aldgate helped to cement it as a centre for visitors. The street was once home to inns and taverns to accommodate the travellers coming in and out of London through Aldgate. As is the case with many other parts of London, there are few remnants of buildings or sites actually dating back to the medieval period. The only buildings on Aldgate High Street that date to the period before the Great Fire are a series of buildings at the northern end of Aldgate High Street, one of which is a pub called Hoop & Grapes. This pub is incredibly unique, as it was built in 1593 and was one of the only wooden buildings to survive the Great Fire of 1666. Today, the front of the building looks much like it did in the Tudor period, possessing a few medieval characteristics such as the jetties on its second level and its characteristic Tudor, timber frame. The cellar also supposedly dates back to the thirteenth century.

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The Underground Map Pepys Street, EC3N Added: 20 Sep 2020 13:01 GMT	Pepys starts diary On 1 January 1659, Samuel Pepys started his famous daily diary and maintained it for ten years. The diary has become perhaps the most extensive source of information on this critical period of English history. Pepys never considered that his diary would be read by others. The original diary consisted of six volumes written in Shelton shorthand, which he had learned as an undergraduate on scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge. This shorthand was introduced in 1626, and was the same system Isaac Newton used when writing. Reply
Tricia Shadwell Added: 27 Apr 2021 12:05 GMT	St George in the East Church This Church was opened in 1729, designed by Hawksmore. Inside destroyed by incendrie bomb 16th April 1941. Rebuilt inside and finished in 1964. The building remained open most of the time in a temporary prefab. Reply
Graham O’Connell Lloyds Wharf, SE1 Added: 10 Apr 2021 10:24 GMT	Lloyd & Sons, Tin Box Manufacturers (1859 - 1982) A Lloyd & Sons occupied the wharf (now known as Lloyds Wharf, Mill Street) from the mid 19th Century to the late 20th Century. Best known for making tin boxes they also produced a range of things from petrol canisters to collecting tins. They won a notorious libel case in 1915 when a local councillor criticised the working conditions which, in fairness, weren’t great. There was a major fire here in 1929 but the company survived at least until 1982 and probably a year or two after that. Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT	My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. Reply
jack stevens Whites Row, E1 Added: 26 Sep 2021 13:38 GMT	Mothers birth place Number 5 Whites Row which was built in around 1736 and still standing was the premises my now 93 year old mother was born in, her name at birth was Hilda Evelyne Shaw, Reply
margaret clark Thrawl Street, E1 Added: 15 Oct 2021 22:23 GMT	Margaret’s address when she married in 1938 ^, Josepine House, Stepney is the address of my mother on her marriage certificate 1938. Her name was Margaret Irene Clark. Her father Basil Clark was a warehouse grocer. Reply
Old Nichol Street, E2 Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT	Old Nichol Street, E2 Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop Reply
Admin Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 26 Aug 2022 15:19 GMT	Bus makes a leap A number 78 double-decker bus driven by Albert Gunter was forced to jump an accidentally opening Tower Bridge. He was awarded a £10 bonus. Reply
Steven Shepherd Pitfield Street, N1 Added: 4 Feb 2021 14:20 GMT	Our House I and my three brothers were born at 178 Pitfield Street. All of my Mothers Family (ADAMS) Lived in the area. There was an area behind the house where the Hoxton Stall holders would keep the barrows. The house was classed as a slum but was a large house with a basement. The basement had 2 rooms that must have been unchanged for many years it contained a ’copper’ used to boil and clean clothes and bedlinen and a large ’range’ a cast iron coal/log fired oven. Coal was delivered through a ’coal hole’ in the street which dropped through to the basement. The front of the house used to be a shop but unused while we lived there. I have many more happy memories of the house too many to put here. Reply
fariba Tower Bridge Business Complex, S Added: 28 Jun 2021 00:48 GMT	Tower Bridge Business Complex, S need for my coursework Source: university Reply
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Talbot Yard, SE1 Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT	correction Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales Reply
Linda Pereira Street, E1 Added: 18 Feb 2021 22:03 GMT	Pereira Street, E1 My grandfather Charles Suett lived in Periera Street & married a widowed neighbour there. They later moved to 33 Bullen House, Collingwood Street where my father was born. Reply

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Gardnor Road, NW3 Added: 16 Nov 2022 12:39 GMT	The Pearce family lived in Gardnor Road The Pearce family moved into Gardnor Road around 1900 after living in Fairfax walk, my Great grandfather, wife and there children are recorded living in number 4 Gardnor road in the 1911 census, yet I have been told my grand father was born in number 4 in 1902, generations of the Pearce continue living in number 4 as well other houses in the road up until the 1980’s Reply
Gardnor Road, NW3 Added: 16 Nov 2022 12:38 GMT	The Pearce family lived in Gardnor Road The Pearce family moved into Gardnor Road around 1900 after living in Fairfax walk, my Great grandfather, wife and there children are recorded living in number 4 Gardnor road in the 1911 census, yet I have been told my grand father was born in number 4 in 1902, generations of the Pearce continue living in number 4 as well other houses in the road up until the 1980’s Reply
Phil Stubbington Rodenhurst Road, SW4 Added: 14 Nov 2022 16:28 GMT	Numbers 60 to 70 (1901 - 1939) A builder, Robert Maeers (1842-1919), applied to build six houses on plots 134 to 139 on the Lincoln House Estate on 5 October 1901. He received approval on 8 October 1901. These would become numbers 60 to 70 Rodenhurst Road (60 is plot 139). Robert Maeers was born in Northleigh, Devon. In 1901 he was living in 118 Elms Road with his wife Georgina, nee Bagwell. They had four children, Allan, Edwin, Alice, and Harriet, born between 1863 and 1873. Alice Maeers was married to John Rawlins. Harriet Maeers was married to William Street. Three of the six houses first appear on the electoral register in 1904: Daniel Mescal “Ferncroft” William Francis Street “Hillsboro” Henry Elkin “Montrose” By the 1905 electoral register all six are occupied: Daniel Mescal “St Senans” Henry Robert Honeywood “Grasmere” John Rawlins “Iveydene” William Francis Street “Hillsboro” Walter Ernest Manning “St Hilda” Henry Elkin “Montrose” By 1906 house numbers replace names: Daniel Mescal 70 Henry Robert Honeywood 68 John Rawlins 66 William Francis Street 64 Walter Ernest Manning 62 Henry Elkin 60 It’s not clear whether number 70 changed from “Ferncroft” to “St Senans” or possibly Daniel Mescal moved houses. In any event, it can be seen that Robert Maeers’ two daughters are living in numbers 64 and 66, with, according to local information, an interconnecting door. In the 1911 census William Street is shown as a banker’s clerk. John Rawlins is a chartering clerk in shipping. Robert Maeers and his wife are also living at this address, Robert being shown as a retired builder. By 1939 all the houses are in different ownership except number 60, where the Elkins are still in residence. Reply
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Richard Lake De Laune Street, SE17 Added: 28 Sep 2022 09:37 GMT	Trade Union Official John William Lake snr moved with his family to 22 De Laune Street in 1936. He was the London Branch Secretary for the Street Masons, Paviours and Road Makers Union. He had previously lived in Orange St now Copperfield St Southwark but had been forced to move because the landlord didn’t like him working from home and said it broke his lease. John William snr died in 1940. His son John William Lake jnr also became a stone mason and at the end of World War two he was responsible for the engraving of the dates of WW2 onto the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Reply
Julie Well Walk, NW3 Added: 22 Sep 2022 18:30 GMT	Well Walk, NW3 (1817 - 1818) The home of Benthy, the Postman, with whom poet John Keats and his brother Tom lodged from early 1817 to Dec., 1818. They occupied the first floor up. Here Tom died Dec. 1, 1818. It was next door to the Welles Tavern then called ’The Green Man’." From collected papers and photos re: No. 1 Well Walk at the library of Harvard University. Source: No. 1, Well Walk, Hampstead. \| HOLLIS for Reply

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Leadenhall Street, EC3V

Leadenhall Street, EC3V Leadenhall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Leadenhall Street, EC3V

Leman Street, E1 Leman Street was named after Sir John Leman.

Leman Street, E1

Leyden Street, E1 Leyden Street was laid out in 1899-1904 by Sir Algernon Osborn.

Leyden Street, E1

Library Square, EC3N Library Square is a road in the E1 postcode area

Library Square, EC3N

Lime Street, EC3M The name Lime Street comes from the lime burners who once sold lime from there for use in construction.

Lime Street, EC3M

Little Somerset Street, E1 Little Somerset Street was originally called Harrow Alley but colloquially known as ’Blood Alley.’

Little Somerset Street, E1

Liverpool Street, EC2M Liverpool Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Liverpool Street, EC2M

Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3N Lloyd?s Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3N

Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3N A street within the EC3N postcode

Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3N

Lloyds Avenue, EC3N Lloyds Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Lloyds Avenue, EC3N

London Street, EC3M London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

London Street, EC3M

Manningtree Street, E1 Manningtree Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Manningtree Street, E1

Mansell Street, E1 Mansell Street runs north-south on the City of London border.

Mansell Street, E1

Mark Lane, EC3R Mark Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Mark Lane, EC3R

Middlesex Street, E1 Middlesex Street is home to the Petticoat Lane Market.

Middlesex Street, E1

Middlesex Street, EC3A Middlesex Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Middlesex Street, EC3A

Mill Yard, E1 Mill Yard is a road in the E1 postcode area

Mill Yard, E1

Mincing Lane, EC3R Mincing Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Mincing Lane, EC3R

Minories, EC3N Minories is one of the old streets of the City of London.

Minories, EC3N

Minster Court, EC3R Minster Court can be found on Mincing Lane

Minster Court, EC3R

Minsters Pavement, EC3A Minsters Pavement is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Minsters Pavement, EC3A

Mitre Avenue, EC3A Mitre Avenue is one of the streets of London in the E17 postal area.

Mitre Avenue, EC3A

Mitre Square, EC3A Mitre Square is a small square in the City of London.

Mitre Square, EC3A

Mitre Street, EC3A Mitre Street connects Creechurch Lane with the Aldgate.

Mitre Street, EC3A

Munster Court, EC3R Munster Court is a road in the SW6 postcode area

Munster Court, EC3R

Muscovy Street, EC3R Muscovy Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Muscovy Street, EC3R

Nathaniel Close, E1 Nathaniel Close consists of houses and flats built in the early 1980s.

Nathaniel Close, E1

New Broad Street House, EC2M New Broad Street House is a block on Old Broad Street

New Broad Street House, EC2M

New Drum Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

New Drum Street, E1

New Goulston Street, E1 New Goulston Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

New Goulston Street, E1

New London Street, EC3R New London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

New London Street, EC3R

New Street, EC2M New Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

New Street, EC2M

North Tenter Street, E1 North Tenter Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

North Tenter Street, E1

Old Broad Street, EC2M Old Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Old Broad Street, EC2M

Old Castle Street, E1 Old Castle Street runs north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street, the southern section of which incorporates the former Castle Alley, murder site of Ripper victim Alice McKenzie.

Old Castle Street, E1

Osborn Street, E1 Osborn Street is a short road leading from Whitechapel Road to the crossroads with Brick Lane, Wentworth Street and Old Montague Street.

Osborn Street, E1

Pepys Street, EC3N Pepys Street links Seething Lane in the west to Cooper’s Row in the east.

Pepys Street, EC3N

Petticoat Square, E1 A street within the postcode

Petticoat Square, E1

Petticoat Tower, E1 Petticoat Tower is a block on Middlesex Street

Petticoat Tower, E1

Piazza Walk, E1 Piazza Walk is a location in London.

Piazza Walk, E1

Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode

Plantain Gardens, EC3M

Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode

Plantain Gardens, EC3M

Plantation Lane, EC3M Plantation Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Plantation Lane, EC3M

Plantation Place, EC3R Plantation Place takes its name from a previous Plantation House, once the recognised centre of the tea trade.

Plantation Place, EC3R

Pomell Way, E1 Pomell Way is a road in the E1 postcode area

Pomell Way, E1

Portsoken Street, EC3N Portsoken Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Portsoken Street, EC3N

Prescot Street, E1 Prescot Street was named for Rebecca Prescott, wife of William Leman.

Prescot Street, E1

Resolution Plaza, E1 Resolution Plaza is a location in London.

Resolution Plaza, E1

Riga Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Riga Mews, E1

Rood Lane, EC3M Rood Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Rood Lane, EC3M

Rose Court, E1 Rose Court runs off Widegate Street.

Rose Court, E1

Royal Mint Place, E1 Royal Mint Place is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Royal Mint Place, E1

Royal Mint Street, E1 Royal Mint Street began its life as Rosemary Lane.

Royal Mint Street, E1

Rupert Street, E1 Rupert Street was situated to the east of Leman Street.

Rupert Street, E1

Sandyâ€™s Row, E1 Sandy’s Row runs along the City of London boundary.

Sandyâ€™s Row, E1

Saracen’s Head Yard, EC3N Saracen’s Head Yard was to the south of Aldgate.

Saracen’s Head Yard, EC3N

Savage Gardens, EC3N Savage Gardens connects Crutched Friars in the north to Trinity Square in the south, crossing Pepys Street.

Savage Gardens, EC3N

Scarborough Street, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area

Scarborough Street, E1

Seething Lane, EC3R Seething Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Seething Lane, EC3R

Shorter Street, E1 Shorter Street is a location in London.

Shorter Street, E1

Shorter Street, EC3N Shorter Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Shorter Street, EC3N

Shorter Street, EC3N Shorter Street is a road in the EC3N postcode area

Shorter Street, EC3N

Sky Garden, EC3M Sky Garden is a location in London.

Sky Garden, EC3M

South Tenter Street, E1 South Tenter Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

South Tenter Street, E1

St Botolph Street, EC3A St Botolph Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

St Botolph Street, EC3A

St Clare House, EC3N St Clare House is sited on Minories

St Clare House, EC3N

St Clare Street, EC3N St Clare Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

St Clare Street, EC3N

St Helen’s Place, EC3A St Helen’s Place runs east from Bishopsgate.

St Helen’s Place, EC3A

St James’s Passage, EC3A St James’s Passage was formerly known as Church Passage.

St James’s Passage, EC3A

St James’s Place, EC3A St James’s Place was an open square, formerly Broad Court, which held a daily market that sold fruits of various kinds.

St James’s Place, EC3A

St Mark Street, E1 St Mark Street was built on the old Goodman’s Fields.

St Mark Street, E1

St Mary At Hill, EC3R St Mary At Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

St Mary At Hill, EC3R

St Mary Axe, EC3A St Mary Axe is an ancient street of the City of London.

St Mary Axe, EC3A

St. Mary’s Grove, EC3A Jeffrey’s Square disappeared under the St Mary Axe development.

St. Mary’s Grove, EC3A

Stable Walk, E1 Stable Walk is a location in London.

Stable Walk, E1

Staple Hall, EC3A Staple Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Staple Hall, EC3A

Stone House Court, EC3A Stone House Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Stone House Court, EC3A

Stoney Lane, EC3A Stoney Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Stoney Lane, EC3A

Strype Street, E1 John Strype, who became an antiquary, historian and parson was the son of a Huguenot weaver and born near here in 1643.

Strype Street, E1

Sugar House, E1 Sugar House is a block on Leman Street

Sugar House, E1

The Community Centre, E1 The Community Centre is a location in London.

The Community Centre, E1

The Queen’s Steps, EC3N The Queen’s Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

The Queen’s Steps, EC3N

Thrawl Street, E1 Originally built by Henry Thrall around 1656, Thrawl Street ran east-west from Brick Lane across a former tenter field owned by the Fossan brothers, Thomas and Lewis.

Thrawl Street, E1

Toynbee Street, E1 Toynbee Street, formerly Shepherd Street, was laid out in 1810-24 and redeveloped in 1927-36 as part of the London County Council’s Holland estate.

Toynbee Street, E1

Trinity Square, EC3N Trinity Square is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Trinity Square, EC3N

Tyne Street, E1 Tyne Street is a location in London.

Tyne Street, E1

Undershaft, EC3P Undershaft is a road in the EC3P postcode area

Undershaft, EC3P

Union Court, EC2N Union Court is an alleyway off of Broad Street.

Union Court, EC2N

Victoria Avenue, E1 This is a street in the EC2M postcode area

Victoria Avenue, E1

Vine Street, EC3N Vine Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Vine Street, EC3N

Wentworth Street, E1 Wentworth Street runs east-west from the junction of Brick Lane, Osborn Street and Old Montague Street to Middlesex Street.

Wentworth Street, E1

West Tenter Street, E1 West Tenter Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

West Tenter Street, E1

White Church Lane, E1 White Church Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

White Church Lane, E1

White Church Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

White Church Passage, E1

White Kennett Street, EC3A White Kennett Street was named after a Bishop of Peterborough.

White Kennett Street, EC3A

Whitechapel High Street, E1 Whitechapel High Street runs approximately west-east from Aldgate High Street to Whitechapel Road and is designated as part of the A11.

Whitechapel High Street, E1

Whittington Avenue, EC3A Whittington Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Whittington Avenue, EC3A

Whittington Avenue, EC3V Whittington Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Whittington Avenue, EC3V

Windsor Street, EC2M Windsor Street was formerly a named street of the area.

Windsor Street, EC2M

Wormwood Street, EC2N Wormwood Street refers to the wormwood plant which used to grow on the London Wall and in other areas of wasteland in the City.

Wormwood Street, EC2N

Wrestlers Court, EC3A Wrestlers Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Wrestlers Court, EC3A

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All Bar One Houndsditch

Astronomer

Balls Brothers @ Minster Court

Balls Brothers Wine Bar

Balls Brothers, Mark Lane

Bedales Wine Bar

Bierschenke Bierkellar

Brokers Wine Bar

City Flogger

City Sports Pub and Grill

Craft Beer Co

Davys, 1 Plantation Place

Devonshire Terrace

Dirty Martini Dirty Martini is a pub near Liverpool Street station.

Jamies

Jamies St Mary At Hill

Lloyds Club Limited

One Under Lime

Pause

Revolution

River Gardens The Moniker is a bar in the City of London.

River Gardens

Roma

Slug and Lettuce

Still and Star The Still & Star was on Little Somerset Street near to Aldgate High Street.

The Bell The Bell is on the non-City of London side of Middlesex Street.

The Bell

The Bootlegger’s Club Ltd

The Bull The Bull dates back to the 17th century and stands on Devonshire Row.

The Culpeper The Culpeper used to be called the Princess Alice.

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Aldgate

Aldgate was one of the massive gates which defended the City from Roman times until 1760.

Stow wrote in his Survey of London of 1598 that ’It hath had two pair of gates, though now but one; the hooks remaineth yet. Also there hath been two port-closes; the one of them remai

The gate stood at the corner of the modern Duke’s Place and was always an obstacle to traffic. It was rebuilt between 1108–47, again in 1215, and reconstructed completely between 1607-09. The gate was finally removed in 1761; it was temporarily re-erected at Bethnal Green.

While he was a customs official, from 1374 until 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer occupied apartments above the gate. The Augustinians priory of Holy Trinity Aldgate was founded by Matilda, the wife of King Henry I, in 1108, on ground just inside the gate.

Within Aldgate ward, Jews settled from 1181, until their expulsion in 1290 by King Edward I. The area became known as Old Jewry. Jews were welcomed back by Oliver Cromwell, and once again they settled in the area, founding London’s oldest synagogue at Bevis Marks in 1698.

At Aldgate’s junction with Leadenhall Street and Fenchurch Street is the site of the old Aldgate Pump. From 1700 it was from this point that distances were measured into the counties of Essex and Middlesex. The original pump was taken down in 1876, and a ’faux’ pump and drinking fountain was erected several yards to the west of the original; it was supplied by water from the New River. In ancient deeds, Alegate Well is mentioned, adjoining the City wall, and this may have been the source (of water) for the original pump. A section of the remains of Holy Trinity Priory can be seen through a window in a nearby office block, on the north side.

The area around the large traffic roundabout to the east of where the gate stood is also often referred to as Aldgate (although strictly, this is Aldgate High Street, and extends a short distance into Whitechapel; it is also known occasionally by the epithet ’Gardiners’ Corner’, in honour of a long-disappeared department store).

Aldgate underground station was opened on 18 November 1876 with the southbound extension to Tower Hill opening on 25 September 1882, completing the (Inner) Circle. Services from Aldgate originally ran far further west than they do now, reaching as far as Richmond, and trains also used to run from Aldgate to Hammersmith (the Hammersmith & City line now bypasses the station). It became the terminus of the Metropolitan line only in 1941. Before that, Metropolitan trains had continued on to the southern termini of the East London Line.

Platforms 1 and 4 at Aldgate are the only two platforms on the network to be served exclusively by the Circle line.

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The Great Synagogue of London (1810) Credit: Thomas Rowlandson (1756â TUM image id: 1518368926 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Boar’s Head was located on the north side of Whitechapel High Street. The Boar’s Head was originally an inn, which was built in the 1530s; it underwent two renovations for use as a playhouse: first, in 1598, when a simple stage was erected, and a second, more elaborate renovation in 1599. Credit: Unknown TUM image id: 1518792376 Licence:	The Aldgate Pump (1874) Aldgate Pump is a historic water pump located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street. The pump is notable for its long, and sometimes dark history, as well as its cultural significance as a symbolic start point of the East End of London. The term "East of Aldgate Pump" is used as a synonym for the East End or for East London as a whole. Credit: Wellcome Images TUM image id: 1518792844 Licence:	Bevis Marks Synagogue Credit: John Salmon TUM image id: 1519475277 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Exterior of St Katherine Cree, City of London Credit: Prioryman TUM image id: 1519729630 Licence: CC BY 2.0
St James Duke Credit: Robert William Billings and John Le Keux TUM image id: 1520552156 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Third Goodmans Fields Theatre, Great Alie Street (1801) Credit: W. W. Hutchings TUM image id: 1520855916 Licence:	Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) addressing a "smoking debate" at Toynbee Hall (1902) TUM image id: 1660651336 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A drawing published in 1907 of the west front of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories Credit: Uncredited TUM image id: 1523993568 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Petticoat Lane in the 1920s Credit: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) TUM image id: 1523993996 Licence:
Whitechapel Gallery Credit: LeHaye/Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1556738899 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Byward Tower, 1893 TUM image id: 1556882285 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Established in 1745 as The Old Jerusalem, a drinking house took the name of Dirty Dick’s in 1814 and adopted his story along with it. The original of Dirty Dick was Nathaniel Bentley, a successful merchant with a hardware shop and warehouse in Leadenhall Street in the mid-eighteenth century. After his bride-to-be died on their wedding day - so the legend goes - he never cleaned up again, never washed or changed his clothes. Bentley died in 1809, and the Bishopsgate Distillers appropriated this story of the notorious dirty hardware merchant, adorning their bar with dead cats and cobwebs to perpetuate the legend. Credit: Spitalfields Life TUM image id: 1641301488 Licence:	Front elevation of St. Botolph’s church Credit: Superbfc TUM image id: 1496493752 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mark Lane station Credit: London Transport TUM image id: 1585759751 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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The Great Synagogue of London (1810)
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The Boar’s Head was located on the north side of Whitechapel High Street. The Boar’s Head was originally an inn, which was built in the 1530s; it underwent two renovations for use as a playhouse: first, in 1598, when a simple stage was erected, and a second, more elaborate renovation in 1599.
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The Aldgate Pump (1874) Aldgate Pump is a historic water pump located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street. The pump is notable for its long, and sometimes dark history, as well as its cultural significance as a symbolic start point of the East End of London. The term "East of Aldgate Pump" is used as a synonym for the East End or for East London as a whole.
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Bevis Marks Synagogue
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Exterior of St Katherine Cree, City of London
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St James Duke
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The Third Goodmans Fields Theatre, Great Alie Street (1801)
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) addressing a "smoking debate" at Toynbee Hall (1902)
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A drawing published in 1907 of the west front of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories
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Petticoat Lane in the 1920s
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