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.

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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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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

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

Osborne Street, E1

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

Osbourne 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 A street within the E1 postcode

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

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 is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Royal Mint Street, E1

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

Rupert Street, 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 Residential block

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 here in 1643.

Strype Street, E1

Sugar House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

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 (or Thrale) c.1656, Thrawl Street ran east-west from Brick Lane as far as George Street across a former tenter field owned by the Fossan brothers, Thomas and Lewis.

Thrawl Street, E1

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

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, forming part of the boundary between Spitalfields and St Mary’s Whitechapel.

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

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

NEARBY PUBS

Abbey This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Abbey

Agenda This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Agenda

All Bar One Houndsditch This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

All Bar One Houndsditch

Astronomer This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Astronomer

Balls Brothers @ Minster Court This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Balls Brothers @ Minster Court

Balls Brothers Wine Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Balls Brothers Wine Bar

Balls Brothers, Mark Lane This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Balls Brothers, Mark Lane

Bedales Wine Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Bedales Wine Bar

Bierschenke Bierkellar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Bierschenke Bierkellar

Brokers Wine Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Brokers Wine Bar

City Flogger This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

City Flogger

City Sports Pub and Grill This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

City Sports Pub and Grill

Craft Beer Co This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Craft Beer Co

Davys, 1 Plantation Place This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Davys, 1 Plantation Place

Devonshire Terrace This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Devonshire Terrace

Dirty Dicks This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Dirty Dicks

Dirty Martini This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Dirty Martini

Duke of Somerset This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Duke of Somerset

East India Arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

East India Arms

Emperor Wine Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Emperor Wine Bar

Enoteca This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Enoteca

George Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

George Bar

Isis Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Isis Bar

Jamies This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Jamies

Jamies This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Jamies

Jamies St Mary At Hill This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Jamies St Mary At Hill

Lloyds Club Limited This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Lloyds Club Limited

One Under Lime This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

One Under Lime

Pause This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Pause

Revolution This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Revolution

Revolution This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Revolution

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

River Gardens

Roma This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Roma

Slug and Lettuce This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Slug and Lettuce

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

Still and Star

Swingers This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Swingers

The Alice This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Alice

The Angel This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Angel

The Bootlegger’s Club Ltd This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Bootlegger’s Club Ltd

The Bunch Of Grapes This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Bunch Of Grapes

The Chambers This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Chambers

The Crutched Friar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Crutched Friar

The Drift This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Drift

The English Wine and Spirit Co Ltd This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The English Wine and Spirit Co Ltd

The Hoop & Grapes This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Hoop & Grapes

The Kings Arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Kings Arms

The Lord Aberconway This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Lord Aberconway

The Magpie This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Magpie

The Minories This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Minories

The Peacock This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Peacock

The Railway Tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Railway Tavern

The Ship This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Ship

The Sterling This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Sterling

The Three Lords This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Three Lords

Three Tuns This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Three Tuns

White Horse This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

White Horse

Willys Wine Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Willys Wine Bar

Wine Lodge This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Wine Lodge

Queen’s Park

Queen’s Park lies between Kilburn and Kensal Green, developed from 1875 onwards and named to honour Queen Victoria.

The north of Queen’s Park formed part of the parish of Willesden and the southern section formed an exclave of the parish of Chelsea, both in the Ossulstone hundred of Middlesex. In 1889 the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works that included the southern section of Queen’s Park was transferred from Middlesex to the County of London, and in 1900 the anomaly of being administered from Chelsea was removed when the exclave was united with the parish of Paddington. In 1965 both parts of Queen’s Park became part of Greater London: the northern section - Queen’s Park ’proper’ formed part of Brent and the southern section - the Queen’s Park Estate - joined the City of Westminster.

Queen’s Park, like much of Kilburn, was developed by Solomon Barnett. The two-storey terraced houses east of the park, built between 1895 and 1900, typically have clean, classical lines. Those west of the park, built 1900–05, tend to be more Gothic in style. Barnett’s wife was from the West Country, and many of the roads he developed are named either for places she knew (e.g. Torbay, Tiverton, Honiton) or for popular poets of the time (e.g. Tennyson). The first occupants of the area in late Victorian times were typically lower middle class, such as clerks and teachers. Queen’s Park is both demographically and architecturally diverse. The streets around the park at the heart of Queen’s Park are a conservation area.

There is hardly any social housing in the streets around Queens Park itself, and the area was zoned as not suitable for social housing in the 1970s and 1980s as even then house prices were above average for the borough of Brent, which made them unaffordable for local Housing Associations. The main shopping streets of Salusbury Road and Chamberlayne Road have fewer convenience stores and more high-value shops and restaurants. Local schools – some of which struggled to attract the children of wealthier local families in the past – are now over-subscribed. House prices have risen accordingly.

Queen’s Park station was first opened by the London and North Western Railway on 2 June 1879 on the main line from London to Birmingham.

Services on the Bakerloo line were extended from Kilburn Park to Queen’s Park on 11 February 1915. On 10 May 1915 Bakerloo services began to operate north of Queen’s Park as far as Willesden Junction over the recently built Watford DC Line tracks shared with the LNWR.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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 in 1874. Credit: Wellcome Images TUM image id: 1518792844 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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, London in 1801 - From Credit: W. W. Hutchings TUM image id: 1520855916 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: CC BY 2.0	Whitechapel Gallery Credit: LeHaye/Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1556738899 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Etching of All Hallows Staining tower, drawn in 1922 Credit: Public domain TUM image id: 1585749143 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mark Lane station Credit: London Transport TUM image id: 1585759751 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Byward Tower, 1893 TUM image id: 1556882285 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Church of All Hallows Lombard Street as seen from Ball Alley in the 1820s. All Hallows was a rare City of London church not demolished due to the Great Fire or the Blitz but to falling attendances. Taken from ’The Churches of London’ by George Godwin (1839) Credit: Robert William Billings and John Le Keux TUM image id: 1627642469 Licence:	46 Aldgate High Street TUM image id: 1490910153 Licence: CC BY 2.0