Aldgate Pump

Aldgate Pump is a historic water pump, located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street.

The Aldgate Pump in 1874.
Credit: Wellcome Images

The pump marks the start of the A11 road towards Norwich and distances to locations in Middlesex, Essex and beyond were measured from here. This contributed to the pump’s status as the symbolic start of the East End of London. The metal wolf head on the pump’s spout is supposed to signify the last wolf shot in the City of London.

Aldgate Pump is a Grade II listed structure. As a well, it was mentioned during the reign of King John. As the City of London developed, it is thought to have been taken down and re-erected at its current location in 1876, as a drinking fountain, as streets were widened.

Served by one of London’s many underground streams, the water was praised for being "bright, sparkling, and cool, and of an agreeable taste". These qualities were later found to be derived from decaying organic matter from adjoining graveyards, and the leaching of calcium from the bones of the dead in many new cemeteries in north London through which the stream ran from Hampstead. Several hundred people died during what became known as the Aldgate Pump Epidemic, and on its relocation in 1876, the New River Company changed the supplies to mains water.

Fenchurch Street railway station was built in 1841 upon the site of Aldgate Pump Court.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

The Underground Map Aldgate Added: 8 Mar 2021 15:05 GMT	A plague on all your houses Aldgate station is built directly on top of a vast plague pit, where thousands of bodies are apparently buried. No-one knows quite how many. Reply
Liverpool Street Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT	Liverpool Street the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date. 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
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
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
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

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Carol Gifford Street, N1 Added: 7 May 2021 18:44 GMT	Nan My nan lily,her sister Elizabeth and their parents Elizabeth and William lived here in1911 Reply
Elmscott Road, BR1 Added: 4 May 2021 19:45 GMT	V1 Attack The site of a V1 incident in 1944 Reply
David Gibbs Stoke Newington LB Added: 3 May 2021 16:48 GMT	73 Bus Crash in Albion Rd 1961 From a Newspaper cutting of which I have a copy with photo. On Tuesday August 15th 1961 a 73 bus destined for Mortlake at 8.10am. The bus had just turned into Albion Road when the driver passed out, apparently due to a heart attack, and crashed into a wall on the western side of Albion Road outside No 207. The bus driver, George Jefferies aged 56 of Observatory Road, East Sheen, died after being trapped in his cab when he collided with a parked car. Passengers on the bus were thrown from their seats as it swerved. Several fainted, and ambulances were called. The bus crashed into a front garden and became jammed against a wall. The car driver, who had just parked, suffered shock. Reply
Richard Eades Downsell Primary School Added: 3 May 2021 11:42 GMT	Downsell Primary School (1955 - 1958) I was a pupil at Downsell road from I think 1955 age 7 until I left in 1958 age 10 having passed my "11plus" and won a scholarship to Parmiters school in bethnal green. I remember my class teacher was miss Lynn and the deputy head was mrs Kirby. At the time we had an annual sports day for the whole school in july at drapers field, and trolley buses ran along the high street and there was a turning point for them just above the junction with downsell road. I used to go swimming at cathall road baths, and also at the bakers arms baths where we had our school swimming galas. I nm y last year, my class was taken on a trip to the tower of london just before the end of term. I would love to hear from any pupils who remember me. Reply
Cheyne Place, SW3 Added: 1 May 2021 16:46 GMT	Cheyne Place, SW3 Frances Faviell, author of the Blitz memoir, "A Chelsea Concerto", lived at 33, Cheyne Place, which was destroyed by a bomb. She survived, with her husband and unborn baby. Reply
James Preston Rosslyn House Added: 28 Apr 2021 09:06 GMT	School Was this the location of Rosslyn House prep school? I have a photograph of the Rosslyn House cricket team dated 1910 which features my grandfather (Alan Westbury Preston). He would have been 12 years old at the time. All the boys on the photo have been named. If this is the location of the school then it appears that the date of demolition is incorrect. 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
Liverpool Street Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT	Liverpool Street the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date. Reply

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

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Leadenhall Street, EC3M Leadenhall Street is a road in the EC3N postcode area

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Leadenhall Street, EC3P

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

Leadenhall Street, EC3V

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

Leadenhall Street, EC3V

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Leyden Street, E1

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Library Square, EC3N

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Lime Street, EC3M

Lime Street, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode

Lime Street, EC3M

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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

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Loft House 46a Street, E1

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Mansell Street, E1

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

Mansell Street, EC3N

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Mark Lane, EC3R

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Minster Court, EC3R

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Minsters Pavement, EC3A

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Mitre Avenue, EC3A

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Mitre Square, EC3A

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Mitre Street, EC3A

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Monument Street, EC3R

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Munster Court, EC3R

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Muscovy Street, EC3R

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New Broad Street House, EC2M

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New Broad Street, EC2M

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New Drum Street, E1

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New Goulston Street, E1

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New London Street, EC3R

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North Tenter Street, E1

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Old Broad Street, EC2M

Old Broad Street, EC2N Old Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.

Old Broad Street, EC2N

Old Broad Street, EC2N This is a street in the EC2R postcode area

Old Broad Street, EC2N

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Old Castle Street, E1

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Osborn Street, E1

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Osborne Street, E1

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

Osbourne Street, E1

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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

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

Philpot Lane, EC3M

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

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

Pudding Lane, EC3R

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

Resolution Plaza, E1

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

Rood Lane, EC3M

Royal Court, EC3V Royal Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Royal Court, EC3V

Royal Mint Court, E1W Royal Mint Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Royal Mint Court, E1W

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

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

Ship Tavern Passage, EC3M Ship Tavern Passage is a City of London alleyway.

Ship Tavern Passage, EC3M

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

Sky Garden Walk, EC3M

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

St Dunstans Hill, EC3R

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

St Georges Lane, EC3R

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 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 Michaels Alley, EC3V St Michael’s Alley was the centre of the 17th century London coffee house phenomenon.

St Michaels Alley, EC3V

St Michaels Rectory, EC3V St Michaels Rectory is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

St Michaels Rectory, EC3V

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

St. Mary’s Grove, EC3A

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

Staple Hall, EC3A

Stock Exchange Building, EC2N Stock Exchange Building is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.

Stock Exchange Building, EC2N

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

Swan Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Swan Passage, E1

Talbot Court, EC3V Talbot Court was next to the Talbot Inn until the Great Fire of London.

Talbot Court, EC3V

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

Threadneedle Street, EC2N Threadneedle Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Threadneedle Street, EC2N

Tower Bridge, E1W Tower Bridge is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area.

Tower Bridge, E1W

Tower Hill Terrace, EC3N Tower Hill Terrace is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Tower Hill Terrace, EC3N

Tower Hill, EC3N Tower Hill is a street and square, northwest of the Tower of London.

Tower Hill, EC3N

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

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

White Kennett Street, EC3A

White Lion Court, EC2R White Lion Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

White Lion Court, EC2R

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

City of London

The City of London constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the conurbation has since grown far beyond its borders.

As the City's boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, it is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of Greater London, though it remains a notable part of central London. It holds city status in its own right and is also a separate ceremonial county.

It is widely referred to as 'The City' (often written on maps as City and differentiated from the phrase 'the city of London') or 'the Square Mile' as it is 1.12 square miles in area. These terms are also often used as metonyms for the United Kingdom's financial services industry, which continues a notable history of being largely based in the City.

The local authority for the City, the City of London Corporation, is unique in the UK and has some unusual responsibilities for a local council, such as being the police authority. It also has responsibilities and ownerships beyond the City's boundaries. The Corporation is headed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, an office separate from (and much older than) the Mayor of London.

The City is a major business and financial centre, ranking as the world's leading centre of global finance. Throughout the 19th century, the City was the world's primary business centre, and continues to be a major meeting point for businesses.

The City had a resident population of about 7000 in 2011 but over 300,000 people commute to it and work there, mainly in the financial services sector. The legal profession forms a major component of the northern and western sides of the City - especially in the Temple and Chancery Lane areas where the Inns of Court are located, of which two—Inner Temple and Middle Temple - fall within the City of London boundary.

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:	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	Still and Star pub, Aldgate (1968) The pub was a rare remaining working-class pub in the City being a ’slum pub’ - whereby a private house was converted into a hostelry. Credit: The National Brewery Centre TUM image id: 1614724869 Licence:	46 Aldgate High Street TUM image id: 1490910153 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Shepherd’s Place archway (c. 1810), and Tenter Street (c. 1820) in 1909 TUM image id: 1492897455 Licence: CC BY 2.0