Aldgate

Underground station, existing between 1876 and now.

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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 remain"

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 Underground Map   
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.

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The Underground Map   
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.

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Lived here
margaret clark   
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.

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Pearl Foster   
Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT   

Dukes Place, EC3A
Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations.

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Gillian   
Added: 17 Feb 2024 00:08 GMT   

No 36 Upper East Smithfield
My great great grandfather was born at No 36 Upper East Smithfield and spent his early years staring out at a "dead wall" of St Katharine’s Docks. His father was an outfitter and sold clothing for sailors. He describes the place as being backed by tenements in terrible condition and most of the people living there were Irish.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 16 Feb 2024 20:32 GMT   

Name origin
Interestingly South Lambeth derives its name from the same source as Lambeth itself - a landing place for lambs.

But South Lambeth has no landing place - it is not on the River Thames

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C Hobbs   
Added: 31 Jan 2024 23:53 GMT   

George Gut (1853 - 1861)
George Gut, Master Baker lived with his family in Long Lane.
George was born in Bernbach, Hesse, Germany and came to the UK sometime in the 1840s. In 1849, George married an Englishwoman called Matilda Baker and became a nauralized Englishman. He was given the Freedom of the City of London (by Redemption in the Company of Bakers), in 1853 and was at that time, recorded as living at 3 Long Lane. In the 1861 census, George Gut was living at 11 Long Lane.

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Liverpool Street, EC2M Liverpool Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Liverpool Street)
Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3N A street within the EC3N postcode (City of London)
Lloyd’s Building, EC3M Lloyd’s Building is a block on Lime Street (City of London)
Lloyds Avenue, EC3N Lloyds Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area (City of London)
Lolesworth Close, E1 Lolesworth Close is a short cul-de-sac on the east side of Commercial Street which was originally the western extremity of Flower and Dean Street. (Spitalfields)
London Street, EC3M London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
Manningtree Street, E1 Manningtree Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Aldgate East)
Mansell Street, E1 Mansell Street runs north-south on the City of London border (City of London)
Mark Lane, EC3R Mark Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
Mcauley House, E1 Mcauley House is a building on Wentworth Street (Aldgate East)
Meranti House, E1 Meranti House can be found on Goodman’s Stile (Aldgate East)
Michael’s House, E1 Michael’s House is a block on Alie Street
Middlesex Street, E1 Middlesex Street is home to the Petticoat Lane Market (City of London)
Middlesex Street, EC3A Middlesex Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (Spitalfields)
Mincing Lane, EC3R Mincing Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
Minories, EC3N Minories is one of the old streets of the City of London (Aldgate)
Minster Court, EC3R Minster Court can be found on Mincing Lane (City of London)
Minsters Pavement, EC3A Minsters Pavement is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)
Mitre Avenue, EC3A Mitre Avenue is one of the streets of London in the E17 postal area (City of London)
Mitre House, EC3A Mitre House is a block on Mitre Street (City of London)
Mitre Square, EC3A Mitre Square is a small square in the City of London. (City of London)
Mitre Street, EC3A Mitre Street connects Creechurch Lane with the Aldgate (City of London)
Molesworth Street, E1 Molesworth Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Munster Court, EC3R Munster Court is a road in the SW6 postcode area (City of London)
Nathaniel Close, E1 Nathaniel Close consists of houses and flats built in the early 1980s (Spitalfields)
Neroli House, E1 Neroli House is a building on Piazza Walk
New Baltic House, EC3M New Baltic House is a block on Fenchurch Street (City of London)
New Broad Street House, EC2M New Broad Street House is a block on Old Broad Street (City of London)
New Castle Street, New Castle Street is an old East End street (Aldgate East)
New Drum Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Aldgate East)
New Evershed House, E1 New Evershed House is located on Old Castle Street (Aldgate East)
New Goulston Street, E1 New Goulston Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (City of London)
New London Street, EC3R New London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
New Street, EC2M New Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Liverpool Street)
Newnham Street, Newnham Street is an old East End street
NMB House, EC3A NMB House is a block on Bevis Marks (City of London)
North Tenter Street, E1 North Tenter Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Norvin House, E1 Norvin House can be found on Commercial Street (Spitalfields)
Old Broad Street, EC2M Old Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)
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 (Aldgate East)
Old Pump House, E1 Old Pump House is a block on Hooper Street
Osborn House, E1 Osborn House is a block on Middlesex Street (City of London)
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 (Aldgate East)
Osborne House, E1 Osborne House is a block on Osborn Street (Aldgate East)
Osborne House, EC2M Osborne House is a block on Devonshire Square (City of London)
Palmer Street, Palmer Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Park Lane City Apartments, E1 Park Lane City Apartments is a block on Middlesex Street (Spitalfields)
Peek House, EC3 Peek House can be found on Eastcheap (City of London)
Peek House, EC3M Peek House is a block on Eastcheap (City of London)
Penine House, E1 Penine House is a block on Camperdown Street (Aldgate East)
Pepys Street, EC3N Pepys Street links Seething Lane in the west to Cooper’s Row in the east (Tower Hill)
Perilla House, E1 Perilla House is a building on Bridle Mews
Petticoat Square, E1 A street within the postcode (City of London)
Petticoat Tower, E1 Petticoat Tower is a block on Middlesex Street (City of London)
Piazza Walk, E1 Piazza Walk is a location in London
Pimento House, E1 Pimento House is located on Gower’s Walk
Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode (City of London)
Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode (City of London)
Plantation Lane, EC3M Plantation Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
Plantation Place, EC3R Plantation Place takes its name from a previous Plantation House, once the recognised centre of the tea trade (City of London)
Pomell Way, E1 Pomell Way is a road in the E1 postcode area (Aldgate East)
Port of London Authority Building, EC3N Port of London Authority Building can be found on Trinity Square (Tower Hill)
Portsoken Street, EC3N Portsoken Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Tower Gateway)
Prescot House, E1 Prescot House is a block on Prescot Street (Tower Gateway)
Prescot Street, E1 Prescot Street was named for Rebecca Prescott, wife of William Leman
Railway Place, Railway Place is an old East End street (City of London)
Rangoon Street, EC3N The East and West India Docks Company’s eastern trade gave its name to Rangoon Street (City of London)
Resolution Plaza, E1 Resolution Plaza is a location in London (Aldgate East)
Riga Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Aldgate East)
Rood Lane, EC3M Rood Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)
Rose Court, E1 Rose Court runs off Widegate Street (Spitalfields)
Royal Mint Place, E1 Royal Mint Place is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (St George in the East)
Royal Mint Street, E1 Royal Mint Street began its life as Rosemary Lane (St George in the East)
Rupert Street, E1 Rupert Street was situated to the east of Leman Street
Salesforce Tower, EC2N Salesforce Tower is a block on Bishopsgate (City of London)
Sandy’s Row, E1 Sandy’s Row runs along the City of London boundary (Spitalfields)
Sandy’s Street, EC2M Sandy’s Street disappeared when Middlesex Street was extended in the 1890s (Liverpool Street)
Saracen’s Head Yard, EC3N Saracen’s Head Yard was to the south of Aldgate (City of London)
Satin House, E1 Satin House is a block on Canter Way
Savage Gardens, EC3N Savage Gardens connects Crutched Friars in the north to Trinity Square in the south, crossing Pepys Street (Tower Hill)
Scarborough Street, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area
Seething Lane, EC3R Seething Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area (City of London)
Shepherd Street, Shepherd Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Shepherds Place, Shepherds Place is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Shield House, EC2M Shield House is a block on New Street (City of London)
Shorter Street, EC3N Shorter Street was once part of Royal Mint Street (Tower Gateway)
Sky Garden, EC3M Sky Garden is a location in London (City of London)
Sloane Apartments, E1 Sloane Apartments is sited on Old Castle Street (Aldgate East)
South Tenter Street, E1 South Tenter Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
St Botolph Building, EC3A St Botolph Building is a block on Houndsditch (Aldgate)
St Botolph Street, EC3A St Botolph Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (Aldgate)
St Clare House, EC3N St Clare House is sited on Minories (Aldgate)
St Clare Street, EC3N St Clare Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area (Aldgate)
St Clements House, E1 St Clements House is a building on Leyden Street (Spitalfields)
St Helen’s Place, EC3A St Helen’s Place runs east from Bishopsgate (City of London)
St James’s Passage, EC3N St James’s Passage was formerly known as Church Passage (City of London)
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. (City of London)
St Mark Street, E1 St Mark Street was built on the old Goodman’s Fields
St Marks Street, St Marks Street is an old East End street
St Mary At Hill, EC3R St Mary At Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
St Mary Axe, EC3A St Mary Axe is an ancient street of the City of London (City of London)
St. Mary’s Grove, EC3A Jeffrey’s Square disappeared under the St Mary Axe development (City of London)
Stable Walk, E1 Stable Walk is a location in London
Standon House, E1 Standon House is a block on Mansell Street
Staple Hall, EC3A Staple Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)
Stone House Court, EC3A Stone House Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)
Stoney Lane, EC3A Stoney Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (City of London)
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 (Spitalfields)
Sugar House, E1 Sugar House is a block on Leman Street
Sugarloaf Court, EC3A Sugarloaf Court leads south off Leadenhall Street (City of London)
Swan Street, Swan Street is an old East End street (Tower Gateway)
Symons House, E1 Symons House is a building on Alie Street
Tenter Street East, Tenter Street East is an old East End street
Tenter Street North, Tenter Street North is an old East End street
Tenter Street South, Tenter Street South is an old East End street
Tenter Street West, Tenter Street West is an old East End street
The Community Centre, E1 The Community Centre is a location in London (Spitalfields)
The Leadenhall Building, EC3 The Leadenhall Building is located on Leadenhall Street (City of London)
The Leadenhall Building, EC3M The Leadenhall Building is a block on Leadenhall Street (City of London)
The Queen’s Steps, EC3N The Queen’s Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area (Tower Hill)
The Relay Building, E1 The Relay Building is a block on Commercial Street (Aldgate East)
The White Chapel Building, E1 The White Chapel Building is a block on Whitechapel High Street (Aldgate East)
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. (Spitalfields)
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 (Spitalfields)
Tyne Street, E1 Tyne Street is a location in London (Aldgate East)
Undershaft, EC3P Undershaft is a road in the EC3P postcode area (City of London)
Union Court, EC2N Union Court is an alleyway off of Broad Street (City of London)
Universal House, E1 Universal House is a block on Wentworth Street (Spitalfields)
Victoria Avenue, E1 This is a street in the EC2M postcode area (Liverpool Street)
Victoria House, E1 Victoria House is a block on Middlesex Street (Liverpool Street)
Vine Street, EC3N Vine Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area (City of London)
Walsingham House, EC3N Walsingham House is a block on Seething Lane (Tower Hill)
Wentworth Street, E1 Wentworth Street runs east-west from the junction of Brick Lane, Osborn Street and Old Montague Street to Middlesex Street (Spitalfields)
West Tenter Street, E1 West Tenter Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
White Church Lane, E1 White Church Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Aldgate East)
White Church Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Aldgate East)
White Kennett Street, EC3A White Kennett Street was named after a Bishop of Peterborough (City of London)
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 (Aldgate East)
Whittington Avenue, EC3A Whittington Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)
Willis Building, EC3M Willis Building is a block on Lime Street (City of London)
Windsor Street, EC2M Windsor Street was formerly a named street of the area (Liverpool Street)
Wiverton Tower, E1 Wiverton Tower is a block on New Drum Street (Aldgate East)
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 (Liverpool Street)
Wrestlers Court, EC3A Wrestlers Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)

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The Great Synagogue of London (1810) The Great Synagogue of London was, for centuries, the centre of Ashkenazi synagogue and Jewish life in London. It was destroyed during the Blitz.
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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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St Katherine Cree, City of London St Katharine Cree is a Church of England church on the north side of Leadenhall Street near Leadenhall Market. The present church was built in 1628–30, retaining the Tudor tower of its predecessor. The church escaped the Great Fire of London in 1666 and suffered only minor damage in the London Blitz.
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St James Duke’s Place The church survived the Great Fire of London, but fell into disrepair and was rebuilt in 1727, retaining much of the original woodwork. The poverty of the Aldgate area made it increasingly difficult to raise funds to maintain the church; Godwin described it as being "in a very dirty and dilapidated state". In 1874, under the 1860 Union of Benefices Act, it was demolished and the parish joined to that of St Katherine Cree. The site of the church is now occupied by the Sir John Cass School.
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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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