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[[Barbican tube station]] is located on Aldersgate Street, and was formerly known as Aldersgate station. |
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Aldersgate is one of 25 [[Wards of the United Kingdom|ward]]s in the |
Aldersgate is one of 25 [[Wards of the United Kingdom|ward]]s in the City of London, each electing an [[Alderman]], to the [[Court of Aldermen]] and [[Commoners]] (the City equivalent of a [[Councillor]]) to the [[Court of Common Council]] of the [[Corporation of London]]. Only electors who are [[Freeman of the City of London]] are eligible to stand. |
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==Footnotes== |
==Footnotes== |
Revision as of 14:43, 22 September 2007
Aldersgate was a gate in the London Wall in the City of London, which has given its name to Aldersgate Street, a road leading north from the site of the gate, towards Clerkenwell in the London Borough of Islington.
The old gate was taken down in 1617, and rebuilt in the same year from a design by Gerard Christmas. The gate was damaged in the Great Fire of London, but was repaired and remained until 1761. Aldersgate Street contained the Bishop of London's Chapel and his chambers at London House, which was used from the eighteenth century because it was closer to St Paul's Cathedral than his official residence at Fulham. Also on this street is a St Botolph Aldersgate, and the site of the meeting room where John Wesley was converted in 1738, which is marked by a plaque.
Aldersgate Street is near the Barbican Estate and Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, and the Museum of London. Northwards it continues into Goswell Road, southwards it becomes St Martin's-le-Grand.
The house of Sarah Sawyer, in Rose and Rainbow Court (approximately the site of the Museum of London), formed one of the earliest Quaker meetings in London (before 1655). In 1675, it became a dedicated meeting house, the Box Meeting, used mainly by Quaker women for poor relief, on her marriage.[1]
Barbican tube station is located on Aldersgate Street, and was formerly known as Aldersgate station.
Politics
Aldersgate is one of 25 wards in the City of London, each electing an Alderman, to the Court of Aldermen and Commoners (the City equivalent of a Councillor) to the Court of Common Council of the Corporation of London. Only electors who are Freeman of the City of London are eligible to stand.
Footnotes
- ^ Quakers Around Shoreditch (Andrew Roberts, ed.) accessed 10 Oct 2006
See also
External links
- 18th Century map showing the location of the gate (towards the bottom right corner)
- Ward map