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*[http://www.motco.com/Map/81002/SeriesSearchPlatesFulla.asp?mode=query&title=Aldersgate+Street&artist=384&other=294&x=11&y=11 18th Century map showing the location of the gate] (towards the bottom right corner) |
*[http://www.motco.com/Map/81002/SeriesSearchPlatesFulla.asp?mode=query&title=Aldersgate+Street&artist=384&other=294&x=11&y=11 18th Century map showing the location of the gate] (towards the bottom right corner) |
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Revision as of 16:52, 19 June 2004
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.
It is near the Barbican Estate and Centre, Barbican tube station, St Bartholomew's Hospital, and the Museum of London. Northwards it continues into Goswell Road, southwards it becomes St Martin's.
See also: city gate, city wall
External Links
- 18th Century map showing the location of the gate (towards the bottom right corner)