Aldgate Street
Agas MapList documents mentioning Aldgate Street- Abbey of St. Clare
- Aldgate
- Aldgate Bars
- Aldgate Ward
- Bricklayers’ Hall
- Churches in Aldgate
- Fenchurch Street
- Houndsditch Street
- Leadenhall Street
- Minories Street
- St. Botolph (Aldgate)
- St. Paul’s Churchyard
- Survey of London (1598): Aldgate Ward
- Survey of London (1598): The City Divided into Parts
- Survey of London (1633): Aldgate Ward
- Survey of London (1633): The City Divided into Parts
- Variant spellings
- Whitechapel
Aldgate Street ran slightly south-west from Aldgate until it reached a pump, formerly a sweet
well. At that point, the street forked into two streets. The northern branch,
called Aldgate Street, ran west until it ran into
Cornhill at Lime
Street. At an earlier point in history, Cornhill seems to have extended east past Lime Street because the church of St. Andrew
Undershaft was called St. Andrew upon
Cornhill (Harben 10). At some point in the 1620s, the eastern end of Cornhill and the western end of Aldgate Street were renamed Leadenhall Street (Harben 10).
The Agas map does not name Aldgate Street. It is
not clear if the label
Aldegaterefers to the gate or the street. Either way, Aldgate Street (like Aldgate Ward) takes its name from Aldgate.
References
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Citation
Harben, Henry A. A Dictionary of London. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1918. [Available digitally from British History Online: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london.]This item is cited in the following documents:
