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The name Aldersgate is first recorded around 1000 in the form Ealdredesgate, i.e. "gate associated with a man named Ealdrād"; the gate probably acquired its name in the late Saxon period. [2] When James VI of Scotland came to England to take the crowns of both England and Scotland in 1603, he entered the City at Aldersgate. Statues of the king ...
St Botolph without Aldersgate (also known as St Botolph's, Aldersgate) is a Church of England church in London dedicated to St Botolph. It was built just outside Aldersgate, one of the gates on London's wall, in the City of London. The church, located on Aldersgate Street, is of medieval origin.
English: Map of the City of London, highlighting this ward. Based on File:City of London UK blank ward map.svg by User:Nilfanion. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160% Geographic limits: West: 0.12W; East: 0.07W; North: 51.525N; South: 51.5N
Little Britain is a street in the City of London running from St. Martin's Le Grand in the east to West Smithfield in the west. It is situated in the Aldersgate and Farringdon Within wards. Postman's Park is also bounded by Little Britain. Historically, Little Britain referred to a small district in the City just north of London Wall, including ...
Thirty-two cities have a Lord Provost (in Scotland) or a Lord Mayor (in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland), see List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom. The six cities where the Lord Mayor or Lord Provost has the right to the style The Right Honourable are York, the City of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow (since 1912 ...
Line of the Great North Road from London to Edinburgh. The Great North Road was the main highway between England and Scotland from medieval times until the 20th century. It became a coaching route used by mail coaches travelling between London, York and Edinburgh.
Aldgate (/ ˈ ɔː l ɡ eɪ t /) was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London.. The gate gave its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.
James VI's Golden Charter to Perth in 1600 referred to it as a "free city and regal and royal burgh". [48] It was officially the second city of Scotland until 1975 when city status was removed when local government was reorganised. It regained the status in 2012. [49] Dunfermline was also made a royal burgh in ~1124 by David I of Scotland. [7]