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Aldersgate is a Ward of the City of London, England, named after one of the northern gates in the London Wall which once enclosed the City.. The Ward of Aldersgate is traditionally divided into Aldersgate Within and Aldersgate Without, the suffix denoting whether the part was within the line of the wall or outside it.
Aldersgate Day, or Wesley Day, [2] is an anniversary observed by Methodist Christians on 24 May. It recalls the day in 1738 when Church of England priest John Wesley attended a group meeting in Aldersgate , London, where he received an experience of assurance of his New Birth .
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.
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.
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St Botolph without Aldgate was an ancient parish immediately east of and outside (without) Aldgate, a gate in London's defensive wall.The parish church was St Botolph's Aldgate.
Early in 1544 William Petre rented a small house on the west side of Aldersgate as a town house while engaged in his role as secretary to King Henry. Later that same year he purchased seven houses formerly the property of the neighboring St Bartholomew's Priory, adjoining the rented house.
May 24 – John Wesley, newly returned from America, experiences a spiritual rebirth at a Moravian Church meeting in Aldersgate, in the City of London, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day (his younger brother Charles had a similar experience three days earlier).