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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.
200 Aldersgate is a 434,005 sq ft office building in the City of London. [ 1 ] Proposed in 1983, designed by the architects Fitzroy Robinson & Partners , and built in 1991–92, [ 2 ] the building was the headquarters of legal firm Clifford Chance before it moved to Canary Wharf . [ 3 ]
St Botolph's Aldgate is a Church of England parish church in the City of London and also, as it lies outside the line of the city's former eastern walls, a part of the East End of London. The church served the ancient parish of St Botolph without Aldgate which included the extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London, as well as East ...
The other three were near neighbour St Botolph's Aldgate, St Botolph's Aldersgate near the Barbican Centre and St Botolph's, Billingsgate by the riverside (this church was destroyed by the Great Fire and not rebuilt). [3] By the end of the 11th century Botolph was regarded as the patron saint of boundaries, and by extension of trade and travel. [4]
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.
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.
The inn was an important arrival and departure point for coaches from all over England but particularly from the north and Scotland. [5] It was in close proximity to the General Post Office at St Martin's Le Grand, built 1829, which was the start of the mail coach route north along the Great North Road past the inn and along Aldersgate Street.