Originally Roman, rebuilt in 1471, again in 1735 and then demolished in 1760. See for a drawing of the last gate).
See Cripplegate for the full list of 8 gates of old London.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bishopsgate
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National Provincial Bank at Bishopsgate
{Around the relief:} National Provincial Bank of England Instituted AD MDCCCX...
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Cripplegate
Cripplegate was originally the northern entrance to the Roman fort, built c.AD120. This Roman gate probably remained in use until at least the late Saxon period when it is mentioned in 10th and 11t...
1 memorial
Aldgate
Originally a Roman gate it was rebuilt a number of times: 1108–47, 1215, 1607-09. As a customs official Chaucer lived in the rooms above the gate, 1374-1386. The Cass Charity school used the upper...
2 memorials
Newgate
Newgate was the western exit through the Roman London Wall. In later years the gate house was about 100 feet wide. Part of this building was used, from at least the 12th century, as a prison and th...
1 memorial
Medieval bastion
First conserved in 1959 by the Ministry of Works when it was in the basement of the then new General Post Office. Â The picture source is a report by the developers of the current building.Â
1 memorial
Moor Gate
This gate was made in the London Wall early in the 15th century to allow access to Moor Fields, marshy moor-land outside the wall. By 1606 the area had been improved and became London's first publi...
1 memorial
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