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Aldgate

The name is a corruption of Ealdgate, meaning Old Gate, being originally one of the four principal gates of the city. The old gate was demolished in 1606 and rebuilt in 1609. By the mid-eighteenth century London officials decided the gate was proving an intolerable obstruction to traffic and it was completely demolished.

But not destroyed. From the city the gate travelled to Bethnal Green, where it was rebuilt at Aldgate House.

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