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 public park, still open to the public as Finsbury Circus gardens.
See Cripplegate for the full list of 8 gates of old London.
Originally Roman, rebuilt in 1471, again in 1735 and then demolished in 1760. See British History On-line for a drawing of the last gate). See Cripplegate for the full list of 8 gates of old London.
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...
First conserved in 1959 by the Ministry of Works when it was in the basement of the then new General Post Office. The picture source is a report by the developers of the current building.
This Alan Eisen flickr page will take you on a walk of the Wall, showing many of the blue-bordered plaques. The Museum of London created a 2 mile long London Wall Walk in 1983, marked with 23 love...
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...
Gerald Finzi, 1901 - 1956, English composer, was born here. City of Westminster
Writer. Born George Augustus Moore at Moore Hall, Lough Carra, County Mayo, Ireland. He gave up a military career to live a bohemian life in London and Paris, and became a novelist of the 'Realist...
Track and field athelete. Born Somalia. Moved to Britain aged 8 to join his father in Hounslow.
Member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham. Our image comes from Wikipedia's photo captioned 'First West Ham Borough Council, 1886-7'. This 'Councillor R. White' is probably ...
You can see the plaques on either side of the arched entrance to the central courtyard, at the centre of which there is what looks like t...
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