Here is an unfinished item I’m working on. It’s pretty crude – I’m very rusty on the ol pen and ink. It’s a map of sorts featuring the old medieval London Wall and the eight City gates. All were swept away in the 1760s to make way for road widening: the city was almost literally bursting at the seams.
You’ll find this a piece of cake compared to some London Christmas quizzes on the Internet right now, but before I finish it off and caption the gates properly, can you identify them?
G = Aldgate?
E = Ludgate?
A – Ludgate
B – Newgate
C – Aldersgate
D – Cripplegate
E – Moorgate
F – Bishopsgate
G – Aldgate
Very good. And H?
Ah. London Bridge. Not forgetting the heads on sticks.
And for completeness, there was also a postern gate beside the Tower.
In my book it has the London Bridge one down as Bridge Gate. Good shout on the postern gate. And for completeness, Temple Bar, which would be out of picture on this illustration.
Hi – thank you for this. I’m researching the precise locations of the pre-Roman, Roman, medieval and more modern gates and walls – or boundaries – of the City of London. Can anyone help please? Thank you.
Hi Simon, unlikely anyone will pick up on this old post. If you’re in London, some (perhaps all) are marked at Street Level. Aldersgate near Museum of London certainly is. Using Layers of London might be fun. If you have no luck online, then a visit to Guildhall Library or LMA might be the thing.
Wasn’t Billingsgate one of them ?
No, it isnt.
Also ,I’ve heard of a Dowgate 😉
No there was not.