Seven Gates of London City

Where?

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Exit north west toward Clerkenwell along St of same name

Gate named for Saxon Aeldred (although the Romans built it, later than the others in 350AD)

Exit to Whitechapel and East End

Easternmost. Either means old gate or public gate (for all)

Exit onto Ermine St, also known as the Old North Road

Northernmost. Often decorated with heads of criminals on spikes as a warning. Medieval gate adorned with effigies of two clergy who had rebuilt and maintained it

Area destroyed in the Blitz. Now the site of the Barbican Centre

Previously near St Giles church, patron saint of cripples and lepers

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Exit west along north bank over Fleet River onto Fleet Street

Westernmost. The road from the gate crossed the Fleet river to Fleet Street. Named either for a legendary king, or as a flood gate

Exit north toward Islington and Hackney

Medieval gate. Name derives from last area of open land in the city. Automatic stop method for trains at dead ends developed and named for crash at this tube station in 1975

Exit onto what is now Holborn Viaduct

Became a notorious prison in 1200s.