For the pump in Adelaide, Australia, see Aldgate, South Australia.
The Aldgate Pump, looking east towards Whitechapel prior to August 2019 restoration.
Aldgate Pump is a historic former water pump located at the junction where Aldgate High Street meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street in the City of London. The pump is considered to be the symbolic start point of the East End of London.
The pump is also notable for its long and sometimes dark history, along with its significant cultural references.
AldgatePump is a historic former water pump located at the junction where Aldgate High Street meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street in the City...
around Aldgate High Street. The High Street is around 290 metres (950 feet) long. Due to the road geography, and its historic interest, the AldgatePump, a...
(though that term too has no precise definition). The term "East of AldgatePump" is sometimes used as a synonym for the area. The East End began to emerge...
their drivers, possibly deliberately. Dense crowds gathered from AldgatePump, along Aldgate High Street and Whitechapel High Street to St Mary Matfelon Church...
city: Aldgate Bank and Monument Barbican Blackfriars Cannon Street Chancery Lane Liverpool Street Mansion House Moorgate St. Paul's In addition, Aldgate East...
beyond the city walls, along the Roman roads leading from Bishopsgate and Aldgate, and also along the river. Growth was much slower in the east, and the...
west to Aldgate in the east. It was formerly the start of the A11 road from London to Norwich, but that route now starts further east at Aldgate. Leadenhall...
Smithfield Market Notable structures 2 Hare Court 2 King's Bench Walk AldgatePump Bank of England Bevis Marks Synagogue Golden Boy of Pye Corner Guildhall...
2002. At the street's eastern end and junction with Aldgate is the AldgatePump, a historic water pump which has been designated a Grade II listed structure...
Smithfield Market Notable structures 2 Hare Court 2 King's Bench Walk AldgatePump Bank of England Bevis Marks Synagogue Golden Boy of Pye Corner Guildhall...
cellar, luncheon for City workers, and as a venue for wedding receptions. Aldgate List of demolished buildings and structures in London Fortifications of...
take their name from the Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate. Both are positioned just to the east of, and outside, the line of London's...
the tenants at the time, including Judge Jeffreys. The Court features a pump, the water of which was noted in the 19th century for its purity. King's...
Smithfield Market Notable structures 2 Hare Court 2 King's Bench Walk AldgatePump Bank of England Bevis Marks Synagogue Golden Boy of Pye Corner Guildhall...
celebrities of the time, including Samuel Johnson. Blackstone later moved to Pump Court; whether because of the parties or for some other reason is unknown...
constructed, probably acquired its name in the late Saxon period Aldgate, Aldgate Avenue and Aldgate High Street – thought to be an alteration of Old Gate; others...
mainly oriented north-south, with the central part informally known as Aldgate. John Stow's Survey of London records that the "soke" – in this context...
Smithfield Market Notable structures 2 Hare Court 2 King's Bench Walk AldgatePump Bank of England Bevis Marks Synagogue Golden Boy of Pye Corner Guildhall...
Smithfield Market Notable structures 2 Hare Court 2 King's Bench Walk AldgatePump Bank of England Bevis Marks Synagogue Golden Boy of Pye Corner Guildhall...
Smithfield Market Notable structures 2 Hare Court 2 King's Bench Walk AldgatePump Bank of England Bevis Marks Synagogue Golden Boy of Pye Corner Guildhall...
Smithfield Market Notable structures 2 Hare Court 2 King's Bench Walk AldgatePump Bank of England Bevis Marks Synagogue Golden Boy of Pye Corner Guildhall...
Smithfield Market Notable structures 2 Hare Court 2 King's Bench Walk AldgatePump Bank of England Bevis Marks Synagogue Golden Boy of Pye Corner Guildhall...
Smithfield Market Notable structures 2 Hare Court 2 King's Bench Walk AldgatePump Bank of England Bevis Marks Synagogue Golden Boy of Pye Corner Guildhall...
Smithfield Market Notable structures 2 Hare Court 2 King's Bench Walk AldgatePump Bank of England Bevis Marks Synagogue Golden Boy of Pye Corner Guildhall...
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