Site of Aldgate demolished 1760.
The Corporation of the City of London
EC3, Aldgate High Street, 88
A list of plaques at the London Metropolitan Archive refers to one for Aldgate at 2 Aldgate High Street. The document records that it was the first of a batch, erected 25/6/1923, but that it was removed in 1967 when the building was demolished. We have failed to identify the site of 2 Aldgate High Street.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Aldgate
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Aldgate
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The plaque can be seen in our photo, over to the right, buried in the hedge.
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