Aldersgate is a Ward of the City of London, England, named after one of the northern gates in the London Wall which once enclosed the City.
St Botolph's, Aldersgate as seen from Postman's Park
Memorial at Aldersgate commemorating John Wesley's religious experience
134 Aldersgate Street, Shakespeare's House - demolished in 1879
General Post Office, late 1820s.
Wards of the City of London
The City of London is divided into 25 wards. The city is the historic core of the much wider metropolis of Greater London, with an ancient and sui generis form of local government, which avoided the many local government reforms elsewhere in the country in the 19th and 20th centuries. Unlike other modern English local authorities, the City of London Corporation has two council bodies: the now largely ceremonial Court of Aldermen, and the Court of Common Council.
A wooden notice board (each ward has at least one) displaying the Alderman, the Common Councilmen (one of whom is the Alderman's Deputy), and the clerks of that ward.
In some places in the city, a plaque will state the local ward's name.
A statue of a cordwainer: the trade gave its name to Cordwainer ward.
Between 1550 and 1899, the City extended south of the Thames into Southwark, with the Ward of Bridge Without.
