Whitechapel High Street is a street in the Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. It is about 0.2 miles long, making it "one of the shortest high streets in London". It links Aldgate High Street to the south-west with Whitechapel Road to the north-east, and includes junctions with Commercial Street to the north and Commercial Road to the east.
The north side of Whitechapel High Street in 2015
Whitechapel High Street in 1869, painted by Edwin Edwards
Whitechapel High Street in 1905, looking east towards St Mary's Church
Whitechapel High Street in 1991, looking east on the Aldgate Gyratory
Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London.
Print of the Aldgate, around 1609
Yorkist defenders sally from Aldgate, 1471
Aldgate House, Bethnal Green, around 1808
Aldgate Pump, at the junction of Aldgate, Leadenhall Street and Fenchurch Street