Ludgate
Sign in to saveLudgate was the westernmost gate in London Wall. Of Roman origin, it was rebuilt several times and finally demolished on 30 July 1760. The name survives in Ludgate Hill, an eastward continuation of Fleet Street, Ludgate Circus and Ludgate Square. The gates' materials were sold for £148.
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- Building.name
- Ludgate
- Building.image
- Ludgate Hollar.PNG
- Building.caption
- An old illustration of the gate
- Building.location_town
- London
- Building.location_country
- England
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- London Wall
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- City of London
- Image
- Ludgate Hollar.PNG
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- historic county
- Middlesex
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Ludgate was the westernmost gate in London Wall. Of Roman origin, it was rebuilt several times and finally demolished on 30 July 1760. The name survives in Ludgate Hill, an eastward continuation of Fleet Street, Ludgate Circus and Ludgate Square. The gates' materials were sold for £148.
==Etymology== According to legend, recorded by the Norman-Welsh cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth, Ludgate was named after the ancient British king Lud. Lud was said to be the brother of King Cassivelaunus but some folklorists think he is a manifestation of the god Nodens. There are other suggestions for the origins of the name, although none has been universally accepted. Later writers said it was derived from "flood gate" or "Fleet gate", from "ludgeat", meaning "back gate" or "postern", or from the Old English term "hlid-geat" a common Old English compound meaning "postern" or "swing gate".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ludgate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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