Widegate Street

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

East out of Middlesex Street, at No. 118, to Sandy Row, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).


First mention Hatton, 1708.

Former names "Whitegate Alley" (O. and M. 1677). " (Wide - or White) Gate "-Street (Strype, 1720, I. ii. 108).

Until about 1902 it ran west into Bishopsgate in the line of the new portion of Middlesex Street. New Street constructed 1889-96.

The earlier form of the name in O. and M. suggests a gate at the end of the alley that could be closed at night, these gates being very common at that time, or there may have been a sign of that name in or adjacent to the street.

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