Ludgate (demolished city gate)

E501949

city gate former building fortification

Ludgate was one of the historic western gates in the defensive walls of the City of London, controlling access along the route that became Ludgate Hill before its demolition.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ludgate (former city gate of London)	1

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city gate ⓘ former building ⓘ fortification ⓘ
accessRouteFrom	western approaches to London ⓘ
accessRouteTo	City of London markets NERFINISHED ⓘ St Paul’s Cathedral precinct NERFINISHED ⓘ
adjacentTo	Fleet Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Bailey area NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityGateOf	City of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsAreas	City of London NERFINISHED ⓘ West End of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledAccessTo	Ludgate Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
demolished	18th century ⓘ
demolishedFor	street widening ⓘ traffic improvement ⓘ
function	controlled access to the City of London ⓘ defensive barrier ⓘ
hasEtymology	folk etymology linking name to King Lud ⓘ possibly from Old English "hlid-geat" meaning swing gate ⓘ
heritageStatus	no longer extant ⓘ
historicalPeriod	medieval London ⓘ
locatedIn	City of London ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Ludgate Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	St Paul’s Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
onRouteOf	Ludgate Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	London Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ defensive walls of the City of London ⓘ
positionInWall	western gate ⓘ
streetNowOnSite	Ludgate Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ Ludgate Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	collection of tolls ⓘ regulation of trade routes ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ludgate Hill → historicallyAssociatedWith → Ludgate (demolished city gate) ⓘ

Ludgate Circus → historicalAssociation → Ludgate (demolished city gate) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ludgate (former city gate of London)