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46: 456: 633: 1329: 524: 390: 1461: 53: 514: 201: 1112: 681:. The building has 28,000 m (300,000 sq ft) of office space in 19 storeys, and is built in the location of a smaller office building built in the 1960s known as Moor House. A 36 m shaft under the building incorporates part of 1032: 1109: 670:. The pub is now called "The John Keats at The Globe", having previously been known as "The Moorgate Coffee House", "The Moorgate" and "The John Keats at Moorgate", only a few yards from Moorgate station. 1029: 398: 249: 1267: 498: 1500: 706:
A number of large buildings are being planned or already built in the neighbouring streets. These include a 43-storey, 140 m residential skyscraper at Milton Court (
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What's in a name? The origins of the names of all stations in current use on the London Underground and Docklands Light rail with their opening dates.
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enacted that the old postern be demolished. It was replaced with a newer and larger structure located farther to the west, which included a wooden
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The Ward did not extend beyond the wall at the time of John Stows survey of 1603 – but it did by the time of Ogilby and Morgans map of 1676
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Moorgate was demolished with most of the other London city wall gates in 1761/2, and the resulting stone was sold for £166 to the
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in 1666. Although the City gates had ceased to have any modern function apart from decoration, it was replaced along with
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During the 1940s-60s, HM Customs and Excise investigation staff were based at Moorgate Hall, 153 Moorgate.
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The earliest descriptions of Moorgate date from the early 15th century, where it was described as only a
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The area around the former gate, Moorgate Street and Moorgate station is referred to informally as the
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movement. Keats was born in 1795 in the Swan and Hoop Inn at 199 Moorgate, where his father was an
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This article is about the street and area in central London. For the rail and tube station, see
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to be shut at night. This gate was enlarged again in 1472 and 1511, and then damaged in the
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train failed to stop and hit a brick wall killing 43. This resulted in systems, known as
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style which was completed in 1999 to replace an earlier building destroyed in 1941.
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The Moorgate linked the parts of Coleman Street Ward on either side of London's Wall
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were an extensive area of open land, partly in the City of London, partly in the
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were added in the 17th century, though it was not developed until 1817.
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The contemporary street of Moorgate runs north from Princes Street and
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The gate was demolished in 1762, but gave its name to a major street,
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BBC nature walks - Roman London and a geological walk of the world
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The Lower Moorfields was developed in 1817, with the building of
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Moorgate and the Wall originally formed the northern boundary of
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An engraving showing Moorgate before it was demolished in 1762
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via Bassishaw Highwalk. The Guildhall is the home of the
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Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
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and the surrounding buildings), previously part of the
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Moorgate is served by the following bus routes: 21,
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Moorgate station
Moorgate, Norfolk
Moorgate is located in Greater London
Greater London
OS grid reference
TQ327811
City of London
Greater London
Region
London
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
LONDON
Postcode district
EC2
Dialling code
020
Police
City of London
Fire
London
Ambulance
London
UK Parliament
Cities of London and Westminster
London Assembly
City and East
UK

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