| Summary : The site of the original Aldgate East underground station, opened on 6th October 1884 by the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways. It was sited on the north side of Whitechapel High Street, a short distance to the west of the present Aldgate East (see TQ 38 SW 2168). In 1914 the street level building was rebuilt to the designs of Harry Wharton with a Lyons tea house incorporated on the ground floor. In 1938 this station was moved 170 yards eastwards to allow the enlargement of the triangle containing the Minories, North Curve, and Aldgate East junctions. Following closure after the last train had ran on 30th October 1938, the street level building survived in a derelict condition until it was demolished in the 1950s. |