London Wall

Londinium in 400 AD showing the Roman wall

The London Wall was the defensive wall built by the Romans around Londinium. Londinium was then, as now, the most important port town on the River Thames.

London Wall is now the name of a road in the City of London. It runs along part of the course of the old wall. Until the later Middle Ages, the wall defined the boundaries of the City of London.

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• London Wall fragment.jpg

  A surviving fragment of the original 3rd-century Roman Wall in Cooper's Row near Tower Hill

• London wall bastion.jpg

  Bastion 12, which is near the Barbican Estate, stands on Roman foundations with an upper structure of 13th-century masonry.

• Siege of London (MS 1168).jpg

  Yorkist forces attack the Lancastrians during the siege of London, 12–15 May 1471.

• The City of London around 1300. The Blackfriars extension is in the south-west of the city.

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  Pink area shows the extent of the 1666 Great Fire of London. Most of the city within the walls was destroyed.

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  Noble Street and surrounding area bombing, mapped in 1945. From the centre of the image upwards can be seen semi-circle lines, representing the London Wall bastions 12–14 which were incorporated into buildings.

• London Wall Street.jpg

  The modern (post-1976) road named London Wall

• The medieval postern gate by the tower of London - geograph.org.uk - 813646.jpg

  The medieval postern gate by the tower of London

• Aldgate site.jpg

  Site of Aldgate demolishing