21-514: Newgate Market can refer to: A market formerly held on Newgate , in London The former name of Shambles Market , in York Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Newgate Market . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
42-711: A post-war urban redevelopment, owned by the Mitsubishi Estate , next to St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London . The area was previously named Paternoster Row , after the street of the same name, once centre of the London publishing trade and was devastated by aerial bombardment in The Blitz during World War II . It is now the location of the London Stock Exchange which relocated there from Threadneedle Street in 2004. It
63-407: Is also the location of investment banks such as Goldman Sachs , Merrill and Nomura Securities , and of fund manager Fidelity Investments . The square itself, i.e. the plaza, is privately owned public space . In 2004, Christopher Wren 's 1669 Temple Bar Gate was re-erected here as an entrance way to the plaza. The square is near the top of a modest rise known as Ludgate Hill , formerly one of
84-459: The City of London and one of the six which date back to Roman times . Newgate lay on the west side of the wall and the road issuing from it headed over the River Fleet to Middlesex and western England. Beginning in the 12th century, parts of the gate buildings were used as a gaol , which later developed into Newgate Prison . It was once thought that Newgate was "New" since it was built after
105-565: The Roman period, but archaeological evidence has shown that it was of Roman origin; it is therefore possible that the gate was named so when the Ludgate became less used, due to the building of the fourth St Paul's Cathedral in the early medieval period. It was previously known as Chamberlains Gate, there was a landholding referred to as the Chamberlain's Soke lying just outside Newgate, forming part of
126-514: The adjoining Paternoster Lane is Paternoster Vents by Thomas Heatherwick . Temple Bar Gate , a Wren-designed stone archway constructed between 1669 and 1672 on Fleet Street at Temple Bar (the historic western ceremonial entrance to the City), has been in front of the cathedral side entrance since 2004. Contractors were paid £3,000,000 to restore it and move it from a site in Theobalds Park by
147-459: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Newgate_Market&oldid=980832730 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Newgate Newgate was one of the historic seven gates of the London Wall around
168-516: The late 1980s, many tenants moved to other London sites, resulting in a number of premises being left vacant. That prompted landlords and the City of London to welcome proposals to redevelop the area. In 1990, architect John Simpson developed a scheme, sponsored by a newspaper competition and championed by the Prince of Wales . It featured classically inspired architecture, which would have been sympathetic with
189-416: The nearby cathedral. In 1996, permission was granted for a master plan by Sir William Whitfield , which was finally built. The development was implemented by developers, Stanhope plc and Mitsubishi Estate . By October 2003, the redeveloped square was complete, lined with buildings by Whitfield's firm among others. Among the first new tenants was the London Stock Exchange . The London Stock Exchange
210-452: The north. A notable discovery here was a Roman tile inscribed with a disgruntled comment that "Austalis has been going off on his own for 13 days". The Roman road continued along High Holborn and Oxford Street , via the Devil's Highway to Silchester and Bath To the north of the street are the public gardens around the ruins of Christ Church Greyfriars (bombed during World War II) on
231-422: The public is granted access but does not designate the square as a right of way under English law , thus the owner can limit access at any time. The main monument in the redeveloped square is the 75 feet (23 m) tall Paternoster Square Column. It is a Corinthian column of Portland stone topped by a gold leaf covered flaming copper urn, which is illuminated by fibre-optic lighting at night. The column
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#1732854600400252-489: The site of a medieval Franciscan monastery. To the south is Paternoster Square leading towards St Paul's Cathedral . 51°30′53.09″N 0°6′1.22″W / 51.5147472°N 0.1003389°W / 51.5147472; -0.1003389 Listed clockwise from the West Paternoster Square Paternoster Square is a former historic square, renamed from Newgate Market c. 1872, and now
273-422: The south and east by alleys, which came out in the centre of the sides of the square. In comparison, the modern, extended, White Hart Street meets a longer Rose Street (which now runs just west of the original square) north of the current Paternoster Square. The only area the old and new square have in common is a small strip outside Warwick Court, where part of the building is set further back. The City of London
294-416: The two highest points in the City of London. It is characterised by its pedestrianisation and colonnades. The historic square was formerly the site of Newgate Market, a meat market serving much of London. By the late nineteenth century it was called Paternoster Square, taking the name from Paternoster Row. It was accessed on the north by Rose Street (originally Roe Street), the west by White Hart Street and
315-457: The vicinity of the cathedral, while protecting the cathedral's presence as a national monument on some of the highest ground of the City, at the top of Ludgate Hill , on the north bank of the River Thames . The report was controversial, however, because it introduced a decisively modern note alongside the foremost work of Britain's foremost 17th-century architect, Christopher Wren . Rebuilding
336-451: The ward of Farringdon Without . Excavations in 1875, 1903 and 1909 revealed the Roman structure and showed that it consisted of a double roadway between two square flanking guardroom towers. From the 12th century, the gate was used as a prison for debtors and felons. Jack Cade was beheaded publicly in Newgate after the conclusion of his failed rebellion . The notorious Newgate Prison ,
357-570: Was carried out between 1961 and 1967, but it involved only part of Holford's concept — the area of Paternoster Square between St Paul's churchyard and Newgate Street — and this included undistinguished buildings by other architects and the omission of some of Holford's features. Robert Finch , the Lord Mayor of London , wrote of it in The Guardian in 2004, that it was made up of "ghastly, monolithic constructions without definition or character". In
378-436: Was designed by William Whitfield's firm Whitfield Partners, and also serves as a ventilation shaft for a service road that runs beneath the square. At the north end of the square is the bronze Paternoster (also known as Shepherd and Sheep ) by Dame Elisabeth Frink . The statue was commissioned for the previous Paternoster Square complex in 1975, and was given a new plinth following the redevelopment. Another sculpture in
399-547: Was hit by one of the heaviest night raids of The Blitz on the night of 29 December 1940. Buildings on Paternoster Row , housing the publishing companies Simpkin & Marshall , Hutchinsons, Blackwood , Longman and Collins were destroyed. St Paul's Cathedral remained intact. In 1956, the Corporation of London published Sir William Holford 's proposals for redeveloping the precinct north of St Paul's Cathedral . Holford's report attempted to resolve problems of traffic flow in
420-538: Was later extended to the south on the site of the modern Central Criminal Court on Old Bailey. The gate was demolished in 1767. Newgate Street, today part of the A40 London to Fishguard route , is mostly located within the city wall, leading west from Cheapside to the site of the old gate, and then continuing onto Holborn Viaduct at the point where the Old Bailey thoroughfare joins to the south and Giltspur Street to
441-411: Was the initial target for the protesters of Occupy London on 15 October 2011. Attempts to occupy Paternoster Square were thwarted by police, Police sealed off the entrance to Paternoster Square. A High Court injunction had been granted against public access to the square, defining it as private property. The square was repeatedly described as 'public space' in the plans for Paternoster Square, meaning
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