Whitechapel High Street

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Whitechapel High Street is a road in Whitechapel, in the East End of London connecting Aldgate High Street with Whitechapel Road. Now part of the A11 it was anciently part of the Roman road from London to Colchester. It was situated outside the perimeter of London Wall, east of Aldgate and was the location of many coaching inns for the receipt of travellers going to or from London[1]

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  1. ^ Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert (eds) (1983) "Whitechapel High Street" in The London Encyclopaedia: 956