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Bishopsgate - Definition

Looking north from a pedestrian bridge across Bishopsgate

Bishopsgate is a road in the east of the City of London, running north from Gracechurch to Norton Folgate. Its named after a gate in the London Wall that the Romans built around Londinium to defend it.

It is the site of Liverpool Street station, the notable public house Dirty Dick's, St Ethelburga's church, and many offices.

In 1993 it was the site of a Provisional IRA bomb, which killed 2 people and caused £350,000,000 worth of damage, including the destruction of St Ethelburga's church.

The street is home to the main London offices of several major banks including the Royal Bank of Scotland, ABN-AMRO and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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  • Map (http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=533293&y=181610&z=1&sv=bishopsgate&st=6&tl=Bishopsgate,+London,+EC2m&searchp=newsearch.srf&mapp=newmap.srf)

Bishopsgate - Example Usage

vunuqofidaj: RT @gocunafibat: There lived in those days, round the corner--in Bishopsgate Street.
NatalieNevard: If you are looking for a new city haunt in the city then @thedriftbar is @Lornaks latest find: http://t.co/rVyHFlHC
PeterDCXW: @BernardMcCabe I bet he does! At St. Helen's Bishopsgate were we...? @Niall_Gooch @RiverFlows77
HughesPsea: RT @Squarehighways: Squarehighways @Squarehighways #Bishopsgate N/B reduced to 1 lane @ junction of PrimroseSt, to accommodate UKPN works in PrimroseSt
liambeadle: @wesleyhill I'm not sure that's the full spectrum! S. Helen's Bishopsgate followed by S. Silas' Kentish Town would be more like it!
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