Bishopsgate
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Bishopsgate is a road and ward in the east of the City of London, running north from Gracechurch to Norton Folgate. It is named after a gate in the London Wall that the Romans built around Londinium to defend it. The road forms part of the A10.
It is the site of Liverpool Street station, the notable public house Dirty Dick's, the Bishopsgate Institute, St Ethelburga's church, and many offices.
On the 24 April 1993 it was the site of a Provisional IRA truck bomb, which killed journalist Ed Henty, injured over 40 people and caused £350,000,000 worth of damage, including the destruction of St Ethelburga's church, and serious damage to Liverpool St. Tube Station. Police had received a coded warning, but were still evacuating the area at the time of the explosion. The insurance payments required were so enormous, that Lloyds of London almost went bankrupt under the strain, and there was a crisis in the London insurance market. The area had already suffered damage from the Baltic Exchange bombing the year before.
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.
In June 2005, plans were unveiled for the Bishopsgate Tower, a huge skyscraper to be built at the southern end of the road.
See also
External links
| London postal district | London East Central |
| EC1 Head District | EC2 Bishopsgate | EC3 Fenchurch Street | EC4 Fleet Street |
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