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Bishopsgate Street ran north from Cornhill Street to the southern end of Shoreditch Street at the city boundary. South of
Cornhill, the road became Gracechurch Street, and the two streets formed a
major north-south artery in the eastern end of the walled city of London, from
London Bridge to Shoreditch. Important sites included: Bethlehem Hospital, a mental hospital, and Bull Inn, a place where plays were performed before
(Weinreb and Hibbert
67).
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Bishopsgate Street ran north from Cornhill Street to the southern end of Shoreditch Street at the city boundary. South of Cornhill, the road became Gracechurch Street, and the two streets formed a major north-south artery in the eastern end of the walled city of London, from London Bridge to Shoreditch. Bishopsgate Street was one of the original Roman roads in the city of London.
The street is named after Bishopsgate, the gate in
the northern city wall through which it passes. The gate also gave its name to
Bishopsgate Ward. Stow states that the segement of Bishopsgate Street that extends outside the wall was of old time called Bearewardes lane
(Stow 27).
Just inside the gate on Bishopsgate Street was the
church of St. Ethelburga, which was built in
the middle ages. the only church in England dedicated to
(Bebbington 48). Two other churches stood on Bishopsgate, St.
Helen and St. Botolph.
During the Tudor and Elizabethan periods, several wealthy merchants had homes on
Bishopsgate Street. These rich residents
included
There were two more buildings of historical and literary importance on Bishopsgate. The first of these is Bethlehem Hospital. Located just outside the city walls, Bethlehem, commonly corrupted to the short form Bedlam, was a mental hospital. Bethlehem Hospital is the origin of the nickname Jack o’ Bedlam or Tom o’ Bedlam, a common literary and dramatic name for a madman.
The second important site on Bishopsgate Street was
theBull Inn, where plays were performed before
(Weinreb
67). The Bull Inn’s early staging of plays is historically significant
because one of the actors, obtained a
licence from
(Weinreb and Hibbert 67). This licence would permit the creation
of the Theatre, which was the first playhouse in London, and the one with which
Bishopsgate Street led to Shoreditch Street, where
Bishopsgate Street still exists, and now consists mostly of Victorian era office blocks (Weinreb and Hibbert 67).