# Bishopsgate

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #72,998

## Definitions
1. A street and ward in the City of London, England (OS grid ref TQ3381).
2. A small village near Englefield Green, Runnymede borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9872).
3. A community in the County of Brant, Ontario, Canada.

## Etymology
Equivalent to Bishop + -s- + gate.
(street and ward): From one of the eastern gates in London’s former defensive wall, traditionally attributed to Earconwald, who was Bishop of London in the 7th century.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bishopsgate