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Bishop Gate (Site Of)
Hob Uid: 869486
Location : Coventry Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SP3329079470
Summary : Bishop Gate, early C15th to 1764.
More information : (SP33297947) Bishop Gate (Site of) [NR].(1) Bishop Gate, (site). Erected ca.1355, demolished in 1764.(2) Depicted.(3) Bishop Gate, (`porta episcopi') was in existence by 1411, and was rebuilt in 1689 for reuse as a habitation in 1691. It appears to have been a rectangular, two-storeyed building with embattled parapets.(4) (Forms part of Coventry City walls, SP37NW48.) (A sketch of the gate appears in authy.5, but since the author died in 1868, and the gate was demolished in 1762, its authenticity may be doubted.)

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Source details : OS 2500 1961.
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Source details : Newell C 1924. Coventry City Walls and Gates.
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Source details : Map of Coventry 1610. (Speed J)
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Source details : VCH Warwickshire 8 1969 22,23.
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Source details : Troughton N Dr. 1907 Sketches of Old Coventry plate 13.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Gate
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Gate
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 37 NW 62
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