Bishopwearmouth

Bishopwearmouth
Sunderland Minster the historical church of Bishopwearmouth, along with the renovated village green in 2020.
Bishopwearmouth Location within Tyne and Wear
Population	14,000
Metropolitan borough	Sunderland
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SUNDERLAND
Postcode district	SR1
Dialling code	0191
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Sunderland South
List of places UK England Tyne and Wear 54°54′21″N 1°23′20″W / 54.90582°N 1.388785°W / 54.90582; -1.388785

Bishopwearmouth (/ˌbɪʃəpˈwɪərmaʊθ/^[1]) is a former village and parish which now constitutes the west side of Sunderland City Centre, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, merging with the settlement as it expanded outwards in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is home to the Sunderland Minster church, which has stood at the heart of the settlement since the early Middle Ages. Until 1974 it was in County Durham.