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.

The land consisted of a number of smaller townships which would eventually include Ryhope, Silksworth, Ford and Tunstall, all now part of the suburbs of the city.

[citation needed] In 1855, the rectory was eventually demolished, but its doorway arch was subsequently reinstalled in the newly built Mowbray Park.

[citation needed] On 11 February 1998, the Bishopwearmouth Christ Church was declared redundant, and later sold to become a Sikh temple and community centre.

Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, a military leader during the Indian Mutiny, was born in Bishopwearmouth on 5 April 1795, as was Joseph Swan, famous for the invention of the incandescent light bulb, on 31 October 1828.