St Aldate's, Oxford

St Aldate's, looking north towards Carfax, with the Town Hall on the east side of the street
St Aldate's, looking south towards Tom Tower
Map of Oxford by John Speed, 1605, showing city walls; south at top and "N" = Carfax

St Aldate's (/ˈɔːldts/) is a street in central Oxford, England,[1][2] named after Saint Aldate, but formerly known as Fish Street.[3]

  1. ^ Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 128, 181, 232, 287, 301, 302, 303, 325. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
  2. ^ Tyack, Geoffrey (1998). Oxford: an architectural guide. Oxford University Press. pp. 2, 22, 243, 291, 297, 307. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
  3. ^ Street-Names, A History of the County of Oxford. Vol. 4, The City of Oxford (1979), pp. 475-477.

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