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'''St Aldate's''' is a street in central [[Oxford]], [[England]]. It is named after the obscure [[Saint Aldate]], although it has also been suggested that the name is a corruption of 'old gate', referring to the south gate in the former city walls. There is a church dedicated to Aldate on the west side of the street, in [[Pembroke Square, Oxford|Pembroke Square]]. A former name for St Aldate's is Fish Street<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22828 Street-Names], ''A History of the County of Oxford. Vol. 4, The City of Oxford'' (1979), pp. 475-477.</ref>. |
'''St Aldate's''' is a street in central [[Oxford]], [[England]]. It is named after the obscure [[Saint Aldate]], although it has also been suggested that the name is a corruption of 'old gate', referring to the south gate in the former city walls. There is a church dedicated to Aldate on the west side of the street, in [[Pembroke Square, Oxford|Pembroke Square]]. A former name for St Aldate's is Fish Street<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22828 Street-Names], ''A History of the County of Oxford. Vol. 4, The City of Oxford'' (1979), pp. 475-477.</ref>. |
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The street runs south from the generally acknowledged centre of Oxford at [[Carfax, Oxford|Carfax]]. The [[Oxford Town Hall|Town Hall]], which includes the [[Museum of Oxford]], is on the east side of the street. [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]], with its imposing [[Tom Tower]], and [[Pembroke College, Oxford|Pembroke College]] (on Pembroke Square) both face St Aldate's, to the east and west respectively. Other adjoining streets include [[Blue Boar Street]] on the east side and [[Pembroke Street, Oxford|Pembroke Street]] on the west. |
The street runs south from the generally acknowledged centre of Oxford at [[Carfax, Oxford|Carfax]]. The [[Oxford Town Hall|Town Hall]], which includes the [[Museum of Oxford]], is on the east side of the street. [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]], with its imposing [[Tom Tower]], and [[Pembroke College, Oxford|Pembroke College]] (on Pembroke Square) both face [[St Aldate's Church]], to the east and west respectively. Other adjoining streets include [[Blue Boar Street]] on the east side and [[Pembroke Street, Oxford|Pembroke Street]] on the west. |
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Opposite Christ Church is [[Alice's Shop]], formerly frequented by [[Alice Liddell]] and the model for the Sheep Shop in the "Wool and Water" chapter in ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]''.<ref>{{cite book | last = Gardner | first = Martin| authorlink = Martin Gardner | title = [[The Annotated Alice]] | publisher = Penguin Books | location =Harmondsworth|year = 1965 | page = 252 }}</ref> |
Opposite Christ Church is [[Alice's Shop]], formerly frequented by [[Alice Liddell]] and the model for the Sheep Shop in the "Wool and Water" chapter in ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]''.<ref>{{cite book | last = Gardner | first = Martin| authorlink = Martin Gardner | title = [[The Annotated Alice]] | publisher = Penguin Books | location =Harmondsworth|year = 1965 | page = 252 }}</ref> |
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St Aldate's is a street in central Oxford, England. It is named after the obscure Saint Aldate, although it has also been suggested that the name is a corruption of 'old gate', referring to the south gate in the former city walls. There is a church dedicated to Aldate on the west side of the street, in Pembroke Square. A former name for St Aldate's is Fish Street[1].
The street runs south from the generally acknowledged centre of Oxford at Carfax. The Town Hall, which includes the Museum of Oxford, is on the east side of the street. Christ Church, with its imposing Tom Tower, and Pembroke College (on Pembroke Square) both face St Aldate's Church, to the east and west respectively. Other adjoining streets include Blue Boar Street on the east side and Pembroke Street on the west.
Opposite Christ Church is Alice's Shop, formerly frequented by Alice Liddell and the model for the Sheep Shop in the "Wool and Water" chapter in Through the Looking-Glass.[2]
South of Christ Church is an entrance to Christ Church Meadow and, still on the east side, the Oxford University Faculty of Music, containing the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments. Oxford's police station (as featured in the Inspector Morse television series) and the Crown and County Court opposite precede a junction with Thames Street to the west. After Folly Bridge over the River Thames, St Aldate's becomes Abingdon Road (A4144), leading directly south out of the city of Oxford towards the Oxford Ring Road and the town of Abingdon.
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The northern end of St Aldate's. -
Alice's Shop on St Aldate's, opposite Christ Church. -
Tom Tower and the main entrance to Christ Church, the largest Oxford college, on St Aldate's.
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Oxford Town Hall on St Aldate's.
References
- ^ Street-Names, A History of the County of Oxford. Vol. 4, The City of Oxford (1979), pp. 475-477.
- ^ Gardner, Martin (1965). The Annotated Alice. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 252.
External links
- Oxford Guide information
- St Aldate's Church
- St Aldate's Post Office
- Oxford's Town Halls in St Aldate's
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