St Aldate's, looking north towards Carfax, with the Town Hall on the east side of the streetSt Aldate's, looking south towards Tom TowerMap of Oxford by John Speed, 1605, showing city walls; south at top and "N" = Carfax
aldate, oxford, aldate, ɔː, street, central, oxford, england, named, after, saint, aldate, formerly, known, fish, street, aldate, looking, north, towards, carfax, with, town, hall, east, side, streetst, aldate, looking, south, towards, towermap, oxford, john, . St Aldate s ˈ ɔː l d eɪ t s is a street in central Oxford England 1 2 named after Saint Aldate but formerly known as Fish Street 3 St Aldate s looking north towards Carfax with the Town Hall on the east side of the streetSt Aldate s looking south towards Tom TowerMap of Oxford by John Speed 1605 showing city walls south at top and N CarfaxThe 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 faces the east end of St Aldate s while Pembroke College on Pembroke Square faces its west end Other adjoining streets include Blue Boar Street to the east side and Pembroke Street Pembroke Square Brewer Street Rose Place and Speedwell Street to the west St Aldate s Church is on the west side of the street in Pembroke Square 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 4 Oxford Combined Court CentreSouth of Christ Church is an entrance to Christ Church Meadow and still on the east side the University of Oxford s Faculty of Music containing the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments the building was opened in 1936 for St Catherine s Society Oxford s police station designed by H F Hurcombe the City Estates Surveyor and completed in 1936 1 and the Oxford Combined Court Centre designed by Henry Smith and completed in 1932 5 opposite precede a junction with Thames Street to the west The police station was featured in the Inspector Morse television series After Folly Bridge over the River Thames or Isis St Aldate s enters Grandpont and becomes Abingdon Road A4144 leading directly south out of the city of Oxford towards the Oxford Ring Road and the villages of Kennington amp Radley and the town of Abingdon Gallery Edit nbsp The northern end of St Aldate s nbsp Alice s Shop on St Aldate s opposite Christ Church nbsp Tom Tower and the main entrance to Christ Church the largest Oxford college on St Aldate s nbsp Oxford Town Hall on St Aldate s nbsp The High and Cornmarket streets intersection at the far northern end of St Aldate s nbsp The northern section of St Aldate s Street from near the entrance to Tom Quad beneath Tom Tower nbsp St Aldate s Street from the Speedwell Street entrance adjacent to the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments in Christ Church Park nbsp View of St Aldate s longing north from Folly Bridge with The Head of the River public house on the right nbsp Looking south down St Aldate s in the snow with Christ Church on the left nbsp St Aldate s Church which gives the street its nameReferences Edit a b 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 Tyack Geoffrey 1998 Oxford an architectural guide Oxford University Press pp 2 22 243 291 297 307 ISBN 0 14 071045 0 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 Tyack Geoffrey 1998 Oxford An Architectural Guide Oxford University Press p 297 ISBN 978 0198174233 External links EditOxford Guide information St Aldate s Church St Aldate s Post Office Oxford s Town Halls in St Aldate s51 45 00 N 1 15 25 W 51 75000 N 1 25694 W 51 75000 1 25694 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Aldate 27s Oxford amp oldid 1165040439, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
