St Aldate's, Oxford

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

St Aldate's (/ˈɔːldeɪts/) 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.