St Aldate's (, like "all dates") is a street in central

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, named after Saint Aldate, but formerly known as Fish Street.

Museum and Church

The street runs south from the generally acknowledged centre of Oxford at Carfax. The

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, 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.

Alice's Shop

Opposite Christ Church is Alice's Shop, formerly frequented by

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, and the model for the Sheep Shop in the "Wool and Water" chapter in ''

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''.

Bate Collection of Musical Instruments

South of Christ Church is an entrance to Christ Church Meadow and, still on the east side, the

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'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) and the Oxford Combined Court Centre (designed by Henry Smith and completed in 1932) opposite precede a junction with Thames Street to the west.

Depictions in television

The police station was featured in the

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television series.

Continuation into Abingdon Road

After

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over the

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or Isis, St Aldate's enters

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and becomes Abingdon Road ( A4144), leading directly south out of the city of Oxford towards the Oxford

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and the villages of Kennington and Radley and the town of Abingdon.

Gallery

File:The North end of St Aldates Stret.jpg, The northern end of St Aldate's. File:Alice's Shop, Oxford.JPG, Alice's Shop on St Aldate's, opposite Christ Church. File:Tom Tower (Oxford, England).JPG, Tom Tower and the main entrance to Christ Church, the largest Oxford college, on St Aldate's. File:Town Hall Oxford 20040124.jpg,

Oxford Town Hall Oxford Town Hall is a public building on the street called St Aldate's in central Oxford, England. It is both the seat of Oxford City Council and a venue for public meetings, entertainment and other events. It also includes the Museum of Oxfo ...

on St Aldate's. File:The far northern end of St Aldates Oxford.jpg, The High and Cornmarket streets intersection at the far northern end of St Aldate's. File:Northwards up St Aldates from in front of Tom Gate.jpg, The northern section of St Aldate's Street from near the entrance to Tom Quad beneath Tom Tower. File:From the Speedwell Street entrance to St Aldates Street.jpg, St Aldate's Street from the Speedwell Street entrance, adjacent to the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments in Christ Church Park. File:View along St Aldates from Folly Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1324147.jpg, View of St Aldate's longing north from

with ''The Head of the River'' public house on the right. File:Snowy Oxford.jpg, Looking south down St Aldate's in the snow, with Christ Church on the left. File:St Aldate's Church 2.jpg, St Aldate's Church, which gives the street its name File:St Aldates Tavern.jpg, A view of St Aldate's Tavern from across the road.

References

External links

Oxford Guide information

St Aldate's Church

Oxford's Town Halls in St Aldate's
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