St Thomas Street - Hollybush Row - geograph

St Thomas' Street is a historical street in central

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, England. It lies to the west of

Oxford Castle Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. Most of the original moated, wooden motte and bailey castle was replaced in stone in the late 12th or early 13th century and ...

, linking the

Quaking Bridge Quaking Bridge is a bridge over the Castle Mill Stream in the English city of Oxford. It connects St Thomas' Street, Oxford, St Thomas' Street and Paradise Street, Oxford, Paradise Street, to the west of the stream, with Tidmarsh Lane, Oxford, ...

, across

Castle Mill Stream Castle Mill Stream is a long Backwater (river), backwater of the River Thames in the west of Oxford, England. It has its own secondary backwater, known as the Wareham Stream, that is long. Course Castle Mill Stream The Castle Mill Stream l ...

, to St Thomas' Church. The street connects to Tidmarsh Lane, on the other side of the bridge,

Paradise Street Paradise Street is a short street in the core area of Birmingham City Centre, in England. Paradise Street runs roughly from Victoria Square to Suffolk Street and Broad Street. The street existed in 1796 when a congregation gathered at a meet ...

and crosses

Hollybush Row Oxpens Road is a road in central Oxford, England, linking west and south Oxford. It is named after the marshy area of Oxpens, next to one of the branches of the River Thames in Oxford. It forms part of the A420 road. Locale To the northwest, O ...

near the church. The brewery and headquarters complex of Oxford brewers Morrells, known as the Lion Brewery, was located on St Thomas' Street from 1743 until it was closed in 1998 and the site redeveloped into an apartment complex in 2002. Although some of the buildings were demolished during this redevelopment, the entrance, offices, engine house, chimney and waterwheel have been retained. The waterwheel at Lion Brewery was driven by the Wareham Stream, a side-stream of the Castle Mill Stream. St Thomas' Street passes over this stream on Bookbinders' Bridge.

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