St Alrlgato‘s. the future. architectural fate of which is now worrying zesthetic souls, at Oxford, possesses .1 modern name derived from the church opposite Tum Gate of Christchurch. which Pembroke (‘ollege “sold to build a dining room." The street originally bore a. less sucrosanot title. and was styled Fish Street. down to 1834, In or about that year nearly all \‘he strecfs of Oxford were. renamed, be—cause they bore plebian designations, such as Penny-farthing Lane, which were deemed derogatory to the dignity of the University. Almost the only remaining ancient thoroughfare in) Oxford which still retains' the original title is Logic Lane.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17881, 24 June 1926, Page 8
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