Everything about Catte Street totally explained
Catte Street is a historic street in central
Oxford,
England. It runs north-south, continuing as
Parks Road to the north (at a junction with
Broad Street and
Holywell Street). It runs along the eastern side of
Radcliffe Square and forms a junction with the
High Street to the south.
At the northern end to the west is the
Clarendon Building on Broad Street, with the
Sheldonian Theatre nearby. Just to the south is the
Bodleian Library. To the east are the Modern History Faculty (formerly the
Indian Institute building), Oxford's
Bridge of Sighs in
New College Lane and
Hertford College.
Further south to the east is
All Souls, an
Oxford college with fellows but no undergraduate students. To the west at the southern end are the
Radcliffe Camera and
University Church of St Mary the Virgin, the main church of the
University, on the High Street.
The street has been pedestrianised as a pavement at the south by the junction with the High Street since 1973.
Catte Street inspired the name of a local 1970s
jazz band, the "Catte Street Rhythm Wreckers".
History
The name of this street was recorded as
Kattestreete in the early 13th century, as
Mousecatcher's Lane in 1442, and as
Cat Street in the 18th century. In the mid-19th century it became
Catherine Street. However, there was another street of this name in east Oxford and in 1930 the City Council changed the name to
Catte Street, using a 15th-century spelling.
Originally this street road used to lead northwards as far as New College Lane, where the city wall blocked its way. The road north from here has become part of Catte Street, although the Modern History Faculty still gives its address as Broad Street nearby.
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