Numbering system and parishes of Cornmarket Street
Numbering system
Cornmarket has always kept the old-fashioned numbering style which it had in the 1830s, namely:
- East side: Runs 1–2–3 etc. northwards from Carfax
up to the last house on that side (No. 32 on the corner of Broad Street) - West side: Runs 33–34–35 etc southwards from tje corner of
George Street
back down to the last house on that side (No. 65 on the corner of Carfax)
Parishes
The censuses are listed by ecclesiastical parish, so it is important to know which shops fell in which parish
Until 1896 there were two churches in Cornmarket Street:
- St Martin's at Carfax on the west side on the corner of Carfax
- St Michael at the Northgate on the north corner of Ship Street.
The street was divided between these two parishes until 1896, but following the demolition of St Martin's Church that year the shops formerly in that parish came under the combined parish of St Martin & All Saints.
Following the deconsecrations of All Saints Church in 1971 the whole of Cornmarket has been in St Michael's parish (or more fully the United Benefice of St Michael with All Saints and St Martin's.
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Shop No. |
To 1896 |
1896–1971 |
1971–present |
East side |
Nos. 1–8 |
St Martin's |
St Martin's |
St Michael |
Nos. 9–32 |
St Michael-at-the-Northgate Since 1971 the United Benefice of |
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West side |
Nos 33–52 |
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Nos. 53–65 |
St Martin's |
St Martin's |
St Michael |
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