Ladyloafer
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I don't think its historical name is terribly well known to the masses tbh. In a local history book i there was an undated medieval map calling the road personnes street. Maybe it was never officially known by its common name?Parsons Street in Banbury was first recorded as Gropecunt Lane in 1333, and may have been an important thoroughfare, but by 1410 its name had been changed to Parsons Lane
Do locals still refer to it by its former epithetical name? Is the trade still plied there?
And just noticed your comment about Cuttle Brook - could be that the Pump Pound (also in Market Place) was a water pump that tapped into the now-underground brook?
Edit : Looks like your Cuttle Brook fed into a cucking-pool!
Also mentioned here : https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol10/pp18-28
these days the area fancies itself as the 'nice' part of the town centre, though theres a few pubs, so who knows, after a few gin-cocktails up against the pasty shop? each to their own...