From a look on the internet, it appears that the name is not uncommon. In close proximity, Abingdon and Bicester and Wallingford all have a Cattle Market Car Park. The closure of the original Cattle Markets freed up space for Car Parks.

But now some Cattle Market Car Parks are taking another step in their evolution. Development is encouraged on brown field sites and so Abingdon Cattle Market Car Park has a notice saying ‘Planning permission sought to build residences.’

Should we worry about loosing sixty parking places. Apart from On Street Car Parking, and private car parks like Waitrose, there are other car parks:

• Abbey Close
• Audlett Drive
• The Charter (multi-storey)
• Civic
• Hales Meadow
• Rye Farm (and Rye Farm Commercial)
• Queen Street (Permit Only)
• Market Place (Permit Only)
• West St Helen Street

Perhaps the question is more whether we should be using the space up for housing when another sort of building might be needed in the town centre in years to come.