The Holy Name stands on Oxford Road near Waterhouses Victoria University buildings.  The foundation stone of the Holy Name was laid in 1869 and the church opened on 15th October, 1871.  The architect Joseph Aloysius Hansom, the inventor of the cab that bears his name. The church he designed is 14th century French Gothic in style It is 186ft. from east to west, 112ft. from north to south and 100ft. from the floor to the inside of the vault.  The structure is brick faced inside with moulded terracotta and outside with Warwick Bridge stone. Pevsner described the design of the Holy Name as ‘..of the very highest quality and of an originality nowhere demonstrative…….Hansom never again did so marvellous a church.’