19-430: Bevington Road is a residential road in central North Oxford , England. The road runs between Woodstock Road (opposite Observatory Street ) to the west and Banbury Road to the east. Winchester Road leads north from halfway along Bevington Road. The road was previously known as Horse and Jockey Road . A public house opposite the eastern end of the road on Woodstock Road on the corner with St Bernard's Road , called
38-700: A regeneration project for the college-owned houses in July 2023. To the north is St Antony's College , a graduate college of the University, between Woodstock Road and Winchester Road. The Animal Behaviour Research Group of Oxford University , begun in 1949 on the arrival in Oxford of Niko Tinbergen , was located at 13 Bevington Road from 1961 to 1971. Prominent members of the group included Richard Dawkins and Desmond Morris . Dawkins conducted programming experiments on an early PDP-8 mini-computer here. The road
57-470: Is one-way to traffic from Banbury Road to Woodstock Road. 51°45′46″N 1°15′43″W / 51.76273°N 1.26189°W / 51.76273; -1.26189 North Oxford North Oxford is a suburban part of the city of Oxford in England . It was owned for many centuries largely by St John's College, Oxford and many of the area's Victorian houses were initially sold on leasehold by
76-592: Is the village of Kidlington . Wolvercote Cemetery contains the grave of J. R. R. Tolkien (note that Wolvercote Cemetery is not in Wolvercote itself, but beside Banbury Road north of the A40). Cutteslowe Park is a large open area just to the north of this bypass. North Oxford has attracted famous residents, such as the authors and academics J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) and Iris Murdoch (1919–1999). Murdoch lived with her husband and fellow academic John Bayley , and
95-521: The Horse and Jockey , was a reminder of this name. In the 1850s there was a plan to run a railway line just to the north of the road, but this never materialised. The houses are in the traditional North Oxford brick-built Victorian Gothic style and date from 1865 to 1875. Plots on the south side of the road were sold in August 1865 by St John's College , which own much of the land in the area. Architects of
114-537: The Oxford Canal , formerly to commercial premises by the railway line. More recently the road has been extended to the west of the canal with a bend to the north and newer residential development, The Waterways housing estate dating from 2000 to 2006, doubling the length of the road. Immediately to the southwest of Frenchay Road Bridge on the canal is the entrance to the Trap Grounds nature reserve. All
133-662: The Oxford High School for Girls, Wychwood School and d'Overbroeck's College which are secondary schools and St. Clare's, Oxford , an international sixth form college which is the longest provider of the International Baccalaureate Diploma in England (source ISA). The boundary of "North Oxford" is not exactly defined, but the original area developed by St John's College (sometimes now called "Central North Oxford") runs north from
152-642: The River Isis (the section of the River Thames that flows through Oxford) is located to the west. Much of the central area contains excellent examples of late 19th-century Victorian Gothic architecture, and is now a conservation area . The conservation area includes three Grade I listed buildings , the Church of St Philip and St James (which now houses the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies ),
171-539: The Observer's House (now Osler House), and the Radcliffe Observatory ; the latter two are now both part of Green Templeton College . There are Regency -style houses built in the mid-19th century in the crescents of Park Town , initially in the middle of the countryside but now surrounded by the rest of the suburb. Central North Oxford between the city centre and Summertown , has been described as
190-743: The Woodstock Road, Kellogg on Banbury Road, and to the east Wolfson , on the River Cherwell . To the south of the college is the Cherwell Boathouse , a popular punting spot. Further south, also bordering the Cherwell, are the University Parks , to the north of which is Norham Gardens , with large houses backing onto the park, including Gunfield . A large open area of ancient common land , Port Meadow , adjoining
209-471: The area was featured in the biographical film, Iris . T. E. Lawrence (known as Lawrence of Arabia) grew up in Polstead Road , North Oxford. Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984), Poet Laureate , was an enthusiast about North Oxford and wrote poems mentioning the area, such as May-Day Song for North Oxford : Belbroughton Road is bonny, and pinkly bursts the spray Of prunus and forsythia across
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#1732802479860228-506: The college. The leafy roads of Woodstock Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east (leading to Woodstock and Banbury respectively) run north-south through the area, meeting at their southern ends to become St Giles . North Oxford is noted for its schools, especially its private schools. These include the Dragon School and Summer Fields (formerly Summerfield), which are preparatory schools , and St Edward's School and
247-501: The good schools. A number of the larger houses are used by Oxford colleges and other educational establishments. At the northern extremity of North Oxford, which is approximately the line of the A40 (the northern bypass, part of the Oxford ring road ) are three suburbs, Sunnymead and Cutteslowe (to the east of Banbury Road) and Wolvercote to the west of Woodstock Road. Beyond the bypass
266-462: The houses include Frederick Codd and William Wilkinson . To the south is St Anne's College , one of the former women's colleges of the University of Oxford , fronting onto Woodstock Road and backing onto Banbury Road. All of the properties fronting onto the south side of Bevington Road are property of St Anne's College, and most are used for undergraduate accommodation. St Anne's College began
285-434: The most desirable suburb of Oxford , England . It is popularly supposed that it was originally developed for the dons of the university once they were allowed to marry. However central North Oxford in particular includes many large houses which were then unaffordable by most dons, and the houses were instead occupied by successful tradesmen of the city. Today, many homes are occupied by rich London commuters, attracted by
304-620: The original houses were designed by the leading North Oxford architect Harry Wilkinson Moore and were first leased between 1897 and 1906. Many were built by John Money. The road forms the approximate northern boundary of the original North Oxford development by St John's College, Oxford , along with Staverton Road and Marston Ferry Road to the east. The original houses were semi-detached residences. Newer homes are flats , maisonettes , and terraced houses . The Scottish educational missionary to Calcutta and Orientalist John Nicol Farquhar (1861–1929) lived at 11 Frenchay Road. The road
323-464: The public way, For a full spring-tide of blossom seethed and departed hence, Leaving land-locked pools of jonquils by sunny garden fence. And a constant sound of flushing runneth from windows whence The toothbrush too is airing in this new North Oxford air. Frenchay Road Frenchay Road is a residential road in Walton Manor , North Oxford , England. The oldest part of
342-492: The road runs east–west. At the eastern end is a junction with Woodstock Road (A4144), a major arterial road out of Oxford to the north. Opposite and slightly to the south is Staverton Road . Chalfont Road leads south from halfway along the original part of the road. To the west is a junction with Bainton Road to the north and Hayfield Road to the south. The road continued over the Frenchay Road Bridge on
361-577: The top end of St Giles' to approximately Kingston Road, Frenchay Road , Staverton Road , and Marston Ferry Road , south of Summertown . It includes Park Town , Norham Manor , and the eastern parts of Walton Manor . Four of Oxford University 's former women's colleges, Lady Margaret Hall , St Anne's , St Hugh's and Somerville (at the southern extreme) are located in North Oxford. There are also four graduate colleges, Green Templeton College (formerly Green College), St Antony's , both off
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