Woodstock Road, Oxford

The Gatehouse (demolished 2014) of St Anne's College, formerly the entrance to the college, on Woodstock Road.

Woodstock Road is a major road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' to the south, north towards Woodstock through the leafy suburb of North Oxford.^[1] To the east is Banbury Road, which it meets at the junction with St Giles'.

Buildings

At the southern end, just north of Little Clarendon Street, is the Oratory Church of St Aloysius Gonzaga and Somerville College. Opposite Little Clarendon Street is St Giles' Church, built in 1120 and consecrated in 1200. Further north are Green Templeton College, St Anne's College and St Antony's College. Also on Woodstock Road is St Philip and St James Church, now the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS) and St. Edward's School which is a prominent feature halfway down the Woodstock Road. Woodstock Road Baptist Church is an evangelical church on the corner with Beech Croft Road.^[2] Jack FM and Jack 2, local radio broadcasters covering Oxfordshire, are based at 270 Woodstock Road, along with the local TV channel SIX TV.

The road is classified A4144.

Notable residents

Former residents include:^[3]

Prof. Norman Davis, OBE, FBA (1913–89), Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford
Sir Hugh Elliott, OBE (1913–1989), ornithologist
Lord Recliffe-Maud, GCB, CBE (1906–1982), civil servant, diplomat, and Master of University College, Oxford, and Lady Redcliffe-Maud (1904–1993), pianist
Egon Wellesz, CBE (1885–1974), composer and musicologist
Stuart Wheeler, current treasurer of UKIP

Adjoining roads in North Oxford

References

^ Hinchcliffe, Tanis (1992). North Oxford. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-05184-0.^{[page needed]}
^ Woodstock Road Baptist Church, Oxford, England.
^ "Woodstock Road". Kelly's Directory of Oxford (68th ed.). Kingston-upon-Thames: Kelly's Directories. 1976. pp. 481–484.

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[1] Hinchcliffe, Tanis (1992). North Oxford. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-05184-0.^{[page needed]}

[2] Woodstock Road Baptist Church, Oxford, England.

[3] "Woodstock Road". Kelly's Directory of Oxford (68th ed.). Kingston-upon-Thames: Kelly's Directories. 1976. pp. 481–484.

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Buildings

Notable residents

Adjoining roads in North Oxford

See also

References