North Oxford

North Oxford
Park Town, one of central North Oxford's earliest Victorian suburban developments
North Oxford is located in Oxford
North Oxford
North Oxford
North Oxford is located in Oxfordshire
North Oxford
North Oxford
Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid referenceSP509079
Civil parish
  • unparished
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townOxford
Postcode districtOX2
Dialling code01865
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteOxford City Council
List of places
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51°46′26″N 1°15′58″W / 51.774°N 1.266°W / 51.774; -1.266
37 Banbury Road, St Anne's College, a typical North Oxford Gothic house.
School House at the Dragon School on Bardwell Road.
The former home of the author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien, 20 Northmoor Road.
The former residence of the Victorian lexicographer James Murray, first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, at 78 Banbury Road.

North Oxford is a suburban part of the city of Oxford in England.[1] 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 the college.[2]

  1. ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "North Oxford". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 282–284. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  2. ^ Hinchcliffe, 1992.