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A view up Headington Hill along Headington Road, with an Oxford Park&Ride bus. Headington Hill section on Headington Community website; Located on Headington Road is the Oxford Spanish Civil War memorial, dedicated to Oxford residents who joined the International Brigades during the Oxford Spanish Civil War memorial and died fighting against fascist forces backed by Hitler and Mussolini.
Headington Hill Park is a park on Headington Hill in the east of Oxford, England. [ 1 ] The park is part of the grounds of Headington Hill Hall , [ 2 ] previously owned by the Morrell family , bought by Oxford City Council , and leased to Oxford Brookes University since 1992.
The Stables and windmill at Headington Hill, 1897. The locality was probably named after a large freehold estate called Headington Hill established by George Henry Davenport (1831–1881). [2] The original Headington Hill is to the north-east of Oxford, England. Davenport's father, George Francis Davenport, would have known it well, as he was ...
Headington's toponym is derived from the Old English Hedena's dun, meaning "Hedena's hill", when it was the site of a palace or hunting lodge of the Kings of Mercia. In a charter of 1004, Æthelred the Unready , "written at the royal ville called Headan dune", gave land in Headington to St Frideswide's Priory , which included the quarry and the ...
View across South Park South Park in the snow. South Park is a park on Headington Hill in east Oxford, England. [1] It is the largest park within Oxford city limits. A good view of the city centre with its historic spires and towers of Oxford University can be obtained at the park's highest point, a favourite location for photographers.
The "Seven Churches" window in the north-west corner of the church was given by Emily Alicia Morrell of Headington Hill Hall in memory of her late husband, George Herbert Morrell, MP (1845-1906). It is based on Christ's letters to the Seven Churches of Asia in Revelation (1:12–3:22).
Pullens Lane (a.k.a. Pullen's Lane [1]) is in Headington, east Oxford, England. It is located at the top of Headington Hill, leading north off Headington Road to Jack Straw's Lane and Harberton Mead. The cul-de-sac Pullens Field (a.k.a. Pullen's Field, named in 1972 [2]) leads off west from Pullens Lane.
South Park, to the south of Headington Road Cuckoo Lane, near Headington Road. Headington Road is an arterial road in the east of Oxford, England.The road connects the junction of St Clements and Marston Road with the suburb of Headington, up Headington Hill. [1]