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St Andrew's Church, Headington [1] is a Church of England [2] parish church in the village of Old Headington, Oxfordshire, England, now absorbed as part of the suburb of Headington in the city of Oxford. The church building is located in St Andrew's Road. [3] It is a Grade II* listed building.
The civil parish of Headington was reduced to just cover the area outside the borough of Oxford in 1894. At the same time, Headington was given a parish council and included in the Headington Rural District. [8] The parish of Headington was removed from the rural district and converted into an urban district in 1927. It was only an urban ...
During the Siege of Oxford (1644-1646) the church and parish were literally on the front line between the Parliamentary forces on Headington Hill and the Royalists in the city. It was reported that, as a consequence, " no parish suffered more severely " with whole streets being demolished to facilitate the building of fortifications or to ...
Headington was a rural district in Oxfordshire, England [1] from 1894 to 1932, based on the Headington rural sanitary district. It covered an area to the east of the city of Oxford. The parish of Headington was split out as a separate urban district in 1927. It was abolished under a County Review Order in 1932.
Churchyard of Holy Trinity, Headington Quarry. The grave of C. S. Lewis is marked by the white slab on the left. Attached to the church is a small graveyard, particularly noted for including the grave of C. S. Lewis , [ 5 ] who died on 22 November 1963.
It is near to Headington, Risinghurst and Marston. Though it is now distinct, Barton was historically considered part of the Headington parish. [3] Oxford City Council built the Barton housing estate because of a housing shortage in the 1930s. 35.4% of the existing houses in Barton and 354 of 865 houses being built west of Barton are socially ...
The land east of the Marston Road was part of Headington until the 20th century and was thus in the parish of St Andrew's Church. [2] Under the Headington Enclosure Award of 1804–5, the Lord of the Manor of Headington acquired a 280-acre (1.1 km 2) plot that included the whole of Jack Straw's Lane.
First council houses in Oxford built in Headington. [231] Museum of the History of Science opens in the Old Ashmolean building, set up by Robert Gunther based largely on the collection given by Dr. Lewis Evans (from 2019 known as the History of Science Museum). [232] 1926 May: Oxford University Women's Boat Club founded. [25] 3–13 May: UK ...
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