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The school embarked on a series of building projects during the early 2000s, beginning with the Art Department, the professional-standard Theatre at Headington (2002), Napier Boarding House (2003), a large Dining Hall (2005), and most recently the new Music School, which opened in 2009. [3]
The school's name was commonly abbreviated and referred to by both pupils and staff as 'Rye'. Rye was unique as a girls' independent Catholic school due to the fact that it was founded by two women rather than by a religious order. In 2024, it merged with Headington School to become a new school, named "Headington Rye Oxford". [1]
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 ...
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Lady Howe was born Elizabeth Helen Stuart on 12 November 1955 to Burleigh Edward St Lawrence Stuart (1920–2004) and Joan Elizabeth Platts (died 2001). She was raised in Buckinghamshire and was educated at Headington School in Oxford. She obtained a Bachelor of Education from the University of Cambridge. [1]
Dorset House was a large house in Headington, Oxford, in Oxfordshire, England. [1] This villa, known in its later years as Dorset House, was built in 1878 on the south side of London Road, Oxford. It had several names during its lifetime: [1] 1878–1899: Ellerslie; 1899–1920: Hillstow; 1920–1961: Hillstow Annexe, Headington School
Headington made few concert appearances. He was piano soloist on the soundtrack of the 1978 film The Thirty Nine Steps (the composer was Ed Welch). He also went on to release four further albums on CD as performer. Headington was a professional music advisor to the estate of the late JRR Tolkien with whom he had been a friend.
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.