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Summertown in North Oxford is a suburb of Oxford, England. Summertown is a one-mile square residential area, north of St Giles, the boulevard leading out of Oxford's city centre. Summertown is home to several independent schools and the city's most expensive houses. [1] On both sides of Banbury Road are Summertown's popular shops.
Early 1970 – Oxford was chosen as a location for BBC local radio and premises in Summertown were found at 242–254 Banbury Road. The site is known as Barclay House and was previously a Rolls-Royce showroom. Mid 1970 – Staff were recruited, a small number with BBC experience but mostly local people, and the studios at Summertown are built.
It lies to the north of the original North Oxford development by St John's College, Oxford but since it is south of Summertown it is often considered to be part of Central North Oxford, with high house prices. [1] On the corner of Moreton Road at 153 Banbury Road, there was a Carmelite Convent until 1987. [2]
International House World Organisation is a worldwide network of 160 language schools and teacher training institutes in more than 50 countries. [ 1 ] International House was founded in 1953 by John Haycraft and his wife Brita Haycraft in Cordoba (Spain), to provide an innovative approach to language teaching.
Oxford Bible Church; Oxford Christadelphian Church, Tyndale Road. [20] Oxford Community Church (OCC), [21] Osney Mead; Oxford Vineyard; People's Baptist Church (International Baptist Church) Redeemed Christian Church of God, Barton Neighbourhood Centre, Headington, Oxford. [22] Oxford Quaker Meeting (Religious Society of Friends), 43 St Giles [23]
Lucy Group Ltd, formerly W. Lucy & Co. Ltd, is a privately owned international group headquartered in Oxford, England. [2] The company's origins date back more than 200 years when its principal business was manufacturing metal castings. Since then the business has evolved and steadily expanded into a group comprising four distinct business units.
South Parade is a shopping street in Summertown, north Oxford, England. It runs between Woodstock Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east, where there are also shops stretching south from South Parade. This area of the Banbury Road and South Parade form the main shopping centre of Summertown and indeed of North Oxford. As well as shops ...
Jesse Elliston originally owned a draper's shop opposite St Mary Magdalen Church in Oxford. On 9 April 1835, at the age of 22, John Cavell married Sarah Elliston, the sister of Jesse at St John Baptist Church in Summertown, Oxford. [2] Elliston made Cavell a partner in celebration of the marriage. Thereafter, the shop became known as Elliston ...