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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.
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.
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.
In 1953, James Morrell III sold Headington Hill Hall to Oxford City Council. It continued to be used as a rehabilitation centre until 1958. [5] Subsequently, the publisher Robert Maxwell (1923–1991), founder of Pergamon Press, took a lease of the building rented from the Council for 32 years as a residence and offices.
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]
Headington was an ancient parish in the Bullingdon Hundred of Oxfordshire. [6] In 1868, an area on the western edge of the parish around Headington Hill was included in the Oxford constituency, and in 1889 the same area was added to the city and municipal borough of Oxford. [7]
It is 3 miles east of the centre of Oxford, just outside the Oxford Ring Road. It is near to Headington, Risinghurst and Marston. Oxford City Council built Barton 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 rented. [1] [2] [3]
St Clement's is a district in Oxford, England, [1] on the east bank of the River Cherwell. [2] " St Clement's" is usually taken to describe a small triangular area from The Plain (a roundabout) bounded by the River Cherwell to the North, Cowley Road to the South, and the foot of Headington Hill to the East.