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Our East Oxford Our East Oxford A Character Statement and Heritage Asset Register Survey for East Oxford October 2014 Contents Contents ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Introductions ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 About East Oxford .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 This is a document for… .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Our East Oxford is a resource to be used for learning and celebration ................................................................................................................................................... 2 Our East Oxford is a resource for planning for the future ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Our East Oxford is growing ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Finding your way around Our East Oxford............................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 East Oxford’s History ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Outside the city ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Roads ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Before the houses came … ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Housing .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Building .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Working and shopping ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Going out and getting together .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Health and Welfare ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Religion .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 Education ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Charity, Protest, Celebration and ‘Public Art’ ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 People who made an outstanding contribution ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 East Oxford Community............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Community Centres ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Carnival .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 30 Religious buildings ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Schools................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Shops, pubs and cafes – “That’s our history” ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 32 East Oxford Neighbourhoods .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Cowley Road .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Iffley Road .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 37 East Oxford’s First Estate (Tyndale Road - Princes Street) .................................................................................................................................................................. 38 The Triangle; East Oxford’s Second Estate (Circus Street - Marston Street) ....................................................................................................................................... 40 Central East Oxford (James Street - Magdalen Road) .......................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Union Street to Manzil Way ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 The Robin Hood Area (Magdalen Road - Howard Street) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 50 ‘Iffley Fields’ Area (Stratford Street – Fairfield Road) ............................................................................................................................................................................ 52 The Iffley Road Sports Grounds ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 55 The Divinity Road Area .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 The Morrell Avenue
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