North Oxford
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North Oxford is a suburban part of the city of Oxford in England. It was owned for many centuries largely by St John's College, Oxford and many of the area's Victorian houses were initially sold on leasehold by the college.
Park Town, one of central North Oxford's earliest Victorian suburban developments
37 Banbury Road, St Anne's College, a typical North Oxford Gothic house.
School House at the Dragon School on Bardwell Road.
The former home of the author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien, 20 Northmoor Road.
Banbury Road
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Banbury Road is a major arterial road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' at the south end, north towards Banbury through the leafy suburb of North Oxford and Summertown, with its local shopping centre. Parallel and to the west is the Woodstock Road, which it meets at the junction with St Giles'. To the north, Banbury Road meets the Oxford Ring Road at a roundabout. The road is designated the A4165. Prior to the building of the M40 motorway extension in 1990, the road formed part of the A423 from Maidenhead to Coventry.
Banbury Road
Shops on Banbury Road in Summertown.
The former residence of the lexicographer James Murray, first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, at 78 Banbury Road, opposite the junction with St Margaret's Road. Note the pillar box in front of the house, installed because of the volume of post that he sent, with a commemorative blue plaque behind, added in 2002.
The southern end of Banbury Road (right) and Woodstock Road (left) from the north end of St Giles'.