Summertown, Oxford
| Summertown | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | Oxford | |
| Postcode district | OX2 | |
| Dialling code | 01865 | |
| Police | Thames Valley | |
| Fire | Oxfordshire | |
| Ambulance | South Central | |
| UK Parliament | ||
| Website | Oxford City Council | |
Summertown in
Glide FM, and Six TV
Oxford (no longer broadcasting) are on Woodstock Road.
History
Most of
leasehold. St John's has since sold the freehold on most of these properties.[citation needed
]
Churches
Church of England
Summertown's
bell-turret on the western gable of the nave.[4] The Oxford Diocesan architect, G.E. Street extended the chancel and added the vestry in 1857.[4] In 1875 St. John's was enlarged again with the addition of north and south aisles, an organ chamber and a second vestry,[4] presumably for a choir
.
The congregation outgrew St.
transepts, vestry, and a south chapel beside the chancel, but the nave and north and south aisles comprise only one bay ending in a "temporary" west wall that has stood for more than a century.[4] The building is coursed rubblestone apart from the temporary west wall, which is brick.[5]
Non-conformist
A
Woodstock Road Baptist Church,[8] on the corner of Beechcroft Road, was opened in 1897 and rebuilt in 1955.[7] It is a member of the Fellowship
of Independent Evangelical Churches.
Roman Catholic
The
stuccoed. A rectangle, white, with a cupola
. W. window with a gently double-curved head. Plaster tunnel-vault inside with tie beams."
Public transport
In 1898 the City of
Park and Ride bus services linking Water Eaton with central Oxford (route 500 run by the Oxford Bus Company) and with the John Radcliffe Hospital (route 700 run by Stagecoach). As of 2011, Oxford Bus Company and Stagecoach came to an agreement in which they would share the same bus timetable. This eliminated the 7, 7A and 7B buses. This also benefited the public because not only were the buses more coordinated in their schedule but the public could use the same ticket/bus pass on each of the bus companies' buses[according to whom?
].
Educational facilities
The following schools and colleges are in Summertown:[12]
- Cherwell School, the secondary school for the area, is on Marston Ferry Road to the east of Banbury Road.
- MECO Islamic School, a Saturday Islamic School for children aged 4–16, is on the site of Cherwell School.
- St. Clare's, Oxford, an independent, international residential college offering the International BaccalaureateDiploma, English-language courses and IB teacher workshops, is on Banbury Road.
- Woodstock Road.
- The independent day and boarding Sixth Form of d'Overbroeck's Collegeis on Banbury Road.
- Summer Fields School, an independent boys' (8-13) preparatory school, is on Mayfield Road.
- The Dragon School, an independent co-educational boarding and day school (4-13), is on Bardwell Road on the perimeter of Summertown. Lynams, the pre-prep school for the Dragon School, is located on Woodstock Road.
- Northern House School, for special needs education, is on South Parade.
- Oxford High School, an independent girls' (11-18) school, is on Belbroughton Road, east of Banbury Road. The two junior sections, Greycotes and The Squirrel, are respectively on Bardwell Road and Woodstock Road.
- Saint Philip and James Primary School, a Church of England Aided Primary School, is on Navigation Way.
- Ewert House in Ewert Place is part of the University of Oxford. It houses lecture and seminar rooms of the Department for Continuing Education and a large examination hall.
- Wolfson College is on Linton Road.
- Magna Carta College is on Mayfield Road.
Notable residents
- Rail Freight Group.[13]
- John Bayley, previously Warton Professor of English at Oxford, novelist and literary critic.
- Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse novels.[14]
- Linacre College.
- J.B.S. Haldane, British-born Indian geneticist and evolutionary biologist.
- Companion of Honour, FRS, physiologist, Fellow of New College, famous for intrepid self-experimentation.
- Leszek Kołakowski, philosopher and publicist.
- Archibald MacLaren, gymnast, fencing master and author
- Naomi Mitchison, novelist and poet.
- Desmond Morris, zoologist, ethologist and popular anthropologist.
- Dame Iris Murdoch, author and philosopher.
- James Murray, lexicographer and philologist.
- Yannis Philippakis of Foals.
- Balliol College and President of the British Academy.
- Sir Owen St. Clair O'Malley, diplomat.
- Sir Francis Simon, the leading physical chemist, physicist, and Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford.
- Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University and Fellow of Pembroke College.
- Tom Ward, actor who plays Harry in the BBC drama series Silent Witness.
- Sir Harold Warris Thompson, physical chemist.
- Athol Williams, award-winning poet and social philosopher.
- Katherine J. Willis, Baroness Willis of Summertown, a biologist and life peeress.
- Sir Martin Wood, co-founder of Oxford Instrumentsplc.
- Thom Yorke of Radiohead.
See also
References
- ^ a b "The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion". Property.timesonline.co.uk. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "History | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ a b "St Michaels Church, Summertown". Stmichaels-summertown.org.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Crossley & Elrington, 1979, pages 369-412
- ^ a b c "Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels: Summertown: St Michael & All Angels". Oxfordshirechurches.info. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ a b Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 332
- ^ a b c d e f g Crossley & Elrington, 1979, pages 415-424
- ^ "Woodstock Road Baptist Church". Wrbc.org.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "SS Gregory & Augustine RC Church". Gregoryandaugustine.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Crossley & Elrington, 1979, pages 412-415
- ^ Crossley & Elrington, 1979, pages 350-364
- ^ "Summertown - Schools". Summertown.info. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Rail Freight Group - Directors
- ^ "Times report". Property.timesonline.co.uk. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ISBN 187348713-4.
Sources
- Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C.J. Day, T.G. Hassall, Mary Jessup, Nesta Selwyn (1979). Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C.R. (eds.). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Sherwood, Jennifer; ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Summertown, Oxford.
- Summertown Info: Welcome to Summertown The Heart of north Oxford
- Map of Summertown at Google Maps
- Summertown Health Centre (NHS)
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