 View along Hayfield Road | |
| Length | 0.2 mi (0.3 km) |
|---|---|
| Postal code | OX2 6 |
| Coordinates | 51°46′08″N1°16′09″W / 51.7690°N 1.2693°W |
| south end | Kingston Road Polstead Road |
| north end | Bainton Road Frenchay Road |
| Construction | |
| Construction start | 1886 |
| Completion | 1888 |
Hayfield Road is a residential road that runs north-south in Walton Manor, north Oxford, England. [1] [2]
To the south, the road continues as Kingston Road, although it is blocked to through traffic. Aristotle Lane leads off to the west over the Oxford Canal towards Port Meadow. Also to the west on the other side of the canal is the Trap Grounds nature reserve. Polstead Road leads to the east connecting with Chalfont Road and then Woodstock Road, which both run parallel with Hayfield Road. To the north the road continues as Bainton Road, and Frenchay Road crosses the road east-west.
Heyfield's Hutt, kept by a Mr Heyfield who died in 1778, was located on a site at the southern end of Hayfield Road. [3] This became known as Dolley’s Hut, after the landlord William Dolley. [4] The Oxford Canal reached the outskirts of Oxford in 1789, when a coal wharf was opened at Heyfield Hutt. [5] [6] The Anchor inn was established in 1796 on the site of Heyfield's Hutt to serve the canal boat trade at what was then the end of the Oxford Canal. [3]
Hayfield Road was developed as part of the North Oxford estate of St John's College. [1] It was established during 1886–88. [7] The terraced houses were deliberately designed to be smaller than other houses to the east on the estate. [8] The houses in Hayfield Road were designed by Harry Wilkinson Moore and were all leased in 1887. [1]
St Margaret's Institute Community Centre [9] was the first building constructed on Polstead Road, close to Hayfield Road, following a subscription by parishioners of St Philip and St James Church in 1889 "for the building of a Working Men's Institute, 'to provide rational amusement and instruction for working men of any creed, sect, or opinions, who may thus be kept out of public houses'". [2]
A celebratory centenary street party was held in 1985. [8]
The Anchor public house [10] [11] [12] featured in the Inspector Morse episode "Death is Now My Neighbour".[ citation needed ] It is at the corner of Hayfield Road and Polstead Road, opposite the junction with Aristotle Lane. Just to the north is the Aladdin Garage. [13]
The Oxford Canal is a 78-mile (126 km) narrow canal in central England linking Oxford with Bedworth via Banbury and Rugby. Completed in 1790, it connects to the River Thames at Oxford and is integrated with the Grand Union Canal—combined for 5 miles (8 km) close to the villages of Braunston and Napton-on-the-Hill, a canal which soon after construction superseded much of its traffic.
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St Cross Road is a road in Oxford, England. It links South Parks Road to the north and Longwall Street to the south, where it also meets Holywell Street. The road is named after St Cross Church.
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Polstead Road is a residential road that runs between Kingston Road and Hayfield Road to the west and the Woodstock Road to the east, in the suburb of North Oxford, England. Halfway along it forms the southern junction of Chalfont Road. The road is probably named after the village of Polstead in the county of Suffolk.
Kingston Road is a road in Oxford, England. It continues north from Walton Street, at the junction with Walton Well Road to the west and St Bernard's Road to the east, running parallel with and to the west of Woodstock Road. Kingston Road is the main road in Walton Manor. At the northern end, there is a staggered junction with Aristotle Lane to the west and Polstead Road to the east. The road continues as Hayfield Road. Southmoor Road and Southmoor Place lead off Kingston Road to the west.
The Eagle Ironworks was an ironworks owned by W. Lucy & Co. on the Oxford Canal in Jericho, Oxford, England. William Carter founded the works in 1812 with a shop in the High Street and moved it to its site beside the canal in 1825. It was on Walton Well Road at the northern end of Walton Street and backed onto St Sepulchre's Cemetery. The works ceased production in 2005, was demolished in 2007 and has since been redeveloped, mainly with apartments.
Harry Wilkinson Moore, FRIBA (1850–1915) was a Victorian and Edwardian architect. He was the son of Arthur Moore (1814–1873) and Mary Wilkinson (1821–1904), and a nephew of the architects George Wilkinson and William Wilkinson.
Chalfont Road is a road in Walton Manor, north Oxford, England.
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Staverton Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England.
Frenchay Road is a residential road in Walton Manor, North Oxford, England.
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Aristotle Lane is a road in north Oxford, England.
Southmoor Road is a residential road in Walton Manor, north Oxford, England.
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The Trap Grounds is a nature reserve in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, owned by Oxford City Council.
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