Farndon Road

View east from the junction with Warnborough Road.

Farndon Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England.[1]

At the western end of the road is a junction with Kingston Road and Southmoor Road continues opposite. At the eastern end is a junction with Woodstock Road (A4144), a major arterial road out of Oxford to the north, with St Hugh's College opposite. Warnborough Road leads south halfway along the road to Leckford Road. To the north, St Margaret's Road runs parallel with Farndon Road.

The area where Farndon Road is located in Walton Manor was originally owned by St John's College, Oxford. Before its development for residential use, there was the possibility of building a railway station here for the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway line,[2] but the station never materialised at this location.[3] Houses in the road were first leased by the college between 1879 and 1887.[1] Nos 10, 11, 25, and 26 were designed by the architect William Wilkinson. Nos 1–5 are by John Galpin & George Shirley and nos 18–25 are by William Wilkinson and Harry Wilkinson Moore. The houses are in a late Victorian style, semi-detached, and of substantial brick construction. A number were constructed by the builder John Money, who himself leased No. 26.

The Alexandra Residential Club has a building on the northern corner of Farndon Road at 133 Woodstock Road that provides affordable accommodation for around a hundred young women who are studying or working in Oxford.[3] It was opened by Princess Alexandra in 1971, hence the name. It has been run by the YWCA and more recently the Ealing Family Housing Association.[4]

The poem Sharp's Oxford, #1 Farndon Road was written by the poet Lee Gerlach.[5] The urban planner and writer Thomas Sharp lived at 1 Farndon Road.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hinchcliffe, Tanis (1992). North Oxford. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. pp. 53, 57, 79. 85, 109, 223–224. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
  2. ↑ Graham, Malcolm (1992). "North Oxford". Images of Victorian Oxford. Alan Sutton Publishing. p. 86. ISBN 0-86299-967-7.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Symonds, Ann Spokes (1998). "The Outward Face of Walton Manor". The Changing Faces of North Oxford. Book Two. Robert Boyd Publications. pp. 30–31, 35. ISBN 1 899536 33 7.
  4. ↑ "Ealing Family Housing Association Ltd: Alexandra Residential Club". The Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Gerlach, Lee (2005). Selected Poems. Ohio University Press. pp. 27–28. ISBN 978-0804010825.
  6. ↑ "Farndon Road". Kelly's Directory of Oxford (68th ed.). Kelly's Directories. 1976. p. 331.

Coordinates: 51°45′57″N 1°16′02″W / 51.7657°N 1.2673°W