Tag: North Oxford

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.
The leafy roads of Woodstock Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east (leading to Woodstock and Banbury respectively) run north-south through the area, meeting at their southern ends to become St Giles’ Street. North Oxford is noted for its schools, especially its private schools. These include the Dragon School and Summer Fields (formerly Summerfield), which are preparatory schools, and St Edward’s School and the Oxford High School for Girls, which are secondary schools.
Four of Oxford University’s former women’s colleges, Lady Margaret Hall, St Anne’s, St Hugh’s and Somerville (at the southern extreme) are located in North Oxford. There are also four graduate colleges, Green College, St Antony’s, both off the Woodstock Road, Kellogg on Banbury Road, and to…