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  Headington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Headington is a residential suburb of Oxford, England, lying on top of a hill of the same name overlooking the city of Oxford in the river valley below.
In 1927, it became an urban district separate from the Headington Rural District and, in 1929, it was added to the city of Oxford.
Headington's main employers are medicine, education, and research; it has a large and growing population.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Headington   (427 words)

  
 History of Headington, Oxford
Headington Hill Hall has always been in the Parish of St Clements, and its original main entrance was via the grand park gates near the foot of the hill.
In 1953 Emily's elder son, James Morrell III, sold Headington Hill Hall to Oxford City Council for a mere £13,700: this price included 37 acres of land, as well as its four lodgings and outbuildings, and there was applause in the council chamber when the purchase was announced.
Headington Hill Hall now forms the most glamorous part of Oxford Brookes University, and is the home of the School of Social Sciences and Law.
www.headington.org.uk /history/listed_buildings/headhillhall.htm   (1272 words)

  
 Headington Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Headington Road is an arterial road in the east of Oxford, England.
The road connects the junction of St Clements and Marston Road with the suburb of Headington, up Headington Hill.
Headington Hill Hall, built in 1824 for the Morrell family, local brewers, is nearby.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Headington_Road   (77 words)

  
 Daily Info - Your Guide to Oxford, UK. Headington Hill Park.
Headington Hill Park exists where the London and Marston Roads diverge at the end of St Clements (Map F5)
Headington Hill Park, because it was once a private garden, has a frequency of remarkable trees uncommon in state-owned parks.
There are some interesting patterns in the tree bark at end of the park nearest the Brookes Headington Hill campus (also some more snowdrops).
www.dailyinfo.co.uk /guide/headington-hill-park.htm   (782 words)

  
 D r i v e r - H i r e
This is in the area between Magdalen Bridge and Headington on the outskirts of our beautiful city.
At the Headington roundabout take the road towards the City Centre driving through Headington and the down Headington Hill.
At the bottom of the hill go through the traffic lights and our office is on the right hand side on the corner of Bath Street.
www.driver-hire.co.uk /Oxford/HowToFind.htm   (167 words)

  
 Jurassic building stones of Oxford
The first stones used for building in Oxford were those local stones that came to hand and seemed sufficiently hard and durable for the job.
The best of the stones to be quarried close to Oxford was found on Headington Hill and the “Headington Hard” was used extensively in the college buildings in Oxford from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century.
In 1961, during restoration, the sandstone that had been used in the base of the Ashmolean was replaced by another limestone from Portland, the “Portland  Roach”, where the aragonite of the fossil shells has dissolved to leave a dense pattern of voids.
wwwusers.brookes.ac.uk /03058522   (457 words)

  
 Oxford Brookes University: Hospitality brochure: The history of Headington Hill Hall
Once the home of publisher and tycoon Robert Maxwell, the history of Headington Hill Hall began in 1817, when the Oxford brewer James Morrell, wanted what was then a country estate in Headington.
This doubled the size of the estate and in 1877, the two were linked by a bridge (designed by William Wilkinson) over Headington Hill.
On the other side of the hill, the Hall was sold to the City Council by Emily's son, James Morrell in 1953.
www.brookes.ac.uk /services/catering/history_hhh.htm   (347 words)

  
 Landed Gaming - The UKs # 1 LAN Organisers and home of the L-Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
If you are coming to Oxford via another route you are advised to take the ring road to the Headington Roundabout and follow the signs to the city centre on the London Road.
The university Gipsy Lane site is on the left and our venue, Headington Hill Hall site, is approximately a further 500 metres straight on from the Gipsy Lane junction and is on the right hand side of the road, just past a yellow speed camera.
The Stagecoach number 10 follows a similar route from the Cowley Centre via Wood Farm to Headington and the John Radcliffe Hospital; the nearest stop to Brookes is close to the White Horse public house on London Road.
www.landed-lan.co.uk /directions.php   (1037 words)

  
 Communications | British History Online
The trust was responsible for the road from Stokenchurch to Woodstock, except for the mileways around Oxford; in 1761—2 the mileways from Cheney Lane to the foot of Headington Hill and from St. Giles's church northwards were included in the turnpike.
The road from Folly Bridge to Abingdon and from Hinksey Hill to Foxcombe Hill (part of the road to Faringdon) was turnpiked in 1755—6.
In 1877 the gate was moved to the foot of Cumnor Hill, and in 1880 was removed when the road was disturnpiked.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=22808   (10089 words)

  
 headington health walk
Among the trees are horse chestnuts with white "candles" of flowers in May. When the flowers have been pollinated they develop pink colouring inside, a signal to insects to look for other flowers.
Headington Park is another remnant of the Morrell's estate, originally part of the ornamental grounds belonging to the house.
He used towalk regularly to the top of Headington Hill where the footpath came up from Oxford.
www.brookes.ac.uk /student/services/health/healthhead.htm   (563 words)

  
 WoTUG - CPA 2004 Location and Date
CPA 2004 is to be held at Oxford Brookes University (Headington) from the evening of Sunday 5th September to mid-day Wednesday the 8th.
DEM06 is a modern 96-seat theatre with AV equipment, located at the the Headington (Gypsy Lane) campus.
Headington Hill Hall main entrance is about 50 yards back, just the other side of Pullens Lane.
www.wotug.org /cpa2004/location.shtml   (406 words)

  
 history11
One of these is the Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture at Oxford, founded (originally as the Centre for Faith and Culture) at Westminster College in 1994 and for the last four years located at Plater College on Headington Hill.
As a vantage point for viewing Oxford, Headington Hill is less well known than Cumnor Hill, which lies to the west across the valley of the twin rivers, the Cherwell and the Thames.
The hill became famous after Matthew Arnold made it the setting of ‘The Scholar Gipsy’, his poem about a student drop-out who learns from sources beyond the University – from gipsies but also from Mother Nature herself – truths pure scholarship cannot know.
www.secondspring.co.uk /centre/nichols1.htm   (1049 words)

  
 Shotover Hill
Shotover Hill, 3 miles (5km) to the east of Oxford, rises steeply to a height of 557 feet (171m) above sea level.
The Turnpike Act could do nothing to reduce the slope of the hill and the western escarpment in particular was so steep that travellers were forced to dismount from their coaches and walk up the hill.
In 1775 a cutting was made up the steep face of Headington Hill making possible the opening of a "New Turnpike" to the north of the old road, passing through Headington and along the line of the present A40 road.
home.clara.net /shotover/shotover.htm   (991 words)

  
 New Page 1
The oldest road from Oxford to London was the one still called Old Road which ran via the present Cheney Lane into Old Road and then over Shotover to Wheatley where the first change of horses was made.
The Shotover route was used until 1789 when it was abandoned in favour of the new and easier route up Headington Hill.
Set into the wall on the north side of Headington Hill, twenty yards above the footbridge that spans the road.
www.oxfordinscriptions.com /new_page_1.htm   (1295 words)

  
 This is Oxfordshire | CommuniGate | Headington Community Development Group Meeting 23 January 2002
Only problems were with the Save the Pound people, who defaced the noticeboards with their yellow stickers - which gave the impression that the Business Association supported the Save the Pound movement.
Headington Forum review of the year 2000
Headington Community Development Group Meeting 23 January 2002
www.communigate.co.uk /oxford/headingtonforum/page63.phtml   (886 words)

  
 Holmes à Court   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
She was listed as a resident in the census report in The Cottage, Headington Hill, Headington, Oxford, 1881.
Adelaide Emily Holmes à Court was born in Headington, Oxfordshire 29 April 1883.
Ruth Mary Holmes à Court was born in Headington, Oxfordshire 4 June 1885.
www.a-court.fsnet.co.uk /d5/i0000313.htm   (403 words)

  
 OUCCC :: Beginners :: A to Z
Basically a triangle, it starts at the Rad Cam, goes up Banbury Rd, then right into Marston Rd all the way to Headington where it turns right again back down Headington Hill through St. Clement's and back into the city over Magdalen Bridge.
It's on top of a hill just outside the ring road and is set in a wood with lots of hills and often some mud in winter.
This is a large park on a hill which was also once the scene of a famous Radiohead concert.
users.ox.ac.uk /~ouccc/beginners/atoz   (1451 words)

  
 Theatre in Oxford
Shakespeare’s tale of murder and betrayal brought to life in the atmospheric depths of Headington Hill Park.
Headington Hill Park becomes Sherwood forest for an exciting new version of England’s best-loved hero.
The quest for justice, love, and the fight for land is filled with colourful characters, lively storytelling, and original folk music.
www.inoxfordmag.co.uk /theatre/theatre_details.html   (1091 words)

  
 Oxford City | East Oxford
From St Clements the road passes some of Oxford's biggest public parks, South Park and Headington Hill Park, where fairs and circuses are held.
Headington has a shopping centre and identity of its own.
Oxford Brookes University, is a central focus on Headington Hill, and it now includes the old Pergamon Press building, originally designed for Morrell the local brewer.
www.oxfordcity.co.uk /info/east_oxford.html   (297 words)

  
 ANNEX 2
Pergamon Press, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 0BW, U.K. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene.
Pergamon Press, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 0BW, U.K. Clinical Toxicology.
Pergamon Press, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 0BW, U.K. Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.
www.bio.hw.ac.uk /edintox/ANNEX2.HTM   (1376 words)

  
 Getting Settled with Kids in Oxford [Full Stride Publications]
Headington -- This neighbourhood, established in the 1930's, is along Headington Road and Headley Way east of City Centre.
Primrose Hill, north of the zoo, provides a view of the city skyline.
The climb to the top of Calton Hill provides an impressive view of Edinburgh and Arthur's Seat, an 800-foot-high rocky peak.
web.mala.bc.ca /siemensr/www/FullStride/OxfordGuide/OxfordGuide.html   (10456 words)

  
 SYP Oxford
In Oxford the bus stops are at Gloucester Green (central Oxford), Brookes (Gipsy Lane) and Headington.
Note that for Oxford Brookes, the Thornhill site (at Headington) is most convenient and has free parking (others charge 60p).
More information about the city’s car parks and their prices can be found on the Oxford City Council website.
www.thesyp.org.uk /oxford/whatson/transport.php?ToCity=Oxford&VenueCode=510   (914 words)

  
 Creation Theatre Company > Venue > How to get there   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
M40 junction 8, join A40 Green Road Roundabout, take the turning for the city centre, go through Headington shops and continue straight until you reach the entrance to Oxford Brookes University Headington Hill Campus on your right.
Continue walking along St Clements for approx 10mins until you reach the blue gates of Headington Hill Park on your left.
The train station is 1 mile from Oxford Castle and on the other side of town for Headington Hill Park.
www.creationtheatre.co.uk /venue_get_there.html   (309 words)

  
 Oxford School of Photography - Photography Courses in Oxford
This course is held at Oxford Brookes University, Headington Hill Campus.
The course tutor is David Fisher an Oxford portrait photographer with over a decade of experience.
This course is held at David Fisher's studio in Headington.
www.oxfordschoolofphotography.co.uk /html/courses.html   (773 words)

  
 KING family: Martha 5
Martha married Stephen SOANES of Forest Hill when she was 30.
Martha died at Forest Hill aged 72, ten years before Stephen.
Stephen SOANES–5 was married at Forest Hill OXF in 1814:
www.btinternet.com /~surrey.hypno/Genealogy/King/KING-B5.htm   (777 words)

  
 FixturesLive - the toolkit for sports clubs and leagues
At the Headington roundabout (on the A40) take the exit for Headington and City Centre.
Go through Headington on the London Road and carry on towards Oxford City Centre.
Go past Headington (Girls) School on your right to the next set of lights.
www.fixs.co.uk /view/clubvenues.asp?ClubID=89   (190 words)

  
 Creation Theatre Company > Venue > Headington Hill Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Headington Hill Park is home to Creation Theatre Company's summer productions.
We have teamed up with Oxford City Council’s Department of Parks and Green Spaces to produce an unusual and enchanting environment to which to watch visually exciting and accessible theatre.
Please visit www.oxfordcastle.com for more information about the venue.
www.creationtheatre.co.uk /venue_headington.html   (211 words)

  
 Creation Theatre Company
All surface and no depth, crudity without poetry, this production is located in the stunning courtyard between Oxford Castle and prison, another imaginatively found space for Creation.
On a warm night and with a massive tree dominating the stage in Headington Hill Park, actors with bows and arrows prowl silently around the park as the audience takes its seats.
The woodland setting is perfect and arrows fly hither and thither during the performance, often finding unexpected targets.
www.newburytheatre.co.uk /theatres/creation.htm   (792 words)

  
 Hilton Hotels Destination Guides Event Search: South East England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Headington Hill Park becomes Oxford's very own Sherwood Forest for a bold new telling of England's favourite legend.
Creation Theatre Company presents Shakespeare's Macbeth as part of their annual foray to Headington Hill Park.
The annual Exbury Scarecrow Festival is held in remembrance of Worzel Gummidge, the king of all…
www2.hilton.co.uk /sisp/?fx=event.search&loc_id=163367   (614 words)

  
 Walk with the Creator- 2004/5
The aim of this series of “Walk with the Creator” was to explore the trees in Headington Hill Park, Oxford, and to make a study of one tree in four seasons of the year.
The naturalists amongst us were looking at the biology and ecology of the tree, whilst the artists had a chance to draw, paint or take photographs.
The rain mercifully stopped as we entered Headington Hill Park and our task for the morning was to observe the trees in all their autumn colours and to ponder upon the Horse Chestnut Tree and its well known fruit, the conker.
www.sageoxford.org.uk /walks20045.htm   (1009 words)

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