Chalfont Road is a road in Walton Manor, North Oxford, England.

Location

The road runs north–south between Frenchay Road to the north and

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area to the southwest.

History

Houses in the road were originally leased between 1890 and 1904 as part of the North Oxford estate of St John's College. The houses were nearly all designed by Harry Wilkinson Moore. The provision of a tram service from the centre of Oxford to St Margaret's Road in 1882 made it possible to expand the building of the estate further north to Chalfont Road and Frenchay Road.

Residents

The psychiatrist Anthony Storr (1920–2001), a Fellow of Green College, Oxford, lived in Chalfont Road. The

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s and mathematicians Sir Tony Hoare, Dana Scott, and Robin Wilson also lived in Chalfont Road. Brian Aldiss 2005

Literature

Chalfont Road is mentioned in the books ''Forgotten Life'' by Brian Aldiss and ''Lost and Found'' by

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