Hayfield Road is a residential road that runs north-south in

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, north

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Location

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

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towards

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. 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

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, and

Frenchay Road Frenchay Road is a residential road in Walton Manor, North Oxford, England. The oldest part of the road runs east–west. At the eastern end is a junction with Woodstock Road (A4144), a major arterial road out of Oxford to the north. Oppos ...

crosses the road east-west.

History

Heyfield's Hutt, kept by a Mr Heyfield who died in 1778, was located on a site at the southern end of Hayfield Road. This became known as ''Dolley’s Hut'', after the landlord William Dolley. The Oxford Canal reached the outskirts of Oxford in 1789, when a coal wharf was opened at Heyfield Hutt. 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. Hayfield Road was developed as part of the

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estate of St John's College. It was established during 1886–88. The

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s were deliberately designed to be smaller than other houses to the east on the estate. The houses in Hayfield Road were designed by

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and were all leased in 1887. St Margaret's Institute Community Centre 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

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s'". A celebratory centenary

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was held in 1985. The Anchor public house featured in the ''

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'' episode "Death is Now My Neighbour". 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.

References

Bibliography

* * {{cite book , title=The Changing Faces of North Oxford , volume=Book Two , last=Symonds , first=Ann Spokes , year=1998 , publisher=

Robert Boyd Publications Robert Boyd Publications is a book publishing company based in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. It concentrates on books covering the history of Oxfordshire in general and Oxford in particular, including "''The Changing Faces of ...''" book series ...

, location=Witney , isbn=1-899536-33-7

External links

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1886 establishments in England Streets in Oxford