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Kingston Road is a road in
Kingston Road is a road in Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
, England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. It continues north from Walton Street, at the junction with Walton Well Road
Walton Well Road is a road, about 400 metres (a quarter mile) long, near the centre of Oxford, England. It provides a link from central Oxford to Port Meadow.
Location
The road marks the northern edge of the district known as Jericho. At the ...
to the west and St Bernard's Road to the east, running parallel with and to the west of Woodstock Road. Kingston Road is the main road in Walton Manor
Walton Manor is a residential suburb in Oxford, England. It is north of Jericho and the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter and forms part of North Oxford. The street layout and many of the area's buildings date from the mid-19th century. It was deve ...
. At the northern end, there is a staggered junction with Aristotle Lane to the west and Polstead Road to the east. The road continues as Hayfield Road
Hayfield Road is a residential road that runs north-south in Walton Manor, north Oxford, England.
Location
To the south, the road continues as Kingston Road, Oxford, Kingston Road, although it is blocked to through traffic. Aristotle Lane lea ...
. Southmoor Road and Southmoor Place lead off Kingston Road to the west.
The area was formerly part of the estate of St John's College, Oxford. Kingston Road is named after the village of Kingston Bagpuize
Kingston Bagpuize () is a village in the civil parish of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor, about west of Abingdon. It was part of Berkshire, England, until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the ...
, whose Church of England parish church is under the patronage of the college.
Many of the houses in Kingston Road are terraced, created as part of the generally grander 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.
Overview
The le ...
estate to the east. Numbers 114–138, 149–156 and 159–164 are terraces built in 1870–75 by the local architect C.C. Rolfe. All are Grade II listed buildings.
In the Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardia ...
the families in Kingston Road were more often from the local area than those in the rest of the estate. In 1881, 40.7% of the families were artisans.
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