NewMarston StMichael&AllAngels southwest

Marston Road is a road in the east of

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. It links London Place, the junction of St Clements, the foot of

Headington Hill Headington Hill is a hill in the east of Oxford, England, in the suburb of Headington. The Headington Road goes up the hill leading out of the city. There are good views of the spires of Oxford from the hill, especially from the top of South Park ...

( Headington Road), and Morrell Avenue by

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to the south with the suburb of

New Marston New Marston is a suburb about northeast of the centre of Oxford, England. History New Marston is built on land that was originally part of the manor of Headington. It was rural until the 19th century, when housing began to develop along Marsto ...

to the north. A mini-roundabout has been replaced by

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and connects with Cherwell Drive and Headley Way at the northern end. To the north is the suburb of Northway. The road is designated the B4150 but this is not shown on signs. The striking new building for the

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with its prominent

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and

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is located on the west side of Marston Road, next to land owned by

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. There are also

college sport's grounds and a lane linking to

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and the

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. St Clement's Church is at the southern end of the road. The original St Clement's Church was located at

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near

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but this was demolished in 1829, after the new church had been built in 1827–28. Marston

United Reformed Church The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Protestant Christian church in the United Kingdom. As of 2022 it has approximately 40,000 members in 1,284 congregations with 334 stipendiary ministers. Origins and history The United Reformed Church resulte ...

is at 352 Marston Road. The Rivers of Life evangelical church meet here.

Milham Ford School

In the 1930s,

Milham Ford School Milham Ford School was a girls' secondary school in Oxford, England, located in the suburb of New Marston on Marston Road. It was founded in East Oxford in the 1880s and closed in 2003. History The school's origins lie in the 1890s when sisters ...

was built on a site between Marston Road and

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, south of

Jack Straw's Lane Jack Straw's Lane is a residential road in Oxford, England. It runs between the north end of Pullens Lane on Headington Hill and Marston Road. History The land east of the Marston Road was part of Headington until the 20th century and was ...

.Jack Straw's Lane
. It opened in 1938, became a girls'

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in 1944, and a girls'

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in 1974. The school was closed in 2003 and was sold. In 2004, the School of Health Care of

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started to use the building. The green area between the school and Marston Road is now Milham Ford Nature Park.

Gallery

File:Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies - geograph.org.uk - 1399605.jpg, The

on Marston Road. File:URC Building.JPG, The United Reformed Church at 352 Marston Road. File:Marston Road site, Oxford Brookes University.JPG, View of the former

building on Marston Road, now used by

References

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