The Norham Manor estate is a residential suburb in

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, England. It is part of central

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 l ...

. To the north is Park Town with its

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, to the east is the

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, to the south are the

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and to the west is Walton Manor, on the other side of

Banbury Road Banbury Road is a major arterial road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' at the south end, north towards Banbury through the leafy suburb of North Oxford and Summertown, with its local shopping centre. Parallel and to the west is the ...

. The architect William Wilkinson laid out the estate in the 1860s on land owned by

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. The houses are large Victorian villas, many in

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and

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styles. Wilkinson himself designed several of them, notably in

Norham Gardens __NOTOC__ Norham Gardens is a residential road in central North Oxford, England. It adjoins the north end of Parks Road near the junction with Banbury Road, directly opposite St Anne's College. From here it skirts the north side of the Oxfo ...

(built 1860–70).Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 318 Others were designed by

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(built 1862–66) and

Frederick Codd Frederick Codd (born 1832 in East Dereham) was a British Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architect and speculative builder who designed and built many Victorian houses in North Oxford, England. Born in 1832 in East Dereham in Norfol ...

. Although originally intended as a residential area, Norham Gardens has hosted a number of educational institutions.

Lady Margaret Hall Lady Margaret Hall (LMH) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located on the banks of the River Cherwell at Norham Gardens in north Oxford and adjacent to the University Parks. The college is more forma ...

, one of the

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's formerly women-only colleges, lies to the east of Norham Manor at the end of

and on the River Cherwell. Further north is the

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, a private preparatory school.

66 Banbury Road, Oxford 66 Banbury Road is a detached Victorian villa in North Oxford built in 1869 by Frederick Codd. The villa is one of the largest structures in the suburb and is particularly distinctive due to its prominent site on the corner of Banbury and Norha ...

was occupied from 1930 by Wolsey Hall. As of 2006,

Kellogg College Kellogg College is a graduate-only constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1990 as Rewley House, Kellogg is the university's 36th college and the largest by number of students. It hosts research centres including ...

moved to Norham Manor. The college houses its administrative offices at 62 Banbury Road.Kellogg College: News
Kellogg College, Oxford, UK.

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