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Plantation Road is a residential road in
Plantation Road is a residential road in 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 ...
, England, connecting Kingston Road to the west with Woodstock Road to the east.
To the north is Leckford Road
Leckford Road is a road in North Oxford, England. It runs between Kingston Road to the west and Woodstock Road to the east.
Location
To the north halfway along is a junction with Warnborough Road. To the south, Leckford Place links with Pla ...
and to the south is St Bernard's Road. Leckford Place
Leckford Road is a road in North Oxford, England. It runs between Kingston Road to the west and Woodstock Road to the east.
Location
To the north halfway along is a junction with Warnborough Road. To the south, Leckford Place links with Pl ...
crosses it halfway along. The eastern part of the road is very narrow, almost like a village lane despite now being in a city suburb.
In the past there was a plantation
A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...
here, hence the name. The road was laid out with building plots by 1832. The philanthropic Oxford Cottage Improvement Company
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 Un ...
built a block of seven cottages in 1888 on the south side of the road.
The Gardener's Arms public house
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and wa ...
, at 39 Plantation Road on the corner with Leckford Place, dates from the late 1830s and has a vegetarian
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects, and the flesh of any other animal). It may also include abstaining from eating all by-products of animal slaughter.
Vegetariani ...
restaurant. The 20th-century Wyndham House, officially opened by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1973, provides sheltered housing
Sheltered housing is a term covering a wide range of rented housing for older and/or disabled or other vulnerable people. In the United Kingdom most commonly it refers to grouped housing such as a block or "scheme" of flats or bungalows with a ...
with 33 flats, also on a corner with Leckford Place. The Jericho Chiropractic Clinic is at 16 Plantation Road.
Towards the end of his life, the diplomat and author Sir Reader Bullard
Sir Reader William Bullard (5 December 1885 – 24 May 1976) was a British diplomat and author.
Education
Reader Bullard was born in Walthamstow, the son of Charles, a dock labourer, and Mary Bullard. He was educated at the Monoux School th ...
(1885–1976) lived in Plantation Road.
References
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