Rawlinson 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.

Location

At the western end of the road is a junction with Woodstock Road (A4144) and at the eastern end is a junction with

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 ...

(A4165), the two major arterial roads out of

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to the north. Opposite slightly to the south at the western end is Polstead Road. Opposite slightly to the north at the eastern end is

Linton Road Linton Road is a road in North Oxford, England. Location At the western end is the Banbury Road. At the eastern end is Wolfson College, a graduate college of the University of Oxford. To the north at the eastern end, Garford Road runs para ...

. Parallel to the south is

St Margaret's Road St Margaret's Road is a road in North Oxford, England. Location The road runs between Kingston Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east, crossing Woodstock Road. To the south are Farndon Road to the west and Canterbury Road to the eas ...

and to the north is

Staverton Road Staverton Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England. Location The road runs east–west with a gentle curve halfway along. At the western end of the road is a junction with Woodstock Road, Oxford, Woodstock Road (A4144) and at the ea ...

. Just to the south at 90 Woodstock Road is the Junior School (nursery to year 1) of the Oxford High School (formerly the Squirrel School). Just to the north at 111 Banbury Road is the Swan Building, the main teaching centre for the

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Balliol College Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

, one of the colleges of

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, operates a

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located in Rawlinson Road.

History and residents

The area where Rawlinson Road is located was originally owned by

St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ...

. The road was named after Dr

Richard Rawlinson Richard Rawlinson FRS (3 January 1690 – 6 April 1755) was an English clergyman and antiquarian collector of books and manuscripts, which he bequeathed to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Life Richard Rawlinson was a younger son of Sir Thomas ...

FRS (1690–1755), an

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and

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. Houses in the road were first leased by the college between 1888 and 1893. They were designed by the architects

Harry Wilkinson Moore Harry Wilkinson Moore, FRIBA (1850–1915) was a Victorian and Edwardian architect. He was the son of Arthur Moore (1814–1873) and Mary Wilkinson (1821–1904), and a nephew of the architects George Wilkinson and William Wilkinson. Caree ...

and Herbert Quinton. The houses are in a late Victorian style and of brick construction. The Irish-born mathematician John Edward Campbell (1862–1924) lived at 14 Rawlinson Road.

Harriet Shaw Weaver Harriet Shaw Weaver (1 September 1876 – 14 October 1961) was an English political activist and a magazine editor. She was a significant patron of Irish writer James Joyce. Life Harriet Shaw Weaver was born in Frodsham, Cheshire, the sixth of e ...

(1876–1961), political activist and magazine editor, lived at 4 Rawlinson Road. The Hungarian-born member of the

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and economist Thomas Balogh, Baron Balogh (1905–1985) lived in Rawlinson Road with his family. Derbyshire House Hotel was located at 18 Rawlinson Road. The poet

John Betjeman Sir John Betjeman (; 28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, ...

(1906–1984) wrote of Rawlinson Road: Sir

Richard Doll Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll (28 October 1912 – 24 July 2005) was a British physician who became an epidemiologist in the mid-20th century and made important contributions to that discipline. He was a pioneer in research linking smoking ...

(1912–2005), the

epidemiologist Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidenc ...

and cancer pioneer, lived at 12 Rawlinson Road and a

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was installed on his house in 2015. He lived here with his wife Joan Faulkner after his retirement in 1983.

References

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