Rawlinson Road

 ( 1888 Establishments In England ) 

Rawlinson Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England.

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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 (A4165), the two major arterial roads out of Oxford 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. Parallel to the south is St Margaret's Road and to the north is Staverton Road.

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 Sixth Form of d'Overbroeck's College. Balliol College, one of the colleges of Oxford University, operates a day nursery located in Rawlinson Road.

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History and residents The area where Rawlinson Road is located was originally owned by St John's College, Oxford. The road was named after Dr Richard Rawlinson FRS (1690–1755), an antiquarian and divine.

Ann Spokes Symonds (1997). 9781899536252, Robert Boyd Publications. ISBN 9781899536252

Houses in the road were first leased by the college between 1888 and 1893. They were designed by the architects Harry Wilkinson Moore and Herbert Quinton. The houses are in a late Victorian style and of brick construction.

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The Irish-born mathematician John Edward Campbell (1862–1924) lived at 14 Rawlinson Road.

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Harriet Shaw Weaver (1876–1961), political activist and magazine editor, lived at 4 Rawlinson Road.

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The Hungarian-born member of the House of Lords and economist Thomas Balogh, Baron Balogh (1905–1985) lived in Rawlinson Road with his family.

June Morris (2025). 9781845191535, Sussex Academic Press. . ISBN 9781845191535

Derbyshire House Hotel was located at 18 Rawlinson Road.

The poet John Betjeman (1906–1984) wrote of Rawlinson Road:

Sir Richard Doll (1912–2005), the epidemiologist and cancer pioneer, lived at 12 Rawlinson Road and a blue plaque was installed on his house in 2015. He lived here with his wife Joan Faulkner after his retirement in 1983.

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