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4 unusual facts about Headington


Bryony Shaw

She attended Cheney Upper School on Cheney Lane near Headington in Oxford gaining A levels in Art, Maths and Biology, where her father had been teaching Business Studies for PhD at Oxford Brookes University.

Cripps the Carrier

It was first published in 1876 and is set in the then rural area of Headington just outside Oxford to the east and the road to London.

Joan Clarke

In 1986, following Jock's death, Joan moved to Headington, near Oxford, where she continued her research into coinage.

Warren Lewis

After the War, he took up residence with his brother at a house named 'The Kilns' at Headington, near Oxford, where he lived until the death of C. S. Lewis in 1963.


Bill Heine

Heine employed Buckley again in 1986 to design a 25 ft fibreglass sculpture of a shark that appears to be crashing through the roof of his own house in the Headington area of Oxford, creating a somewhat controversial local landmark.

David Allan Spence

David Allan Spence (Auckland, 3 January 1926 – Headington, Oxford, 7 September 2003) was a New Zealand and British mathematician.

Henry de Beaumont, 5th Earl of Warwick

He then married Philippa, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Basset, Lord of Headington.

Morrells Brewing Company

Morrell Avenue was built 1929–31 in the east Oxford suburb of Headington and is named after the Morrell family, who used to live on their estate at Headington Hill Hall to the north, including South Park which Morrell Avenue borders.


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