London Road, Headington: number changes

At the west end, the London Road officially starts at the Boundary Brook, which separated Oxford city from Headington from 1889 to 1928 and now runs underground beside the White Horse, emerging on the south side of Old Road.

At the east end the London Road obviously goes all the way to London, but the part deemed to be Headington comes to an end near the Thornhill Park & Ride, at the start of the parish of Forest Hill.

London Road was first numbered following the building of the council estate alongside Barton Road in 1925, but there was a tremendous amount of infilling in the late 1920s and early 1930s as the shopping centre developed, with the result that many of the new shops had no number. The whole road underwent a drastic renumbering in 1934, and the same numbers survive today (with the exception of Sandhill Cottages, which have gone).

L O N D O N R O A D N O R T H S I D E	LONDON ROAD: North side, west to east
	1911 census	1921 census	1933 Kelly's Directory	1935 *Kelly's Directory*
	White Horse	White Horse	1: White Horse	1: White Horse
	Red Gables	3: Red Gables	Red Gables	5
	—	—	St Hilliars	9
	—	—	Dayton	13
	—	—	Osmington	15
	—	—	Hovendene	17
	Here is Sandfield Road
	—	—	Sandfield House	19 (Sandfield Guest House)
	—	—	Littlecote	21
	—	—	Red Mullions	23
	—	—	The Dial House	25
	Sandfield Cottage	Sandfield Cottage	Sandfield Cottage	Was No. 43 (now site of Horwood Close)
	[Rose Cottage]	7	7	67
	Here is Osler Road (formerly Manor Road)
	—	—	9	69
	—	—	Walkers's Furniture Stores	71
	—	—	Rutty, Confectioner	73
	—	—	Owen, Fruiterer	75
	—	—	11	77
		13	Oak Lodge (formerly the Park Lodge of Headington House)	79
	—	15	Griffin, watch maker	81
	—	—	Smith & Tolley cycles	83
	—	—	Lloyd's Bank	85
	—	—	Fulkes, oil & colour merchant	87
	—	Here is Stephen Road (only just laid out in 1921)
	—	—	Burton's Dairies	89
	—	—	Westminster Bank Ltd	91
	—	—	15	93
	—	—	17	95
	—	—	19	97
	—	—	21	99
	—	23	23	101
	—	25	25	103
	—	27	[27] Barclays Bank	105
	Here is Old High Street (formerly High Street, Old Headington)
	Police Station, 1 Westbourne Terrace	29	29	107
	2 Westbourne Terrace	31	31	109
	3 Westbourne Terrace	33	33	111
	4 Westbourne Terrace	35	35	113
	5 Westbourne Terrace	37	37	115
	6 Westbourne Terrace	39	39	117
	7 Westbourne Terrace	41	41	119
	8 Westbourne Terrace	43	43	121
	9 Westbourne Terrace	45	45	123
	10 Westbourne Terrace	47	47	125
	11 Westbourne Terrace	49	49	127
	12 Westbourne Terrace	51	51	129
	13 Westbourne Terrace	53	53	131
	14 Westbourne Terrace	55	55	133
	15 Westbourne Terrace	57	57	135
	16 Westbourne Terrace	59	59	137
	Here is footpath leading to North Place (Bury Knowle lodge and the house itself listed at this point in 1930)
	—	61 Bury Knowle Lodge	61 Cleverly, blacksmith	207 [now Hedena Health]
	—	63	63	209
	—	65	65	211
	—	67	67	213
	—	69	69	215
	Here is footpath leading to Hawthorn Avenue
	—	71	71	217
	—	73	73	219
	—	75	75	221
	—	77	77	223
—	79	79	225
—	81	81	227
—	83	83	229
—	85	85	231
—	87	87	233
—	89	89	235
—	91	91	237
—	[93]	93	239
—	95	95	241
—	97	97	243
—	99	99	245
—	101	101	247
—	103	103	249
—	105	105	251
Here is Barton Road
—	—	105A	253
—	—	107	257
—	—	109	259
—	—	111	261
—	—	113	263
—	—	115	265
—	—	117	267
—	—	119	269
—	—	121	271
—	—	123	273
—	—	125	275
Here is Sefton Road
—	—	127	279
—	—	129	281
—	—	131	283
—	—	133	285
—	Currill (shops)	135 (Currill bootmakers)	291 & 293
—	—	137 (Franklin butcher)	299 & 301
Here is Northfield Road
—	—	—	303
—	No name	139	305
—	Hillbury	141	307
—	Holmleigh	143	309
Here is Bayswater Road (named as Beckley Road in Kelly's Directory for 1930
—	Isolation Hospital	Isolation Hospital, Bayswater Hill	Not listed
—	Sandhill Cottages	Sandhill Cottages 1	Sandhill Cottages 1
—	Sandhill Cottages	Sandhill Cottages 2	Sandhill Cottages 2
—	Sandhill Cottages	Sandhill Cottages 3	Sandhill Cottages 3
—	Sandhill Cottages	Sandhill Cottages 4	Sandhill Cottages 4
—	—	Sandhill House	The Bungalow
—	—	The Dale	485 (Hillside Boarding Kennels)
—	—	Windyridge	487
—	—	Littlebank	489
—	—	Northwood	491
—	—	Jesmond	493
—	—	Sandhill Warren	495
LONDON ROAD: South side, west to east
L O N D O N R O A D N O R T H S I D E	1911 census	1921 census	1933 Kelly's Directory	1935 Kelly's Directory
	—		Lynton House	2
	The numbers between 2 and 26 are still unused today
	Brookside	School, unnamed	Headington School for Girls junior dept	26
	Here is Latimer Road
	—	Hillstow Cottage	Hillstow Cottage
	The Lodge	Hillstow Lodge	Hillstow	42
	Hillstow	Hillstow	Hillstow	44–58 (Headington Junior School)
	—	—	Stratton	60
	—	—	Crossway	62
	—	—	Blen Cott	64
	—	—	Wilkins Café	66
	—	—	Watson, ladies' hairdresser	68
	—	—	Cooper & Boffin, bakers	70
	—	—	Headington Garage	Headington Garage [= 72]
	Here is Lime Walk [Britannia listed here in the census, but it is actually in Lime Walk, not the]
	Mount Pleasant	10 & 12	10 & 12	74 & 76
	Royal Standard	14	14: beer retailer	78: Royal Standard
	Here is New High Street (formerly High Street, New Headington)
	Three houses of Belle Vue Terrace and Clifton House listed in this area	16	16	80
		18	18	82
		20	20	84
		—	22	86
		24	24	90
		—	26 & 28	92 & 94
	Bix	30	30	96
	Doctors' house, named in directories as The Cottage	32	32	104
	Here is Kennett Road (formerly New Road)
	Listed without name	34	34	108
	Rogate	36	36	110
	Foxbury	38	38	112
	Wonderklip	40	40	114
	The Fir Tree	42	42	116
	The Fir Tree	42	42	118
	—	44	44	120
	Here is Windmill Road
	[Part of Co-op]	[Part of Co-op]	46	122 & 124
	6 Holyoake Terrace	48	48	126
	5 Holyoake Terrace	[50]	50	128
	4 Holyoake Terrace	52	52	130
	3 Holyoake Terrace	54	54	132
	2 Holyoake Terrace	56	56	134
	1 Holyoake Terrace	58	58	136
	—	Here is Holyoake Road, formerly Western Road
	Cycle Works	60	60	138 & 140
	Clovelly	62	62 & 62A	142
	Belmont	64	64	144
	2 Sandmere Villas	66	66	146
	1 Sandmere Villas	68	68	148
	No name given	St Kitts	70	150
	—	—	—	150A
	(Funeral path from Quarry]	Here is Stile Road
	—	—	City Motors Company	152
	—	—	72	[No listing]
	—	—	74	156
	Headington National School	[School]	St Andrew's (C of E) School	158: St Andrew's (C of E) School
	No houses between the present 158 and 206 until later in the 1930s
	—	—	112	206
	—	—	114	208
	—	—	116	210
	—	—	118	212
	—	—	120	214
	—	—	122	216
	—	—	124	218
—	—	126	220
Here is Ramsay Road
—	—	126A & 126B	222
—	—	128	226
—	—	130	228
—	—	132	232
—	—	134	234
—	—	138	236
—	—	140	238
Here is footpath to The Quarry
Headington Union Workhouse	—	Headington Union Poor Law Institution [Workhouse]	London Road Hospital [now replaced by Douglas Veale House]
Here is Pitts Road
—	[76]	144	264
—	78	146	266
Seven New Inn Cottages to the west of the New Inn listed here	80	148	268
	82	150	270
	84	152	272
	86	154	274
	88	156	276
	90	158	278
	92	160	280
New Inn	New Inn	162	282
Seven New Inn Cottages to the east of the New Inn listed here	Seven unnumbered New Inn Cottages to the east of the New Inn listed here	164	284
		166	286
		168	288
		170	290
		172	292
		174	294
		176	296
Here is Green Road
—	—	Shotover Arms P.H.	298 (Shotover Arms)
—	—	Police House	304
—	—	Police House	306
Here is Ridgeway Road
—	—	—	384
—	—	—	386
—	—	Mears House	390
—	Field House	Field House	392

Inscribed house names over doors can be very helpful in identifying houses. This photograph makes it very clear that the houses named Hillbury and Holmleigh to the east of Northfield Road in the 1921 census are those whose present addresses are 307 and 309 London Road.

Hillbury and Holmleigh