Oxford City Council
Conservation area document: Old Headington SSLZMFZX0013
Old Headington SSLZMFZX0013
- conservation-area
- Old Headington
- document-type
- area-map
- documentation-url
- https://www.oxford.gov.uk/downloads/download/33/downloads-for-old-headington-con...
- end-date
- entry-date
- 1998-12-09
- name
- Old Headington
- notes
- The village, now known as Old Headington to distinguish it from the modern suburb and shopping centre, lies within the ancient bounds of the royal forest of Shotover and Stoward and has its origins in a royal manor belonging to the Saxon Kings. The boundaries of the present village are clearly defined; on the south by Cuckoo Lane; on the west by the grounds of the former Manor House estate, now John Radcliffe Hospital; on the north open agricultural land (and of course the A40), and on the east by Bury Knowle Park. Although the original royal manor house was already ruinous in medieval times and successive fires destroyed the ancient crofters cottages, many of the more substantial postmedieval stone houses and the medieval Church of St Andrew have survived.
- reference
- SSLZMFZX0013
- start-date
- 1971-01-04