History of some of Headington’s old shops
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The shops below are listed in the order in which they were built. Many of them started off as private houses.
| c.1830s | Mount Pleasant 74–76 London Road |
| 1852 | 21 Windsor Street |
| 1880 | Joseph Skey’s
grocer’s shop 39 New High Street (Bateman Street corner) |
| 1888 | Rosslyn Villa (now 5 & 6 The Parade, Windmill Road) |
| 1890 | The Currills’ shoe
shop and grocery shops 299/301 and later 291/293 London Road |
| 1892 | Headington Co-op On the corner of Windmill and London Road |
| 1893 | West’s Garden Centre 74 Windmill Road |
| 1896 | H. E. Berry’s butcher’s shop 82 (formerly 46) Old High Street |
| c.1896 | Westbourne Terrace, 107–137 London Road: 113: Baxter’s butcher’s shop 123: Vallis’s baker’s shop |
| 1908 | G. H. Williams’
bicycle and sweet shops 138/140 and later 115 London Road |
| 1909 | 112 and 114 London Road Two old shops between two newer developments |
| 1910 | Newsagent/tobacconist
shop 14 Windmill Road |
| 1912 | Mrs Jeffrey’s
butcher’s shop 58 Windmill Road |
| 1916 | 146, 148, and 148a London Road |
| 1922 | Ernest Skey’s
grocer’s shop 8 Windmill Road |
| 1926 | 93 and 95 London Road |
| 1927 | Walker’s Furniture 71 London Road |
| 1924 | Fred Grain’s sweet &
stationery shop 72A Windmill Road |
| 1935 | Carfax Buildings 1–7 Old High Street |
| 1935 | Maypole Dairy / Headington Homewares 3 The Parade, Windmill Road |
| 1938 | Fish & chip shop 81a London Road |
| 1956 | Lily Crane/Time & Elegance 9A Windmill Road (+ 9 and 10 Windmill Road) |
Headington’s old post offices (Old Headington, New Headington, and Quarry) |
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