History of some of Headington’s old shops
Follow the above pointer to view each of the pages below in turn
The above photograph by Jill Slaymaker is an example of how much parts of
Headington shopping centre have changed dramatically even in recent years
The shops below each have a separate page giving their history. They are listed in the order in which they were built (although many of them started off as private houses). Follow the pointer at the top of the page to view each of the shops in turn
| 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 | 1–16 Westbourne Terrace, now 107–137 London Road 107: Former police house 113: Baxter’s butcher’s shop 115: See G. H. Williams below 123: Vallis’s baker’s shop 127–131: Ager’s Draper’s shop |
| c.1903 | Dairy in All Saints Road (behind 73 Lime Walk) |
| 1908 | G. H. Williams’
bicycle and sweet shops Originally 138/140 London Road, 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 |
| 1923 | 97 and 99 London Road |
| 1924 | 93 and 95 London Road |
| 1924 | 101 London Road |
| 1926 | 103 London Road |
| 1927 | Walker’s Furniture 71 London Road |
| 1924 | Fred Grain’s sweet &
stationery shop 72A Windmill Road |
| 1920s | Carfax Buildings 1–7 Old High Street |
| 1935 | Maypole Dairy / Headington Homewares 3 The Parade, Windmill Road |
| 1938 | Fish & chip shop 81 London Road |
| 1956 | Lily Crane/Time & Elegance 9A Windmill Road (+ 9 and 11 Windmill Road) |
| 1958 | The shops under Holyoake Hall All seven existing shops were once part of the Co-op |
| 1975 | Supermarket in Old High Street (including the previous history of the site) |
Headington’s old post offices (Old Headington, New Headington, and Quarry) |
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Below: Westbourne Terrace, which runs between Old High Street and Bury Knowle Park,
before it was converted into shops (from Ian Garrett)
Below: London Road in the early 1940s
See also “Headington’s shops in 1976” in the “Reminiscences” section
