History of Windmill Road: House names and numbers
Windmill Road, Headington:
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East side (odd numbers) |
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| Corner of London Road |
Toll house was on this site until the 1880s. Demolished and the present building opened in 1893 as the Co-op. Buckell & Ballard and Oxford Design in 2010 |
| 1, 3, 5 | Built by 1911, but replaced by Units 1–4 of The Parade in 1935 |
| 7 | Rosslyn Villa (1883); the house still exists as Units 5 and 6 of The Parade |
| 9 11 |
Cuddesdon Villas 1 (built by 1911) Cuddesdon Villas 2 (built by 1911) |
| 13 15 |
“1 Windmill Lane” (built by 1891); aka 1 Sunset Villas, and later 1 The Firs “2 Windmill Lane” (built by 1891); aka 2 Sunset Villas, and later 2 The Firs |
| 17 19 |
“3 Windmill Lane” (built by 1891); aka 3 Sunset Villas “4 Windmill Lane” (built by 1891): aka 4 Sunset Villas |
| 21 & 23 | Formerly Labour Club; replaced by flats in 1996 |
| 25 27 |
‡West View 1 & 2 (built by 1889) |
| 29 31 33 |
“7 Windmill Lane” (built by 1889) “8 Windmill Lane” (built by 1889) “9 Windmill Lane” (built by 1889) |
| 35 37 39 |
“10 Windmill Lane” (built by 1891) “11 Windmill Lane” (built by 1891) “12 Windmill Lane” (built by 1891) |
| Car park (was children’s playground in 1920s)] | |
| St Leonard’s Road (formerly Southern Road) | |
| 45 47 |
— [built in 1930s] |
| 49 51 53 |
— (1921) Grose’s Butcher’s Shop (built by 1921) — (1921) |
| 55 57 |
‡Glencairn (built by 1911) ‡Malvern (built by 1911) |
| 59 | Grocer’s Shop (built by 1898); later part of Vallis’s, and part of Blanchford’s in 2010 |
| 59A | Built in 1929, demolished c.1980 to widen Blanchford’s entrance |
| 61 | Vallis’s Builder’s Yard (by 1909); part of Blanchford’s in 2010 |
| 63 | — (built by 1911) |
| 65 67 69 |
Lynton (built after 1911, before 1916) Ackworth (built by 1911) ‡Glenthorne (built by 1911) |
| 71 | Wellneath (built by 1898) |
| 73 || 75 |
— (built by 1898) link — (built by 1898) |
| 77 | — (1930s) |
| Langley Close | |
| 79 81 |
Oakthorpe (built by 1911) Hazelwood (built by 1911) |
| 83 85 |
Steyning Cottage (built by 1911) Denby (built by 1911) |
| 87 | — (built by 1898) |
| 89 91 |
— (built by 1911) — (built by 1911) |
| 93 | Redcliffe House (built by 1898) |
| 95 97 |
Hollydene (built by 1911) Berea (built by 1911) |
| 99 | Holly Cottage (built by 1911) |
| 101 103 |
— (built by 1911) — (built by 1911) |
| 105 || 107 |
— (built by 1911) link Former Grocer’s Shop (built by 1910) |
| Margaret Road (just two houses in 1911) | |
| 109 111 |
‡Oaklea (built by 1911) ‡Cothill (built by 1911) |
| 113 115 |
Glendale (built by 1911) Fairglen (built by 1911) |
| 117 119 |
Ferndale (built by 1911) ‡Eldene (built by 1911) |
| 121 123 |
Nursery View (built by 1911) Sunnyside (built by 1911) |
| 125 127 |
Elm View (built by 1906) Rose View (built by 1906) |
| 129 | Oakdene (built by 1906) |
| 131 | ‡Sandvale (built by 1906) |
| 133 135 |
Padbury (built by 1906) Belmont (built by 1906) |
| 137 139 |
‡Cranford (built by 1906) ‡King’s Wood (built by 1906) |
| 141 143 |
— (1916) College House (1916) |
| Gathorne Road (formerly Alexandra Road) | |
| 145 | Hillandale (built by 1906) |
| 147 149 |
Ashleigh (built by 1911) ‡Brendon House (built by 1911) |
| 151 153 |
‡Myrtle View (built by 1911) ‡Ivydene (built by 1911) |
| 155 157 |
‡Headlands (built by 1911) ‡Fairview (built by 1911) |
| Windmill House | In the 1920s, there were seven dwellings, known as “Windmill Cottages”, on this site. These comprised the original miller’s house and cottage, plus five cottages made from the ruins of the Windmill around 1880. They were all demolished in the 1950s. |
| 159 161 |
— [built in 1930s] — [built in 1930s] |
| 163 165 |
— [built in 1930s] — [built in 1930s] |
| 167 169 |
— [built in 1930s] — [built in 1930s] |
| 171 173 |
— [built in 1930s] — [built in 1930s] |
| Rock Edge (former quarry) | |
West side (even numbers) |
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| 2 & 4 | Dring’s Coaches from 1907 (two houses and yard); replaced by Simon House block of shops in 1966 |
| 6 8 |
Shop, 1909. Mrs Barton’s draper’s shop in 1909; Japlene in 2010 Shop, 1909. Skey’s grocer’s shop in 1922; Reynold’s Blinds in 2010 |
| 10 & 12 | Shop, inscribed with date of construction: 1909 Danbury’s newsagent (1909); Choice Tiles & Leopard Press in 2010 |
| 14 | Shop, inscribed with date of construction: 1910 Tobacconist (Whitchelo) in 1920s; Helen House Hospice charity shop in 2010 |
| 16 | ‡St Helens (built by 1911) |
| 18 20 |
‡Dulwich House (1918) ‡Milcombe House (1918) |
| 22 24 |
Northam (1915) Lynwood (1915); later The Firs |
| 26 28 |
‡Higham Villas (1915) |
| 30 32 |
— (1921) ‡Kia-Ora (1921) |
| 34 | ‡The New House (1916) |
| 34A | — Built in entrance way to former orchard (now Kennett Road) in 1930s |
| 36 | Huelva (1912) |
| 38 40 |
— (1915) Henbury (1915) |
| 42 44 |
— (built by 1911) |
| 46 | Nutts Coal merchants (1921) |
| 48 | Rougemont (1913) |
| 50 52 |
‡Ardgowan (built by 1911) ‡Denham House (built by 1911) |
| 54 56 |
‡Uplands (built by 1911) ‡Edgefield (built by 1911) |
| 58 | Shop (built by 1911) |
| ---------Bateman Street (formerly East Road)----------- | |
| 60 | Conservative Club (1928) |
| 60A | — [Built in 1940s] |
| 62 | Harby Cottage (built by 1911) |
| 64 66 |
— (1898) |
| 68 | ‡Winthorpe (built by 1911) |
| 70 72 |
‡Tolworth (built by 1911) ‡Laverstock (built by 1911) |
| 72A | Shop built in 1920s. Grain’s Tobacconist shop (1924); Ford’s secondhand shop in 2010 |
| 74 | S. West & Sons (1898); private housing in 2010 |
| 76 | Gleanbury Cottage (1898); Jacobs Removals in 2010 |
| 78 | Olveston (built by 1911) |
| 80 | Druidstone (built by 1906) |
| 82 | — (1898) (Victorian house with deceptive cladding!) |
| 84 || 86 |
Poplar Cottage (inscribed 1893) linked — (1898) |
| 88 | “John Mattock’s house” (1890); demolished and rebuilt as Champneys Court in 2008 |
| 90 | White House (built by 1911); demolished and rebuilt as Edna Rose Court in 2008 |
| Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (was side entrance to Wingfield Convalescent Home) | |
| Not yet identified: Beaulie and Pen Bryn (1911 census); Tayford (Frank Jeffrey) | |
