No. 37A: Humanities Division
No. 37A appears to have been built in 1808 on the south part of Vincent Shortland's timber yard. The fact that it was not allocated a separate number of its own but was deemed to be between 37 and 38 suggests that St Giles may already have had its present numbering system. It is a Grade II listed building (ref. 1485/509).
It was a private house until 1919, latterly the home of the Curate of St Barnabas' Church. It has been used by Oxford University Press since 1962
Vincent John Shortland released the plot on which this house stands together with No. 37 to the north to Daniel Turner, Esq. in 1808. The Turner family appear to have built No. 37A for themselves around this time, and then rented out No. 37.
The 1841 census shows Daniel Turner living at 37 St Giles' Street (which is presumably a mistake for 37A, which is not otherwise listed in the census). Living with him were his daughters Maria, Ann, Caroline, Emma, and Elizabeth and two house servants. He died at the age of 85 and was buried in St Giles' Church on 17 January 1843.
The 1851 census shows Daniel's daughters, Caroline and Emma Turner (described as “fundholders” and then aged respectively 30 and 25) living at No. 37A with two house servants. They were to continue living in this house for another forty years.
| Occupants of 37a St Giles' Street listed in censuses and directories | |
| 1841–1891 | The Misses Caroline & Emma Turner |
| 1894–1919 | Holy Rood Rev. Charles Henry Bickerton Hudson Curate of St Barnabas |
| 1926–34 | University of Oxford Institute of Agricultural Engineering |
| 1936–1952 | Electricity Company Oxford Electric Co. Ltd and Wessex Electricity Co. (1936–7) Wessex Electricity Company (1939–47) Southern Electricity Board (1949–1952) |
| 1954–1962 | Regency Restaurant and Banquet's of Oxford Ltd, caterers with Oxford University Press (Atlas Department) listed upstairs in 1958 and Oxford University Press (Cartographic Department) in 1960 and 1962 It is understood that the atlas/cartographic department had part of the building from 1954 |
| 1962–1976 | OUP Cartographic Department |
| 1977–1993 | Oxford English Dictionary Supplement |
| 1993–2009 | Oxford University Press Departments: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Music Department Grove Dictionary of Music |
| 2009–present | University of Oxford Humanities Division |