No. 44: St John's College accommodation
No. 44 probably dates from the late eighteenth century. It is a Grade II listed building (ref. 1485/514A)
At the time of the 1772 survey of Oxford, No. 44 was in the occupation of Mr Reeves, with its frontage measuring 6 yards 1 foot 7 inches. At about this time that it was rebuilt.
The 1841 census shows No. 44 occupied by Francis Berry, a tin worker, his wife Charlotte, and their three young daughters.
In 1851 census, this house was occupied by Charles Newman, a college servant, and his wife Hannah and their young daughter. Ten years later Hannah is still in the house with her two daughters and niece, and in directories for 1874 and 1876 she is described as providing “University Lodgings” here.
In 1881 John Abbey, Diocesan Secretary of the Oxford Church of England Temperance Society, lived here with his wife, his three young daughters, a boarder, and a servant.
Occupants of 44 St Giles' Street
listed in censuses and directories |
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| 1839 | Benjamin Atkins Boot & Shoe maker |
| 1841–6 | Mrs & Miss Taunton (1841) Miss Maria Taunton (1846) |
| 1851–76 | Charles Newman College Servant (1851) Mrs Hannah Newman University Lodgings |
| 1880–6 | John Abbey Secretary to the Agricultural Department of the Church of England Temperance Society |
| 1887–1909 | Edwin Turner |
| 1911–30 | Frederick Leslie Pavière |
| 1932–9 | H.E. Milburn Ltd Consulting engineers Royal Automobile Club |
| 1941–3 | H.E. Milburn Ltd Consulting engineers Robert Havard (dentist) Alfred Stroud (physician) |
| 1944–76 | Various doctors, dentists, and chartered surveyors |
| 2003 | St John's College house |