Lime Walk street numbering

Street numbering: Lime Walk, Headington

Lime Walk

Lime Walk in Headington is a good example of the way street numbers change as a road develops.

In the late 1870s, the Revd John Taylor of the Rookery in Old Headington sold the lands of Highfield Farm for a new housing development to be attached to New Headington Village, and the southern part of Lime Walk was the first street to be laid out. It could not be extended up to the London Road, however, as the large Britannia field occupied this area (see 1899 Ordnance Survey map, left).

Lime Walk’s main entrance was from the High Street of New Headington village via a short spur (then known as New Road, and now named All Saints Road after the 1910 church). Hence the original numbering of Lime Walk (first recorded in the 1891 census) started and finished at the All Saints crossroads:

East side (south of All Saints Road): 1, 2, 3 etc southwards to 29 at Old Road
West side: 30, 31, 32 etc. all the way up the west side, continuing the other side of All Saints Road as far as 66 and then crossing the road
East side, north of All Saints Road: 67, 68, 69 etc. running southwards down to 76 & 77 (demolished to make way for All Saints Church

By 1910, the Britannia had sold its field, and the top end of Lime Walk began to be developed. At first the new houses were just given names, but in about 1919 the whole street was renumbered, with the east side having odd numbers from 1 to 77 and the west side having numbers from 2 to 30, both running southwards.

Infilling since that date meant that the street had to be renumbered again in 1953, so that the numbers now run from 1 to 125 on the east side and 2 to 134 on the west

Lime Walk, east side, north to south
Present Numbering	Numbering in 1976 (last Kelly’s Directory)	Numbering c.1919–1952	Numbering in 1891 census
1 [& 3] Britannia Inn	1 [& 3] Britannia Inn	1	Britannia Inn
5	5	3	Britannia Field
7	7
9 “The Willows” 11 “Glendale”	9 “The Willows” 11 “Glendale”	5 “The Willows” 7 “Glendale”
13 15	13 15	9 11
17	17	13
19	19
21	21	13A
23	23	13B
25	25	15
27	27	17
29 31	29 31	[notionally 19]
33	33
35	35
37 39	37 39	21 (“Ellenville”) 23
43	43
45	43
Lime Walk Methodist Ch [notionally 47]	Lime Walk Methodist Ch [notionally 47]
49 51	49 51	25 27	67 68
53 “St Leonards” 55 “Lime Walk Villa”	53 “St Leonards” 55 “Lime Walk Villa”	29 31	69 70
57	57	33	[Plot for 71]
59	59
61 63	61 63	35 37	72 73
65 67	65 67	39 41	74 75
All Saints Church [notionally 69 & 71]	All Saints Church [notionally 69 & 71]	All Saints Church [No number allocated]	76
All Saints Church [notionally 69 & 71]	All Saints Church [notionally 69 & 71]	All Saints Church [No number allocated]	77
Here is All Saints Road
73	73	43	Unnamed house
75–81 (flats)	75 77 79 81
83 85	83 85	45 47 (Arthur Cottage)
87 “Ferndale” 89	87 “Ferndale” 89	49 “Ferndale” 51
91 “Summerville”	91 “Summerville”	53 “Summerville”	“Summerville”
Entrance to Cecil Sharp Place	95 97	55 57 (?Milton Cottage)
99 “Woodbine Cottage” 101 “Rose Cottage”	99 “Woodbine Cottage” 101 “Rose Cottage”	59 “Woodbine Cottage” 61 “Rose Cottage”	“Woodbine Cottage” “Rose Cottage”
Entrance to Nursery Close	Entrance to Nursery Close [notionally 103, 105, 107]
109	109	63	Unnamed house
111 “Daisymede”	111 “Daisymede”	65 “Daisymede”	21 “Daisymede”
113	113	67	22
115 “Launton Villa”	115 “Launton Villa”	69 “Launton Villa”	“Launton Villa”
117 “Fern Cottage”	117 “Fern Cottage”	71 “Fern Cottage
119 “Ivydene”	119 “Ivydene”	73 “Ivydene”	“Ivydene”
121	121
123 “Hazledene” 125	123 “Hazledene” 125	75 “Hazledene” 77 ?”Ingeldene”	“Hazledene” Unnamed house
129 (double width)	129 (double width)
131 “Netherbury”	131 “Netherbury”	79 “Netherbury”

Lime Walk, west side, north to south
Present Numbering	Numbering in 1976 (last Kelly’s Directory)	Numbering c.1920–1952	Numbering in 1891 census
2 Nine flats	2: Headington sorting office & driving tests	2–8: Headington Telephone Exchange	Britannia Field
4 6	4 6	10 12
8
10	10	14
12 14	12 14	16 18
16 18	16 18	20 22
20 22	20 22	24 26
24	24	28
26 28	26 28	30 32
30–34 St Ebbe’s in Headington	30–34 Shirley Memorial Hall	34–36 Shirley Memorial Hall
36 38	36 38	38 40
40 42	40 42	42 44
44 (double plot)	44 (double plot)	44A
48	48	46
50 52	50 52	48	66 65
54	54	50	64
54A
56	56	52	63
56A 58A	56A 58A
58 60	58 60	54 56	62 being built 61 being built
60A
62 64	62 64	58 60	60 59
66
68 70	68 70	“Durlston” “Donhead”	Plot for 58 Plot for 57
72	72		Plot for 56
74	74	62	55
Here is All Saints Road
76	76	64	54
78 & 80	78 & 80	66	53
82	82	68	52
84 86	84 (rebuilt) 86 (rebuilt)	70 72	51 50
88	88	74	49
90 92	90 92	76 78	48 47
94 96	94 96	80 82	46 45
98 “Minster Villa”	98 “Minster Villa”	84 “Minster Villa”	44
100 102	100 102	86 88	43 42
104 106	104 106	90 92	41 40
108	108	94	39
110 112	110 112	96 98	[38A?] [38]
Lime Court (ten flats)	114 & 116 demolished; 118 never built	100 102	37 36
120 122	120 122	106 108	[35] [34]
124	124	110	33]
126	126	112	[32]
128	128	114	[31]
134: “Longworth” (triple plot)	134: “Longworth” (triple plot)	116: “Longworth”	Large house on Plots 30, 29, and 28

Lime Walk North

Above: Lime Walk from London Road; Below: Lime Walk from Old Road

Lime Walk south

Street numbering: Lime Walk, Headington

Lime Walk, east side, north to south

Lime Walk, west side, north to south