For a list of books about Headington (not online) follow this link:Over fifty books and articles about HeadingtonIncluding novels, poems, a play, and biographies as well as historical studies |
Online books and articles relating to Headington
- Cocke, James, “The Glory of God” in Ruth Gledhill (ed.), The Sixth Times Book of Best Sermons (2001) Prize-winning sermon by James Cocke has been Vicar of All Saints Church in Headington since 1957
- Harding, Samuel: “Headington Hill: A New Song” (c.1780). A poem about Headington on a single sheet in the Bodleian Library
- King, William, “The tragi-comedy of Joan of Headington”, in William King, Useful miscellanies (London, 1712). A ribald play about Headington’s most famous bawd
- National Geographic, May 2002 published a picture of the Headington Shark
- Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, Vol. IV (City of Oxford): this covers Headington and Marston passim after 1929
- Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, Vol. V (Bullingdon Hundred): this covers Headington (pp. 157–68) and Marston (pp. 214–22) in detail up to 1929
- Richard Bryant: A History of the Bullingdon Community Centre
Oxoniensia
Older volumes of Oxoniensia are now online, with over 200 articles relating to
Headington. Find them by doing a full search here for the word "Headington"
Some examples of articles:
- Graham, Malcolm, “Housing Development on the Urban Fringe of Oxford, 1850–1914”, Oxoniensia LV (1990), pp. 147–166. See especially the Headington case study on the Highfield Estate on pp. 152–6
- Mason, Edna, “Headington Quarry c.1820–1860: a Study of a 19th-Century Open Village”, Oxoniensia 54 (1989), 363–377
- Walker, Rhona, “Bury Knowle House in context: its history, design, and architecture”, Oxoniensia 72 (2007), pp. 37–54
- Young, C.J. , “1975 Excavations at the Churchill Hospital, 1973: Interim Report”, Oxoniensia 39, 1–11
Shorter piece:
- Emden, A. B., “Tombstones and tiles at St Andrew’s, Headington”, Oxoniensia 26 (1961), p. 339