- Polstead Road
Polstead Road is a residential road that runs between Kingston Road and Hayfield Road to the west and the
Woodstock Road to the east, in the suburb ofNorth Oxford ,England . Half way along it forms the southern junction ofChalfont Road .The Anchor Inn [http://www.nb-bronington.co.uk/pubs/Pub%20pics/Oxford%20pub%20pics/Anchor%20Oxford.jpg] [http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1079/1340217419_1b95c60bde.jpg?v=0] , featured in Inspector Morse, "Death is Now My Neighbor" is located at the corner of Hayfield and Polstead Roads. Immediately to the East of The Anchor Inn is St. Margaret's Institute Community Center.
The Lawrence family
The most famous resident was
T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935), who was later to become known as Lawrence of Arabia. He was brought up in a house (No. 2) on this road and ablue plaque records the fact. Sir Thomas Chapman, the 7th Baronet ofWestmeath ,Ireland , separated from his wife to live with his daughters' governess,Sarah Junner . They had five sons and the couple lived in Polstead Road under the names of Mr and Mrs Lawrence, moving to No. 2 in the summer of 1896 with the aim that the children could receive a good education for a reasonable cost. T. E. Lawrence attended theCity of Oxford High School for Boys in centralOxford .The house is a semi-detached redbrick house that had been built approximately six years before the Lawrences moved there. They built a bungalow in the garden because the house was not large enough to accommodation the entire family. 2 Polstead Road remained the Lawrence family home until after the
First World War .External links
* [http://www.telawrence.info/NPG/part1/013.htm T. E. Lawrence: 2 Polstead Road, Oxford] and [http://www.telawrence.info/NPG/part1/034.htm garden bungalow]
* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~dziadeck/tel/locations.htm Lawrence of Arabia locations]
* [http://www.smi-oxford.org.uk/ St Margaret's Institute Community Centre] , 30 Polstead Road, Oxford
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