- Kingston Road, Oxford
Kingston Road is a road in
Oxford ,England . It continues north fromWalton Street and is the main road inWalton Manor .The houses are terraced, created as part of the generally grander
North Oxford estate to the east. When created in Victorian times, the families were more often from the local area than those in the rest of the estate. In 1881, the families were 40.7% artisans.Connecting streets to the east include
Polstead Road (former home of the Lawrence family),St Margaret's Road (leading to St Hugh's College) andLeckford Road (whereBill Clinton resided while studying at Oxford). The road runs north-south in parallel with and to the west ofWoodstock Road .The area was formerly part of the estate of
St John's College, Oxford , and the road is named after the village ofKingston Bagpuize , whose church is under thepatronage of the college.References
* Hinchcliffe, Tanis, "North Oxford". New Haven & London:
Yale University Press , 1992. ISBN 0-300-05184-0.
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