St Margaret's Institute Community Centre[3] was the first building constructed on Polstead Road, following a subscription by parishioners of St Philip and St James Church in 1889 "for the building of a Working Men's Institute, 'to provide rational amusement and instruction for working men of any creed, sect, or opinions, who may thus be kept out of public houses'".[4]
The Anchor public house on the corner of Polstead Road and Hayfield Road
The Anchor Inn[5] is located at the corner of Hayfield Road and Polstead Road at the western end.
Lawrence of Arabia's childhood home from 1896 to 1921 at 2 Polstead RoadBlue plaque on Lawrence's former home[6]
Lawrence familyedit
The most well-known resident was T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935), later known as 'Lawrence of Arabia'. The son of Thomas Chapman (1846-1919; who became, in 1914, Sir Thomas Chapman, 7th Baronet), an Anglo-Irish nobleman, he was brought up in a house (No. 2) on this road and a blue plaque records the fact.[6][7] The future Sir Thomas Chapman, the 7th Baronet of Killua Castle in County Westmeath, Ireland, separated from his wife to live with his daughters' governess, Sarah Junner, also known as Sarah Lawrence. They had five sons and the couple lived under the names of Mr and Mrs Lawrence, moving to No. 2, Polstead Road in the summer of 1896 with the aim that the children could receive a good education for a reasonable cost. T. E. Lawrence attended the City of Oxford High School for Boys in central Oxford. Here also was born his youngest brother, A. W. Lawrence, who went on to become the Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at Cambridge University in the 1940s.
The house is a substantial semi-detached red-brick house that had been built approximately six years before the Lawrences moved there. They built a bungalow in the garden especially for Lawrence because the house was not large enough to accommodate the entire family. 2 Polstead Road remained the Lawrence family home until 1921. Lawrence was in residence when he departed for the First World War.
^"St Margaret's Institute Community Centre". 30 Polstead Road, Oxford, UK.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^Robinson, Catherine; Buxton, Elspeth (1993). Hayfield Road — Nine hundred years of an Oxford Neighbourhood. Oxford: C. Robinson. ISBN978-0-9522401-0-5.
^"The Anchor Inn". www.theanchoroxford.com. Oxford. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ abWarr, Elizabeth Jean (2011). The Oxford Plaque Guide. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. pp. 71–74. ISBN978-0-7524-5687-4. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^"SP5007: Blue plaque, 2 Polstead Road, Oxford". UK: Geograph. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
polstead, road, residential, road, that, runs, between, kingston, road, hayfield, road, west, woodstock, road, east, suburb, north, oxford, england, halfway, along, forms, southern, junction, chalfont, road, road, probably, named, after, village, polstead, cou. 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 of North Oxford England 1 Halfway along it forms the southern junction of Chalfont Road The road is probably named after the village of Polstead in the county of Suffolk citation needed View east from the junction with Kingston Road and Hayfield Road Contents 1 Overview 2 Lawrence family 3 References 4 External linksOverview editThe houses in Polstead Road were designed by Harry Wilkinson Moore and built between 1887 and 1894 1 2 St Margaret s Institute Community Centre 3 was the first building constructed on Polstead Road following a subscription by parishioners of St Philip and St James Church in 1889 for the building of a Working Men s Institute to provide rational amusement and instruction for working men of any creed sect or opinions who may thus be kept out of public houses 4 nbsp The Anchor public house on the corner of Polstead Road and Hayfield RoadThe Anchor Inn 5 is located at the corner of Hayfield Road and Polstead Road at the western end nbsp Lawrence of Arabia s childhood home from 1896 to 1921 at 2 Polstead Road nbsp Blue plaque on Lawrence s former home 6 Lawrence family editThe most well known resident was T E Lawrence 1888 1935 later known as Lawrence of Arabia The son of Thomas Chapman 1846 1919 who became in 1914 Sir Thomas Chapman 7th Baronet an Anglo Irish nobleman he was brought up in a house No 2 on this road and a blue plaque records the fact 6 7 The future Sir Thomas Chapman the 7th Baronet of Killua Castle in County Westmeath Ireland separated from his wife to live with his daughters governess Sarah Junner also known as Sarah Lawrence They had five sons and the couple lived under the names of Mr and Mrs Lawrence moving to No 2 Polstead Road in the summer of 1896 with the aim that the children could receive a good education for a reasonable cost T E Lawrence attended the City of Oxford High School for Boys in central Oxford Here also was born his youngest brother A W Lawrence who went on to become the Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at Cambridge University in the 1940s The house is a substantial semi detached red brick house that had been built approximately six years before the Lawrences moved there They built a bungalow in the garden especially for Lawrence because the house was not large enough to accommodate the entire family 2 Polstead Road remained the Lawrence family home until 1921 Lawrence was in residence when he departed for the First World War In January 2017 it was reported that Oxford City Council had failed to gain Grade II listed status for the Lawrence home leaving its future in doubt 8 9 The house was offered for sale in 2018 for 2 95 million 10 References edit a b Hinchcliffe Tanis 1992 North Oxford New Haven amp London Yale University Press pp 79 85 86 123 212 235 ISBN 0 14 071045 0 Sherwood Jennifer Pevsner Nikolaus 1974 The Buildings of England Oxfordshire Penguin Books p 321 ISBN 0 14 071045 0 St Margaret s Institute Community Centre 30 Polstead Road Oxford UK a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint location link Robinson Catherine Buxton Elspeth 1993 Hayfield Road Nine hundred years of an Oxford Neighbourhood Oxford C Robinson ISBN 978 0 9522401 0 5 The Anchor Inn www theanchoroxford com Oxford Retrieved 16 August 2021 a b Warr Elizabeth Jean 2011 The Oxford Plaque Guide Stroud Gloucestershire UK The History Press pp 71 74 ISBN 978 0 7524 5687 4 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a website ignored help SP5007 Blue plaque 2 Polstead Road Oxford UK Geograph Retrieved 6 May 2011 The Sunday Telegraph non internet paper only Sunday 22 January 2017 Oliver Matt 26 January 2017 Anger at decision not to protect the home where TE Lawrence grew up Oxford Times p 7 Fraser Isabelle 8 February 2018 For sale the childhood home of Lawrence of Arabia Daily Telegraph UK Retrieved 7 January 2020 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Polstead Road Oxford T E Lawrence 2 Polstead Road Oxford and garden bungalow Lawrence of Arabia locations51 46 04 N 1 16 04 W 51 76778 N 1 26778 W 51 76778 1 26778 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Polstead Road amp oldid 1216632894, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
