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{{Short description|Road in Headington, east Oxford, England}}
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[[File:Pullens Lane, Oxford.JPG|thumb|View south along the leafy Pullens Lane.]]
[[File:Pullens Lane, Oxford.JPG|thumb|View south along the leafy Pullens Lane.]]
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[[File:KingHouse.jpg|thumb|upright|King House at [[Rye St Antony School]], off Pullens Lane.]]


'''Pullens Lane''' is in [[Headington]], east [[Oxford]], [[England]]. It is located at the top of [[Headington Hill]], leading north off [[Headington Road]] to [[Jack Straw's Lane]] and [[Harberton Mead]]. The cul-de-sac '''Pullens Field''' leads off west from Pullens Lane.
'''Pullens Lane''' (a.k.a. '''Pullen's Lane'''<ref name="symonds" />) is in [[Headington]], east [[Oxford]], [[England]]. It is located at the top of [[Headington Hill]], leading north off [[Headington Road]] to [[Jack Straw's Lane]] and [[Harberton Mead]]. The cul-de-sac '''Pullens Field''' (a.k.a. '''Pullen's Field''', named in 1972<ref name="symonds-fields">{{cite book| title=The Origins of Oxford Street Names | publisher=[[Robert Boyd Publications]] | chapter=Pullen's Field | year=2010 | page=174 |isbn=978-1-899536-99-3 | last1=Symonds | first1=Ann Spokes | last2=Morgan | first2=Nigel }}</ref>) leads off west from Pullens Lane.


== Buildings ==
==History==
The lane was named after the Rev. [[Josiah Pullen]] (1631–1714), vicar of [[St Peter-in-the-East]] in central Oxford (where he is buried) and Vice-President of [[Magdalen Hall]].<ref name="hibbert">{{cite book| title=[[The Encyclopaedia of Oxford]] | publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] | chapter=Pullen's Lane | year=1988 | pages=341–342 |isbn=0-333-39917-X | editor-last=Hibbert |editor-first=Christopher |editor-link=Christopher Hibbert }}</ref> He used to walk in this area to the top of [[Headington Hill]] and admire the view of Oxford. He planted an [[elm]] tree in the locality in about 1680. The tree became known as Joe Pullen's tree, but was destroyed by a fire on 13 October 1909. There is a tablet in the wall of Davenport House here recording the event on the east side of the lane. The road was named Pullen's Lane in 1930.<ref name="symonds">{{cite book| title=The Origins of Oxford Street Names | publisher=[[Robert Boyd Publications]] | chapter=Pullen's Lane|year=2010 | page=175 |isbn=978-1-899536-99-3 | last1=Symonds | first1=Ann Spokes | last2=Morgan | first2=Nigel }}</ref>
Pullens Lane includes a number of notable buildings, especially by the [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] architect
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[[Harry Wilkinson Moore]] (1850–1915).<ref>Andrew Saint, ''[http://www.oahs.org.uk/oxo/vol%2035/Saint.doc Three Oxford Architects]'', [[Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society]], UK.</ref> Buildings by Wilkinson include:


==Buildings==
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* [[The Vines, Oxford|The Vines]], occupied by [[Scholarship & Christianity in Oxford]] (SCIO), previously [[The Vineyard, Oxford|The Vineyard]] and [[Pollock House, Oxford|Pollock House]], built in 1889–90.<ref>[http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/vineyard_pollock.htm The Vineyard (Pollock House), Pullens Lane], Headington, Oxford, UK.</ref>
Pullens Lane includes a number of notable buildings,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sherwood |first1=Jennifer|last2=Pevsner|first2=Nikolaus|authorlink2=Nikolaus Pevsner | series=[[The Buildings of England]] | title=Oxfordshire | year=1974|location=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-071045-0 |page=338 }}</ref> especially by the [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] architect
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* [[Cotuit Hall]], part of the [[EF International Academy]]'s Oxford campus, until 2011 one of the halls of residence at [[Oxford Brookes University]], and previously known as [[Napier House]], built in 1892.<ref>[http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/napier_cotuit.htm Napier House (later Cotuit Hall), Pullens Lane], Headington, Oxford, UK.</ref>
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[[Harry Wilkinson Moore]] (1850–1915).<ref>Andrew Saint, ''[http://www.oahs.org.uk/oxo/vol%2035/Saint.doc Three Oxford Architects] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928030922/http://www.oahs.org.uk/oxo/vol%2035/Saint.doc |date=28 September 2007 }}'', [[Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society]], UK.</ref> Buildings by Wilkinson include:

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* [[The Vines, Oxford|The Vines]], occupied by [[Scholarship & Christianity in Oxford]] (SCIO), previously [[The Vineyard, Oxford|The Vineyard]] and [[Pollock House, Oxford|Pollock House]], built in 1889–90.<ref>[http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/vineyard_pollock.htm The Vineyard (Pollock House), Pullens Lane] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910151135/http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/vineyard_pollock.htm |date=10 September 2012 }}, Headington, Oxford, UK.</ref>
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* [[Cotuit Hall]], part of the [[EF International Academy]]'s Oxford campus, until 2011 one of the halls of residence at [[Oxford Brookes University]], and previously known as [[Napier House]], built in 1892.<ref>[http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/napier_cotuit.htm Napier House (later Cotuit Hall), Pullens Lane] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328041507/http://headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/napier_cotuit.htm |date=28 March 2014 }}, Headington, Oxford, UK.</ref>


Other buildings include:
Other buildings include:


* [[Pullen's Gate]] (previously known as Brockless Cottage and Brockleaze), formerly owned by [[Francis John Lys]] (1863–1947), Provost of [[Worcester College, Oxford]] and [[Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University]].<ref>[http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/pullens_gate.htm Pullen’s Gate/Brockless Cottage, Pullens Lane], Headington, Oxford, UK.</ref>
* [[Pullen's Gate]] (previously known as Brockless Cottage and Brockleaze), formerly owned by [[Francis John Lys]] (1863–1947), Provost of [[Worcester College, Oxford]] and [[Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University]].<ref>[http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/pullens_gate.htm Pullen’s Gate/Brockless Cottage, Pullens Lane] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007160436/http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/pullens_gate.htm |date=7 October 2008 }}, Headington, Oxford, UK.</ref>
* [[Headington Hill Hall]], designed by [[John Thomas (architect)|John Thomas]], built in 1824 (extended 1856–8), and owned by the Morrell's brewery family, now leased by [[Oxford Brookes University]].


== Educational institutions ==
==Educational institutions==
[[Rye St Antony School]], founded in 1930, is located in Pullens Lane. It started in central Oxford and moved to a {{convert|12|acre|m2|adj=on}} site on the east side of Pullens Lane in 1939.<ref>''[http://www.ryestantony.co.uk/about.htm About the School]'', [http://www.ryestantony.co.uk/ Rye St Antony School], Oxford, UK.</ref>
[[Rye St Antony School]], founded in 1930, is located in Pullens Lane. It started in central Oxford and moved to a {{convert|12|acre|m2|adj=on}} site on the east side of Pullens Lane in 1939.<ref>''[http://www.ryestantony.co.uk/about.htm About the School]'', [http://www.ryestantony.co.uk/ Rye St Antony School], Oxford, UK.</ref>


[[Plater College]] moved from makeshift facilities at [[Boars Hill]] south of Oxford to a new purpose-built residential college on Pullens Lane, after demolishing Fairfield (previously known as The Pullens) during the 1970s,<ref name="thepullens">[http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/pullens_fairfield.htm The Pullens (later Fairfield), Pullens Lane], Headington, Oxford, UK.</ref> under the leadership of [[Joseph Kirwan]] (1910–2005).<ref>[http://archive.oxfordmail.net/2005/3/31/4184.html Joseph Kirwin Obituary], ''[[Oxford Mail]]'', 31 March 2005.</ref> The college closed in 2005. The site is now occupied by the [[EF International Academy]] (formerly the EF International Language School).<ref name="thepullens" />
[[Plater College]] moved from makeshift facilities at [[Boars Hill]] south of Oxford to a new purpose-built residential college on Pullens Lane, after demolishing Fairfield (previously known as The Pullens) during the 1970s,<ref name="thepullens">[http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/pullens_fairfield.htm The Pullens (later Fairfield), Pullens Lane] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906041129/http://headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/pullens_fairfield.htm |date=6 September 2012 }}, Headington, Oxford, UK.</ref> under the leadership of Joseph Kirwan (1910–2005).<ref>[http://archive.oxfordmail.net/2005/3/31/4184.html Joseph Kirwin Obituary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702074222/http://archive.oxfordmail.net/2005/3/31/4184.html |date=2 July 2011 }}, ''[[Oxford Mail]]'', 31 March 2005.</ref> The college closed in 2005. The site is now occupied by the [[EF International Academy]] (formerly the EF International Language School).<ref name="thepullens" />


== References ==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:EF International Academy, Oxford Campus.JPG|The [[EF International Language Centres]] Oxford Campus main entrance on Pullens Lane.
File:Entrance to Cotuit Hall on Pullens Lane, Oxford.JPG|Entrance to [[Cotuit Hall]], part of EF Academy, also on Pullens Lane.
File:The Vines, Oxford.JPG|View through the main gate of [[The Vines, Oxford|The Vines]] on Pullens Lane.
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File:KingHouse.jpg|King House at [[Rye St Antony School]], off Pullens Lane.
</gallery>

==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:06, 9 September 2022

View south along the leafy Pullens Lane.

Pullens Lane (a.k.a. Pullen's Lane[1]) is in Headington, east Oxford, England. It is located at the top of Headington Hill, leading north off Headington Road to Jack Straw's Lane and Harberton Mead. The cul-de-sac Pullens Field (a.k.a. Pullen's Field, named in 1972[2]) leads off west from Pullens Lane.

History

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The lane was named after the Rev. Josiah Pullen (1631–1714), vicar of St Peter-in-the-East in central Oxford (where he is buried) and Vice-President of Magdalen Hall.[3] He used to walk in this area to the top of Headington Hill and admire the view of Oxford. He planted an elm tree in the locality in about 1680. The tree became known as Joe Pullen's tree, but was destroyed by a fire on 13 October 1909. There is a tablet in the wall of Davenport House here recording the event on the east side of the lane. The road was named Pullen's Lane in 1930.[1]

Buildings

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Pullens Lane includes a number of notable buildings,[4] especially by the Victorian architect Harry Wilkinson Moore (1850–1915).[5] Buildings by Wilkinson include:

Other buildings include:

Educational institutions

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Rye St Antony School, founded in 1930, is located in Pullens Lane. It started in central Oxford and moved to a 12-acre (49,000 m2) site on the east side of Pullens Lane in 1939.[9]

Plater College moved from makeshift facilities at Boars Hill south of Oxford to a new purpose-built residential college on Pullens Lane, after demolishing Fairfield (previously known as The Pullens) during the 1970s,[10] under the leadership of Joseph Kirwan (1910–2005).[11] The college closed in 2005. The site is now occupied by the EF International Academy (formerly the EF International Language School).[10]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Symonds, Ann Spokes; Morgan, Nigel (2010). "Pullen's Lane". The Origins of Oxford Street Names. Robert Boyd Publications. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-899536-99-3.
  2. ^ Symonds, Ann Spokes; Morgan, Nigel (2010). "Pullen's Field". The Origins of Oxford Street Names. Robert Boyd Publications. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-899536-99-3.
  3. ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Pullen's Lane". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 341–342. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  4. ^ Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 338. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
  5. ^ Andrew Saint, Three Oxford Architects Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society, UK.
  6. ^ The Vineyard (Pollock House), Pullens Lane Archived 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Headington, Oxford, UK.
  7. ^ Napier House (later Cotuit Hall), Pullens Lane Archived 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Headington, Oxford, UK.
  8. ^ Pullen’s Gate/Brockless Cottage, Pullens Lane Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Headington, Oxford, UK.
  9. ^ About the School, Rye St Antony School, Oxford, UK.
  10. ^ a b The Pullens (later Fairfield), Pullens Lane Archived 6 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Headington, Oxford, UK.
  11. ^ Joseph Kirwin Obituary Archived 2 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Oxford Mail, 31 March 2005.

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