Lime Walk, Headington
Lime Walk junction with All Saints Road, looking south, c.1905. The garden wall of one of
the houses that were demolished
to make way for All Saints' Church can be seen on the left. On the right is New Headington's main grocer's shop, which was also a post office
from c.1890 to 1947
Lime Walk junction with All Saints Road, looking north,
soon after All Saints' Church opened in 1910
Crossroad with All Saints Road, looking north, with Mr Draper standing outside his shop, c.1905
The north end of Lime Walk, looking south, soon after 1910, when these houses (both sides) were newly built on the Britannia Field, the last trace of which can be seen on the right.
South end of Lime Walk, looking north, c.1905
The houses of Lime Walk have had three different sets of numbers
Lime Walk: Development and renumbering
Headington Telephone Exchange and Sorting Office in Lime Walk
See also:
- The Britannia Inn, 1 Lime Walk, in the pub history section
- Eric Hebborn, art forger, whose parents had a shop at 67 Lime Walk (then numbered No. 39, the house immediately north of All Saints Church). They were not very successful, and they moved across the road to 74 Lime Walk (then numbered 62), where Eric’s father took over the post of grocer’s assistant.
- History of All Saints' Church, Lime Walk
- History of Headington telephone exchange, which was originally at the top of Lime Walk
- The Dairy, 73 Lime Walk
