# Marston Road > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marston_Road > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marston_Road.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marston_Road > Source revision: 1109403510 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Road in east Oxford, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} [[File:NewMarston StMichael&AllAngels southwest.JPG|thumb|View of St Michael & All Angels Parish Church from Marston Road, at the junction with [Jack Straw's Lane](/source/Jack_Straw's_Lane).]] '''Marston Road''' is a road in the east of [Oxford](/source/Oxford), [England](/source/England).{{cite book|title=[The Encyclopaedia of Oxford](/source/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Oxford) | publisher=[Macmillan](/source/Macmillan_Publishers)|chapter= Marston Road | year=1988 | page=243 |isbn=0-333-39917-X|editor-last=Hibbert|editor-first=Christopher |editor-link=Christopher Hibbert }} It links London Place, the junction of [St Clements](/source/St_Clement's%2C_Oxford), the foot of [Headington Hill](/source/Headington_Hill) ([Headington Road](/source/Headington_Road)), and [Morrell Avenue](/source/Morrell_Avenue) by [South Park](/source/South_Park%2C_Oxford) to the south with the suburb of [New Marston](/source/New_Marston) to the north. A [mini-roundabout](/source/mini-roundabout) has been replaced by [traffic lights](/source/traffic_lights) and connects with [Cherwell Drive](/source/Cherwell_Drive) and [Headley Way](/source/Headley_Way) at the northern end. To the north is the suburb of [Northway](/source/Northway%2C_Oxford). The road is designated the [B4150](/source/B_roads_in_Zone_4_of_the_Great_Britain_numbering_scheme) but this is not shown on signs. The striking new building for the [Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies](/source/Oxford_Centre_for_Islamic_Studies) with its prominent [dome](/source/dome) and [minaret](/source/minaret) is located on the west side of Marston Road, next to land owned by [Magdalen College](/source/Magdalen_College%2C_Oxford). There are also [Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) college sport's grounds and a lane linking to [Mesopotamia](/source/Mesopotamia%2C_Oxford) and the [University Parks](/source/University_Parks). [St Clement's Church](/source/St_Clement's_Church%2C_Oxford)[http://www.stclements.org.uk/ St Clement's Church website]. is at the southern end of the road. The original St Clement's Church was located at [The Plain](/source/The_Plain%2C_Oxford) near [Magdalen Bridge](/source/Magdalen_Bridge) but this was demolished in 1829, after the new church had been built in 1827–28. Marston [United Reformed Church](/source/United_Reformed_Church)[http://www.marstonurc.org.uk/ Marston United Reformed Church website] is at 352 Marston Road.{{cite web|accessdate=2008-01-21 |title=Marston United Reformed Church: How to Find us |url=http://www.marstonurc.org.uk/page2.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027102838/http://marstonurc.org.uk/page2.html |archivedate=2007-10-27 |url-status=dead }} The Rivers of Life evangelical church meet here.{{cite web|accessdate=2008-01-21 |title=Rivers of Life - Meetings & Directions |url=http://www.riversoflife.co.uk/meetings.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008041848/http://www.riversoflife.co.uk/meetings.php |archivedate=2007-10-08 |url-status=dead }} ==Milham Ford School== {{main|Milham Ford School}} In the 1930s, [Milham Ford School](/source/Milham_Ford_School) was built on a {{convert|16|acre|ha|adj=on}} site between Marston Road and [Harberton Mead](/source/Harberton_Mead), south of [Jack Straw's Lane](/source/Jack_Straw's_Lane).[http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/jack_straws_lane.html Jack Straw's Lane] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707081823/http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/jack_straws_lane.html |date=2010-07-07 }}.[http://s572.photobucket.com/albums/ss165/larksper/Milham%20Ford%20School/?albumview=slideshow Milham Ford School - Photographs 2002-2011] by Marilyn Cox. It opened in 1938, became a girls' [grammar school](/source/grammar_school) in 1944, and a girls' [comprehensive school](/source/comprehensive_school) in 1974. The school was closed in 2003 and was sold. In 2004, the School of Health Care of [Oxford Brookes University](/source/Oxford_Brookes_University) started to use the building.[https://archive.today/20120720222406/http://www.brookes.ac.uk/findus/marston_road Marston Road site], [Oxford Brookes University](/source/Oxford_Brookes_University). The green area between the school and Marston Road is now Milham Ford Nature Park.{{cite web | url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/marilyn.cox/jsla/Sub%20pages/Milham%20Ford%20Park.htm | title=History of Milham Ford Nature Park | first=Marilyn | last=Cox | accessdate=21 October 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023053037/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/marilyn.cox/jsla/Sub%20pages/Milham%20Ford%20Park.htm | archivedate=23 October 2012 | df=dmy-all }} ==Gallery== File:Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies - geograph.org.uk - 1399605.jpg|The [Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies](/source/Oxford_Centre_for_Islamic_Studies) on Marston Road. File:URC Building.JPG|The United Reformed Church at 352 Marston Road. File:Marston Road site, Oxford Brookes University.JPG|View of the former [Milham Ford School](/source/Milham_Ford_School) building on Marston Road, now used by [Oxford Brookes University](/source/Oxford_Brookes_University). ==References== {{reflist}} {{coord |51.7612|-1.2358|scale:10000_region:GB|display=title}} Category:Streets in Oxford --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Marston Road](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marston_Road) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marston_Road?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.