# Pullens Lane

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**Pullens Lane** (a.k.a. **Pullen's Lane**[1]) is in [Headington](/source/Headington), east [Oxford](/source/Oxford), [England](/source/England). It is located at the top of [Headington Hill](/source/Headington_Hill), leading north off [Headington Road](/source/Headington_Road) to [Jack Straw's Lane](/source/Jack_Straw's_Lane) and [Harberton Mead](/source/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

The lane was named after the Rev. [Josiah Pullen](/source/Josiah_Pullen) (1631–1714), vicar of [St Peter-in-the-East](/source/St_Peter-in-the-East) in central Oxford (where he is buried) and Vice-President of [Magdalen Hall](/source/Magdalen_Hall).[3] He used to walk in this area to the top of [Headington Hill](/source/Headington_Hill) and admire the view of Oxford. He planted an [elm](/source/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

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

- [The Vines](/source/The_Vines,_Oxford), occupied by [Scholarship & Christianity in Oxford](/source/Scholarship_%26_Christianity_in_Oxford) (SCIO), previously [The Vineyard](/source/The_Vineyard,_Oxford) and [Pollock House](/source/Pollock_House,_Oxford), built in 1889–90.[6]
- [Cotuit Hall](/source/Cotuit_Hall), part of the [EF International Academy](/source/EF_International_Academy)'s Oxford campus, until 2011 one of the halls of residence at [Oxford Brookes University](/source/Oxford_Brookes_University), and previously known as [Napier House](/source/Napier_House), built in 1892.[7]

Other buildings include:

- [Pullen's Gate](/source/Pullen's_Gate) (previously known as Brockless Cottage and Brockleaze), formerly owned by [Francis John Lys](/source/Francis_John_Lys) (1863–1947), Provost of [Worcester College, Oxford](/source/Worcester_College,_Oxford) and [Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University](/source/Vice-Chancellor_of_Oxford_University).[8]
- [Headington Hill Hall](/source/Headington_Hill_Hall), designed by [John Thomas](/source/John_Thomas_(architect)), built in 1824 (extended 1856–8), and owned by the Morrell's brewery family, now leased by [Oxford Brookes University](/source/Oxford_Brookes_University).

## Educational institutions

[Rye St Antony School](/source/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-square metre) site on the east side of Pullens Lane in 1939.[9]

[Plater College](/source/Plater_College) moved from makeshift facilities at [Boars Hill](/source/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](/source/EF_International_Academy) (formerly the EF International Language School).[10]

## References

1. Symonds, Ann Spokes & Morgan, Nigel (2010). "Pullen's Lane". *The Origins of Oxford Street Names*. [Robert Boyd Publications](/source/Robert_Boyd_Publications). p. 175. ISBN 978-1-899536-99-3.

1. Symonds, Ann Spokes & Morgan, Nigel (2010). "Pullen's Field". *The Origins of Oxford Street Names*. [Robert Boyd Publications](/source/Robert_Boyd_Publications). p. 174. ISBN 978-1-899536-99-3.

1. Hibbert, Christopher (ed.) (1988). "Pullen's Lane". *[The Encyclopaedia of Oxford](/source/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Oxford)*. [Macmillan](/source/Macmillan_Publishers). pp. 341–342. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.

1. Sherwood, Jennifer & Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). *Oxfordshire*. [The Buildings of England](/source/The_Buildings_of_England). Harmondsworth: [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 338. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.

1. Andrew Saint, *[Three Oxford Architects](http://www.oahs.org.uk/oxo/vol%2035/Saint.doc) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070928030922/http://www.oahs.org.uk/oxo/vol%2035/Saint.doc) 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine*, [Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society](/source/Oxfordshire_Architectural_and_Historical_Society), UK.

1. [The Vineyard (Pollock House), Pullens Lane](http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/vineyard_pollock.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120910151135/http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/vineyard_pollock.htm) 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Headington, Oxford, UK.

1. [Napier House (later Cotuit Hall), Pullens Lane](http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/napier_cotuit.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140328041507/http://headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/napier_cotuit.htm) 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Headington, Oxford, UK.

1. [Pullen’s Gate/Brockless Cottage, Pullens Lane](http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/pullens_gate.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081007160436/http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/pullens_gate.htm) 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Headington, Oxford, UK.

1. *[About the School](http://www.ryestantony.co.uk/about.htm)*, [Rye St Antony School](http://www.ryestantony.co.uk/), Oxford, UK.

1. [The Pullens (later Fairfield), Pullens Lane](http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/pullens_fairfield.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120906041129/http://headington.org.uk/history/pullens_lane/pullens_fairfield.htm) 6 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Headington, Oxford, UK.

1. [Joseph Kirwin Obituary](http://archive.oxfordmail.net/2005/3/31/4184.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110702074222/http://archive.oxfordmail.net/2005/3/31/4184.html) 2 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, *[Oxford Mail](/source/Oxford_Mail)*, 31 March 2005.

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