St Cross Road

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File:Oxford StCrossChurch Southwest.jpg on St Cross Road.]]

St Cross Road is a road in Oxford, England. It links South Parks Road to the north and Longwall Street to the south, where it also meets Holywell Street.{{cite book | title=The Encyclopaedia of Oxford | publisher=Macmillan | chapter=St Cross Road | year=1988 | page=386 | isbn=0-333-39917-X | editor-last=Hibbert |editor-first=Christopher |editor-link=Christopher Hibbert }} The road is named after St Cross Church.{{cite book | title=The Origin of Oxford Street Names | first1=Ann Spokes | last1=Symonds | first2=Nigel | last2=Morgan | year=2011 | publisher=Robert Boyd Publications | location=Witney | chapter=St Cross Road | pages=187–188 |isbn=978 1 899536 99 3 }}

Linacre College, one of the colleges in the University of Oxford, is located at the northern end, opposite the Tinbergen Building, used by the university's Department of Zoology and Department of Experimental Psychology. St Catherine's College, another Oxford University college, is in Manor Road, a cul de sac east off St Cross Road. The Oxford University Faculty of Law and Bodleian Law Library are on the corner with Manor Road. Holywell Manor, St Cross Church, Holywell Cemetery, and Jowett Walk are at the southern end.

St Cross College (now in St Giles'), one of the Oxford University colleges, used to be located in St Cross Road. The College still has an Annexe here.[http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/images/130 The St Cross Road Annexe], St Cross College, Oxford. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518051530/http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/images/130 |date=18 May 2008 }}

Gallery

File:Linacre_College_Oxford_20040507.jpg|Linacre College at the northern end of St Cross Road.

File:Bodleian Law Library.JPG|Stairs leading to the Bodleian Law Library on St Cross Road.

File:holywell manor.jpg|Holywell Manor, at the junction with Manor Road.

File:Longwall Street, Oxford, looking south.jpg|The junction of St Cross Road with Longwall Street, looking south.

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Category:Streets in Oxford

Category:St Cross College, Oxford

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