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.

History

The lane was named after the Rev. Josiah Pullen, vicar of St Peter-in-the-East in central Oxford and Vice-President of Magdalen Hall. 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.

Buildings

Pullens Lane includes a number of notable buildings, especially by the Victorian architect
Harry Wilkinson Moore. Buildings by Wilkinson include:
Other buildings include:
, founded in 1930, is located in Pullens Lane. It started in central Oxford and moved to a site on the east side of Pullens Lane in 1939.
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 during the 1970s, under the leadership of Joseph Kirwan. The college closed in 2005. The site is now occupied by the EF International Academy.

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