[4] In the 1850s there was a plan to run a railway line just to the north of the road, but this never materialised.

The houses are in the traditional North Oxford brick-built Victorian Gothic style and date from 1865 to 1875.

[2] Plots on the south side of the road were sold in August 1865 by St John's College, which own much of the land in the area.

[6] St Anne's College began a regeneration project for the college-owned houses in July 2023.

[9] Prominent members of the group included Richard Dawkins and Desmond Morris.