The land east of the Marston Road was part of Headington until the 20th century and was thus in the parish of St Andrew's Church.
Subsequently, other large houses were built on the lane, with a rural feel but close to central Oxford.
However, when Jack Straw died, the cellar underneath his farm kitchen contained expensive goods stolen from merchants and travellers.
[3] In the 1930s, Milham Ford School was built on a 16-acre (65,000 m2) site between Jack Straw's Lane and Harberton Mead.
[5] Jack Straw's Lane is a residential area with houses on large plots and with high prices.