Manor Road, Oxford

During 1856–1929, there was a refuge and training house run by the Sisters of St John the Baptist here.

Holywell Manor (now an annexe of Balliol College since 1930), St Cross Church (now disused as a church and an archive for Balliol College), and Holywell Cemetery, are to the south at the western end.

The Oxford University Air Squadron headquarters are on the north side.

[2] The most famous former resident of Manor Road was the Oxford academic and author J. R. R. Tolkien, at No.

3, with his wife Edith and only daughter Priscilla from 1947 to 1950, having moved from 20 Northmoor Road in North Oxford.