North Parade

There are some additional commercial establishments stretching a little way south from North Parade along the Banbury Road.

The land at North Parade sold as 42 lots at an auction held at the Horse & Jockey public house in May 1833.

It is often claimed[5] that during the Civil War when Charles I was besieged by Oliver Cromwell at Oxford, South Parade was the Roundhead southern front, while North Parade was the location of the Royalist northern front during the siege of Oxford.

However, "[i]t is unlikely that the two sides would have come so close to each other without engaging in combat and, in any case, parade grounds are known to have existed elsewhere in and around the town",[6] for instance in Port Meadow.

[10] Regular drinkers at the Rose & Crown have included Thom Yorke of the band Radiohead, who wrote songs there.