Rewley Road is in the west of central

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. It is located in St Thomas's parish.

History

The name derives from

Rewley Abbey The Cistercian Abbey of Rewley was an abbey in Oxford, England. It was founded in the 13th century by Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall. Edmund's father, Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, founder of Hailes Abbey, had intended to establish a college or ...

. A ''Rewley Lane'' (or ''Ruley Lane'') existed in 1538.

Oxford Rewley Road railway station Oxford Rewley Road railway station was a railway station serving the city of Oxford, England, located immediately to the north of what is now Frideswide Square on the site of the Saïd Business School, to the west of Rewley Road. It had featur ...

used to be located here, originally built in 1851. The building was finally demolished to make way for the

Said Business School Said can refer to: * Speech, or the act of speaking * Saʽid, a male Arabic given name * Said (honorific), a honorific in Islamic culture * Said, Iran (disambiguation), multiple places in Iran * Port Said, a city in Egypt * Saïd Business Scho ...

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. Coal wharves and merchants were also located here,< but the road has more recently been developed with housing.

Location

The road runs north from

Frideswide Square Frideswide Square is a Town square, square to the west of central Oxford, England. The square is named after the patron saint of Oxford, St Frideswide. The "square" is actually more of a tapered rectangle in shape. Immediately to the north, th ...

at the junctions with Hythe Bridge Street and

Park End Street Park End Street is a street in central Oxford, England, to the west of the centre of the city, close to the Oxford railway station, railway station at its western end. Location To the east, New Road, Oxford, New Road links Park End Street to ...

. It spans Sheepwash Channel on Rewley Road Bridge to the east of Rewley Road Swing Bridge, a disused railway

swing bridge A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis. It has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravit ...

and Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge, which carries the main line north from

Oxford railway station Oxford railway station is a mainline railway station, one of two serving the city of Oxford, England. It is about west of the city centre, north-west of Frideswide Square and the eastern end of Botley Road. It is the busiest station in Oxfords ...

Buildings

The

Cistercian The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contri ...

house

, founded in 1280, was located here on the banks of a branch of the

River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, s ...

. Virtually all the original buildings have disappeared, but there is still a 15th-century doorway in a wall on the west side of the

Oxford Canal The Oxford Canal is a narrowboat canal in southern central England linking the City of Oxford with the Coventry Canal at Hawkesbury (just north of Coventry and south of Bedworth) via Banbury and Rugby. Completed in 1790, it connects to th ...

, within a housing development. Beaver House, on the corner of Rewley Road and Hythe Bridge Street, was erected in 1971–72, designed by the Oxford Architects Partnership. It is clad in reeded

concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bound together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time. It is the second-most-used substance (after water), the most–widely used building material, and the most-manufactur ...

with a glass curtain wall facing Hythe Bridge Street. Rewley Road fire station is on the eastern side of the road, opposite the Said Business School.

References

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