Morrell Avenue

Morrell Avenue is a residential tree-lined road in Headington, east Oxford, England.[1]

For people named Morrell, see Morrell.

View east along Morrell Avenue.
Warneford Lane from the roundabout at the junction with Morrell Avenue.

The road runs east–west in a gentle curve around the southern edge of South Park, south of Headington Hill, rising from west to east. At the western end is a junction with St Clement's (A420), part of the main arterial road leading east out of Oxford. At the eastern end of the road is a roundabout close to Warneford Hospital. It continues as Warneford Lane and there is a junction with Divinity Road to the south. The trees are mainly mature lime trees.

The avenue is named after a local brewery family, the Morrells, who used to live on their estate at Headington Hill Hall to the north, including South Park.[2] It was built in 1929–31, originally with council houses.[3] The architect,Kellett Ablett, started working in the City Engineer's department at Oxford in 1925. The houses were judged to be of high quality for the time, both architecturally and environmentally.[4]

Morrell Avenue is mentioned in a number of books including The Silent Traveller in Oxford, originally published in 1944 and written by the Chinese author Chiang Yee, who lived in Oxford for a while.[5] It is also mentioned in the book Dark Clouds Gather by Katy Sara Culling about mental illness due to Morrell Avenue's proximity to Warneford Hospital, which specialises in mental illness.[6]

On 9 July 2012, the Olympic torch was carried along Morrell Avenue before the London 2012 Olympic Games.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Property for sale in Morrell Avenue, Headington, Oxford OX4". Zoopla. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. Allen, Brigid (1994). Morrells of Oxford: The family and their brewery 1743–1993. Oxfordshire Books. ISBN 9780750906340.
  3. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Morrell Avenue". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. p. 261. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  4. Tyack, Geoffrey (1998). Oxford: An Architectural Guide. Oxford University Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-0198174233.
  5. Yee, Chiang (2004). The Silent Traveller in Oxford. Signal Books. p. 187. ISBN 978-1902669694.
  6. Culling, Katy Sara (2011). Dark Clouds Gather. Chipmunkapublishing. p. 145. ISBN 978-1847476678.
  7. "Olympic Torch — Morrell Avenue, Oxford". YouTube. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

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