Nos. 45–46: St John’s College Research Centre
This pair of houses, with an iron balcony over the two central front doorways, dates from the early nineteenth century. It is a Grade II listed building (List Entry No. 1047146)
No. 45 At the time of the 1851 census the solicitor Charles Law lived here with his wife Sarah and baby son Charles, plus three house servants. Ten years later the house was occupied by Thomas Batye, a 65-year-old homeopathic surgeon, and his wife and five grown-up children (the eldest son, William, was also a surgeon), plus their two servants.
No. 46 At the time of the 1881 census this house was occupied by William W. Robinson, an unmarried solicitor and coroner aged 64, and his two servants.
Occupants listed in censuses and directories |
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Date |
45 St Giles |
46 St Giles |
1846 |
Rev. Stephen John Rigaud |
Rev. Stephen Reay, B.D. |
1851–1852 | Charles James Law |
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1861 | Thomas Battye |
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1866 | Rev. W. Acworth, M.A. |
Miss Hargrave |
1869 | Henry Purdue |
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1871 |
Edward Benjamin Gray, M.D. |
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1875 |
William Wharton Robinson |
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1876–1905 |
Revd Frederick Metcalfe (Misses Metcalfe 1887–1937) |
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1907–1915 |
Alexander George Gibson |
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1919–1937 |
Herbert James Pegler |
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1939 |
City Typewriter Co. |
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1941–1945 |
Commissioners of Church |
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1947–1954 |
Herbert James Pegler |
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1956–1962 |
Hunts (Oxford) Ltd Typewriter dealers |
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1964–1973 |
Eckersley School of English |
Cunningham & Gibaud Edmund R. Gibbs & Co. |
1975–1976 |
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1994–1999 |
Oxford Centre for Hebrew |
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2001–present |
St John’s Research Centre |