2 Polstead Road, Oxford
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2 Polstead Road, Oxford
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 28 Jul 2010
Otherwise just another substantial semi-detached Victorian villa, 2 Polstead Road is notable for being the childhood home of Colonel T E Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, John Hume Ross and T E Shaw. He moved here with his parents in 1896 when he was about eight. His parents, who weren't married to each other, lived here until 1921 bringing up five sons of whom T E was the second oldest. The house has been graced with a blue plaque commemorating Lawrence's association with the property http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1984434 He lived in this cottage in Dorset until his death in a motorcycle accident on his way back to it http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/587816
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Image Location
Latitude
51.76812
Longitude
-1.266831