The Crown & Thistle, Headington
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The Crown & Thistle, Headington
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 28 Jan 2013
A former Morrells of Oxford pub, latterly in the ubiquitous Greene King empire. Fronting onto Old Road, at one time the main Oxford - London road, the pub is at the junction with quaintly named Titup Hall Drive. This street was named after an older coaching inn on the same site. History doesn't relate how this name came about, but lots of other things and old pictures are on this page from the Headington history website:- http://www.headington.org.uk/history/pubs/crown_thistle.htm
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Image Location
Latitude
51.753223
Longitude
-1.202171