Headington, Oxford
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Headington, Oxford
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 1 Aug 2013
A view along the north-easterly end of Old High Street towards the junction with London Road (the A420/A40. The house on the right with the flower-bedecked window sills is the one-time home of Joy "C.S. Lewis" Davidman. Joy Davidman (1915–60), later Mrs Gresham, was an American poet and writer from New York State. At the end of a troubled marriage to her first husband, and following her conversion to Christianity, she left the USA in order to come to England with her sons. In 1950, following an introduction by a fellow American writer, Davidman had begun corresponding with C. S. Lewis and she eventually came to London in 1952. On experiencing financial difficulties C.S. Lewis found and rented this house for her and her two young sons. She lived here from 1953-57 until her death-bed marriage to C.S. Lewis, after which she and her sons moved into "The Kilns". Old Headington village is situated behind the photographer.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.76075
Longitude
-1.211601