Catherine Robinson, who led the campaign to have the Trap Grounds declared a Town Green, has joined forces with neighbour Liz Wade to publish a book in aid of her latest campaign — to restore the war memorial at St Margaret’s Church in north Oxford.
A Corner of North Oxford relates the history of the area around the church, the Institute in Polstead Road and SS Philip and James School in Leckford Road.
One of the community’s meeting places was an inn of ‘dubious reputation’ called Heyfield’s Hutt, then Dolley’s Hut, after the landlord William Dolley. Once a favourite of canalboat families, it is now the Anchor Inn, included in The Good Food Guide but still, according to the authors, a centre for community life. A Corner of North Oxford is available from Ms Robinson at 12 Hayfield Road, Oxford, OX2 6TT, catherine.m.robinson@homecall.co.uk at £5, plus £1 p&p. All profits go to the appeal for the memorial, which is falling down, under attack from wet rot and death watch beetles, with repairs likely to cost about £25,000.
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