The 1895 Oxford Telephone Directory
This directory, reproduced below, lists two call offices, where people who had no telephone of their own could go to make calls (at double the cost of a private line) and 96 subscribers. The latter included twelve colleges, the University Museum, the University Press, the Examination Schools, and the Oxford Times. The Fire Station and the Police Station shared a number. The following medical establishments were on the phone: the Radcliffe Infirmary, the Eye Hospital, the Infectious Diseases Hospital, the Warneford Asylum. There was also a number of surgeons, physicians, and pharmaceutical chemists, with the surgeon and physician Julius Sankey at the top end of Turl Street having the prestigious telephone number Oxford 1.
1895
List of subscribers to the Oxford Exchange
Call Offices 46 1, NORTH PARADE: City Drapery Stores 20 54, CORNMARKET STREET: National Telephone Co., Ltd –A– 33 ALDEN, R.R., The Market 37 ALDEN, R.R., Eastwick Farm 43 ALLINGTON, Rev. E. H. 83 ALL SOULS’ COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 83a ALL SOULS’ COLLEGE (C. G. Robertson) 67 AXTELL, Thos., 9a St. Aldates 67a AXTELL, Thos., Edith Road, Grandpont –B– 30 BAKER, HILL & Co., 1, Broad Street 30a BAKER, HILL & Co. (E. L. Birkbeck Hill), 59, St. Giles 30b BAKER, HILL & Co., 9 & 10, George Street 70 BALLIOL COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 44 BATES, J. 45 BEAUMONT, E., 10, 11, & 12, High Street 46 BEAUMONT, E. (Call Office), 1, North Parade 38 BEVERS, E. A., M.R.C.S., and L.S.A. Lond. 80 BODLEIAN LIBRARY 62 BROOKS, W. T., M.D. 2 BUTLER, A., The Market 2a BUTLER, A., 153, Cowley Road –C– 58 CAB STAND, St. Giles 76a CANNAN, C. 24 CARFAX COAL EXCHANGE 47 CARTER, Messrs 45 CITY DRAPERY STORES, 10, 11 & 12, High Street 46 CITY DRAPERY STORES (Call Office), 1 North Parade 60 CLARENDON BUILDINGS 21 CLARENDON HOTEL 26 CLARENDON PRESS 26a CLARENDON PRESS (Horace Hart) 28b CLARENDON PRESS (P. Lyttelton Gell) 28c CLARENDON PRESS DEPOSITORY 3 COMFORT, B. 16 CO-OPERATIVE STORES 54 COUSINS, Thomas & Co. –D– 13a DOWSON, H. M. 5 DREW, A. J., F.R.C.S 12 DRUCE, G. Claridge, M.A. –E– 39 ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY 36 ELLISTON & CAVELL 77 EXAMINATION SCHOOLS –F– 22 FIRE STATION 6 FRANKLIN, W., Holywell Street 19 FRANKLIN, W., Merton Street –G– 26b GELL, P. Lyttelton, Clarendon Press 40 GELL, P. Lyttelton, Langley Lodge, Headington Hill 79e GEORGE, Rev. H. B. 25 GERRANS, H. T 29 GILLETT & Co. 24 GOOLD & SON 22a GREEN, Captain, 25, Leckford Road 22b GREEN, Captain, 5, High Street 4 GRIMBLY, HUGHES & Co. 8 G.W.R. GOODS STATION 7 G.W.R. TOWN OFFICE, High Street –H– 27 HALL & Co. 26a HART, Horace 66 HEARN, J. W. 71 HERTFORD COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 71a HERTFORD COLLEGE (C. N. Jackson) 71b HERTFORD COLLEGE (The Bursary) 30a HILL, E.L. Birkbeck 11 HITCHCOCK & Co. 49 HUGGINS, B. S. & Sons –I– 64 INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL –J– 71a JACKSON, C. N. 72 JESUS COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge)* –K– 73 KEBLE COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) –L– 48 LAMB & FLAG CAB OFFICE 13 LION BREWERY 17 L. & N.W. RAILWAY, Goods Station 18 L. & N.W. RAILWAY, Town Office, Cornmarket Street –M– 42 MACLARAN, Mrs 78 MANSFIELD COLLEGE 79d MATHESON, P. E. 35 MITRE HOTEL 13 MORRELL’S TRUSTEES 34 MULLINS, E. B. –N– 76b NAGEL, D. H. 9 NATIONAL TELEPHONE Co. Ltd., 54, Cornmarket Street 20 NATIONAL TELEPHONE Co. Ltd. (Call Office), 54, Cornmarket Street 77 NEW EXAMINATION SCHOOLS 79 NEW COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 79a NEW COLLEGE (Senior Common Room) 79b NEW COLLEGE (Junior Common Room) 79d NEW COLLEGE (P. E. Matheson) 79e NEW COLLEGE HOUSE (Rev. H. B. George) –O– 74 ORIEL COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 14 OXFORD DAIRY Co. 39 OXFORD ELECTRIC Co. 23 OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL 26 OXFORD MAGAZINE OFFICE, Clarendon Press 56 “OXFORD TIMES” PUBLISHING OFFICE, New Road 56a “OXFORD TIMES” PRINTING OFFICE, George Street –P– 81B PELHAM, H. F. 22c POLICE STATION 100 POST OFFICE 31 PRESTON, A. –R– 80a RADCLIFFE CAMERA 15 RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY 32 RANDOLPH HOTEL 48 RHODES, J. 51 RICE, E., M.D. 58 RIPPON, G. 83a ROBERTSON, C. G. –S– 52 SANFORD-BURTON, H., F.L.S., &c. 1 SANKEY, Julius O., M.R.C.S., &c. 8 SAUNDERS & Co., G.W.R. Goods Station 7 SAUNDERS & Co., G.W.R. Town Office, High Street 81a SIDGWICK, A. 81 SOMERVILLE HALL 57 STARK, J. M., M.D. 41 ST EDWARD’S SCHOOL 75 ST JOHN’S COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge 27 SWAN BREWERY 10 SYMONDS, Horatio P. –T– 76 TRINITY COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 76a TRINITY COLLEGE (C. Cannan) 76b TRINITY COLLEGE (D. H. Nagel) 65 TURNER Bros. 55 TURRELL, W. J., M.D. 82a TYLOR, Dr E. B. –U– 53 UNION SOCIETY 26 UNIVERSITY GAZETTE OFFICE (Clarendon Press) 82 UNIVERSITY MUSEUM 82a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM (The Keeper’s House) 77 UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS 26 UNIVERSITY PRESS –W– 50 WALFORD & SPOKES 63 WARNEFORD ASYLUM 61 WINKFIELD, A. 28 WORCESTER COLLEGE In case of FIRE, call for FIRE BRIGADE. No number required
* The Telephone Company had installed this telephone in Jesus College in 1894. Permission was given “on the understanding that the Company acquire no rights and the College incur no liability thereby”.
Below is the same list sorted by telephone number. All the duplicate entries in the above list have been removed, and some addresses and other details have been added in square brackets.
The addresses are all within the city boundary and show that the lines evidently went as far as 153 Cowley Road, Pullens Lane and the Warneford Asylum at the top of Headington Hill, and northwards as far as St Edward's School on the Woodstock Road in Summertown.
Telephone
NumberSubscriber in 1895 1 SANKEY, Julius O., M.R.C.S., &c. [26 Broad Street] 2 BUTLER, A., The Market 2a BUTLER, A., 153, Cowley Road 3 COMFORT, B. [Accountant, 26 St John Street] 4 GRIMBLY, HUGHES & Co. [55 & 56 Cornmarket Street} 5 DREW, A. J., F.R.C.S [Water Hall, St Aldate's] 6 FRANKLIN, W., Holywell Street [the livery stables at No. 30] 7 G.W.R. TOWN OFFICE, High Street (SAUNDERS & Co.) 8 G.W.R. GOODS STATION (SAUNDERS & Co.) 9 NATIONAL TELEPHONE Co. Ltd., 54 Cornmarket Street 10 SYMONDS, Horatio P. [surgeon, 35 Beaumont Street] 11 HITCHCOCK & Co. [chemist at 108 High Street] 12 DRUCE, G. Claridge, M.A. [chemist at 118 High Street] 13 LION BREWERY (MORRELL’S TRUSTEES) 13a DOWSON, H. M. 14 OXFORD DAIRY Co. 15 RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY 16 CO-OPERATIVE STORES 17 L. & N.W. RAILWAY, Goods Station 18 L. & N.W. RAILWAY, Town Office, Cornmarket Street 19 FRANKLIN, W., Merton Street 20 54, CORNMARKET STREET: National Telephone Co., Ltd (call office) 20 NATIONAL TELEPHONE Co. Ltd. (Call Office), 54 Cornmarket Street 21 CLARENDON HOTEL 22 FIRE STATION 22a GREEN, Captain, 25 Leckford Road 22b GREEN, Captain, 5 High Street 22c POLICE STATION 23 OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL 24 CARFAX COAL EXCHANGE (GOOLD & SON) 25 GERRANS, H. T. [20 St John Street] 26 CLARENDON PRESS, UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD MAGAZINE OFFICE,
and UNIVERSITY GAZETTE OFFICE26a CLARENDON PRESS (Horace Hart) 26b GELL, P. Lyttelton, Clarendon Press 27 HALL & Co. (SWAN BREWERY) 28 WORCESTER COLLEGE 28b CLARENDON PRESS (P. Lyttelton Gell) 28c CLARENDON PRESS DEPOSITORY 29 GILLETT & Co. [bankers, 54 Cornmarket Street] 30 BAKER, HILL & Co., 1 Broad Street 30a BAKER, HILL & Co. (E. L. Birkbeck Hill), 59 St. Giles 30b BAKER, HILL & Co., 9 & 10 George Street 31 PRESTON, A. 32 RANDOLPH HOTEL 33 ALDEN, R.R., The Market 34 MULLINS, E. B. 35 MITRE HOTEL 36 ELLISTON & CAVELL 37 ALDEN, R.R., Eastwick Farm 38 BEVERS, E. A., M.R.C.S., and L.S.A. Lond. [dentist, 46 Broad Street] 39 OXFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY [45 Broad Street] 40 GELL, P. Lyttelton, Langley Lodge, [Pullens Lane], Headington Hill 41 ST EDWARD’S SCHOOL [250 & 252 Woodstock Road] 42 MACLARAN, Mrs 43 ALLINGTON, Rev. E. H. 44 BATES, J. [likely to be Joseph Bates, fruiterer at 129, 135, & 137 The Market] 45 CITY DRAPERY STORES (BEAUMONT, E.), 10, 11, & 12, High Street 46 CITY DRAPERY STORES (BEAUMONT, E.), 1, NORTH PARADE: (call office) 47 CARTER, Messrs 48 LAMB & FLAG CAB OFFICE (RHODES, J.) 49 HUGGINS, B. S. & Sons [butchers at six Oxford addresses] 50 WALFORD & SPOKES [86/86 High Street] 51 RICE, E., M.D. 52 SANFORD-BURTON, H., F.L.S., &c. [50 Cornmarket Street] 53 UNION SOCIETY 54 COUSINS, Thomas & Co. 55 TURRELL, W. J., M.D. [1 St Clement's Street] 56 “OXFORD TIMES” PUBLISHING OFFICE, New Road 56a “OXFORD TIMES” PRINTING OFFICE, George Street 57 STARK, J. M., M.D. 58 CAB STAND, St. Giles (RIPPON, G.) 60 CLARENDON BUILDINGS 61 WINKFIELD, A. 62 BROOKS, W. T., M.D. 63 WARNEFORD ASYLUM 64 INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL 65 TURNER Bros. [athletic outfitters, 4 Turl Street] 66 HEARN, J. W. 67 AXTELL, Thos., 9a St. Aldates 67a AXTELL, Thos., Edith Road, Grandpont 70 BALLIOL COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 71 HERTFORD COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 71a HERTFORD COLLEGE (C. N. Jackson) 71b HERTFORD COLLEGE (The Bursary) 72 JESUS COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 73 KEBLE COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 74 ORIEL COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 75 ST JOHN’S COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 76 TRINITY COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 76a TRINITY COLLEGE (C. Cannan) 76b TRINITY COLLEGE (D. H. Nagel) 77 EXAMINATION SCHOOLS 78 MANSFIELD COLLEGE 79 NEW COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 79a NEW COLLEGE (Senior Common Room) 79b NEW COLLEGE (Junior Common Room) 79d NEW COLLEGE (P. E. Matheson) 79e NEW COLLEGE HOUSE (Rev. H. B. George) 80 BODLEIAN LIBRARY 80a RADCLIFFE CAMERA 81 SOMERVILLE HALL 81a SIDGWICK, A. [Reader in Greek, 64 Woodstock Road] 81b PELHAM, H. F. 82 UNIVERSITY MUSEUM 82a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM (The Keeper’s House) (TYLOR, Dr E. B.) 83 ALL SOULS’ COLLEGE (Porter’s Lodge) 83a ALL SOULS’ COLLEGE (C. G. Robertson) 100 POST OFFICE
For further information, see R. A. J. Earl, The Development of the Telephone in Oxford, 1877–1977 (The Post Office, 1978)