St Giles', Oxford: Parishes

Parishes of St Giles' Street

St Mary Magdalen and St Giles' Churches St Giles’ Street is split between the parishes of two churches:

St Mary Magdalen Church (above left) to the south. This parish was in the Oxford Union.
St Giles' Church (above right) to the north. This parish was in the Headington Union.

Hence not only is the street found in different census books, but births, marriages, and deaths came under the two registration districts, namely Oxford and Headington.

Parish

East side

West side

St Mary
Magdalen

(Oxford
reg. district)

Nos. 1–8

From Balliol's Warren building and
No. 1 northwards to St John’s College
main quadrangle

Nos. 58–78

From the middle of Pusey Chapel
southwards to the Taylorian Building

St Giles

(Headington
reg. district)

Nos. 9–30

From St John's newer buildings
and No. 9 northwards to
the corner of Keble Road

Nos. 31–57

From the junction of Little Clarendon Street southwards as far as the middle of
Pusey Chapel

Note: St Giles’ Road West and St Giles’ Road East are the former names given respectively to the Banbury Road and Woodstock Road, This site only deals with St Giles’ Street, which starts at the Martyrs' Memorial and ends at the parting of the each side of St Giles' Church.

Wards of St Giles' Street

The four ancient wards of the city met at Carfax, hence:

The east side of St Giles' Street was in the North-East Ward
The west side of St Giles' Street was in the South-West ward.