Oxford pubs we've loved and lost since the mid-1800s

Do you miss the Blue Mile? Did you have the best pint of your life in The Cricketers Arms? Or wonder which pubs have been and gone before your time? Take a trip down memory lane with our pictures.

Website www.closedpubs.co.uk has been logging the closures of Oxford’s watering holes over the years, and we’ve included all of these in our round-up below.

Take a look back at some of the town’s favourite pubs, which have since disappeared.

In total, there are more than 1,400 pubs which have come and gone in Oxford since the mid-1800s:

• Anchor, 25 Cornmarket Street

• Angel, 79-85 High Street

• Angel, Market Square

• Apollo, 61 St Aldates

• Bakers Arms, 23 Albert Street

• Bell, 72 Old High street, Headington

• Bell, 18 Cornmarket Street

• Bird in Hand, 5 Bear Lane

• Bird in Hand, King Street

• Black Horse Inn, North Hinksey Lane Pic

The former Apollo pub in St Aldates. Image: Oxford Mail archives (Image: Oxford Mail archive)

• Black Swan, 22-24 George Street

• Blue Boar Inn, Blue Boar Street

• Blue Lion, 41 Cornmarket Street

• Blue Mile, 18 Cowley Road, Littlemore

• Boars Head, Queens Lane

• Boat House Tavern, Folly Bridge

• Bookbinders Arms, 6 Princes Street

• Brewery Gate, 5 St Thomas Gate

• Bricklayers Arms, 39-43 Church Lane

• Bullnose Morris, 131 Watlington Road Pic

Former Bullnose Morris pub, Blackbird Leys. Image: Oxford Mail archive (Image: Oxford Mail archive)

• Carpenters Arms, 8 Nelson Street

• Carpenters Arms, Botley Road

• Carpenters Arms, Hockmore Street

• Cavalier, 148-150 Copse Lane

• Chequers, St Thomas Street

• Cherwell, Water Eaton Road

• City Arms, 11 George Street

• Coach and Horses, St Clements Street

• Coach and Horses, 49 High Street

• Cock and Camel, 26 George Street Pic

The former Cock and Camel on George Street. Image: Oxford Mail archive (Image: Oxford Mail archives)

• Cordwainers Arms, 20 George Street

• Cricketers Arms, 43 Iffley Road

• Cross Keys, manor Road, South Hinksey

• Crown, 25 Lake Street

• Crown, 9 Canal Street

• Crown and Thistle, 132 old Road

• Crown Tavern, 3 Cornmarket Street

• Dolly, Cornmarket Street

• Dolphin and Anchor, St Aldates Street

• Druids Head, 35 George Street Pic

• Duke of Cambridge, 5-6 Little Clarendon Street

The former Crown and Thistle pub in 132 Old Street. Image: Ed Nix

• Duke of Edinburgh, 76 St Clements Street

• Duke of Wellington, Wellington Street

• Duke of York, New Street

• Duke of York, Coxwell Street

• Edward VII, 51 Vicarage Road

• Exeter Hall, 1 Oxford Road

• Fair Rosamund, Chestnut Road, Botley

• Fairview Inn, 16 Glebelands

• Far from the Madding Crowd, Friars Entry Pic

• Farriers Arms, Abingdon Road

• Flying Horse, 73 High Street

The former Far from the Madding Crowd pub in Oxford. Image: Richard Cave (Image: Richard Cave)

• Fountain, 11 Cardigan Street

• Fox, 137 High Street

• Fox, Barton Village Road

• Fox, Northway

• Fox and Hounds, 279 Abingdon Road

• Friar, 2 Old Marston Road

• Friar Bacon, Elsfield Way

• General Elliot, Manor Road Pic

• George and Dragon, 50-52 George Street

• George and Dragon, 69 George Street

• George Hotel, 33 Cornmarket Street

The former Friar Bacon pub in Elsfield Way. Image: Oxford Mail archive (Image: Oxford Mail archive)

• George Inn, West Way, Botley

• Globe, Cranham Street

• Golden Cross Inn, 5 Cornmarket Street

• Grandpont Arms, 1-3 Edith Road

• Greyhound, Worcester Street

• Guardsmens Arms, 21 Clarendon Street

• Hare and Hounds, London Road Pic

• Honey Pot, 8 Hollybush Row

• Hope and Anchor, 3 George Street

• Horse and Chair, 13 St Ebbes Street

• Horse and Jockey, 69 Woodstock Road

• Jack Russell, Salford Road

• Jolly Post Boys, 139 High Street

• King of Prussia, Rose Hill

• Kings Arms, 283 Banbury Road

From left, licensees Pat and Margie Durant, manager Joe English and customer Tom Stritch at The Grandpont Arms in 1985 during a visit by the man responsible for the world's strongest beer. Image: Oxford Mail archives (Image: Oxford Mail archives)

• Light Horseman, 51 High Street

• Little Cross, 9 Cornmarket Street Pic

• Lord Napier, Observatory Street

• Market Vaults, 134 High Street

• Marlborough Head, Littlemore

• Marlborough House, 60 Marlborough Road

• Mitre, High Street

• Nelson, Between Towns Road

• New Hinksey Inn, 216 Abingdon Road

• New Inn, 46 Nelson Street

• New Inn, 238 London Road, Headington

• Norfolk Arms, Norfolk Street Pic

• Northgate Tavern, 36 Cornmarket Street

• Nuffield Arms, Littlemore Road

• Odd Fellows Inn, 69 George Street

The former Nuffield Arms pub in Littlemore Road, Cowley. Which is now a Coop. Image: Oxford Mail archive (Image: Oxford Mail archive)

• Old School House, Gloucester Green

• Old Swan, 16 Bridge Street

• Original Jolly Farmers, 1 Cornmarket Street

• Osney Arms, Botley Road

• Packet, 77 George Street

• Parrot, Pennyfarthing Place

• Pheasant, 30 St Giles Pic

• Plasterers Arms, Marston Road

• Plough, 38 Cornmarket Street

• Plough and Anchor, 8 Great Clarendon street

• Plume of Feathers, 73 George Street

• Plume of Feathers, 80 Observatory Street

• Prince of Wales, 80 Cowley Road

• Prince of Wales, 6 Charles Street

• Prince of Wales, 48 St Clements Street

• Princes Castle, Barton Village Road

The former Plough and Anchor in Great Clarendon Street, Jericho. Image: Oxford Mail archive (Image: Oxford Mail archive)

• Priory, Grenoble Road, Littlemore pic

• Punch Bowl, 55 George Street

• Quarry Gate, Wharton Road

• Queens Arms, 36 Kelburne Road

• Queens Arms, 48 High Street

• Radcliffe Arms, 67 Cranham Street (now reopened as the Rickety Press)

• Red Lion, 139 High Street

• Red Lion, 268 Woodstock Road

• Roebuck Inn, 8-10 Cornmarket Street

• Roebuck Tap, Market Street

• Rose and Crown, The Croft, Headington pic

• Royal Champion, 39 George Street

• Seven Stars, 30 Lake Street

• Shelley Arms, 114 Cricket Road

• Shotover Arms, 298 London Road

• Somerset, 241 Marston Road

• Star and Garter, 20 Cornmarket Street

The former Roebuck Tap in Market Street. Image: Oxford Mail archive (Image: Photo: Oxford Mail)

• Star Inn, 52 Cornmarket Street

• Sun Vaults, 63 Cornmarket Street

• Swan, 8 The Croft

• Swan, Bridge Street Pic

• Swan and Castle, 43 Castle Street

• Swindlestock Tavern, Carfax

• Temple Bar, 21 Temple Street

• Three Horseshoes, 9 Oxford Road

• Union, Great Clarendon Street

• University House, Weirs Lane

• Vine, 133 High Street

• Walton Ale Stores, Walton Street

The former Swindlestock Tavern, now Santander. Image: Damian Halliwell (Image: Damian Halliwell)

• Waterman, The Croft, Headington

• Waterman Arms, 34 St Aldates Pic

• Wellington, 61 Cornmarket Street

• Welsh Pony, 48 George Street

• Wharf House, Speedwell Street

• White Hart, 21 Cornmarket

• White Hart, Oxford Road

• White House, Botley Road

• White House, Albert Street

• Woodstock Arms, 272 Woodstock Road

 

Are there any pubs we’ve missed out? Any that you particularly miss frequenting?

Let us know in the comments.

 

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