Longwall Street
Holywell Street and St Cross Road form a junction with the northern end of the street. The High forms a junction with the southern end.
Morris Motors
In 1902 William Morris (later Lord Nuffield) established his fledgling car business on the site of a disused livery stables in Longwall Street. In 1910 he had new premises built on the site for his Morris Motors Limited with a floor area of 4,400 square feet (410 m), space for 60 cars and showroom display windows. The premises are neo-Georgian, designed by the architects Tollit and Lee and built of red brick. Production quickly outgrew the site and in 1913 Morris moved it to a new factory in Cowley, southeast of Oxford. There is a small display with information about Morris Motors in one of the windows of the former Longwall premises.
Gallery
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Longwall Street, Oxford
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The former Morris Motors factory in Longwall Street
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The junction with St Cross Road at the north end of Longwall Street, looking south
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View of the Magdalen College wall in Longwall Street