Location

The road runs north–south between Frenchay Road to the north and Polstead Road

Polstead Road

Polstead Road is a residential road that runs between Kingston Road and Hayfield Road to the west and the Woodstock Road to the east, in the suburb of North Oxford, England. Half way along it forms the southern junction of Chalfont Road...

 to the south. To the west is Hayfield Road

Hayfield Road

Hayfield Road is a residential road that runs north-south in Walton Manor, north Oxford, England.- Location :To the south, the road continues as Kingston Road, although it is block to through traffic. Aristotle Lane leads off to the west over the Oxford Canal towards Port Meadow...

 and to the east is Woodstock Road

Woodstock Road

Woodstock Road is a major road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' to the south, north towards Woodstock through the leafy suburb of North Oxford. To the east is the Banbury Road, which it meets at the junction with St Giles'.-Buildings:...

. The houses in Chalfont Road have been described as "small large house(s)" as opposed to the "large small house(s)" in the Southmoor Road

Southmoor Road

Southmoor Road is a road in Walton Manor, north Oxford, England.- Location:The road runs north-south, with a turn to the east to join Kingston Road, which runs parallel to the east, at its northern end. At the southern end, there is a junction with Longworth Road and Walton Well Road...

 area to the southwest.

History

Houses in the road were originally leased between 1890 and 1904 as part of the North Oxford

North Oxford

North Oxford is a suburban part of the city of Oxford in England. It was owned for many centuries largely by St John's College, Oxford and many of the area's Victorian houses were initially sold on leasehold by the College....

 estate of St John's College

St John's College, Oxford

__FORCETOC__St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, one of the larger Oxford colleges with approximately 390 undergraduates, 200 postgraduates and over 100 academic staff. It was founded by Sir Thomas White, a merchant, in 1555, whose heart is buried in the chapel of...

. The houses were nearly all designed by Harry Wilkinson Moore

Harry Wilkinson Moore

Harry Wilkinson Moore, FRIBA was a Victorian and Edwardian architect. He was the son of Arthur Moore and Mary Wilkinson , and a nephew of the architects George Wilkinson and William Wilkinson.-Career:...

. The provision of a tram service from the centre of Oxford to St Margaret's Road

St Margaret's Road

St Margaret's Road is a road in North Oxford, England. It runs between Kingston Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east, crossing Woodstock Road. To the south are Farndon Road to the west and Canterbury Road to the east...

 in 1882 made it possible to expand the building of the estate further north to Chalfont Road and Frenchay Road.

The psychiatrist Anthony Storr

Anthony Storr

Anthony Storr was an English psychiatrist and author. Born in London, he was a child who was to endure the typical trauma of early 20th century boarding schools. He was educated at Winchester College, Christ's College , and Westminster Hospital. He qualified as a doctor in 1944, and subsequently...

 (1920–2001), a Fellow of Green College, Oxford

Green College, Oxford

Green College was a graduate college of the University of Oxford in England. It was centred around an architecturally appealing 18th century building: the Radcliffe Observatory, which is modelled after the ancient "Tower of the Winds" in Athens....

, lived in Chalfont Road.