Mansfield Road is a road in central Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

, England

England

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. It runs north-south with two of Oxford University's colleges on it, Mansfield College

Mansfield College, Oxford

Mansfield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Of the colleges that accept both undergraduate and graduate students Mansfield College is one of the smallest, comprising approximately 210 undergraduates, 130 graduates, 35 visiting students and 50...

 and Harris Manchester College

Harris Manchester College, Oxford

Harris Manchester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Formerly known as Manchester College, it is listed in the University Statutes as Manchester Academy and Harris College, and at University ceremonies it is called Collegium de Harris et...

, and Queen Elizabeth House which houses the Oxford Department of International Development

Oxford Department of International Development

The Oxford Department of International Development , aka Queen Elizabeth House , is a department/institution at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, a unit of its Social Science Division, concerned with the study of international development, global governance, development economics and...

.

To the north is South Parks Road

South Parks Road

South Parks Road is a road in Oxford, England. It runs east-west past the main Science Area of the University of Oxford, where many of the science departments are located....

 and the University's main Science Area

Science Area, Oxford

The Science Area in Oxford, England is where most of the science departments at Oxford University are located.-Overview:The main part of the Science Area is located to the south of the University Parks and to the north of South Parks Road, bounded by Parks Road to the west. Some departments are...

. To the south is Holywell Street

Holywell Street

Holywell Street is a street in central Oxford, England. It runs east-west with Broad Street to the west and Longwall Street to the east. About half way along, Mansfield Road adjoins to the north.New College dominates the south side of the street...

. Also off this road to the east near its southern end is Jowett Walk

Jowett Walk

Jowett Walk is a road in central Oxford, England. It connects Mansfield Road with St Cross Road, running parallel with and north of Holywell Street. The road is named after the well-known Victorian Master of Balliol College, Benjamin Jowett...

, named after Benjamin Jowett

Benjamin Jowett

Benjamin Jowett was renowned as an influential tutor and administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, a theologian and translator of Plato. He was Master of Balliol College, Oxford.-Early career:...

, a Master of Balliol College in Victorian times. On the northern corner with Jowett Walk is the former Geography Department of the University, since 2006 the Oxford Department of International Development

Oxford Department of International Development

The Oxford Department of International Development , aka Queen Elizabeth House , is a department/institution at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, a unit of its Social Science Division, concerned with the study of international development, global governance, development economics and...

 (No. 3 Mansfield Road).

Savile Road is a cul-de-sac to the west with New College School

New College School

New College School is an independent preparatory school for boys in Oxford. It was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham to provide for the education of 16 choristers for the chapel of New College, Oxford....

 (associated with New College

New College, Oxford

New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.- Overview :The College's official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always...

 in Holywell Street close by) just to the north. The University Club sports ground, for use by graduate students and University staff, is based on Mansfield Road, and hosts a football team named after the road, Mansfield Road Football Club, playing in the Morrells of Oxford Premier League, and the Mansfield Road Cricket Club, or Oxford University Club Cricket Club (OUCCC).

The Oxford University Club Hurriers (OUCH) were formerly known as the Mansfield Road Runners.

Halifax House, a social club for people associated with Oxford University, was located to the east of the northern end of Mansfield Road at 8 South Parks Road from 1961. The building has since been demolished to make way for new university science facilities. Evidence of Bronze Age

Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...

 barrows together with later prehistoric and early Roman

Roman Britain

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 field system

Field system

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s was found on the site.

Mansfield Road Club

The Mansfield Road Club was established in 1960 by Jack Cox and Rupert Cecil as a successor to the informal staff club which first met in the old Zoology Department in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It also contains a lecture theatre which is used by the...

, and which later moved to a basement room in Keble Road

Keble Road

Keble Road is a short road running east-west in central Oxford, England. To the west is the southern end of the Banbury Road with St Giles' Church opposite. To the east is Parks Road with the University Parks opposite...

. Jack Cox joined the Biochemistry Department in 1926 at the age of 15, and retired after 50 years' service in 1976. He was responsible for designing attachments for the Svedberg ultracentrifuge

Ultracentrifuge

The ultracentrifuge is a centrifuge optimized for spinning a rotor at very high speeds, capable of generating acceleration as high as 2,000,000 g . There are two kinds of ultracentrifuges, the preparative and the analytical ultracentrifuge...

 and other specialized equipment, and in 1978 he was awarded an MA for services to Oxford University. A twenty-over cricket competition, the Jack Cox Cup, is now played each year in recognition of his contribution to the Club.