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The memorial was the focus of minor controversy when all plans to have an anti-fascist memorial in the city center were rejected by Oxford city council, until the current site was agreed upon.
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A view down Headington Hill, along Headington Road, from the bridge which now connects two parts of Oxford Brookes campus.
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family (local brewers), stands on the hill, and is now the home of Oxford Brookes University's School of Law.
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A view up Headington Hill along Headington Road, with an Oxford Park&Ride bus.
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goes up the hill leading out of the city. There are good views of the spires of
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to fight against fascist forces backed by Hitler and Mussolini during the
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which is dedicated to local residents who travelled to Spain to join the
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and died fighting against fascist forces backed by Hitler and Mussolini.
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No Other Way: Oxfordshire and the Spanish Civil War 1936-39
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For the locality in the Toowoomba Region, Australia, see
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Headington Hill section on Headington Community website
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Between 1644 and 1646, Headington Hill was used by the
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Headington Hill, Queensland

Headington Hill is located in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
OS grid reference
SP531063
Civil parish
District
Oxford
Shire county
Oxfordshire
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Oxford
Postcode district
OX3
Dialling code
Police
Thames Valley
Fire
Oxfordshire
Ambulance
South Central
UK Parliament
Oxford East
Headington, Oxford

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