residents, no suitable ancient field names could be found that could be adapted for the new roads created at Heyford Hill Lane in the late 1990s. Consequently, surnames of past local residents were proposed, and they were accepted by South Oxfordshire District Council. The names adopted are: Batten Place: Richard Batten was the first Attendant at Littlemore Hospital, which opened in 1846. Buckler Place: J.C. Buckler was one of the original architects of Littlemore Hospital. Janaway: when the Sandford Link Road was built to pass underneath the Henley Road at the junction with Heyford Hill Lane, a property called Dool House had to be demolished. This large house, which stood at the end of Heyford Hill Lane, was built in 1810 by John Janaway, a wheelwright. The house was purchased by the newly opened Littlemore Hospital in 1848 to house the Hospital Chaplain. It later became a home for nurses and a residence for doctors. People from Sandford-on-Thames William Stroudley, locomotive superintendent of the Highland Railway and later the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, was born at Sandford-on-Thames on 6 March 1833. Charlie Walters, footballer, who played for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and won a winners' medal in the 1921 FA Cup Final. References Sources External links Street Plan of Sandford-on-Thames St Andrew's Parish Church Oxford Green Belt Network Villages in Oxfordshire Civil parishes in Oxfordshire Populated places on the River Thames