ɐnˈʌðɚ ɹˈɛzᵻdənt wʌz sˌɜː mˈɑːɹtɪn wˈʊd, hˌuː ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti nˈaɪn sˈɛt ˌʌp hɪz kˈʌmpəni, ˈɑːksfɚd ˈɪnstɹəmənts, ɪn hɪz ɡˈɑːɹdən ʃˈɛd æt hɪz hˈaʊs ɪn nˈɔːɹθmoːɹ ɹˈoʊd.
Another resident was Sir Martin Wood, who in 1959 set up his company, Oxford Instruments, in his garden shed at his house in Northmoor Road.