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== 1868 [[File:134b- 1963 ==demolishedChurch.png|frame|How the corner of James Street would look today if the church still stood. Drawing based on archive photograph of the former Congregational Church.]]
<code>[[File:Congregational church.jpg|frame|Postcard of Cowley Road in about 1900. The Congregational Church on the site of Tyndale House can be seen on the left standing on the corner James Street . On the eastern corner of James Street is Edward Radbone's grocer's shop and post office at No.136<font face=.]]</code>
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[[File:xxsouth_134b-2017-04.png|frame|2017]]
== 2011? - present ==
[[File:134b-2017-04-squat.png|frame|2017: Squatters open the upstairs floor as a homeless hostel, protesting the lack of affordable accommodation in the city.]]
This is a Sainsbury's Local.<ref>http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/8435983.Sainsbury_s_plans_to_open_Cowley_Road_store/</ref>
The upstairs is vacant office space which has been up for rent for several years. In early 2017 it was briefly occupied and opened as a squatted night shelter by the Iffley Open House group, a partnership between local homeless people and activists formed to provide shelter throughout the coldest months of the 2016-17 winter <ref> https://iffleyopenhouse.org</ref>. The action was widely covered in the local media <ref>13th April 2017, Oxford Mail http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15222410.Squatters_served_court_summons/</ref>.
== 1990s and 2000s ==
[[File:Xxsouth_134b-1995.jpg|frame|1995: Photographed by [https://www.martin-stott.com/ Martin Stott] ]]
Blockbuster Video. Listed as 2 - 5 Tyndale House, Cowley Road in Thomsons Directory 1998 and 2010
Kellys Directory 1952 to 1971 Cowley St John senior girls' school
== No 134 1868 - 1963 == Thomsons Directory 1991 No 134 B J Johnson<br/> Thomsons Directory 1988 No 134 Provincial Home Loans<br/> Thomson's Directory 1981 and 1984 No 134 Gateway Travel Agency<br/> Kelly's Directory 1972 to 1976 No 134 P Adamou, tailor (previously at No 110)<br/> Kelly's Directory 1970 No 134 The Griddle Bar<br/> Kelly's Directory 1954 to 1969 No 134 Estelle Ltd ladies outfitters (Philip Cohen)<br/> Kelly's Directory 1952 No 134 Helène Brown costumier
A Congregational Church stood on the site of Tyndale House during this period. It was established as a mission from the Congregational Chapel in George Street, Oxford in 1868/9, changing its name to Tyndale Church in 1955. It was closed in 1962 and demolished in 1963.<ref>http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/old_oxford/east_oxford/cowley_road.html</ref>
== <code>Before then?</code> ==
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