== ?Date - present ==
This is a fish & chip shop. Istanbul Grill previously Poseidon. Currently closed (temporarily?). 186a (upstairs) Rounciman & Co, accountants
== 1988 - 1991 ==
Thomsons Directory 1988 No 186 Aid For India (The Karuna Trust), and The Golden Scissors hairdressers, who also had a branch in St Aldates. By 1991 the Cowley Road branch had moved to No 268. Thomsons 1991 Karuna Trust
== 1960s ==
Kellys Directory 1962 to 1969 No 186 Oxford & District Co-op chemists
== 1940s - 1950s ==
Kellys Directory 1943 to 1960 No 186 William Webb fruiterer
== Before then? ==