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== 1904 2017 == == 1988: the Smith family tragedy == In March 1988, a pregnant woman and her twin sons were killed when a Landrover ploughed into them, also destroying the wall at the eastern corner of the church. Brian Price, who lived in Bowness Avenue, Headington, had had a heart attack and died at the wheel while the car was in motion. James and Robert Smith, aged five, died instantly; their mother Maria Smith, thirty- present six, subsequently died of head injuries in the John Radcliffe Hospital. The family lived in Jeune Street. A daughter, Olivia, six, survived.<ref /> == Before then? ==
The Cowley Road Methodist Church on the corner of Jeune Street is an Arts and Crafts stone Gothic building originally known as Wesley Hall. The ''Oxford Chronicle'' for 23 October 1903 (p. 7, col. f) reports:
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The church was opened in 1904.
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It was renamed Cowley Road Methodist Church in 1934.
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