Owen Massey McKnight on Flickr John Towle (1796-1885) was miller at the nearby Hinksey and Weirs Mills. As a councillor, alderman and mayor he organised Chartist meetings in the 1840s and devised and published a scheme for the drainage of Oxford. John Towle Close, Oxford by Oxford City Council Colour: black Wikimedia: Flickr: Google Streetview OpenStreetMap