Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described St Clement like this:

CLEMENT (St.), a parish and a sub-district in Headington district, Oxfordshire. The parish is suburban to Oxford, and separated from it only by the river Cherwell; and has a post office‡ under Oxford. Acres, 580. Real property, £7, 042. Pop., 2, 286. Houses, 495. The property is much subdivided. Many houses have recently been built; and there is an elegant set of baths. A leper's hospital was founded here, in 1126, by Henry I.; and given to Oriel college. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxfo...

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rd. Value, £120. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is modern.—The sub-district contains three parishes and three colleges in Oxford city and eight other parishes. Acres, 13, 210. Pop., 13, 506. Houses, 2, 703.

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