Place:


Littlemore  Oxfordshire

 

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

LITTLEMOOR, or LITTLEMORE, a hamlet in Iffley parish, and a liberty and a chapelry partly also in Oxford-St. Mary-the-Virgin parish, Oxfordshire. The hamlet lies near the river Thames, the boundary with Berks, and the Oxford branch of the Great Western railway, 2½ miles SSE of Oxford; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Oxford. ...


The liberty comprises 1,090 acres. Real property, £1,798. Pop. of the Iffley portion, in 1851,214,-in 1861,234; of the Oxford-St. M. portion, in 1851,733,-in 1861,892. Houses, 48 and 87. The lunatic asylum for Oxfordshire and Berks is here; and, at the census of 1861, had 516 inmates. The chapelry was constituted in 1847, and is conterminate with the liberty. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £180.* Patron, alternately Oriel College, Oxford, andCrawley, Esq. The church is a modern edifice, in the early English style; consists of nave and highly ornate chancel, with a tower; and was built and long served by the Rev. Dr. Newman. There is a national school. A benedictine nunnery was founded here in the time of Henry II.; and was given, at the dissolution, to Cardinal Wolsey.

Littlemore through time

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Littlemore, in Oxford and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9961

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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