Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SUMMERTOWN

SUMMERTOWN, a chapelry in St. Giles parish, Oxfordshire; adjacent to the Oxford and Bletchley railway, 2 miles N of Oxford. It was constituted in 1833; and it has a post-office under Oxford. Pop., 1,088. Houses, 250. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £137. Patron, St. John's College, Oxford.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Summertown

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