In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stanton St John like this:
STANTON-ST. JOHN, a parish in Headington district, Oxfordshire; 2½ miles NNW of Wheatley r. station, and 4¼ ENE of Oxford. Post town, Oxford. Acres, 3,290. Real property, £3,146. Pop., 518. Houses, 112. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £287.* Patron, New College, Oxford. The church is early English. There are an endowed school, with £47 a year, and charities £44.
Stanton St John through time
Stanton St John is now part of South Oxfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Oxfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stanton St John itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stanton St John in South Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10183
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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