In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Summertown like this:
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.
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Summertown through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Summertown, in Oxford and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23774
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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