Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Islip

Islip, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Oxfordshire, on river Ray, 6 miles N. of Oxford by rail, 1978 ac., pop. 600; P.O.; the birthplace of Edward the Confessor.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Islip CP/AP       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Islip

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