Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Headington

Headington, par. and vil., Oxfordshire - par. (partly in Oxford city), 2172 ac., pop. 2776; pop. of city part, 191; vil., 2½ miles NE. of Oxford; P.O.; in vicinity is the seat of Headington House; on Headington Hill stands the Oxford Lunatic Asylum.


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

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

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