Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CLEMENT-DANES (St.)

CLEMENT-DANES (St.), a parish and a sub-district in Strand district, Middlesex; in Westminster, adjacent to Temple-Bar. The parish contains Clement's Inn and New Inn: and comprises 44 acres, of which 16 are in the Thames. Real property, £57, 057. Pop., 15, 592. Houses, 1, 396. The living is a rectory in the diocese of London. Value, £330. Patron, the Marquis of Exeter. The church was founded about 1022 by a colony of Danes; was rebuilt in 1683; and has a steeple rebuilt in 1719.—The sub-district excludes Holywell ward, but includes the Middle Temple and the Rolls. Acres, 52. Pop., 15, 207.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: St Clement Danes CP/AP       St Clement Danes SubD       Strand RegD/PLU       Middlesex AncC
Place names: CLEMENT DANES ST     |     ST CLEMENT DANES
Place: Strand

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