Place:Oxford St. Mary the Virgin, Oxfordshire, England

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NameOxford St. Mary the Virgin
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Located inOxfordshire, England
See alsoOxford, Oxfordshire, Englandcity in which it was located

St. Mary Magdalene has been the university church from an early date. The parish included part of the township of Littlemore 2½ miles east of Oxford. Littlemore remained part of St. Mary's parish until 1847 when it became a separate ecclesiastical parish. (Source: Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, Volume 4, the City of Oxford, chapter entitled "Ancient Parish Churches".)

Start of Parish Registers 1599 Start of Bishops Transcripts 1599
Colleges Included All Souls College, Brasenose College, St Mary Hall, and Oriel College.
Location Bounded on the north by Oxford St. Mary Magdalene, on the east by Oxford St. Peter in the East, on the south by Oxford St. John the Baptist and the grounds of Oxford Cathedral, and on the west by Oxford All Saints and Oxford St. Michael.
Later History Civil parish absorbed into the civil parish of Oxford in 1926. Ecclesiastical parish continued to exist. A proposal of 1932 to unite the benefice of St. Mary's with the joint benefice of St. Peter-in-the-East and St. Cross was effected only in 1966.

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