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==1875-present==

This site incorporates the SS Mary & John Church, graveyard and vicarage. The foundation stone of the church was laid in October 1875, and the present Decorated Style building in Charlbury stone, was designed by Alfred Mardon Mowbray <ref name="churchGuide">A Guide to St Mary & John Church, Oxford: http://www.ssmjchurchyard.org.uk/pdfs/SSMJ1.pdf</ref>. The clock with its three faces in the tower was put in from 1928 to 1930<ref name="churchGuide"/>. The building is Grade II listed <ref>https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/136934</ref>.

This site incorporates the SS Mary & John Church, graveyard and vicarage. The foundation stone of the church was laid in October 1875, and the present Decorated Style building in Charlbury stone, was designed by Alfred Mardon Mowbray <ref name="churchGuide">A Guide to St Mary & John Church, Oxford: http://www.ssmjchurchyard.org.uk/pdfs/SSMJ1.pdf</ref>. The clock with its three faces in the tower was put in from 1928 to 1930<ref name="churchGuide"/>. The church building is Grade II listed <ref name="historicEngland">https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/136934</ref>.

==1870-1874==

In 1868 Father Richard Meux Benson (1824-1915) moved into east Oxford to serve the spiritual, educational and social needs of the growing working-class population. Using Meux family money he purchased the site in 1870. St. John's Hospital for Incurables, opened in 1873, formed another element of this project <ref name="historicEngland"/>.

==Before then?==

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 ==1875-present==
-This site incorporates the SS Mary & John Church, graveyard and vicarage. The foundation stone of the church was laid in October 1875, and the present Decorated Style building in Charlbury stone, was designed by Alfred Mardon Mowbray <ref name="churchGuide">A Guide to St Mary & John Church, Oxford: http://www.ssmjchurchyard.org.uk/pdfs/SSMJ1.pdf</ref>. The clock with its three faces in the tower was put in from 1928 to 1930<ref name="churchGuide"/>. The building is Grade II listed <ref>https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/136934</ref>.
+This site incorporates the SS Mary & John Church, graveyard and vicarage. The foundation stone of the church was laid in October 1875, and the present Decorated Style building in Charlbury stone, was designed by Alfred Mardon Mowbray <ref name="churchGuide">A Guide to St Mary & John Church, Oxford: http://www.ssmjchurchyard.org.uk/pdfs/SSMJ1.pdf</ref>. The clock with its three faces in the tower was put in from 1928 to 1930<ref name="churchGuide"/>. The church building is Grade II listed <ref name="historicEngland">https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/136934</ref>.
+==1870-1874==
+In 1868 Father Richard Meux Benson (1824-1915) moved into east Oxford to serve the spiritual, educational and social needs of the growing working-class population. Using Meux family money he purchased the site in 1870. St. John's Hospital for Incurables, opened in 1873, formed another element of this project <ref name="historicEngland"/>.
 ==Before then?==