St Clement's Church, Oxford

St Clement's Church originally stood at what is now The Plain roundabout, where the roads from London and Henley cross the River Cherwell at Magdalen Bridge. It served both the small community of Bruggeset ("Bridge Settlement") that surrounded it as well as the largely rural area that eventually became East Oxford. The first written record mentioning the church was in 1122 when it was one of the royal chapels given to St Frideswide's Priory by King Henry I. One scholar suggests that there is a circumstantial case for the church being built in connection with a Danish garrison sometime between 1016 and the 1050s; this would explain its location close to a bridge and the dedication to St…