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Reader, I married him in Kentish Town (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rochester

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'kentish town' is the definition.
(Rochester is a town in Kent)

'reader i married him' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'him' could be 'rocheste' and 'rocheste' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for rochester that I've seen before include "Jane's husband eventually" , "Earl of ---, C 17 poet" , "One city" , "Man Jane married" , "Novel hero" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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