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The parish of St Helen's was large, extending well beyond the town of Abingdon. It included the villages of Shippon, Dry Sandford, Radley, Kennington and Drayton, as well as Abingdon itself. In 1372 the parish of St Nicolas was carved out of the parish, so that Abingdon was divided between two ecclesiastical parishes until they were reunited in ...
In 1971, the Penn family sold the home to the Penn House Preservation Foundation, which later conveyed it to the Town of Abingdon. The William King Regional Arts Center managed the home beginning in 1995. Today, the Fields-Penn 1860 House museum is operated by the Town of Abingdon [8] The Tavern 222 E. Main St. 1779
Bagley Wood is an ancient wood. Except for a few years in the 16th century it has had only two owners since 955. From 955 to 1538 it was owned by Abingdon Abbey, and since 1557 most of the wood has been owned by St John's College, Oxford. [1] [2] Bagley Wood was historically an extra-parochial area in the hundred of Hormer.
Initially, it was just houses, although later two blocks of flats were built, Abingdon Court (1901–1903) and Abingdon Gardens (1904), and the freeholder was the politician Henry Labouchère. [1] The Abingdon pub is on the corner with Abingdon Road. The sculptor Matthew Noble died at his home at no 43 in 1876, of pleuropneumonia. [2]
Baker–St. John House is a historic home located near Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. It was built about 1866, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, frame dwelling with Italianate and Greek Revival stylistic elements. It sits on a limestone foundation and has a cross-gable roof. It features paired brackets along the cornice line of the house ...
Abingdon is home to Abingdon Rowing Club, with members from 13 to 80 years old. It has had many successes at local and national races, and also holds its own Abingdon Head race in April, one of the main events in the Abingdon Calendar. Its boathouse is on Wilsham Road. Abingdon Amblers changed its name to Abingdon Athletics Club. They train at ...
Abingdon was a rural district in the administrative county of Berkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on that part of the Abingdon rural sanitary district which was in Berkshire (the Oxfordshire part forming Culham Rural District ).
The final section, from West Challow through Drayton to Abingdon, was completed in 1810. [15] The canal made a long descent from its summit pound near Swindon to the River Thames at Abingdon. Drayton Lock, in the parish is 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (2.8 km) west of the village, was the final lock in the descent, bringing the canal down to the River Ock ...