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They are intended as an on-line archive covering the most interesting buildings in Abingdon, the people who have lived in them through the centuries, and the businesses and other activities that were carried on in them. They are being built up gradually, and if you cannot find what you are looking for this may be because the entry has not yet been completed. Entries typically start with highlights sections intended for the general user, and then go into greater detail for those who would like to know more.
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For the history of the town see The Abingdon Story.
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Historic buildings of Abingdon

Abbey Gateway, Abbey Close

Abingdon Bridge, Bridge Street

Baptist Church, 35 Ock Street

Barton Court (remains of) Sherwood Avenue

50 Bath Street, Stratton House

Brick Alley Almshouses, St Helen’s Churchyard

Caldecott House (demolished 1972, was on Caldecott Road)

Checker, Abingdon Abbey, Checker Walk

Christ Church, Northcourt

Conduit House, Park Crescent

Former Congregational Church, The Square

The Crown & Thistle, Bridge Street

County Hall, Market Place

Former County Police Station, Bridge Street

20 East St Helen Street, Twickenham House

26 and 26A East St Helen Street

28 East St Helen Street, Unicorn House

30 East St Helen Street, St Ethelwold’s

55 East St Helen Street

60 East St Helen St, The Malthouse

Guildhall, Bridge Street and Abbey Close

King’s Head and Bell, 10 East St Helen Street

Lacies Court, Abingdon School, Park Road

The former Lion Hotel, High Street (largely demolished)

Long Alley Almshouses, St Helen’s Churchyard

Long Gallery, Abingdon Abbey, Checker Walk

Maud Hales Terrace, Abingdon Bridge

12 Ock Street

22-28 Ock Street, The Clock House

35 Ock Street

54 Ock Street

86-92 Ock Street

Old Abbey House, Abbey Close

The Old Anchor, St Helen’s Wharf

Old Gaol, Bridge Street

Organ Blowing Chamber, St Helen’s Churchyard

Our Lady and St Edmunds Church, Radley Road

St Helen’s Church, St Helen’s Wharf

St Michael and All Angels Church, Park Road

St Nicolas’ Church, Market Place

2 and 3 The Square

3 Stert Street

52 Stert Street, The Knowl

Summerfield (demolished 2012, was on the Wootton Road)

Tomkins Almshouses, Ock Street

Trinity Church, Conduit Road

Twitty’s Almshouses, St Helen’s Churchyard

Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon Abbey, Checker Walk

The Warren Hospital (demolished 1984, was off the Radley Road)

48 West St Helen Street
Streets & Places of Abingdon

Places – Abingdon Abbey

East St Helen Street

Places – Fitzharris Estate

Ock Street

Places – Regal Close

Places – St Helen’s churchyard

Stert Street
Historic people of Abingdon

The Ackling Family

John Alder – ‘the lucky cooper’

St Aethelwold

Alexander of Abingdon

Aelfric of Abingdon

Roger Amyce

George Argyle and the beginnings of the Argyle Dairy

Agnes Baker

The Beesley and Barrett families

James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon

Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon

The Blacknall family

The Bostock family

The Bowles Family

Sir George Bowyer

The Braunche family

Mary Buckland, nee Morland

Agnes Leonora Challenor

Bromley Challenor

John Creemer Clarke

James Macdonald Cobban

Oswald Couldrey

Charlotte Cox

Mieneke Cox

The Dayrell Family

Nathaniel Dodson

Thomas Duffield

St Edmund of Abingdon

Faricius (Faritius)

Henry Forty

Sir Ralph Glyn

Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt

Peter Heylyn

Sir John Holt

Sir Thomas Holt

Robert Jennings

George Knapp

William Knollys

Gabrielle Lambrick

The Langfords

Henry Langley

Francis Little

Albert Edward Lock

Edward Loveden Loveden

Archie Kirkman Loyd

John Maberly

Sir John Mason

The Matthews Family

The Mayhead family and the Lion Hotel

The Mayott family

Thomas Medlycott

Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe

Benjamin Morland

George Bowes Morland

John Morton

Airey Neave

John Thomas Norris

Father John Paul O’Toole

Arthur Charles Hyde Parker

Richard Parsons

John Pendarves

The Peyman family – stonemasons and builders

The Pleydells

Bruno Pontecorvo

Elizabeth Poole

Arthur Edwin Preston

Harry Redfern

John Richardson

Thomas Richardson

Oliver Sansom

John Sant

The Sellwood Families

Thomas Skurray

Richard Smyth (or Smith)

John Francis Spenlove

Edward Stennet

The Stonehouse/Stonhouse family

William Alder Strange

Sampson Strong

The Tesdale family

Frederick Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford

William Tiptaft

The Tomkins Family

Thomas Trapham

Geoffrey Trease

Mary Verney nee Blacknall

William Watkin Waite

William Wilkinson Wardell

John Wellesbourne

John George Timothy West

Ronald Harry Williams

The Williams Family

George Winship

William Thomas Garrett Woodforde
Feature Articles

Abingdon Airfield

Abingdon at War, 1642-1646

Abingdon Morris Dancing and the Mayor of Ock Street before 1914

Abingdon’s Boundaries

Abingdon’s gas engines

The Abingdon Morris Tradition 1918 to 2018

The Abingdon Waterturnpike Murder

Abingdon’s Waterworks

Abingdon’s Water Supply

The Archaeology of Abingdon

The Bear Club of Abingdon

Historic Ironwork

The Morland Brewery

The River Stert culvert in Abingdon
