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Long Alley Front View

Long Alley Almshouses, St Helen’s Churchyard

The Long Alley almshouse is an elegant building, still in use for its original purpose. But it also has great significance…
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The Long Gallery in 2010

Long Gallery, Abingdon Abbey, Checker Walk

The Long Gallery is one of the few surviving buildings of the great medieval abbey of Abingdon. Recent tree-ring dating has…
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Maud Hales Terrace, Abingdon Bridge

Although officially in Culham rather than Abingdon, Maud Hales Terrace is passed by all who walk across the bridge to and…
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12 Ock Street

12 Ock Street

The house at 12 Ock Street Is a timber-framed building that has been dated to the late fifteenth century, although it has…
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The courtyard and clock tower to the east of the house in 2007

22-28 Ock Street, The Clock House

The Tomkins family were wealthy maltsters during the eighteenth century and built Abingdon’s three grandest houses, Stratton…
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35 Ock Street, The Old Manse, in 2013. It is now a Church Centre.

35 Ock Street

In the late seventeenth century, many properties in this area were owned by Benjamin Tomkins, a wealthy Baptist. Some time…
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54 Ock Street in 2013

54 Ock Street

From 1937 to 2008, 54 Ock Street and the subsidiary buildings behind it housed the printing works of Leach’s the Printers.…
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86-92 Ock Street in 2013 - a planned development of the 1820s

86-92 Ock Street

These three-storey houses were built soon after 1823 in a Corporation initiative that was unusual for the time. Normally,…
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Old Abbey House

Old Abbey House, Abbey Close

Old Abbey House stands just within the precincts of the former Abingdon Abbey, facing the gateway between St Nicolas’ church…
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The Old Anchor in 2010, with part of the new almshouses just visible on the left.

The Old Anchor, St Helen’s Wharf

The Old Anchor Inn on its present site can be dated to precisely 30 August 1884 when its license was first granted. Prior…
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The Old Gaol in 2008

Old Gaol, Bridge Street

The late eighteenth century was a period when prisons and prison building were prominent in public debate. Criminals could…
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Organ Blowing Chamber 1

Organ Blowing Chamber, St Helen’s Churchyard

The organ blowing chamber in St Helen’s churchyard, Abingdon, is an excellent example of a little-known building type.…
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Our Lady and St Edmunds Church, south elevation

Our Lady and St Edmunds Church, Radley Road

In the triangle of land bounded by Radley Road, Oxford Road and St John’s Road to the north-east of the centre of Abingdon…
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St Helen's

St Helen’s Church, St Helen’s Wharf

St Helen’s has always been Abingdon’s principal church. It is remarkable for its shape, being much wider than it is long,…
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St Michael's from the north-west in 2013

St Michael and All Angels Church, Park Road

St Michael’s was built in 1864-7 on Park Road, just south of the newly created Albert Park. Christ’s Hospital, the main…
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St Nicolas Church

St Nicolas’ Church, Market Place

This church, which stands near the Market Place, is one of the few remaining buildings from the great Benedictine Abbey of…
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2 and 3 The Square

The north-east corner of The Square currently has two buildings: Barclay’s Bank at No. 2 and, to its east at No. 3, a spectacular…
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3 Stert Street in 2012

3 Stert Street

This house stands on the east side of the street and next door but one to St Nicolas' Church. It is a double-fronted, timber-framed…
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The Knowl from south

52 Stert Street, The Knowl

This striking house is even more complex than it appears. It is broadly T-shaped in plan, with the leg of the T having a…
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Summerfield from Wooton Road in 2008. It was demolished in 2012 to allow construction of a block of retirement flats. English Heritage were unable to recommend it for listing.

Summerfield (demolished 2012, was on the Wootton Road)

Summerfield was a large house on the west side of Wootton Road, built in 1902 and designed by Abingdon-born Arts-and-Crafts…
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Tomkins Almshouses, Ock Street

Benjamin Tomkins was a rich maltster in Abingdon and a staunch Baptist. In 1732 he left £1600 in his will as the endowment…
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Trinity the Church from the North West

Trinity Church, Conduit Road

Trinity Church was built in 1873-5 as the new Wesleyan Methodist church. It is on Conduit Road, close to the junction with…
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Twitty's Almshouses

Twitty’s Almshouses, St Helen’s Churchyard

Charles Twitty was an Abingdon man who moved to London and became rich during a long career as a senior official in the Exchequer.…
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Unicorn Theatre in 2010 from the north

Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon Abbey, Checker Walk

The Unicorn Theatre is inside a multi-phase stone-built structure inserted lengthwise into a space between two earlier buildings,…
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