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Detail from the Abingdon Missal of 1461. Picture of a church.

Abingdon Abbey

Abingdon Abbey was probably founded in the late seventh century, but its great days started when it was re-founded by Bishop…
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The Abingdon ‘Workhouse Estate’ – the redevelopment of the site of the former Abingdon Union Workhouse

The Abingdon Union Workhouse was located on the Oxford Road, opposite Our Lady’s Convent and School, and existed…
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East St Helen Street in 2012 from the County Hall Roof

East St Helen Street

This street is one of the earliest in Abingdon. Roman remains have been found below ground at a number of houses. Running…
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Fitzharris Manor – a gentleman’s residence, c. 1874

Fitzharris Estate

Fitzharris Manor was just to the north of the historic centre of Abingdon. It was surrounded by ornamental grounds and paddocks,…
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Ock Street Fair

Ock Street

Ock Street may have first become an important route west out of Abingdon in about 975 when Abingdon Abbey acquired Marcham…
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Regal Close from The Square in 2013

Regal Close

Regal Close is a residential development which was built and first occupied in 2004.  It stands on the site of the Lamb,…
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The north-east corner of St Helen’s Churchyard in 2013.

St Helen’s churchyard

The parish church of St Helen, its churchyard and the three sets of almshouses which surround it lie close to the Thames,…
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Stert Street Roofs

Stert Street

Stert Street is named after the River Stert, a small watercourse which flows through a culvert under its east pavement, but…
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