Abingdon People
 Nathaniel Dodson, who was vicar of St Helen’s for over forty years, was born in 1787 into a... more |
 Ralph George Campbell Glyn was probably Abingdon’s longest serving MP, holding the seat from 1924... more |
Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, Abingdon’s MP from 1796 to 1807, was an excellent example of what at... more |
 The Peyman family lived in Abingdon throughout the nineteenth century and were an established... more |
John Morton was Abingdon’s MP from 1747 until 1770 and its recorder from 1753 until his death in... more |
 My grandfather, Basil Mayhead, was the last owner of the Lion Hotel on the north side of the High... more |
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The Knapps were a large but close-knit family originating in Chilton, a village between Abingdon... more |
 The history of Abingdon before the twentieth century is largely a story of family dynasties which... more |
 Frederick Thesiger was the most distinguished of Abingdon’s nineteenth century MPs, rising to the... more |
 Sampson Strong was the painter who was responsible for many of the portraits which to this day... more |
 The Stonhouse family – as they are now known – of Radley were influential and at times politically... more |
It is not every schoolmaster who can retire to great wealth and a landed estate, but Robert... more |
 The Knollys family, based at Rotherfield Greys near Henley, were pre-eminent in Berkshire and... more |
 Albert Lock spent much of his adult life living in Abingdon where he was a well-known figure and is... more |
 Although he came to play a significant role in many aspects of Abingdon life, John Creemer Clarke... more |
 Oswald Jennings Couldrey is Abingdon’s best-known twentieth-century artist. He was born into a... more |
 The Tomkins were a large family who were particularly prominent in Abingdon from the mid-... more |
 The sixteenth century was a period of economic upheaval which provided great opportunities to the... more |
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Henry Forty, preacher and occasional religious writer, was the first professional minister to lead... more |
 Airey Neave was the last but one MP for the Berkshire county constituency of Abingdon which was... more |
 William Blacknall came to Abingdon in the mid-sixteenth century and made a fortune in local... more |
 Geoffrey Trease was one of the most prolific authors of his time with no fewer than 113 books and... more |
Oliver Sansom, leader of the Quakers in the Vale of White Horse, was born in 1636 in Beedon but of... more |
Thomas Medlycott was recorder of Abingdon, 1675-86 and 1687-9. He had been born in London in 1628... more |
 Simon Harcourt was of a gentry family whose seat was at Stanton Harcourt. He was educated at a... more |
 Gabrielle Lambrick (née Jennings) was born in south London, her father a hospital administrator and... more |
Thomas Trapham was born in Maidstone. He probably came to Abingdon in about 1630 after marrying a... more |
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Thomas Duffield, Abingdon’s MP from 1832 to 1844, was born in 1782 at Syston, Lincolnshire, second... more |
John Maberly, Abingdon’s MP from 1818 to 1832, was an entrepreneur and a businessman before he... more |
Thomas Richardson was a prominent Abingdon townsman. He built up a grocery business serving the... more |
 On the front of No 39 Stert Street – Mason the draper’s – there is a blue plaque commemorating the... more |
 John Thomas Norris was Abingdon’s MP from 1857 until 1865. He was particularly helpful to the town... more |
 W W Waite was an Abingdon artist of the Regency period. Apart from a period of apprenticeship in... more |
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(Note that there are numerous spellings of Wellesbourne's name)
When, in February 1538, Henry VIII’... more |
 Benjamin Morland was an Abingdon solicitor who has left an enduring memorial in the Old Gaol, which... more |
 John Richardson was Abingdon’s serjeant-at-mace from 1628 until his death in 1663. His functions... more |
 Born in Faringdon in 1868, Thomas Skurray was educated at King Alfred’s School in Wantage and... more |
 Willoughby Bertie became fourth Earl of Abingdon on the death of his father, also Willoughby, in... more |
 James Bertie, who would be the first Earl of Abingdon, was born in 1653. He was a younger son of... more |
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Mary Morland exemplifies the limited possibilities of a woman of her time to make a career in... more |
James Cobban was headmaster of Abingdon School from 1947 to 1970. He is credited with transforming... more |
 Our grandfather, William Ackling, was well known in Abingdon from the 1890s to the 1940s as the... more |
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Aelfric of Abingdon, future Archbishop of Canterbury, started his career as a monk of Abingdon... more |
 John George Timothy West – known informally as Timothy West and professionally as JGT West – was a... more |
John Francis Spenlove, Abingdon brewer and politician, was born on 27 March 1769 in Cornhill,... more |
