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	Abingdon, Oxfordshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abingdon is six miles south of Oxford in the flat valley of the Thames, on the west (right) bank, where the small river Ock flows in from the Vale of White Horse.
		Abingdon Abbey was founded in Saxon times, possibly the 7th century, but its early history is confused by numerous legends invented to raise its status and explain the place-name, since -don means a hill and Abingdon stands in a valley.
		Abingdon was the county town of Berkshire and the magnificant county hall and court house, now the museum, was supposedly designed by Christopher Wren.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abingdon,_England (1084 words)

	Berkshire - LoveToKnow 1911
		BERKSHIRE [abbreviated Berks, pronounced Berkshire], a southern county of England, bounded N. by Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, E. by Surrey, S. by Hampshire, W. by Wiltshire, and N.W. for a short distance by Gloucestershire.
		Berkshire forms an archdeaconry in the diocese of Oxford; a small portion, however, falls within the diocese of Salisbury.
		Berkshire and Oxfordshire had a common sheriff until the reign of Elizabeth, and the shire court was held at Grauntpont.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Berkshire (1971 words)

	Abingdon Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abingdon Abbey was a Benedictine monastery located in Abingdon, historically in the county of Berkshire but now in Oxfordshire, England.
		The last Abbot of Abingdon was Thomas Pentecost alias Rowland, who was among the first to acknowledge the Royal Supremacy.
		With the rest of his community he signed the surrender of his monastery in 1538, receiving the manor of Cumnor for life or until he had preferment to the extent of £223 per annum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abingdon_Abbey (333 words)

	GENUKI: Berkshire
		"Berkshire, an inland county of England, on the south bank of the River Thames, having Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire on the north, Hampshire on the south, Surrey on the south-east, and Wiltshire on the west.
		Berkshire is irregular in shape, with an extreme length of 43 miles from east to west, and an extreme breadth of 30 miles from north to south, and an area of 462,210 acres.
		Berkshire Record Office holds 6 inch and 25 inch Ordnance Survey sheets from the first edition in the 1870s to the 1930s as well as earlier tithe and inclosure maps, and manuscript and printed maps, indexed by place.
	www.brazell.net /genuki/BRK (1956 words)

	Britannia Abbeys and Priories: Abingdon, Berkshire
		The Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary in Abingdon was an ancient foundation.
		She possessed a portion of one of the nails of the Passion, which she caused to be inserted into an iron cross and, when she died, this was laid on her breast in the grave.
		This is the tale of the beginnings of Abingdon - the most picturesque part of its history and undoubtedly marking it out as a very early foundation.
	www.britannia.com /history/berks/churches/abingdonab.html (816 words)

	Abingdon, Berkshire
		It was garrisoned for Charles I.; made the headquarters of his horse, and the temporary retreat of all his family; and became the scene of sharp struggles and great excesses before he was conquered.
		The chief industry of Abingdon is the manufacture of ready made clothing, the large manufactory of Messrs Clarke affording employment to many hundreds of persons from the town and the surrounding villages.
		Abingdon Parliamentary Division, or Northern Berkshire, was formed under the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885, and returns one member to the House of Commons.
	www.uk-genealogy.org.uk /england/Berkshire/places/Abingdon.html (1008 words)

	History and Geography of Berkshire, England - Combs & Research
		In 1011, Berkshire was under the dominion of Ethelred II., and in the year ensuing, Swain, King of Denmark, was at Wallingford.
		Prince Rupert attacked Abingdon in March 1646, but failed in his efforts to retake it; and this was the last event of a military nature which took place in Berkshire during the parliamentary war.
		From an estimate made in the year 1806, it appeared that there were in the county 255,000 acres of arable land, 72,000 in meadow and dairy-land, 25,000 in sheep-walks, chiefly un-enclosed, on the chalk hills; 25,000 in other dry pastures, parks, &c., and 30,000 waste, chiefly barren heaths.
	www.combs-families.org /combs/records/england/brk/history.htm (1588 words)

	Britannia: History of Abingdon (Berkshire)
		Abingdon's history is closely intertwined with that of its Abbey.
		Elstan died in AD 971 and, though he was buried at Abingdon, the monks seem to have made little of his saintly remains.
		The main structure of the cross was almost entirely rebuilt, in 1605, by the Fraternity's successors, the Hospital of Christ of Abingdon.
	www.britannia.com /history/berks/abingdon.html (1906 words)

	Mark Pilling Family History - pilg82 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		He died 14 Apr 1839 in Radley, Berkshire, England and was buried 14 APR 1839 (AGE 80) in Baulking, Uffington, Berkshire, England.
		She died 23 Aug 1846 in Abingdon, Berkshire, England and was buried 23 Aug 1846 in Baulking, Uffington, Berkshire, England.
		was born 6 Dec 1816 in Radley, Berkshire, England and was christened 22 Dec 1816 in Radley, Berkshire, England.
	www.eoni.com /~paf/pilling/pilg82.htm (716 words)

	A bibliography of local history in Abingdon A-F
		At the dissolution, the Abbey at Abingdon was one of the six wealthiest in England.
		Samuels: tried at the assizes held at Abingdon, in and for the county of Berks, on Tuesday the 14th of July, 1818, relating to a toll claimed by the corporation of Newbury: To which is added the documentary evidence produced on the trial, obtained from the records of the tower, andc.
		Excavation for the Abingdon bypass revealed at Sugworth, SW of Oxford, a dissected terrace, the Sugworth Bench, covered by a pebbly clay resembling the 'Plateau Drift' or 'Northern Drift' of the Cotswolds.
	www.mjfh1.demon.co.uk /1af.htm (3153 words)

	Combs &c. Families of Berkshire, England
		Berkshire was home to a number of Combs andc.
		For the archdiaconal court this is Berkshire Record Office near Reading, for the Consistory Court of Salisbury this is the Wiltshire Record Office in Trowbridge and for the Prerogative Court of Canterbury this is the Public Record Office at Chancery Lane.
		The Domesday Book adds that "The ruins of 14th century Donnington Castle; successfully defended by Royalist Sir John BOYS during the Civil War, are nearby." According to Castles of Britain, Donnington Castle, Berks, was an enclosure built in 1386 by Sir Richard ABBERBURY, and purchased in 1415 by Thomas CHAUCER.
	www.combs-families.org /combs/records/england/brk (1074 words)

	A bibliography of local history in Abingdon g-k
		Abingdon, Director of Planning and Development Vale of White Horse District Council.
		A sermon delivered at Abingdon, at a meeting of ministers; September the 9th 1795.
		A sermon preached at Abingdon, Berks, October 7, 1781, on account of the baptism of his child.
	www.mjfh1.demon.co.uk /2gk.htm (658 words)

	Abingdon - Family History, Genealogy, Surnames and Local History.
		Parents of 11 children born from 1803 to 1819 all in Abingdon.
		ABINGDON was market town for Berks before transferred to Oxon.
		Lanfear is my wife's maiden name and whilst researching in berkshire this summer we discovered 8 gravestones of Lanfear family members in the churchyard at Avington.
	www.curiousfox.com /history/berkshire.lasso (1900 words)

	Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans - pafg122 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		She was buried on 20 Jun 1556 in Abingdon, Berkshire, England.
		She was buried on 22 Mar 1545 in Abingdon, Berkshire, England.
		Mary BRANCH BRAUNCHE was born in 1544/1545 in <, Abingdon,, England>.
	www.ishipress.com /pafg122.htm (554 words)

	Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs to 1516: Berkshire
		It was alleged that the A of Abingdon had enlarged his market, which during the reign of K Hen I had sold just bread and ale.
		In 1212, the earl of Albermarle claimed that the A of Abingdon’s fair was to the detriment of his fair at Wantage, Berkshire (q.v.
		The earl claimed that it was being damaged by the fair of the A of Abingdon at Shellingford, Berkshire (q.v.
	www.history.ac.uk /cmh/gaz/berks.html (5117 words)

	Berkshire History: Abingdon
		St. Edmund of Abingdon's mother was buried here (before being removed to a nearby cemetery chapel), as recorded by a small plaque.
		Rebellion always remained popular in Medieval Abingdon and, in 1381, it was the only town in Berkshire to which officials were sent to arrest supporters of the Peasants' Revolt.
		It was a rebellion ostensibly against the protectorship of the Duke of Gloucester, although the local popularity of its Abingdon ringleader seems to have stemmed from continued jealousy of the powers of the Abbey.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /villages/abingdon.html (2709 words)

	Neddy's Nook on the Net - Ancestry of My Grandmother, Larkie Bell Hackett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		William BRAUNCHE, Gentleman, was born in 1524/1538 in Abingdon, Berkshire, England.
		She was buried on 25 August 1597 in Saint Helen's, Abingdon, Berkshire, England.
		She was buried on 20 June 1556 in Saint Helen's, Abingdon, Berkshire, England.
	users.aol.com /neddybarney/hackett.html (3569 words)

	The Stennetts of England Chapter I
		However, his first certain appearance was at Abingdon in Berkshire, sixty miles west of London.
		Berkshire had been disputed ground in the Civil War, 1642-1649.
		Many Berkshire towns had changed hands more than once and sharp engagements were fought near the town of Abingdon.
	www.blue-hare.com /stennett/edward/edwardl.html (4454 words)

	Berkshire History: Abingdon, St. Nicholas' Parish Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It was built by the monks of Abingdon Abbey, adjoining the main entrance gate to their enclave, to serve the laymen of the monastery: servants, tenants and visitors.
		Edmund of Abingdon worshipped here as a child, along with his sisters, the Blessed Alice and Margaret Rich.
		Their mother was buried in the church, as commemorated by a modern plaque, before her body was removed to the ‘The Chapel of St. Edmund’s Mother’ (officially dedicated to Holy Cross, St. Edmund and St. Guthlac) in the Abbey cemetery, where the monks could better control the flow of pilgrims.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /churches/abingdon_stnics.html (312 words)

	Abingdon RD Berkshire through time \| Local history overview for the Local Government District
		Abingdon RD was a Local Government District in the county of Berkshire, in England.
		The boundaries of Abingdon RD shown on 19th and 20th century maps.
		Discover other units Abingdon was related to, and how its boundaries changed.
	www.visionofbritain.org.uk /unit_page.jsp?u_id=10135140 (169 words)

	NFP: Images of Abingdon, Berkshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The town of Abingdon is historically in Berkshire, though now administered by Oxfordshire County Council.
		This monastery was later famous as the home of St. Aethelwold and the school of King Edgar and, later, Henry I. Abingdon School, its successor, is the oldest in the country.
		Edmund of Abingdon was also a native of the town.
	www.nashfordpublishing.co.uk /towns/abingdon.html (229 words)

	CJTame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Charles John Tame was born in Abingdon, Berkshire in 1865, the eldest son of George Tame and Sarah Baldwin.
		In 1871 he was 6 years old and was living at 143 New Street Abingdon, with his Parents George and Sarah, a sister Sarah age 4 and brothers, George age 2 and Leonard aged 3 months.
		Sarah, who would have been 14 by now was no longer here but may possibly be living at 5 Winchester Rd Oxford, living as a General Servant Nurse as one of the three servants of a Confectioner by the name of Alfred BOFFIN, his wife Lucy and their 2 children Mary and Edith.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /bob.tame/CJTame.htm (424 words)

	Old and antique prints and maps: England, prints and county maps >>>, Berkshire, antique prints and maps
		Berkshire - Windsor Castle & Eaton College in Buckinghamshire, 1784
		Berkshire, Donnington Castle & St.Georges Chapel in Windsor, 1786
		Berkshire, Ockwells, Porch and Corridor, Joseph Nash, 1839
	www.antiqueprints.com /products.php?cat=116 (615 words)

	annex1
		Margaret Gelling, `The Hill of Abingdon', Oxoniensia, xxii (1958, for 1957), pp.
		G.M. Lambrick, `The Impeachment of the Abbot of Abingdon in 1368', Eng.
		H.E. Salter, `A Chronicle-Roll of the Abbots of Abingdon', Eng.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /history/research/monastic/annex2.htm (4532 words)

	Berkshire - Family History, Genealogy, Surnames and Local History.
		The Green family were thought to be living in the Twyford (Berkshire) area during the 1960's.
		He was born about 1626, reportedly in Berkshire, and emigrated to Delaware in the US around 1650, where he was high sheriff for many years.
		I do not know who his parents were or anything about his life before he came to the U.S. ANYTHING would be a blessing, as I have met my brick-wall on this side of the ocean.
	www.curiousfox.com /history/berkshire_18.html (1225 words)

	Paula Smith's Family History - New
		Fom the 2nd July 1803 until 10 June 1815 Joseph was a soldier in the local Berkshire Militia.
		In 1851 Mary's 83 year old grandmother, Elizabeth Baker, and two of her brothers, George and Jonathan, were living in the same house, but as part of a different household.
		Richard is noted as being from Abingdon, Berkshire, and working as a canal coal man.
	www.home-smith.co.uk /New.html (771 words)

	Surnames P: It's Your History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Berkshire and the War is a unique record of a county's contribution to the First World War.
		Around 9000 men are recorded, mainly from the Royal Berkshire Regiment and the Berkshire Yeomanry.
		However, men from Berkshire served in almost every unit of the British military and so almost all the regiments and corps of the army are represented as are units of the Royal Marines and ships of the Royal Navy.
	www.its-your-history.com /Surnames_P.313.0.html (777 words)

	holiday accommodation Berkshire Wilton House vacation
		During King Alfred the Great's reign, the Abbey was burnt to the ground by the Danes from Reading, and there was a small skirmish outside the town.
		Below, among fine interlace work are a man, an eagle, a lion and a cow: the symbols of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
		King Edgar the Peacemaker was educated at Abingdon Abbey by St. Aethelwold, the Abbot.
	www.wiltonhouse-hungerford.co.uk /holiday-accommodation-berkshire.html (581 words)

	CRSBI: Abingdon Abbey, Berkshire
		The best estimate, which is necessarily extremely speculative, is of the order of 8-9 m inner diameter, quite large enough for the main arcade of the abbey church, or even for a crossing arch.
		Biddle, G. Lambrick, JNL Myres, 'The Early History of Abingdon, Berkshire and its Abbey', Medieval Archaeology 12 (1968), 26-68.
		Slater, 'A Sketch of the History of the Abbey of Abingdon', Berkshire Archaeological and Architectural Society Transactions, 1880-81, 51-62.
	www.crsbi.ac.uk /ed/be/abiab (228 words)

	This is Oxfordshire \| CommuniGate \| Publications and Archives
		The arms of Oxfordshire and Berkshire are at the top and those of the Stonhouse and Bowyer families at the bottom, together with the emblem of the Clerk of the Green Cloth.
		Extracts from the 1881 Census for Abingdon St. Helens, in respect of the Staff and Inmates of the Abingdon Union Workhouse.
		Photocopy of an Indenture dated 8 March 1556 between Richard Smythe of Abingdon and John Tyndale of Abingdon, being a Lease of the tithes of Corn Avile field in Radley for 21 years.
	www.communigate.co.uk /oxford/radleyhistoryclub/page5.phtml (5986 words)

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