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	Britannia: History of Abingdon (Berkshire)
		Abingdon's history is closely intertwined with that of its Abbey.
		Abingdon Abbey claimed to be the first monastery to be set up in Britain.
		An unexpected delight from the Abbey's past is the 13th century Exchequer Building with the finest medieval chimney in the country.
	www.britannia.com /history/berks/abingdon.html (1921 words)

	Abingdon, Oxfordshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abingdon is six miles south of Oxford, in the flat valley of the Thames and is situated on the west (right) bank of that river, 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.
		After the abbey's dissolution in 1538, the town sank into decay and, in 1555, upon receiving a representation of its pitiable condition, Mary I granted a charter establishing a mayor, two bailiffs, twelve chief burgesses and sixteen secondary burgesses, the mayor to be clerk of the market, coroner and a Justice of the Peace.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abingdon,_England (1092 words)

	Abingdon School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abingdon School is thought to have been founded prior to 1100 by the Benedictine monks of Abingdon Abbey, and the original school used a room in St.
		Abingdon's Combined Cadet Force is nationally acclaimed, with the cadets in the contingent's Royal Air Force section winning the 2002 Ground Training Competition (South East) at RAF Uxbridge, Middlesex.
		Abingdon is also academically a very strong school: the students regularly achieve good results and a significant number progress to the most prestigous universities, including a yearly average of more than 20 to Cambridge and Oxford.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abingdon_School (1301 words)

	mainoagehistory
		The oldest section of the Abbey was built in the 13th century by the great Benedictine Abbey of Abingdon.
		The Sutton Courtenay Abbey was probably lived in by monks and used as an administrative centre for Abingdon Abbey's land and tithe holdings.
		In 1536, the building escaped the destruction that befell Abingdon Abbey at the dissolution of monasteries because it was already held by the king's men.
	www.theabbey.uk.com /mainhistory.htm (387 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 abbey was supposedly founded in 675 either by Cissa, viceroy of Centwine, king of the West Saxons, or by his nephew Hean, in honour of the Virgin Mary, for twelve Benedictine monks.
		Endowed by successive West Saxon kings, it grew in importance and wealth until its destruction by the Danes in the reign of King Alfred, and the sequestration of its estates by Alfred because the monks had not made him a sufficient requital for vanquishing their enemies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abingdon_Abbey (333 words)

	abingdon
		Abingdon was occupied in prehistoric times by settlers of the Bronze and Iron ages.
		Abingdon was the county town of Berkshire, becoming part of Oxfordshire after local government re-organisation in 1974.
		Abingdon is within easy reach of both the M40 and the M4.
	www.townsinbritain.co.uk /oxfordshiretowns/abingdon.html (372 words)

	History
		Abingdon was occupied by settlers of the Bronze and Iron ages.
		Abingdon was the county town of Berkshire, becoming part of Oxfordshire after local government reorganisation in 1974.
		Abingdon is within easy reach of both the M40 and the M4 Abingdon has a population of approximately 35,000 and is served by two principal Councils: Oxfordshire
	www.abingdononthames.plus.com /history.html (700 words)

	Living Streets in Abingdon Branch :: Living Streets ::
		About Abingdon: Abingdon is an ancient market town, now grown to a population of 35,000, so rather outgrowing that description, but still with visible traces of its historic past, including two lovely ancient churches, although sadly only a small part of the old Abingdon Abbey remains.
		Abingdon lost its status as an ancient borough within Berkshire in the 1974 local government reorganisation, and is now in the White Horse District http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk, within the county of Oxfordshire http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk.
		Abingdon's interests are represented by the town council http://www.abingdon.gov.uk which has parish status and limited power, but considerable influence, e.g.
	www.livingstreets.org.uk /what_you_can_do/local_branches.php?a=23 (538 words)

	St Nicolas Church, Abingdon
		The earliest reference to the church, or chapel, of St Nicholas is in a ruling by Pope Alexander III to the prior and brothers of Abingdon in 1177 that the yearly income from the chapel be assigned to the care of the poor.
		The poverty of the church, caused by the sacking of the Abbey and the Black Death of 1349, led to petitions to the Bishop of Salisbury to regularize the income of the incumbent.
		The main portion of the parish was the abbey precinct itself, together with granges at Fitzharris, Northcourt and Bayworth, and the Ock Mill on the Marcham Road.
	www.parishes.oxford.anglican.org /abingdon/stnicolas/stnic2e.htm (3527 words)

	Limited Edition Online - The Magazine for Oxfordshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Benedictine Abbey of St Mary at Abingdon was the sixth wealthiest monastery in England, with a sprawling complex of workshops, cloisters, courtyards, gardens and orchards that teemed with activities: milling, brewing and baking among them.
		Abingdon (‘abbey town’) owes its name to the great establishment, and so powerful was the Abbot’s control over municipal affairs that local resentment flared.
		In the middle is the Abbey Gateway built around 1450, through whose central arch, carved with corbels and bosses, Henry VIII and his court rode in splendour when they visited the abbey.
	www.thisislimitededition.co.uk /printversion.asp?ID=551 (1406 words)

	History of 3 Stert Street, Abingdon, UK
		The eastern boundary was one wall of Abingdon Abbey until the dissolution of the Abbey in 1538, and the western boundary was the river Stert which ran parallel to this wall.
		We know from the cartularies of Abingdon Abbey that in the 13th and 14th centuries the Abbey built properties along this strip of land, which had previously been 'waste' - that is to say, used for grazing pigs and geese.
		And we also know from the records of the heads of department of the Abbey (who were known as Obedientiars) that in the 14th and 15th centuries the Abbey was receiving rent from properties on this land.
	www.mjfh1.demon.co.uk /hist.htm (2333 words)

	Berkshire History: Abingdon Abbey
		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.
		The main buildings of the Abbey were on the left as you proceed up the road through the gatehouse, but they are gone.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /churches/abingdon_abbey.html (799 words)

	Abingdon, Oxfordshire quiz -- free game
		Abingdon is in the south of England, between Oxford and Henley.
		One of the oldest is the "Kings head and Bell" The king in question is the one reputed to have visited this pub whilst his court was based at Oxford during the civil war.
		Abingdon celebrates royal anniversaries by events where the mayor and town councillors throw buns from the top of the town hall.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=183035 (198 words)

	Extra's
		This must have escaped burning when, in 1327, the undergraduates of Oxford came over to help the Burghers of Abingdon in their quarrel with the monks of Abingdon Abbey.
		In the Vineyard, the street leading down to Abingdon, several of the old houses still had vines growing on them, which were used to make wine.
		Woollen clothes were said to have been made in Abingdon in 1343 by John de Bruyn, a burgess of Ghent, but it was in 1648, when the mills of Abingdon were in ruins, that the surveyors of the Abbey lands begged Oliver Cromwell to make provision for the people of the town to make cloth.
	www.abingdononthames.plus.com /extras.html (1800 words)

	Abingdon \| Abingdon 750
		In 2006 Abingdon celebrated the 750th anniversary of the earliest surviving reference to the School – a charter of Abingdon Abbey recording an endowment by Abbot John de Blosneville for the support of thirteen poor scholars.
		Arms of Abingdon Abbey – On St Edmund’s Day, 16 November 2006, a meeting of the St Edmund’s Society was held in St Nicholas’s Church, the extra-mural church of the Abbey built for the benefit of the lay community whose earliest rectors seem likely to have been headmasters of the School.
		Arms of the Borough of Abingdon – 2006 marked the 450th anniversary of the incorporation of the Borough of Abingdon.
	www.abingdon.org.uk /index.cfm?fuseaction=welcome.content&cmid=615 (281 words)

	The Domesday Book Online - Berkshire D-M
		Draicote: Abingdon Abbey and Gilbert from the Abbey.
		Hanlei: Abingdon Abbey before and after 1066; Nicholas and Wulfwin from the Abbey; Count of Evreux; Jocelyn from Gilbert de Bretteville.
		Linford: Abingdon Abbey; Walter Giffard and Reginald from the abbey.
	www.domesdaybook.co.uk /berkshire2.html (438 words)

	ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
		II, which sets forth the actual history of the abbey from 714-718, was written by Thomas of Marlborough, abbot of Evesham (1230-36), as far back as the year 1214, and from 1214 to 1418 by an unknown continuator.
		Comprising a chronicle of the affairs of England, from the settlement of the Saxons to the reign of King Cnut; and a chartulary of the abbey of Hyde, in Hampshire.
		Ralph was abbot of the Cister cian abbey of Coggeshall, 1207-18.
	www.the-orb.net /rolls.html (9365 words)

	Visit Thames - about the thames (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Abingdon, easily accessed from the M4 and M40, became part of Oxfordshire after local government re-organisation in 1974.
		Abingdon was the home of MG, the sporty two seater cars manufactured there for 50 years until production ceased in 1980.
		Abingdon is moving forward after trebling in size during the last 40 odd years, and new developments continue to bring change to this growing town.
	www.visitthames.co.uk /gabingdon.html (389 words)

	The Abbey of Abingdon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Among its abbots were St. Ethelwold, afterwards Bishop of Winchester (954), and Richard de Hendred, for whose-appointment the King's consent was obtained in 1262.
		It is recorded of him that he wore both mitre and pontificals on the Feast of Holy Trinity in 1268.
		Hence Willis supposes that lie was the first abbot to possess the privilege; He was present at the (Council of Lyons in 1272; The last Abbot of Abingdon was Thomas Pentecost (alias Rowland), who was among the first to acknowledge the Royal Supremacy.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/abingdon,abbey_of.html (274 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)

	Hotels in Abingdon. Online booking for Abingdon hotels, Oxfordshire
		Sadly, the Abbey was destroyed by Henry VIII in 1538 following the dissolution of the monasteries.
		Abingdon's intriguing museum is housed in an elegant building with stunning roof top views over Abingdon and beyond.
		Built from Abingdon Abbey’s old corn mill located on an island in the Thames, the Upper Reaches is ideal for visits to the 16th century Abingd...
	www.information-britain.co.uk /hoteltowns.cfm?town=Abingdon&county=11 (396 words)

	Abingdon Town Council - Events in 2006
		Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers have added a new dance to their repertoire in honour of this year's 450th anniversary of the granting of the Borough's Royal Charter in 1556.
		New dances come along very rarely and this one is called Queen Mary's Favour, recognising that Queen Mary granted Abingdon its charter in 1556, ending the years of anarchy and disarray brought on by her father Henry V111's dissolution of Abingdon's Abbey.
		Winners of Abingdon Town Quiz on Friday 14th July in the Guildhall were a team from Abingdon Operatic, closely followed by representatives of the library.
	www.visionwebsites.co.uk /Contents/Text/Index.asp?SiteId=37&SiteExtra=9295215&TopNavId=554&NavSideId=6091 (2128 words)

	H2G2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As well as the existing Abbey buildings, Abingdon also boasts a unique town hall, completed in 1682 by Christopher Kempster, the master mason who assisted Christopher Wren and created the dome of St Paul's Cathedral.
		Until 1974, Abingdon was the county town of Berkshire, an honour that went to Reading when the county boundaries were redrawn and Abingdon found itself in Oxfordshire.
		Abingdon is a market town, and the Monday market has taken place in the town centre since 1556.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/pda/A4298862?s_id=4 (194 words)

	Website-v4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Abingdon Abbey was already important before England was conquered by the Normans in1066.
		It was rebuilt by them, and became one of the wealthiest monasteries in the country, with vast estates in the county of Berkshire and elsewhere.
		The huge abbey church and most other buildings became derelict soon after the abbey surrendered to King Henry VIII in 1538.
	home.clara.net /senrab/page3.html (109 words)

	Abingdon 2006: Abbey House
		Abbey House was opened in the early 1990s on the site of the Old Cattle Market.
		It was named Abbey House, and the older building alongside became Old Abbey House.
		In 2003 the entrance was rebuilt with ramps to make it more accessible, and the area downstairs kitted out as a service centre with desks.
	abingdon2006.blogspot.com /2006/06/abbey-house.html (194 words)

	Berkshire History: Abingdon
		King Edgar the Peacemaker was educated at Abingdon Abbey by St.
		One of the Abbey's institutions which seems to have survived the Dissolution was its educational facility, which is today known as Abingdon School.
		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)

	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)

	Abingdon Museum Friends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Abingdon Museum page on the Oxfordshire Museums Council website has information on current and future museum events.
		Visiting Abingdon: The market town of Abingdon lies on the A415 close to its junction with the A34 trunk road six miles south of Oxford.
		Periodically the roof of the County Hall is opened to the public, and the reward for climbing the stairs is a marvellous view of Abingdon town centre and the surrounding countryside.
	www.geocities.com /abingdonmuseumfriends (378 words)

	Abingdon \| Abbey Arms
		The arms of Abingdon Abbey on one of the ceiling bosses in the Grundy Library.
		The martlet derives from the arms of Abingdon Abbey for the School owes its origins to the Abbey which, first founded in 675, was re-established as a Benedictine abbey in 950.
		It is possible that Abingdon School dates from this period too but the earliest surviving reference is dated 1256 and records the endowment created by Abbot John de Blosneville for the support of thirteen poor scholars.
	www.abingdon.org.uk /index.cfm?fuseaction=welcome.content&cmid=617 (170 words)

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