Places to see in ( Abingdon - UK )
Places to see in ( Abingdon - UK )
Abingdon, also known as Abingdon on Thames or Abingdon-on-Thames, is a market town and civil parish in England. Historically the county town of Berkshire, since 1974 Abingdon has been the seat of the Vale of White Horse district in the administrative county of Oxfordshire.
Abingdon is 6 miles (10 km) south of Oxford, 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Witney and 19 miles (31 km) north of Newbury in the flat valley of the Thames on its west (right) bank, where the small river Ock flows in from the Vale of White Horse. Abingdon is on the A415 between Witney and Dorchester, adjacent to the A34 trunk road, linking it with the M4 and M40 motorways. The B4017 and A4183 also link the town, both being part of the old A34 and often heavily congested.
Abingdon has no rail service. The small, primarily stopping-service, railway stations at Culham and Radley are both just over 2 miles (3.2 km) away. Abingdon's eastern ring-road and newest suburbs are under a mile which is connected by footpath and cycleway from Radley railway station. The Radley to Abingdon railway station branch line closed to passengers in 1963.
Of the Benedictine Abingdon Abbey there remains a beautiful Perpendicular gateway (common local knowledge, however, is that it was actually rebuilt out of the rubble of the original. Abbey Gateway between the Abingdon County Hall Museum and the Guildhall remains a point of local importance.
St. Helen's Church dates from around 1100 and is the second widest church in England, having five aisles and being 10 feet (3 m) wider than it is long.St. Nicolas' Church, parts of which were built in 1180, is near the museum. Abingdon Bridge over the Thames, near St Helen's Church, was built in 1416.
Abingdon's county hall by the main market square, built in 1677–1680 reputedly by Christopher Kempster, stands on columns, leaving the ground floor open for a market and other functions. The Roysse Room was the site of Abingdon School (then 'Roysse's School') from 1563 until it moved to its current site after an indenture by John Roysse
Abingdon has the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle, which can be found to the north of the town centre surrounded by trees within a housing estate. A long-standing tradition of the town has local dignitaries throwing buns from the roof of the Abingdon County Hall Museum for crowds assembled in the market square on specific days of celebration
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Abingdon County Hall Renovated Just in Time for Queen's Jubilee Celebrations June 2012
This splendid 17th century baroque building housed a courtroom for Assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum. It has been described as the finest County Hall in England. The paving areas around the County Hall have been widened and much improved. In fact there was no pavement at all on the road side, people crossing there previously being faced by rather steep steps.The museum is not yet reopened but will have a permanent MG Cars Room. The newly installed lift only decends to the cellar.
View over Abingdon on Thames from the County Hall
Abingdon also known as Abingdon on Thames or Abingdon-on-Thames, is a market town and civil parish in England. Historically the county town of Berkshire, from 1974 - 2014 it was the seat of the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire until the district council relocated to Crowmarsh Gifford in 2014. Abingdon is one of several places that claim to be Britain's oldest continuously occupied town with people having lived there for at least 6,000 years.
Two Pigeons on Abingdon County Hall Roof
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MG Car Exhibition & Room at Abingdon Museum for 90th Anniversary
MG Cars now have their own exhibition room in the Abingdon County Hall Museum. Although MG closed in Abingdon in the 1970's it has taken until recent years for Abingdon to recognise their importance to the town and the importance of MG to thousands of MG enthusiasts world-wide. I remember several years ago a Museum Curator explaining (incorrectly) that there was nothing left of the MG car factory, indeed at there time there wasn't much.
The MG Car seen in the beginning of this video cause chaos when it was lifted by crane into the building but then they got into difficulties I think they had to a a bigger crane, anyway Abingdon was totally blocked for several hours.
HOK 681W, the last factory built MGB, was retained by the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Collection at Gaydon. It is currently on display in the Abingdon County Hall Museum and was 'posted' into the museum through a narrow second floor window after being hoisted up sideways using a crane.
A special series model of this car is available.
The closure of MG was announced shortly after their 50th Anniversary celebrations in 1979. The closure of such a large part of its economy knocked the stuffing out of Abingdon. A factory that employed father and son was the pride of Abingdon.
Brian Moylan and other members of the MG Car Club have worked hard to restore the MG memory with regular exhibitions and car meets in the Market Place.
The Magic Midget Pub and the Boundary House Pub (Home of Cecil Kimber) should also be visited.
MGB returns to Abingdon
One of the last MGB Roadsters made enters the Abingdon Museum through a first floor window.
Abingdon Rooftop Panorama from the County Hall
View of the Market Place, High Street to the West, Stert Street, St Nicolas's Gate and other remains of Abingdon Abbey ,Bridge Street then behind the County Hall East St Helens with Abingdon's magnificent St Helen's Church. Burford Bridge over the River Thames is also to be seen. Wooded Culham Heights are to be seen and also the Doomed Didcot Power Station Cooling Towers
Abingdon Estate Agents, High Street Abingdon
Connells 11 High Street 01235 555611
Andrews Estate Agents 16 High Street 01235 555553
Chancellors 14 High Street 01235 524505
Blue Door Lettings are just off the High Street at 5-7 Stert Street 01235 524800
Hodsons Estate Agents moved from the High Street some years ago to 5 Ock Street 01235 553686
Thomas Merrifield are also just round the corner at 51 Stert Street 01235 538 000
Oliver James are at 3 Bath Street, with a James Bond telephone number 01235 555 007
Finders Keepers Ltd are at 1 The Vineyard, but most people would think of them as being on Stert Street, 01235 535 454
Once you have parked in Abingdon all the Estate Agents are within easy walking distance.
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The last MGB Roadster off the production line in Abingdon in 1980 returns to Abingdon Museum on 1 December 2011.
Abingdon's Bun Throwing - 29th April 2011
A traditional Abingdon Bun Throwing on 29th April 2011 to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. This 250 year old tradition in the town has local dignitaries throw buns from the roof of the Abingdon County Hall Museum for crowds assembled in the market square below on specific days of celebration (such as royal marriages, coronations and jubilees). The first recorded bun throwing was in 1760. An account by John Waite tells how he managed to catch a cake thrown from the Market House (County Hall) during celebrations at the Coronation of King George III.
Abingdon-On-Thames Town Advert
Advert for Abingdon-On-Thames made for my ICT coursework.
Special - The Royal Visit (1956)
Abingdon & Wallingford.
TV. Royal car passing down through crowded streets of Abingdon. SV. Crowds watching. GV. Car driving up through the reception point. GV. Massed crowd. SV. Queen Elizabeth II leaving car and being greeted by the Mayor, Councillor C. G. Stow. SV. Royal flag flying. GV. Queen unlocks the door of the Town Hall and goes in. CV. Ancient looking document beside a glass case. SV. The Queen signing the visitors book inside the museum. LV. The County Hall building. GV. The Queen unveils a plaque outside the building which commemorates its restoration. GV. Morris dancers. CU. Musicians, one playing an accordion. SV. The Morris dancers. CV. Man holding a pole on which there is a carved oxen's head. SV. Queen with the Mayor watches bun fight. TV. Massed crowd jumping for buns. SV. Aldermen and women hurling buns from the roof. GV. Crowds catching the buns. SV. Alderman throwing buns. He deliberates for a while, heaves with all his might and then peers over to see who he has hit down below. He hurls yet another bun. GV. Crowd down below one holding up hat to catch the bun. GV. Still throwing buns.
TV. Royal car passing down the street in Wallingford. SV. Children waving flags. SV. Queen leaving her car, shaking hands with Mayor, Councillor James Johnstone, and chatting to local dignitaries. SV. Wolf Cubs and Girl Guides watching. GV. The Queen walking down ranks of airmen inside a hanger at Benson RAF (Royal Air Force) station. (this is the Queen's flight). GV. Airmen give three cheers for the Queen.
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Controversy waxes hot over rights at Amersham Fair with Carl Bernard.
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Abingdon-on-Thames Portas Pilot Video
Supporting video for Abingdon-on-Thames' bid to become a Portas Pilot town.
Places to see in ( Chertsey - UK )
Places to see in ( Chertsey - UK )
Chertsey is a town in the Runnymede borough of Surrey, England on the right bank of the River Thames where it is met by a corollary, the Abbey River and a tributary, the River Bourne or Chertsey Bourne. It is within a narrow projection of the Greater London Urban Area, aside from the Thames bordered by Thorpe Park, junction 11 of the M25 London orbital motorway, the town of Addlestone and south-western semi-rural villages that were formerly within Chertsey (Lyne, Longcross and Ottershaw). Chertsey is centred 29 kilometres (18 mi) southwest of central London, has a branch line railway station and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) north of its developed centre is the M3 (motorway).
Its green spaces include sports fields, the Thames Path National Trail, Chertsey Meads and a round knoll (St Ann's Hill) the area which has much expensive domestic property such as Pyrcroft House from the 18th century and the replacement of 'Tara' from the late 20th century. Adjoining are the main areas of woodland and a few remaining agricultural and equestrian fields to the south-west and north.
Chertsey was one of the oldest market towns in England. Its Church of England parish church dates to the 12th century and the farmhouse of the 'Hardwick' in the elevated south-west is of 16th century construction. It grew to all sides but the north around Chertsey Abbey, founded in 666 A.D by Eorcenwald, Bishop of London on a donation by Frithwald. Accordingly, until the end of use of the hundreds, used in the feudal system until the establishment of Rural Districts and Urban District Councils, the name chosen for the wider Chertsey area hundred was Godley Hundred. In the 9th century the Abbey and town were sacked by the Danes, leaving a mark today in the name of the neighbouring village, Thorpe, and refounded as a subsidiary abbey from Abingdon Abbey by King Edgar in 964.
Chertsey is part of the London commuter belt in the outermost part of the Greater London Urban Area and is served by Chertsey railway station and separated from all adjoining settlements by the buffer of designated areas of Green Belt. Measuring from centre to centre, Chertsey is 29 kilometres (18 mi) from London, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) from Addlestone, and 17.6 kilometres (10.9 mi) from the county town, Guildford. The traditional, yet commercially important town centre is a conservation area, joined by an arcade to a medium-sized supermarket and car park to the south.
Chertsey Bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II*listed structure that has the listed City Post at one end and is predominantly of ashlar stone with two white flagstone york stone pavements with a low weight limit and narrow carriageways rendering it useless to HGVs, who have Staines-upon-Thames or a motorway alternative to reach Spelthorne.
Chertsey has an admission-free museum on Windsor Street, which provides considerable information about the history of Chertsey. It features clocks by two local makers, James Douglass and Henry Wale Cartwright. St. Peter's Hospital, originally intended to serve casualties of the Second World War, formally came into being on 12 September 1939.
Curfew House is four narrow houses west of the church, a taller red brick building in a group of five buildings of the same era; the name derives from the cruel King John and Blanche Heriot history and story which took place in the town centre. Below an open pediment are brick pilasters with moulded wood cornice, with dentils. Brick-coped gable ends front the street.
Chertsey station is on the Chertsey Branch Line linking the Waterloo to Reading Line to the South West Main Line in Weybridge, all three currently operated by South West Trains as part of the UK state-owned network, benefiting from a level crossing and a road bridge sweeping north-south traffic around to the west of the town centre. As mentioned the A320 is a mixed dual and single carriageway road connecting Woking to Staines-upon-Thames via Chertsey which is 3 miles (5 km) south of Staines Bridge. Scenic Chertsey Bridge was built in the 18th century, see above, this links to Shepperton. Chertsey is close to J11 of the M25 to two sides of the town (one exit bordering Ottershaw) and gives its name to the intersection of a main SSW motorway, the M3 with the M25 London Orbital Motorway.
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Bun Throwing in Abingdon
Hanisha Sethi is joined by Matthew Stevens from Abingdon County Hall Museum to discuss Abingdon's special bun throwing for 2016.
Abingdon Market Place Panorama
Early morning Abingdon Market Place February 2008, Standing in the very centre on the plaque, NatWest Bank,Bury Shopping Precinct, Costa Cafe,St Nicolas (sic) Church,County Hall,High St. Sun very bright from East. The Market Place hosts a Monday Market, Regular Farmers and French Markets and also many organized events there is always something going on. Coffee Republic had not yet taken Chancellor's empty Premises.
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Oliver Cromwell, King Charles I, Samuel Pepys and William of Orange have all passed through here.
Movie Palaces #177 - The REGAL ABINGDON Oxfordshire - 1935
Movie Palaces #177 - The Regal Cinema, The Square, Abingdon, Oxfordshire opened June 1935, and taken over by Union Cinemas in 1936. Architect Harold S. Scott provided 900 seats in a stadium plan. Taken over by ABC in October 1937.
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Abingdon Bun Throwing for the Queen's 90th birthday
Action from the Bun Throwing event to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's 90th birthday. Held on Saturday 11th June 2016, with the first of 4,500 currant buns thrown at 7pm.
For more information about the tradition of Bun Throwing in Abingdon-on-Thames visit the World of Bun Throwing blog