Place:Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England

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Name
Abingdon
Alternate names
Abbendun     (Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 3)
Abbentonia     (Orbis Latinus (1971) p 1)
Abindonia     (Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 3)
Abingdon-on-Thames     (NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998))
Abingdonensis     (Orbis Latinus (1971) p 1)
Abintonia     (Orbis Latinus (1971) p 1)
Aebbanduna     (Orbis Latinus (1971) p 1)
Type
Town
Coordinates
51.667°N 1.283°W
Located in
Oxfordshire, England     (500 - )
Also located in
Berkshire, England

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Abingdon (or archaically Abingdon-on-Thames) is a market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire in Southern England. It is the seat of the Vale of White Horse district. Previously the county town of Berkshire, Abingdon is one of several places which claim to be Britain's oldest continuously occupied town.

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