Parish Noticeboard Installers In Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

Abingdon-on-Thames ( AB-ing-dən), commonly known as Abingdon, is a historic promote town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames. Historically the county town of Berkshire, Abingdon has been administered previously 1974 by the Vale of White Horse district within Oxfordshire. The Place was occupied from the early to center Iron Age and the remains of a late Iron Age and Roman defensive enclosure lies under the town centre. Abingdon Abbey was founded regarding 676, giving its herald to the emerging town. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Abingdon was an agricultural centre with an extensive trade in wool, alongside weaving and the manufacture of clothing. Charters for the holding of markets and fairs were arranged by various monarchs, from Edward I to George II.

The town survived the dissolution of the abbey in 1538, and by the 18th and 19th centuries, with the building of Abingdon Lock in 1790 and the Wilts & Berks Canal in 1810, Abingdon was on important routes for goods transport. In 1856 the Abingdon Railway opened, linking the town subsequently the Great Western Railway. The canal was solitary in 1906 but a voluntary trust is now functional to modernize and re-open it. Abingdon railway station was closed to passengers in September 1963. The pedigree remained read for goods until 1984, its role including serving the MG car factory, which operated from 1929 to 1980.