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Abingdon Bridge crosses the River Thames at the town of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. It carries the A415 road from Abingdon to Dorchester, Oxfordshire, over the reach of the Thames between Culham Lock and Abingdon Lock. The bridge is actually two bridges, linked by Nag's Head Island. Abingdon Bridge is the northern part towards the town ...
Abingdon Bridge over the River Thames, showing the wide span that Leeming designed to ease navigation Leeming was born in 1899 and served in the First World War. From 1924 he worked in various road engineering capacities for Oxfordshire County Council , latterly as deputy county surveyor until he left for Dorset in 1946. [ 1 ]
Today, the Fields-Penn 1860 House museum is operated by the Town of Abingdon [8] The Tavern 222 E. Main St. 1779 This is the oldest building in Abingdon. During the past two centuries, The Tavern has served as a tavern, bank, bakery, general store, cabinet shop, barber shop, private residence, post office, antique shop and restaurant.
Morland was a brewery in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, [1] and the second oldest brewer in England, [2] until it was bought by Greene King in 2000. Morland's beers include Hen's Tooth, Old Speckled Hen, Tanner's Jack and Morland's Original.
Nag's Head Island is an island in the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England at Abingdon. It sits in the middle of the two Abingdon Bridges on the reach above Culham Lock. The part of the island on the upstream side of the bridge is occupied by the Nag's Head public house, which gave the island its name, [1] a nag being a useless horse.
The town council meets at the Guildhall on Bridge Street and has its offices in the adjoining Roysse Court. [42] [43] Parts of the Guildhall date back to the 15th century, having been originally part of the Abbey complex. [44] Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council's current composition following the 2023 local elections.
Greene King plaque on the side of a pub in Sudbury, Suffolk. The brewery was founded by Benjamin Greene in Bury St. Edmunds in 1799. [3] In Richard Wilson's biographical analysis of the Greene family, he credits various family members for being able to achieve distinction in the worlds of business and banking, literature (Graham Greene, for example) and broadcasting in the nineteenth and ...
The pub has been called "the best known of all Thames pubs". [2]The timber-framed building dates back to 1352 and is of traditional construction [3] with a thatched roof.. The Barley Mow was photographed by Henry Taunt in 1877. [4]