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Abingdon-on-Thames (/ ... Abingdon was an agricultural centre with an extensive trade in wool, alongside weaving and the manufacture of clothing. ... Albert Park ...
In livestock the range is mixed. The area had a large dairy industry, especially in the 1960s, but it was much reduced by the 21st century, with the large fertile fields supported by subsidies. The Lockinge Estate is a longstanding agricultural employer within the region. Natural mineral resources are mined (quarried) in the Vale.
Cothill Fen is a 43.3-hectare (107-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. [1] [2] It is a Special Area of Conservation [3] and parts of it are a Geological Conservation Review site, [4] a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, [5] and a National Nature Reserve. [6]
Parsonage Moor is a 6-hectare (15-acre) nature reserve north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. [1] It is part of Cothill Fen, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest [2] and Special Area of Conservation. [3]
Hitchcopse Pit is a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) nature reserve north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. [1] It is part of Frilford Heath, Ponds and Fens, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. [2] [3]
After Oxford (162,100), the largest settlements are Banbury (54,355) and Abingdon-on-Thames (37,931). For local government purposes Oxfordshire is a non-metropolitan county with five districts. The part of the county south of the River Thames, largely corresponding to the Vale of White Horse district, was historically part of Berkshire.
The park is surrounded by large residential houses and, to the east, Abingdon School, a private school.Abingdon Bowls Club is located in the park. At the northern entrance is a monument to Prince Albert (1819–1861, the husband of Queen Victoria), 48 feet high and designed by John Gibbs of Oxford and erected in 1865.
South Oxfordshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.Its council is temporarily based outside the district at Abingdon-on-Thames pending a planned move to Didcot, the district's largest town.