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Abingdon Related Web-based Resources
The Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council
A website including information on organisations and events.
A long-running chronicle of local happenings.
Detailed walks, information and picture gallery.
Friends of Abingdon Civic Society
Abingdon’s civic society, founded in 1944.
A searchable database of Abingdon men who served in the First World War.
This pack is produced by Wessex Archaeology
Charters of Abingdon Abbey in the time of Faritius
What you get when you are obstetrician to the king's wife and mistresses!
Oxfordshire historian and writer Julie Ann Godson covers the Abingdon area. She has a Facebook Page and a website.
Related Societies in and around Abingdon
Abingdon Branch of the Berkshire Family History Society
(Select the Abingdon Branch)
A charitable organisation which supports Abingdon Museum.
Didcot and District Archaeological and Historical Society (DDAHS)
Sutton Courtenay Local History Society
The Wallingford Historical and Archaeological Society (TWHAS)
Searchable Databases (archaeology and historic buildings)
A huge collection of archaeological record, publications, unpublished reports and project archives.
Allows simultaneous searching of over a hundred archaeological and databases, including the Oxfordshire Historic Environment Record (record archaeological sites, monuments and finds in the county).
Allows searching of Oxfordshire’s county museum collections, History Centre holdings and Historic Environment. A map-based search is available.
National Heritage List for England
A list of scheduled monuments, listed buildings and other protected heritage features and areas.
A database of over 1.6 million artefacts, many found by detectorists. Many of the database entries have images of the objects.
Maps and Aerial Photographs
Digital images from the huge ‘Aerofilms’ collections of aerial photographs from the 1920s to the 1960s.
An introduction to ‘enclosure’ (the process of enclosing the former open fields and commons) and digital images of (pre-1974) Berkshire enclosure maps and awards of the 18th and 19thcenturies.
Maps from the mid-19th century when the system of tithes (payments to the church, based on land) was being reformed. Includes high-quality images of the maps from many (pre-1974) Berkshire parishes.
Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs
A large collection of aerial photographs, many of archaeological and historic sites, taken in the second half of the 20th century.
A large collection of digitised historic Ordnance Survey and other maps. Many are viewable over modern base maps, to allow ‘then and now’ comparisons.
National Collection of Aerial Photographs
Digitised vertical aerial photographs from the 1940s to the 2000s. Free to view and search, but access to high-quality versions needs a subscription.
Access to a wide collection of historic maps and aerial photographs, some viewable over a modern map base.
Publications
Berkshire Archaeological Journal
Access to all back numbers of this journal, going back to 1878
An academic journal, published annually, with articles on a wide range of Oxfordshire archaeological, architectural and historical topics. Access to all back numbers (although the most recent five issues are only available online to members of Oxford Architectural and Historical Society).
An annual round-up of archaeological work in Oxfordshire Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, especially ‘development-led’ archaeology.
Local History Records
A vast collection of historic archives. The search engine allows you to search across many other archives and record offices, as well as the National Archives, in a single search
Formerly the Berkshire Record Office, the county record office for pre-1974 Berkshire (so includes large holdings of Abingdon and ‘North Berkshire’ records).
The county record office for Oxfordshire. Includes records for post-1974 Abingdon, and other material relating to parts of Oxfordshire formerly in Berkshire.