Abingdon - or Abingdon-on-Thames to,give it its full name- has a strong claim to be the oldest continuously inhabited town in England. There was a Neolithic settlement here and archeological evidence of the town developing on this site - at the confluence of the Thames, Stert and Ock rivers - over many thousands of years. Here, in the centre of its medieval market place, is a plaque celebrating 500 years of its Royal Charter; this denotes Monday a the town's traditional market day with a wide variety of good quality produce and goods available weekly. It still continues today. You can also
Abingdon - or Abingdon-on-Thames to,give it its full name- has a strong claim to be the oldest continuously inhabited town in England. There was a Neolithic settlement here and archeological evidence of the town developing on this site - at the confluence of the Thames, Stert and Ock rivers - over many thousands of years. Here, in the centre of its medieval market place, is a plaque celebrating 500 years of its Royal Charter; this denotes Monday a the town's traditional market day with a wide variety of good quality produce and goods available weekly. It still continues today. You can also see the town's heraldic coat of arms - vet a Cross patonce Or between four Crosses patte Argent - although the green and gold colours do not come out too well in
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