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Abingdon (England)

LC control no.n 84073269
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Geographic headingAbingdon (England)
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Geographic subdivision usageEngland--Abingdon
Variant(s)Abingdon (Oxfordshire)
Abingdon, Eng.
Abingdon-on-Thames (England)
Associated countryGreat Britain England
Associated placeBerkshire (England) Oxfordshire (England) Vale of White Horse (England)
AffiliationAbingdon Abbey
Found inNATO Advanced Research Workshop on Condensed Matter Research Using Neutrons: Today and Tomorrow (1984 : Abingdon, Oxfordshire). Condensed matter research using neutrons--today and tomorrow, c1984: verso of CIP t.p. (Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom)
Bartholomew gaz. of Brit., 1977 (Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
BL hdg. (Abingdon (England))
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 51°40ʹ16ʺN 001°16ʹ58ʺW)
A guide to Abingdon-on-Thames. Second edition, 1919.
Oxford Mail newspaper website, 24 February 2012 (Abingdon has been rebranded; the now Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council hopes the change will attract more tourists to the town; the 'on-Thames' suffix was dropped in 1974 when the town 'moved' from Berkshire into Oxfordshire)
Wikipedia, viewed 6 March 2019 (Abingdon-on-Thames; known just as Abingdon between 1974 and 2012; historically the county town of Berkshire; since 1974 administered by the Vale of White Horse district within Oxfordshire; Abingdon Abbey was founded around AD 676, giving its name to the emerging town)
Collins Britain atlas and gazetteer, 1999 (Abingdon, Oxon.; town, historic market town on River Thames, 6m/9km S of Oxford)
Geographic area codee-uk-en