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Abingdon (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 17 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.2833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at confluence of Thames & Ock rivers; was site of wealthy Benedictine abbey founded ca. 675; flourished as famed medieval seat of learning; abbey was dissolved in 1538, though its churches remain. |
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| Abingdon (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Abingdon-on-Thames (C,V,English,U)
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| Abbendun (H,V)
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| Abbentonia (H,O)
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| Abindonia (H,V)
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| Abingdonensis (H,O)
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| Abintonia (H,O)
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| Aebbanduna (H,O)
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Abingdon (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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developed as Benedictine abbey; town was chartered in 1556 |
| town (C) |
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| monastic center (H) |
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flourished 7th-16th cen. |
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