Abingdon,

Abingdon, a municipal borough of Berkshire, situated at the junction of the Ock and the Thames, 6 miles S. of Oxford, and 60 WNW. of London. 'Abbaddun' (Abbot's town) was an important place in the 8th century, and its Benedictine abbey, rebuilt in 955, was very rich. It has two old churches, and a school founded in 1563 and rebuilt in 1870. —A large clothing manufactory employs many hands. Till 1885 Abingdon returned a member to parliament. Pop. (1891) 6557.