Abingdon Road
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Abingdon Road is the main arterial road to the south of the city of Oxford, England.{{cite book | title=The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire |last1=Sherwood |first1=Jennifer |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |authorlink2=Nikolaus Pevsner | year=1974 | publisher=Penguin Books | pages=327, 335–336 | isbn=0-14-071045-0}}[http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/?Locale_Abingdon_Road Locale Abingdon Road], [http://oxford.openguides.org/ The Oxford Guide]. The road passes through the suburbs of Grandpont and New Hinksey. It is named after the town of Abingdon to the south.
History
Part of the road was known as the Causey or Causy until the 17th century, after the Grandpont causeway that ran from St Aldate's to Hinksey Hill.{{cite book | title=The Encyclopaedia of Oxford | publisher=Macmillan | chapter=Abingdon Road | year=1988 | pages=1–2 | isbn=0-333-39917-X | editor-last=Hibbert |editor-first=Christopher |editor-link=Christopher Hibbert }}
Location
File:Follybridge.jpg at the north end of Abingdon Road]]
To the north, the road crosses the River Thames at Folly Bridge and becomes St Aldate's, which leads to the centre of Oxford at Carfax, although the one-way system now prevents traffic from taking a direct route. The road is designated the A4144 and joins with the A423 dual carriageway that forms part of the Oxford Ring Road to the south.
At its southern end, the road turns sharply to the west and is known as Old Abingdon Road, crossing the Cherwell Valley railway line over a brick bridge to the south of which is the site of the former Abingdon Road Halt railway station. The bridge is known locally as the Red Bridge, and it has given its name to the area, in particular to Redbridge Park and Ride, and Redbridge Waste Recycling Facility.
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The Duke of Monmouth public house is located on Abingdon Road.{{cite book | last=Morris | first=Jan | authorlink=Jan Morris | year=1987 | title=Oxford | publisher=Oxford University Press | page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordmorr00morr/page/123 123] | edition=3rd | isbn=0-19-282065-6 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordmorr00morr/page/123 }}
Abingdon Road forms part of the A4144 road. It was previously part of the A34 before the Oxford Ring Road was built.
See also
- Abingdon Arms, a historic Oxford inn
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Gallery
File:House on Abingdon Road - geograph.org.uk - 792591.jpg|The castellated Isis House (1849) on Abingdon Road, just south of Folly Bridge
File:The Folly, Abingdon Road, Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 1225403.jpg|The Folly public house on Abingdon Road
File:Oxford AbingdonRd FormerPO.jpg|The former post office on Abingdon Road
File:Oxford AbingdonRd FormerPO VictoriaRelief.jpg|Terracotta relief of Queen Victoria at the former post office
File:Oxford AbingdonRd FormerPO postbox.jpg|Edward VII wall-mounted postbox at the former post office
File:Oxford AbingdonRd WhiteHouse.jpg|The White House pub on Abingdon Road
File:Oxford AbingdonRd Fox&Hounds.jpg|Tesco Express store on the site of the former Fox and Hounds pub on Abingdon Road
References
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External links
- [http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/2271-Oxford-from-the-Abingdon-road/ Oxford from the Abingdon Road] — an old print
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