Abbey Press - older works

Abbey Press seems to be concentrating their efforts at the new Nuffield Centrum, but they still have their older printng works, situated like an island surrounded by the new housing of the Riverside Collection.

The Abbey Press is not to be confused with the Abingdon Press. The Abbey Press is Abingdon born and bred, and the Abingdon Press is in Nashville in the United States, and used to be The United Methodist Publishing House.

The Abbey Press Group have been printing in Abingdon since about 1839, making them one of Abingdon's longest established companies. They are nearly as old as the Abingdon Press in Nashville which has been going since 1789.

The Abbey Press sponsor many events and publications round the town. They got the Abbott of Abingdon installed on the Tesco roundabout. They have also brought us books like:
* Abingdon in camera : portrait of a country town, 1850-1950. Thomas, M. J. (1979).
* Abingdon who's who and directory. Abingdon Town Council . (1993)
* History of the Abingdon Fire Service. Hooke J. (1945).
* Historic streets of Abingdon. Baker, A. C. (1957)
* Cameos of Abingdon. Abingdon Town Council (2006)