I did see the name Abingdon on a Medical Practice near where I am this weekend but will be unable to report on events in Abingdon-on-Thames. So if anybody has any reports send them to backstreet60@gmail.com. The medical practice is in Glasgow.

Sometimes when away from Abingdon, I come across places with the name as our home town: Abingdon Street in Blackpool is a such a place

Abingdon Street indoor Market has over 70 stall holders. It has been a market since 1928, and underwent a major refurbishment in 2012.

The Abingdon fish stall got a mention by Rick Stein in a cookery book after he used some of the produce. Other stalls also have the Abingdon name, and I got my hair cut in the Abingdon Market for just £7.

Abingdon Street itself is in the centre of Blackpool, close to Blackpool Tower. It runs from the Winter Gardens theatre complex to Springfield Road 400 yards away.

It is mostly a retail street. I could not find why it got the name Abingdon Street. The fishmonger and barber did not know.

While going up Noddle Hill Way in the city of Hull, over the weekend, I was pleased to see a small residential road with the name Abingdon Garth.

In Yorkshire dialect I believe that a garth is a small grass enclosure adjacent to a house. The Abingdon Garth has a fenced grass area near the houses.

The Garths make up an area in the large Bransholme housing estate to the north of Hull. They start with Abingdon Garth, and end with Zeals Garth. There are 25 garths in all, only one starting with X is missing.

I could not find the connection with Abingdon in Oxfordshire but somebody may know.