{"id":25215,"date":"2006-08-12T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-12T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/Abingdon2006\/2006\/08\/12\/abingdon-road-oxford\/"},"modified":"2006-08-12T23:01:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-12T23:01:00","slug":"abingdon-road-oxford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=25215","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Road, Oxford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/abroad5miles.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/abroad5miles.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The Abingdon Road is the main road south out of Oxford.<\/p>\n<p>At one time it would have formed part of an ancient saxon road connecting Northampton and Southampton and running through Winchester Abingdon and Oxford. This ancient milestone at <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090108102332\/http:\/\/www.headington.org.uk\/oxon\/streets\/milestones\/abingdon_banbury\/abingdonrd_309.htm\">309 Abingdon Road<\/a> shows &#8220;To Abingdon 5 Miles&#8221;.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/abroadberk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/abroadberk.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>This public house about halfway along the Abingdon Road is a reminder that at one time you <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110906163728\/http:\/\/berksfhs.org.uk:80\/berkshire\/aboutBerkshire.htm\">entered Berkshire<\/a> after crossing south of the Thames at Folly Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/abroadabhouse.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/abroadabhouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Not only the roadsign but also certain buildings are named after the town of Abingdon 5 miles south.<\/p>\n<p>This Annex for Hertford College is called Abingdon House<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/abroadview.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/abroadview.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>The Abingdon Road has three-story houses, guest houses, shops, and college buildings, and a playground on one side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/abroadcrick.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/abroadcrick.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>And on the other side there are allotments, and acres of college sports fields, and a recently built Four Pillars hotel. The hotel replaced an unusual farm supermarket that was there until twenty years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here is one of the college cricket pitches with Abingdon Road behind. The batsman is just about to drag the ball to the nearby fielder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/abroadbusboat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/abroadbusboat.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>And finally Folley bridge, where a red  Salter  notice on the wall announces boats leaving for Abingdon.<\/p>\n<p>An X3 bus is also heading out to Abingdon.<\/p>\n<p>So what you can do is get the boat one way and return on the bus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Abingdon Road is the main road south out of Oxford. At one time it would have formed part of an ancient saxon road connecting Northampton and Southampton and running through Winchester Abingdon and Oxford. 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