{"id":33829,"date":"2025-06-05T22:15:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=33827"},"modified":"2025-06-05T22:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:15:26","slug":"kings-gate-and-abbey-fields-new-roads-old-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=33829","title":{"rendered":"Kings Gate and Abbey Fields \u2013 New Roads, Old Names"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAt the Kings Gate development, most of the building work is now complete. Landscaping is progressing well, particularly along the new pedestrian and cycle path that runs parallel to the A34 at the northern edge of the estate.
\n
\nThis area includes Hasnip Mead, named in honour of Audrey and Keith Hasnip, who both served as Mayors of Abingdon\u2014Audrey in 2002\u201303, and Keith in 2004\u201305.
\n
\nOver on the Abbey Fields development, construction is still ongoing, but some of the new roads have recently been named in tribute to longstanding Abingdon businesses. Goff Way commemorates E. R. Goff, the Bridge Street newsagents, whose former premises are now occupied by the Abingdon Barber.
\n
\nOther road names include Beesley Close, recalling Beesley\u2019s clothing shop which traded in Abingdon from 1883 until its closure in 2001,
\n
\nand Viney\u2019s Close, named after one of the Viney\u2019s businesses. In later days there was a well-known furniture store and earlier a drapery.
\n
\nBordering the A34 near these roads is a new play park. The dry weather of April and May has left the grass looking parched. With rain finally arriving in June, is it too late to save the grass?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the Kings Gate development, most of the building work is now complete. Landscaping is progressing well, particularly along the new pedestrian and cycle path that runs parallel to the A34 at the northern edge of the estate. This area includes Hasnip Mead, named in honour of Audrey and Keith Hasnip, who both served as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}