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Abingdon Missal Master
Abingdon may refer to: Places United Kingdom *Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire ** Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency) 1558–1983 ** Abingdon railway station (closed) United States * Abingdon, Iowa *Abingdon, Illinois *Abingdon, Maryland *Abingdon, Virginia *Abingdon (plantation), Virginia Other countries * Abingdon Downs, Queensland, Australia ** Abingdon Airport * Abingdon, Ontario, Canada *Abingdon Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Other uses *Abingdon (1902 automobile) *Abingdon (1922 automobile) *Abingdon Arms, in Oxford, England *Abingdon Health, a British manufacturer of diagnostic tests *Abingdon Motorcycles, a former British motorcycle manufacturer *Abingdon Press, publishing house of the United Methodist Church *Abingdon Road, in Oxford, England *Abingdon School, in Abingdon-on-Thames, England *Earl of Abingdon Earl of Abingdon is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 30 November 1682 for James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, James Bertie, 5th Baron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon-on-Thames
Abingdon-on-Thames ( ), commonly known as Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Thames in the Vale of the White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England. The Historic counties of England, historic county town of Berkshire, the area was occupied from the early to middle British Iron Age, Iron Age and the remains of a late Iron Age and Roman people, Roman oppidum, defensive enclosure lies below the town centre. Abingdon Abbey was founded around 676, giving its name to the emerging town. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Abingdon was an agricultural centre with an extensive trade in wool, alongside weaving and the manufacture of clothing. Charters for the holding of markets and fairs were granted by various monarchs, from Edward I of England, Edward I to George II of Great Britain, George II. The town survived the Dissolution of the Monasteries, dissolution of the abbey in 1538, and by the 18th and 19th centuries, with the building of Abingdon Lock in 1790 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon Island
Pinta Island () is one of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, west of South America. Pinta has an area of and a maximum altitude of . Names The Spanish name Pintaan adjective meaning "spotted"honors the '' Pinta'', the nickname of one of the three ships of Christopher Columbus's first voyage. Santa Maria Island is similarly named for another one of his vessels and Pinzón Island is partially named for the ''Pinta'''s captain Martín Alonso Pinzón. The island was charted by the English pirate William Ambrosia Cowley as Earl of Abingdon's Island in 1684 in honor of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon. This was later simplified to Abingdon Island. Geography The elongated island of Pinta is the northernmost of the active Galápagos volcanoes. Pinta is a shield volcano with an extensive underwater footprint originating from NNW-trending fissures. It has an area of and a maximum altitude of . The rocks around the north of the island were previously known as Norris's Rocks, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon School
Abingdon School is an independent day and boarding school in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. It is the List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, twentieth oldest Independent School (UK), independent British school. In May 2024, Abingdon announced it would be Abingdon School#Move to co-education, moving to co-education, and would be fully co-educational by 2030. History The date of Abingdon's foundation is unclear. Some believe the school to have been founded prior to the 12th century by the Benedictine monks of Abingdon Abbey, with a legal document of 1100 listing Richard the Pedagogue as the first headmaster. From its early years, the school used a room in St Nicolas' Church, Abingdon, St Nicolas' Church, which itself was built between 1121 and 1184.Abingdon School, A Brief History Retrieved 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon Road
Abingdon Road is the main arterial road to the south of the city of Oxford, England. 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. Location 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 locall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon Press
Abingdon Press is the book publishing arm of the United Methodist Publishing House which publishes sheet music, ministerial resources, Bible-study aids, and other items, often with a focus on Methodism and Methodists. History Abingdon Press was begun in the early 1900s by the Methodist Church, with headquarters in New York City. The name of the imprint is a reference to the town of Abingdon, Maryland, location of the Methodist university Cokesbury College.Alan K. Waltz"Abingdon Press," in ''A Dictionary for United Methodists.'' New York: Abingdon Press, 1991. Cited in United Methodist Church: Glossary: Abingdon Press, www.umc.org/. In 1923 the Methodist Episcopal Church, South adopted the name Cokesbury for its own publishing concern, with headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. When the northern and southern branches of the Methodist Episcopal Church reunified in 1939, the name Abingdon-Cokesbury was chosen as the name of publishing house of the unitary Methodist Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon Motorcycles
Abingdon Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer in Tyseley, Birmingham between 1903 and 1925. It was renamed AKD (Abingdon King Dick) in 1926 and produced single cylinder motorcycles until 1933, when they concentrated on "King Dick" mechanics' tools. History The tool and chain manufacturers Abingdon Engineering was founded in 1856 and started making motorcycles in 1903, when the industry was still very new, with engines from a number of manufacturers before the company developed their own ''Abingdon'' four-stroke 350 cc single and 794 cc V-twin engines, which were used by Ariel and Invicta. Much of the production was exported to the Commonwealth countries. One innovation introduced by Abingdon was the first telescopic shock absorber. Motorcycles of the day often had no front suspension or some form of springs, but Abingdon devised the "Abingdon Spring Fork", a coil sprung, telescopic shock absorber. The First World War halted production but they continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon Health
Abingdon Health is a leading international developer, manufacturer and distributor of lateral flow assay diagnostic tests, sometimes called rapid tests, lateral flow immunoassays (LFIA), lateral flow tests (LFT) or quick tests. Since its formation in 2008, Abingdon Health has developed and manufactured lateral flow rapid tests across multiple industries. Headquartered in York, with sites in Doncaster and Madison, USA. History 2008: Founded by Dr Chris Hand and Chris Yates. 2012: Acquisition of major stake in Forsite Diagnostics Ltd (Forsite); a spin-out from the UK government's Food and Environment Research Agency (now known as Animal and Plant Health Agency). 2015: Dr Chris Hand and Chris Yates are appointed chairman and Chief Executive respectively. 2017: Abingdon takes full ownership of Forsite Diagnostics, and relocates the Group's headquarters to Forsite's York facility. 2019: Growth capital investment by the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund managed by Mercia Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon Arms
The Abingdon Arms was a public house, originally a coaching inn, in Market Street, Oxford, England. The coaching inn was initially called the Red Lion and opened in 1737. During the second half of the 18th century, it was known as the Lord Abingdon Arms and then the Earl of Abingdon Arms, after the owner of the site, the Earl of Abingdon, from 1750. It then became known as just the Abingdon Arms. Other inns and public houses as well as the Abingdon Arms in Market Street historically (during the 19th century) included the Crown and Thistle, the Roebuck Tap (aka just the Roebuck), and the Seven Stars. The building was demolished in 1961 and it was replaced by the Oxford Trustee Savings Bank. See also * Abingdon Road * Covered Market, Oxford * Earl of Abingdon Earl of Abingdon is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 30 November 1682 for James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys of Rycote. He was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon (1922 Automobile)
Abingdon may refer to: Places United Kingdom *Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire ** Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency) 1558–1983 ** Abingdon railway station (closed) United States *Abingdon, Iowa *Abingdon, Illinois *Abingdon, Maryland *Abingdon, Virginia *Abingdon (plantation), Virginia Other countries * Abingdon Downs, Queensland, Australia **Abingdon Airport *Abingdon, Ontario, Canada *Abingdon Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Other uses *Abingdon (1902 automobile) *Abingdon (1922 automobile) *Abingdon Arms, in Oxford, England *Abingdon Health, a British manufacturer of diagnostic tests *Abingdon Motorcycles, a former British motorcycle manufacturer *Abingdon Press, publishing house of the United Methodist Church *Abingdon Road, in Oxford, England *Abingdon School, in Abingdon-on-Thames, England *Earl of Abingdon, a title in the Peerage of England *, a U.S. Navy ship See also * *Abington (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon (1902 Automobile)
The Abingdon, built in 1902 and 1903, is an English automobile made by John Child Meredith of Birmingham, who normally manufactured ignition equipment and accessories. The range consisted of a hp single-cylinder-engined two-seater with two-speed gearbox and chain drive. There was also the Meredith model with a 2-cylinder 9 hp engine and a 4-seater tonneau body. See also * List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom :''This list is incomplete. You can help by adding correctly sourced information about other manufacturers.'' Major current marques Current manufacturers ;A *AC Cars, AC (1908–present) *Action Automotive (2004–present) *Aeon Spo ... Further reading * Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England Veteran vehicles Defunct companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands {{Veteran-auto-stub Cars introduced in 1902 Cars discontinued in 1903 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Abingdon was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in England, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) from 1558 until 1983, making it one of the few English constituencies in the unreformed House of Commons to elect only one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) by the First-past-the-post voting, first past the post system of election. History Abingdon was one of three English parliamentary boroughs enfranchised by Queen Mary I of England, Mary I as anomalous single-member constituencies, and held its first Parliamentary election in 1558. The borough consisted of part of two parishes in the market town of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Abingdon, then the county town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
