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St Nicolas Church Abingdon

 

This week we  Visit St Nicolas Abingdon, a church which dominates the market square in the town. Rather that cut and paste the history of the church from Wikipedia clock on the link above and you can read it's own page. There is not much to see around the church so the blog is going to be shorter that I normally provide. I am aiming to visit again as I found out when the church is open so I will write another blog showing the inside. The photos are all taken with my iPhone

St Nicolas from the market square

The tower

Bit further along is the chancel end of the church

This is what is over to the left of the last photo, the back of Abbey Gateway

But blurry this but shows the extent of the churchyard, not a lot as you can see

The board nearby tells you of the history of the church and a couple of tantalising  photos of the inside

Walking up the side at the end are a few headstones that look like they were moved from their original position

These may well have been here or like the others moved

Back out and I'm off to the next church with a view of the Abbey Gateway. There was an abbey in the town until Henry VIII decided to take all their wealth and tore it down, it would have been on the other side of that blue fence in the distance. You can still see parts of it in the Abbey Gardens

This is the centre piece of the Gateway

I will leave you with this view of the Church and Abbey Gateway which was taken from the top of the old Town Hall. Follow the link to see the inside on my revisit

Till next time have a peaceful weekend

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