Abingdon Road is the main arterial road to the south of the city of

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. The road passes through the suburbs of

Grandpont Grandpont is a mainly residential area in south Oxford. It is west of Abingdon Road, and consists mainly of narrow streets that run at right angles to the main road, with terraced late-Victorian and Edwardian houses. It also contains the Grandp ...

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

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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

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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 locally as the Red Bridge, and it has given its name to the area, in particular to Redbridge Park and Ride, and Redbridge Waste Recycling Facility. Oxford AbingdonRd DukeOfMonmouth

The Duke of Monmouth

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is located on Abingdon Road. Abingdon Road forms part of the

A4144 road The A4144 road is an A road in Oxford, England. It links Upper Wolvercote in the north and Redbridge in the south via central Oxford. The A4144 consists largely of Woodstock Road in the north and Abingdon Road in the south. It also includ ...

. It was previously part of the A34 before the Oxford Ring Road was built.

Gallery

File:House on Abingdon Road - geograph.org.uk - 792591.jpg, The castellated ''Isis House'' (1849) on Abingdon Road, just south of Folly Bridge File:The Folly, Abingdon Road, Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 1225403.jpg, The Folly

on Abingdon Road File:Oxford AbingdonRd FormerPO.jpg, The former

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on Abingdon Road File:Oxford AbingdonRd FormerPO VictoriaRelief.jpg, Terracotta relief of

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at the former post office File:Oxford AbingdonRd FormerPO postbox.jpg,

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wall-mounted postbox at the former post office File:Oxford AbingdonRd WhiteHouse.jpg, The White House pub on Abingdon Road File:Oxford AbingdonRd Fox&Hounds.jpg,

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store on the site of the former Fox and Hounds pub on Abingdon Road

References

External links

Oxford from the Abingdon Road
— an old print Streets in Oxford Roads in Oxfordshire {{England-road-stub

History

Location

See also

Gallery

References

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