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Old Abbey House – decision imminent

Friends of Abingdon Civic Society Posted on 18 November, 2020 by Hester Hand18 November, 2020

The Vale’s “market testing exercise”  announced in July turned out to look much more like a sale process: interested parties were asked to submit best offers by 9 November and to be able to complete the transaction by mid-January. No … Continue reading →

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“Abingdon in 100 Words” Competition Results

Friends of Abingdon Civic Society Posted on 11 September, 2020 by Hester Hand11 September, 2020

The judges of the micro-fiction writing competition, Abingdon-on-Thames in 100 Words, which was launched to coincide with National Civic Day, were delighted with both the quality and diversity of the entries. The entries captured the richness of life in Abingdon … Continue reading →

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Neighbourhood Plan

Friends of Abingdon Civic Society Posted on 6 September, 2020 by Hester Hand6 September, 2020

The new-look Town Crier magazine has some interesting articles. One is about the Neighbourhood Plan consultation – they want to set up a panel based on the “street contact” system used by the Coronavirus Response team and from this will … Continue reading →

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Old Abbey House – update

Friends of Abingdon Civic Society Posted on 23 August, 2020 by Hester Hand9 September, 2020

The Vale of White Horse District Council (the Vale) announced earlier this month that: “The district council no longer needs the house in Abbey Close and is looking for a new owner. The council will test the property market to see … Continue reading →

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Old Abbey House

Friends of Abingdon Civic Society Posted on 1 August, 2020 by Hester Hand5 August, 2020

The Vale of White Horse District Council has issued a press release about the future of Old Abbey House http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/news/2020/2020-07/possible-new-future-old-abbey-house Old Abbey House is a much-loved historic building in the heart of Abingdon. It is owned by the Vale and … Continue reading →

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“Abingdon in 100 Words” competition

Friends of Abingdon Civic Society Posted on 20 June, 2020 by Hester Hand20 June, 2020

We all have a story to tell about our town, and we want to hear yours! To mark National Civic Day on 20 June 2020 and to bring a little diversion to life in lockdown, Abingdon Civic Society and Mostly … Continue reading →

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Help during the Covid-19 crisis

Friends of Abingdon Civic Society Posted on 6 May, 2020 by Hester Hand6 May, 2020

A number of new community initiatives have been set up to help people who need extra support at present: Abingdon Coronavirus Community Response team: voluntary group with “street contacts” who can help with shopping, arranging collection of prescriptions, posting mail … Continue reading →

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Future Events

Friends of Abingdon Civic Society Posted on 16 April, 2020 by Hester Hand8 August, 2020

Due to the Covid-19 restrictions we have had to postpone our AGM, previously scheduled for Wednesday 13 May. We are looking in to alternative arrangements. We have had to cancel the Bank Holiday Walks which would have been held on … Continue reading →

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Getting out and about

Friends of Abingdon Civic Society Posted on 21 March, 2020 by Hester Hand21 March, 2020

Under current Covid-19 restrictions, one thing many of us can still do is go out for walks. There are lots of ideas for places to go on our Walks page – and this also includes downloadable leaflets for some of … Continue reading →

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Annual Parish Meeting

Friends of Abingdon Civic Society Posted on 12 March, 2020 by Hester Hand20 July, 2020

There is a full report on this in the Abingdon Blog. An innovation this year was that people were invited to come along early to talk to community groups (including us) in the Old Magistrates Court. We spoke to lots … Continue reading →

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Civic Soc News

  • Platinum Jubilee Walks from Rye Farm Meadow: Friday 3rd June morning and afternoon
  • Upper Reaches petition takes off
  • Old Abbey House planning application approved
  • Next phase of North Abingdon housing devlopments
  • Doubts over “Oxford Cambridge Arc” project
  • Lodge Hill slip roads – updated
  • Heritage Open Days – September 2021
  • Northcourt Cricket Ground
  • Old Abbey House – decision announced
  • Future of Old Abbey House still unknown – update
  • Old Abbey House – decision imminent
  • “Abingdon in 100 Words” Competition Results
  • Neighbourhood Plan
  • Old Abbey House – update
  • Old Abbey House

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