Municipal Borough of Abingdon

Map of boundary as of 1971

Abingdon was a municipal borough embracing the town of Abingdon-on-Thames in the county of Berkshire from 1835 to 1974. From 1894 it was nearly surrounded by Abingdon Rural District. It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and merged with other districts to form the new Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire.

References

• Vision of Britain

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Administrative county of Berkshire (1888-1974)

Berkshire County Council

County boroughs

• Reading

Municipal boroughs

• Abingdon
• Maidenhead
• Newbury
• Wallingford
• New Windsor
• Wokingham

Urban districts

• Wantage

Rural districts

• Abingdon
• Bradfield
• Cookham
• Easthampstead
• Faringdon
• Hungerford
• Newbury
• Wallingford
• Wantage
• Windsor
• Wokingham

51°40′N 1°17′W / 51.667°N 1.283°W / 51.667; -1.283

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