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Abingdon-on-Thames

market town in Vale of White Horse, England, UK
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Summary

Abingdon-on-Thames is a market town[1]. Abingdon-on-Thames draws 2,363 Wikipedia views per month (market town category, ranking #11 of 54).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Abingdon on Thames[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: River Thames[5]
  • Shares border with: Sunningwell[6], St. Helen Without[7], Drayton[8], Sutton Courtenay[9], Radley[10], Culham[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Argentan[12], Colmar[13], Schongau, Bavaria[14], Sint-Niklaas[15], Lucca[16]
  • Postal code: OX14[17]
  • Commons category: Abingdon-on-Thames[18]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[19]
  • Local dialing code: 01235[20]
  • OS grid reference: SU4997[21]
  • Authority: Abingdon Town Council[22]
  • Official website: https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Abingdon-on-Thames[24]
  • Commons gallery: Abingdon-on-Thames[25]
  • Population: 33,130[26]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28]
  • Capital of: Vale of White Horse[29]
  • Category for people born here: Q17334714[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Q28927650[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Abingdon-on-Thames[32]
  • Different from: Abingdon[33]
  • Area: 9.09 km²[34]
  • Historic county: Berkshire[35]

Why It Matters

Abingdon-on-Thames has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Abingdon-on-Thames is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q27510
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27510, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 21w ago · Steinsky · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC±00:00
    Authority → Abingdon Town Council
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Abingdon on Thames
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Oxfordshire"
  3. 21w ago · Jèrriais janne · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Authority → Abingdon Town Council
    Located in or next to body of water → River Thames
    Capital of → Vale of White Horse
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Oxfordshire"
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