Cosener’s House and the view back across the Mill Stream.

The stable block created or re-created only back in 2005.

And the view through the rafters.

Finally Cosener’s Houses itself. A place for conferences, weddings, meals and hospitality. It took it’s name from the Cosener, that is the Cuisinier or Kitchener (the official responsible for providing food for the Abbey). It is owned by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), formed in 2007, following the merger of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council and some other august scientific Council.

I’m not sure where Carl found all these good old knockers in Abingdon but there are plenty more pictures like these in his album…

Langford & Sons Corn & Coal Merchants, now houses Oxfam.

And a short length of guttering. The down pipe could be original.

I think Carl is going back to the States in the next few days, and since he has given me free access to his online photo album I’m going to use a few of his pictures over the next few days.

First “Liberty Protected or Caged?“

Abingdon’s very own Liberty is less than a stone’s throw from the Market Place but do you know where it is?