New Views of Abingdon on Heritage Open Day 2012

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The new stain glass windows in the chapel in Abingdon School were on view at Heritage Open Day for the first time.
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The Town Crier called from the roof of the County Hall for the first time to check if he could be heard.
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There seemed to be more houses open in East St Helen Street than ever, and more houses had their histories in their front window.
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60 East St Helen Street and Twickenham House opened their doors for the first time for Heritage Open Day.
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The weather was just about perfect
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It was a chance to see new views not seen before  of Abingdon.

Where will new Abingdon housing go now?

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housing on the Drayton Road
There was a good turn out to the exhibition today showing the developers plans for 170 new dwellings in a field in South Abingdon.
housing on the Drayton Road
The field in question is east of the Drayton Road (on the picture with the pointy trees in front). 
housing on the Drayton Road
The field in question (with red outline) appears on this map to be one of the few fields on the Abingdon perimeter that is neither floodplain (blue) nor greenbelt (green). Yellow is residential and purple stripes business.
housing on the Drayton Road
The plan would involve a new junction onto the Drayton Road. (thanks to Nigel for sending this mash up map)

The developers have not done the traffic studies yet but say they would look to introduce traffic mitigation measures so that Drayton Road traffic would be no worse or dangerous than it is currently.

There was a high turnout because Drayton Road is such a traffic blackspot and residents were concerned about the traffic impact .

This attempt to develop a field in South Abingdon does raise the question about where can Abingdon expand now.

In South Abingdon there will be a lot of opposition if better infrastructure is not put in place. In North Abingdon green belt land would need to be sacrificed.

Hay Raking in Barton Fields

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Hay Raking in Barton Fields
The volunteers who look after Barton Fields have a massive task at the moment, raking up hay from the wildflower meadow and other areas. Extra volunteers would be very welcome because of the extra volume of hay this year.

Tools and refreshments are provided, including filled rolls for lunch provided you let them know you are coming. They will be meeting at 9:30 am at the Barton Lane entrance opposite Sophos, on Thursday 6th & Friday 7th Sept.

Contact David Guyoncourt on 01235 529151 or email david.guyoncourt@ntlworld.com to book your packed lunch.

Heritage Open Days will be happening this year in Abingdon-on-Thames

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I met an old friend in town today saying that he had not seen much about Heritage Open Day this year.
Heritage Open Days for Newcomer
There will be a stall at the Market Place over the weekend where you can pick up a leaflet if you cannot find one in the normal outlets like the Town Council Info Office, Library or Museum.
Heritage Open Days for Newcomer
There is a display in the library showing What’s On this coming weekend.

There is also a full listing for internet users at abingdonheritage.co.uk  and a facebook page AbingdonOnThamesHeritageOpenDays that has pictures of Heritage Days past. Oxford now holds a similar event with far greater resources – inspired by what happens in Abingdon on Heritage Open Days.

For the latest there is also a twitter feed at @AbingdonHODs. And BBC Radio Oxford will be broadcasting from the Market Place on Saturday morning so you could also listen in.