Local Elections on May 2nd

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Local Elections
Caroline Lucas, of the Green Party, was in Abingdon this lunchtime. She spoke to members of the Green party, and some other interested people, and answered questions in the back room of the Brewery Tap.
Local Elections
She is here to support the Green Party candidate for the Abbey Northcourt ward, Cheryl Briggs, in the upcoming local elections on Thursday May 2nd. That is when we, the voters of Abingdon, choose a new Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council, and a Vale of White Horse District Council.

Now is the time that people are thinking of putting their name forward to become a councillor to try to make a difference for Abingdon, and parties are looking for candidates. People can either be selected to stand by a political party, or stand as an Independent. The following link has an introduction on how to become a councillor.

The Abingdon wards are as follows :
Local Elections
Abbey – 2 Town Councillors
Caldecott – 4 Town Councillors
Dunmore – 4 Town Councillors
Fitzharris Wildmoor – 1 Town Councillor
Fitzharris Ock – 2 Town Councillors
Northcourt – 2 Town Councillors
Peachcroft- 4 Town Councillors

Abbey Northcourt – 2 district councillors
Caldecott – 2 district councillors
Dunmore – 2 district councillors
Fitzharris – 2 district councillors
Peachcroft – 2 district councillors

Abingdon Milestones Quiz

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This quiz is about old style stone milestones to be found at the side of the road. They are not the milestones in project management.

All the milestones have a distance to Abingdon, and a distance to another place. So where would you find them?

Abingdon Milestones
A. Isley 9, Abingdon 2

Abingdon Milestones
B.  London LVIII, Abingdon II

Abingdon Milestones
C. Oxford 3, Abingdon 3

Abingdon Milestones
D. Oxford 1, Abingdon 5

I am no expert and have not attempted to date them. A website called A Short History of Waymarks does help. There is also a Milestone Society, founded in 2001, for milestone enthusiasts. Members’ interests also include tollhouses, turnpike history and canal milestones.

Christian Aid walk

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Christian Aid walk
An alternative to the Boundary Walk was the Christian Aid walk from which Jane sent pictures. The sponsored walk started from the Peachcroft Christian Centre, and was well attended. Walkers could either get sponsors before the event or simply turn up and make a donation.
Christian Aid walk
The walk took a route through Sunningwell, and Boars Hill, with refreshments at Bayworth Baptist chapel, and then back to North Abingdon.

Happy New Year – 2019 – with a walk and a dance

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Happy New Year
On New Years Day 2019 people met on Abingdon Market Place to walk the Boundaries of Abingdon, granted by Queen Mary as part of the 1556 Abingdon Charter of Incorporation.
Happy New Year
The walk included talks by Councillor Helen Pighills at various stopping places. She would read the description of the boundary from the charter, try to make sense of it in terms of 2019 landmarks, and then give some interesting historical background.
Happy New Year
The Town Crier accompanied the walk and gave a cry at each stopping place.
Happy New Year
The day was mild and the ground dry and so many more people made it all the way round (compared to the very wet walk last year).
Happy New Year
At lunchtime Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers were performing
Happy New Year
and dancing outside The Punchbowl and round the town centre.

Here is the Town Crier wishing people a Happy New Year during the Boundary Walk…
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