What is Abingdon, Oxfordshire?
{{Infobox UK place |official_name= Abingdon-on-Thames |local_name= Abingdon |static_image_2= ThamesAtAbingdon.jpg |static_image_2_caption= The [[River Thames]] at Abingdon looking towards St. Helen's parish church |static_image= Blason ville uk Abingdon (Oxfordshire).svg |static_image_caption= Coat of arms of Abingdon |coordinates= {{coord|51.667|-1.283|display=inline,title}} |label_position= left |os_grid_reference= SU4997 |london_distance= {{convert|62.6|mi|km}} |area_total_km2=9.09 |population= 33130 |population_ref= ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]]) |civil_parish= Abingdon |shire_district= [[Vale of White Horse]] |shire_county= [[Oxfordshire]] |region= South East England |country= England |post_town= Abingdon |postcode_district= OX14 |postcode_area= OX |dial_code= 01235 |constituency_westminster= [[Oxford West and Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford West and Abingdon]] |website= [http://www.abingdon.gov.uk/ Abingdon Town Council] }} '''Abingdon''' is a [[town]] in [[England]]. It is in the [[Thames]] Valley in southern England, 5.5 miles (8.9&nbsp;km) south of [[Oxford]]. It is the [[wikt:seat|seat]] (place of the [[government]]) of the [[Vale of White Horse]] district in [[Oxfordshire]]. Abingdon was once the county town of [[Berkshire]]. It is one of several places which claim to be [[Great Britain|Britain's]] oldest occupied town. ==History== Abingdon is at a place where people were able to easily cross the Thames. The area has been lived in since the [[Bronze Age]].<ref name=oxt>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oxtowns.co.uk/abingdon/ |title=OXTowns.co.uk :: Abingdon |work=oxtowns.co.uk |accessdate=2 October 2010 |archive-date=26 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826152319/http://www.oxtowns.co.uk/abingdon/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The bridge over the Thames at Abingdon is more than 550 years old.<ref name=oxt/> Work started on the bridge in 1416, and it replaced an old wooden bridge. The Abingdon Abbey was built in 675 AD by the [[Benedictine]]s who called