Abingdon Arms

The Abingdon Arms was a public house, originally a coaching inn, in Market Street, Oxford, England.^[1][2]

The coaching inn was initially called the Red Lion^[3] and opened in 1737.^[4] During the second half of the 18th century, it was known as the Lord Abingdon Arms and then the Earl of Abingdon Arms, after the owner of the site, the Earl of Abingdon, from 1750. It then became known as just the Abingdon Arms. Other inns and public houses as well as the Abingdon Arms in Market Street historically (during the 19th century) included the Crown and Thistle, the Roebuck Tap (aka just the Roebuck), and the Seven Stars.^[1][5] The building was demolished in 1961 and it was replaced by the Oxford Trustee Savings Bank.^[3][6]

See also

• Abingdon Road
• Covered Market, Oxford
• Earl of Abingdon

References

1. "Market Street (off east side of Cornmarket)". Oxford History. UK. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
2. Honey, Derek S. (1998). An Encyclopaedia of Oxford Pubs, Inns and Taverns. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0853615354.
3. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Abingdon Arms". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. p. 1. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
4. "Pub etiquette manual found – The proprietor of the Abingdon Arms pub in Market Street, Oxford, clearly enjoyed a joke with his customers". Oxford Mail. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
5. "Oxford inns and hotels in 1846". Oxford History. UK. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
6. "Oxford Trustee Savings Bank records". Archives Hub. Jisc. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

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