Abingdon, View From The Elms 1890
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We are now on the Oxfordshire bank. This is a view looking east, with Nag's Head Island in the middle distance. The fortress- like building at the far left is the former Abingdon Gaol, which was built between 1805 and 1811 to designs by Daniel Harris, an Oxford architect. This was an attempt by the borough to keep the county assizes and prevent them going permanently to Reading. The gaol had a short life: the assizes were finally lost, and it closed in 1868. A recent use as an arts centre has collapsed, and it remains boarded up (2004).
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