history museum in Brightwalton

This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.

Celebrating 400 years of the founding of the old schoolroom, the museum tells the story from the founder Thomas Saunders to the present day school.

Abingdon County Hall Museum’s aim is to present the history of Abingdon and the surrounding locality in the most informative, exciting and accessible way possible. We will continue to develop the…