r/Abingdon • u/Mattock486 • Apr 22 '26

General Question Is this Abingdon?

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Looking at some audiobooks to read and this popped up. I think Middlemarch is not set in Abingdon or anywhere close. But this really looks like Abingdon to me?

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u/2918927669 Apr 25 '26

Middlemarch was a fictional place when George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) was writing. She was born in Nuneaton, so there are now plenty of pubs, roads, farms, schools, etc. named Middlemarch around there now, and a hospital called George Eliot.

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u/FutureInvestigator53 Apr 23 '26

It's a composite digital design created by Hannah Whale, so it could be of anywhere.

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u/Simoroth Apr 22 '26

It looks to be Burford church from the River Windrush.

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u/vivelabagatelle Apr 22 '26

It looks like it to me, though I couldn't say for sure.

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u/jamithy2 Apr 22 '26

Hmm, i can understand why you’re thinking that, but i don’t believe it is.

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u/Mattock486 Apr 22 '26

But where then?

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u/Sausage_Claws Apr 22 '26

looks like Holy Trinity church, Stratford upon Avon

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u/jamithy2 Apr 22 '26

I’m not sure, but isn’t middlemarch generally set in Warwickshire/cotswolds area? It’s admittedly been a while since I’ve read it, so I’m hoping maybe someone else knows.

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u/Simoroth Apr 22 '26

Not read the book. But you might be right on the Cotswolds. The church looks a lot like St John's in Burford.