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Oxfordshire Abbandune (968), Ab(b)endone (1086) (DB). ‘Hill of a man called Æbba or of a woman called Æbbe’. OE pers. name (genitive -n) + dūn.
| Aberystwyth, Abertillery, Abersychan | |
| Abinger, Abington, Abington |
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