Abingdon, Virginia is a great day trip and is located about 132 miles southwest of my home off Interstate 81. It is a charming town and one that I have visited many times before moving to Virginia. I love its atmosphere and visits here never disappoint.
The area we now call Abingdon was first surveyed by Dr. Thomas Walker and the Loyal Land Company, in the years 1749-1750. There was no immediate effort to settle the lands; and the next mention of the area was in 1760, when Daniel Boone and his exploration party were camped at a spring near the ground where a fort would later be built.
The town of Abingdon was possibly named after Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, the ancestral home of Martha Washington. Other possible origins of the name include Daniel Boone's home in Abington, Pennsylvania, or Lord Abingdon, friend of settler William Campbell.
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The town of Abingdon was possibly named after Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, the ancestral home of Martha Washington. Other possible origins of the name include Daniel Boone's home in Abington, Pennsylvania, or Lord Abingdon, friend of settler William Campbell.
Do stop by and visit SKYWATCH FRIDAY. This meme is hosted by: Klaus Sandy Ivar Wren Fishing Guy Louise who do a fab job. We had over 300 participants last week. Come on and join in the summer fun!
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56 comments:
Lovely blue sky with fluffy white clouds. It must have been a gorgeous day when you visited Abingdon. ;-)
Lovely architecture and nice saturated blue sky.
Have a great weekend!
Aren't those beautifully angled shots! I love the vignette effect on the edges. It looks like a memory... a childhood memory. Beautiful blue skies.
Are you in VA...? You might see another roll cloud today. Rough weather ahead.
What a gorgeous day it must have been! Love the blue sky and white clouds! Perfect backdrop for the church steeples! Great post, as always!
Have a great weekend, Erin!
Sylvia
Another fantastic skies!
perfect summer photos.....
Gill in Canada
Beautiful framework... the details on this roof is terrific and that bright blue sky is a perfect backdrop!
Loving these .. just ... no, not 'just' .. completely lovely
Wonderful shots!
Architectural elements against a blue sky - done well.
That's a nice part of the country.
My post is here: Carletta’s Captures.
A nice way of zooming in - the structure and pattern of that roof was very interesting.
Great photos, as always, and some interesting historical connections to the town.
Great collection of photos for sky watch friday, thanks for sharing with us all. Always interesting to learn about the different places we get to see via the blog posts.
Very nice. I love old architecture.
These just make me smile. Such lovely happy summer colours. And lovely composition too.
Janice.
Nice set of pictures, love the contrast in the first one!!
Have a nice SWF.
Great photos, nice series.
Nice history writeup.
thanks for the visit.
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Troy and Martha
Those are such beautiful shots and an interesting post.
Great SWF contributions - looks like an awesome day
Beautiful blue!
Great shots!
Gr.
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BEAUTIFUL! :)
Lovely light colors and very nice segments.
I love the soft, dreamy look of these! Beautiful!
Wonderful photos, Erin. I love the architecture.
Interesting, and the sky looks perfect!
Interesting. I know Abingdon in the UK,but not been there for years. Beautiful skies.
It sounds like a wonderful place! Looking at the map, it's about four hours due south for us, and then we could 'peek' at the Tennessee border while we're there. Hopefully we'll get to go; we've only got a little summer left now it seems. I hope we keep our good weather and beautiful skies!
Great architecture. Soft clouds and blue skies, just a perfect day!
P.S. I have done the tea yet, but I may go for the summer concert.
Beautiful set of shots, Erin. Have a great weekend.
Wonderful shot and love the backstory of the town. Lovely architecture.
Great pictures of beautiful skies!
Interesting pictures for a very nice Sky Watch!
Happy weekend!
Bright and sunny.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
Beautiful shots. The blue sky and cloud formations are lovely.
Lovely photos, love that blue sky.
Have a great weekend.
Guy
Regina In Pictures
Love the first one with the dark angel wings above the roof.
Interesting series of closeups. It turns almost abstract but very beautiful.
Beautiful photos of lovely blue sky and a church steeples!
Love the blue sky and the roof line together with the information makes a good post.
Nice series.
Your pictures of the skies always look so soft and dreamy ...
So cosy!
Very beautiful photo for skywatch. Clever way to capture the photo with the roof as a background and they looked so unique. Have a nice weekend.
How beautiful your pictures are!
Would you mind passing along the secret for allowing such large photos? Whenever I try to make my pictures larger than the "large" option... The pictures cut into the sidebar etc.
Thanks so much...
again, just lovely ~ Maria
Beautiful sky and tower colours.
Great effect.
Hi Erin,
I like the close, closer, closest approach you use with this week's sky! Have a restful weekend.
Great photos, Erin! I love the affect your photos have. They're very relaxing and beautiful.
Always wonderful photos. Thank you! Also good to hear the history too!
Thanks for visiting my Australian skies this week!
A beautiful house, so charming. It is so nice to learn about places in faraway lands I would not know they existed, and what a loss that would be. Thank you Erin and you too have a happy weekend.
Hi Erin. What a beautiful steeple against that bright blue sky. I love that roof's design. Of course, your commentary is always excellent! Have a good weekend! :o)
Nice perspective of the entire picture with great looking sky above ;)
What a beautiful blue sky !
That blue in the sky is so rich and perfect. Great phtography!
That is a beautiful shade of blue! Happy SWF.
There is always such a wonderful look to your photos Erin, great series here. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
I'm frequently admiring rooftops myself. I like to think how the rain hits it and goes off in the gutters. I'm somewhat of a water enthusiast. Thanks for sharing.
Sounds like a place I would love to visit one of these days. Great photos, Erin!
Great photos! I have been wishing we could live near Abingdon these days....sent for an info packet from the Chamber....just dreaming. Oh well. Just made a visit to Floyd Co and those photos will be posted soon on my blog. Nice Skywatch!
Marie
Hi I came to your blog via Tongue in Cheek...isn't she having a wonderful time..:-)
As you can see I live in Oxfordshire, yes in the next town to Abingdon ...:-)
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