Andrew Rickmann
Abingdon County Hall Museum 1
the County Hall was built between 1678 and 1684 by Christopher Kempster, a protege of Sir Christopher Wren. It was built to house the Berkshire Assize Courts, the location for 200 years of some of the County’s most important criminal trials. For example, a man named Dennis Collins, arrested at Ascot Races for throwing a stone at His Majesty King William IV, had his trial at Abingdon on Wednesday 22nd August, 1832. Collins’ sentence of death was commuted to transportation for life!
Abingdon County Hall Museum 1
the County Hall was built between 1678 and 1684 by Christopher Kempster, a protege of Sir Christopher Wren. It was built to house the Berkshire Assize Courts, the location for 200 years of some of the County’s most important criminal trials. For example, a man named Dennis Collins, arrested at Ascot Races for throwing a stone at His Majesty King William IV, had his trial at Abingdon on Wednesday 22nd August, 1832. Collins’ sentence of death was commuted to transportation for life!