Abington, a parish in Northamptonshire, near the river Nen, and 1 1/4 mile NE of Northampton, which is the post town and money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1133; population, 121. A spot here was the grave of Shakespeare's favourite granddaughter, and is marked by a mulberry tree planted by Garrick. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross yearly value from tithe rent charge, £263 with residence, in the gift of Lord Wantage. The church is Early English, and contains tombs of the Bernards.