[4] Of note within the church are the painted ceiling panels of the north aisle, dating from about 1390 and representing the Tree of Jesse.

It included the villages of Shippon, Dry Sandford, Radley, Kennington and Drayton, as well as Abingdon itself.

[citation needed] The spire of St Helen's appears in a painting of around 1806 by J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851) called Abingdon, although the main scene depicted is believed to be a view of Dorchester on Thames, several miles away.

[10] A memorial tablet depicts the family tree of William Lee (1545–1637), five times mayor of Abingdon, and his descendants.

Mr. W. Lee – five times Mayor of Abingdon – was, no doubt, a benefactor to his generation, but I hope there are not many of his kind about in this overcrowded nineteenth century."