Langley Abbey

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The Abbey is now a museum Langley Abbey - Cellarium - geograph.org.uk - 2373431.jpg
The Abbey is now a museum
The barn Langley - remains of the abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1342980.jpg
The barn

Langley Abbey was an abbey of Premonstratensian Canons in Langley Green, now in the civil parish of Langley with Hardley, Norfolk, England. [1] The monastery was founded by Robert fitzRoger in 1195. [2]

There are remains of the church and barn as well as earthworks of other buildings and fish ponds. The site was partially restored and opened to the public as a museum in 2010. [3]

It is a Grade I listed building. [4]

Citations

  1. 'Houses of Premonstratensian canons: The Abbey of Langley', in W. Page (ed.), A History of the County of Norfolk, Vol. II (London, 1906), pp. 418-21 (British History Online).
  2. M. Oliva, The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England: Female Monasteries in the Diocese of Norwich, 1350-1540, Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, Vol. XII (Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge 1998), p. 16. ISBN   9780851155760
  3. "Natural England - Langley Abbey opens to the public for the first time since 1197". Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  4. "Langley Abbey Remains, Langley with Hardley". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

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