Langley - remains of the abbey - geograph

Langley Abbey was an abbey of Premonstratensian Canons in Langley Green, now in the civil parish of

Langley with Hardley Langley with Hardley is a parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about a mile east of Loddon. It covers an area of and had a population of 489 in 161 households at the 2001 census, reducing marginally to 488 at the 2011 Census. The church o ...

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. The monastery was founded by

Robert fitzRoger Robert fitzRoger (died 1214) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and Northumberland. He was a son of Roger fitzRichard and Adelisa de Vere. FitzRoger owed some of his early offices to William Longchamp, but continu ...

in 1195. 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. It is a

Grade I listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

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External links

Langley Abbey Website
Monasteries in Norfolk Grade I listed buildings in Norfolk {{UK-Christian-monastery-stub