Abbey Green is a village near

Leek A leek is a vegetable, a cultivar of ''Allium ampeloprasum'', the broadleaf wild leek (synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Allium porrum''). The edible part of the plant is a bundle of Leaf sheath, leaf sheaths that is sometimes erroneously called a "s ...

in the English county of

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...

. The village is close to the site of

Dieulacres Abbey Dieulacres Abbey was a Cistercian monastery established by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, Ranulf, Earl of Chester at Poulton, Cheshire, Poulton in Cheshire. It moved to the present site at Abbey Green, Staffordshire Moorlands, Abbey ...

. The abbey was founded in 1214 by Ranulph de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester for Cistercian monks, who moved from

Poulton, Cheshire Poulton is a settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Poulton and Pulford, in the Cheshire West and Chester, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In 2001 census the parish had a recorded population of 92. Since 1995, ...

because of attacks from the Welsh. The Earl gave the monks the manor of nearby Leek, where a Wednesday market had recently been established. The abbey remained in existence until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when it was surrendered in 1538. There are some scanty remains of the abbey, which are Grade II listed. Much of the material was used for the building erected on the site. The building on the site of the abbey, built by 1614, was the home of Thomas Rudyard, lord of the manor of Leek, and later of his descendants. It was once known as Abbey Dieulacres, and later as Dieulacres Abbey Farm. It is now known as Abbey Farm. The Abbey Inn, a feature of the village, is a

Grade II* listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

and is dated 1702.

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Villages in Staffordshire Leek, Staffordshire {{Staffordshire-geo-stub