Stanley Abbey

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51°27′18″N 2°05′51″W / 51.454863, -2.097359

Stanley Abbey was an abbey near Chippenham, Wiltshire in England. It was given to some Cistercian monks by Empress Maud in 1151. Nowadays, nothing of it remains except a green site. The site is on private property but access may be obtained to visit it from its owners at Old Abbey Farm.

[edit] References

1. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36537
2. http://www.localhistory.co.uk/ambra/txtwi/wi0003.htm
3. http://cistercians.shef.ac.uk/abbeys/stanley.php

[edit] Further reading

• The Victoria History of Wiltshire, Vol. 3, pages 269-75, 1959.