Langdon Abbey

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Langedon

In the civil parish of Langdon.
In the historic county of Kent (Modern Authority of Kent, 1974 county of Kent).

Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1189 and dissolved in 1535. The abbey buildings survive partly as ruins incorporated within a later house built in red brick in the 1590s. Elsewhere the abbey survives in buried form. Excavations revealed the church to be aisled throughout its length, with a chapel to the North, but without transepts. The claustral range lay to the South, the chapter house, refectory, and slype being excavated. The infirmary lay to the East of the claustral range.There are two associated fishponds. The Abbot and Convent of Langedon were granted a licence to crenellate in 1348.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Ecclesiastical site.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 178468)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TR32634696

PastScape number; 467498

Books

Newman, John, 1983, The Buildings of England: North east and east Kent p369
Knowles, David and Hadcock, R. Neville, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Longmans) p166
1926, VCH Kent Vol2 p169-72
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p415

Journal Articles

Coulson, C., 1982, 'Hierarchism in Conventual Crenellation: An Essay in the Sociology and Metaphysics of Medieval Fortification' Medieval Archaeology Vol26 p69-100
Harrison, W.C., 1961, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol76 pLVII
Clapham, A.W., 1922-3, Archaeologia Vol73 p132, 139
Hope, W.H.St John, 1883, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol15 p59-67

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Calendar of Patent Rolls (1348-50) p38

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Langdon Abbey

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TR32634696

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