Date:1800 - 1850 (c.)
Description:The remains of Ranton Abbey are situated one mile to the west of Ranton, in a private wooded park. The fifteenth century church tower still survives. The abbey was an Augustinian house, founded in the twelfth century by Robert and Celestia Noel of Ellenhall. In the early nineteenth century the estate was purchased by the first Earl of Lichfield. Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.
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North west view showing a four staged tower with a west window and a doorway (with a farm shed abutting). ...
The remains of Ranton Abbey are situated one mile to the west of Ranton, in a private wooded park. ...
'Ranton Abbey, Staffordshire,' showing a north west view of a four staged tower with a west window and ...
Showing a north west view of a four staged tower with a west window and a doorway (with a farm shed ...
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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office
Donor ref:County Record Office No., D4080/3/30, img: 1816 (18/2263)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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