Date:1980
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. The large house is known as Abbey House, built c.1820. The building was damaged by fire during the Second World War whilst occupied by Dutch soldiers. In the early nineteenth century the estate was purchased by the first Earl of Lichfield.
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A postcard view of Gap Pool at the Ranton Abbey Estate, formerly occasionally Ronton as with the caption ...
The remains of Ranton Abbey are situated one mile to the west of Ranton, in a private wooded park. The ...
Abbey House, built c.1820, is situated next to the ruined tower of Ranton Abbey (just visible behind ...
Old Stafford Society was a local history group, founded in 1925. They organised many visits to places ...
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