Langley Abbey

{{Short description|Grade I listed building in South Norfolk, United Kingdom}}

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Langley Abbey was an abbey of Premonstratensian Canons in Langley Green, now in the civil parish of Langley with Hardley, Norfolk, England.'Houses of Premonstratensian canons: The Abbey of Langley', in W. Page (ed.), A History of the County of Norfolk, Vol. II (London, 1906), [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/norf/vol2/pp418-421 pp. 418-21] (British History Online). The monastery was founded by Robert fitzRoger in 1195.M. Oliva, The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England: Female Monasteries in the Diocese of Norwich, 1350-1540, Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, Vol. XII (Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge 1998), p. 16. {{ISBN|9780851155760}}

There are remains of the church and barn as well as earthworks of other buildings and fish ponds. The site was partially restored and opened to the public as a museum in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/regions/east_of_england/press_releases/2010/280610.aspx |title=Natural England - Langley Abbey opens to the public for the first time since 1197 |accessdate=2011-09-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118221137/http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/regions/east_of_england/press_releases/2010/280610.aspx |archivedate=2012-01-18 }}

It is a Grade I listed building.{{cite web|url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-226755-langley-abbey-remains-langley-with-hardl|title=Langley Abbey Remains, Langley with Hardley|publisher= British Listed Buildings|accessdate= 6 July 2013}}