Notley Abbey, Buckinghamshire

Historical Description

Notley Abbey, a farm in Long Crendon parish, Bucks, 2 miles NNE of Thame. An Augustinian canonry was founded here in 1162 by William Gifford, Earl of Buckingham, and the remains of it, including some fine pointed windows and a corner-turret, are now incorporated with a very picturesque farmhouse.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Buckinghamshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Notley Abbey are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Buckinghamshire papers online:

• Bucks Herald
• South Bucks Free Press, Wycombe and Maidenhead Journal
• Croydon's Weekly Standard