Luffield Abbey
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Luffield Abbeyis a formercivil parish,now in the parish ofLillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey,in the very north ofBuckinghamshire,England. It is on the border withNorthamptonshire,close toBiddlesdenandSilverstone.
Priory of Luffield
[edit]The place takes its name from theBenedictineprioryof Luffield, founded byRobert, 2nd Earl of Leicestersome time before 1133. The priory was suppressed in 1494, by which time the priory was in ruins and there were only two monks.[1]The lands were then granted toWestminster Abbey.
There was no trace of the ancient abbey in aland surveyconducted in 1732.[2]The remains of the abbey were found on the edge of the south east runway of the airfield which is now part ofSilverstone Circuit,about 200 metres north east of Stowe Corner. Markings of the foundations can be seen in discolorations in the grass on some aerial images taken in the early 1990s. Human remains were found near the abbey in the 1970s. They were found to be monks who had been sufferers of the plague and buried face down.
Two corners of the circuit are named after the location: turn 1 is known as Abbey and turn 7 as Luffield.[3]
Subsequent history
[edit]In 1551, after theDissolution,the manor was granted toFrancis Throckmorton.In 1718 it passed to his descendantRichard Temple, 1st Viscount CobhamofStowe,and passed with the Stowe estates until the mid 19th century.[2]
Luffield Abbey was anextra-parochial area,[4]until 1844 partly in Northamptonshire and partly in Buckinghamshire. In 1844 the part in the former county was transferred to the Northamptonshire parish ofSilverstoneso that Luffield Abbey was entirely within Buckinghamshire thereafter.[5]In 1858 it became a separate civil parish.[6]
The parish consisted of a single farm.[2]By 1931 the population of the parish had dropped to 2. In 1971 the parish had a population of 0.[7]On 1 April 2001 the parish was abolished and merged withLillingstone Dayrellto form "Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey".[8]The name was also given to the northernmost ward of the formerAylesbury Vale District Council.
References
[edit]- ^William Page, ed. (1905). "Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Luffield".A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 1.Victoria County History.pp. 347–350.Retrieved18 February2015.
- ^abcWilliam Page, ed. (1927). "Parishes: Luffield Abbey".A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4.Victoria County History.pp. 197–198.Retrieved18 February2015.
- ^"What's in a name? The history behind Silverstone's iconic corners".Formula 1.3 July 2015.Retrieved2 June2016.
- ^"History of Luffield Abbey, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire".A Vision of Britain through Time.Retrieved16 May2024.
- ^Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979).Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England.London:Royal Historical Society.pp. 29–44.ISBN0-901050-67-9.
- ^"Relationships and changes Luffield Abbey ExP/CP through time".A Vision of Britain through Time.Retrieved16 May2024.
- ^Vision of Britain website
- ^"Aylesbury Vale Registration District".UKBMD.Retrieved16 May2024.
