Abbey (disambiguation)
Appearance
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Abbey in itself denotes the Christian monastic community and its buildings, that is presided over by an abbot.
People
[edit]Places
[edit]- Abbey River, an artificial river (leat) established since the 11th century in Chertsey, Surrey, England
Locations
[edit]- Abbey (Barking and Dagenham ward), Greater London, England
- Abbey (County Clare Civil Parish), Munster, Ireland
- Abbey (Derby ward), England
- Abbey, Devon, village in England
- Abbey (Leicester ward), England
- Abbey (Lincoln ward), England
- Abbey (Merton ward), Greater London, England
- Abbey (Nuneaton and Bedworth ward), Warwickshire, England
- Abbey (Reading ward), Berkshire, England
- Abbey, Renfrewshire, civil parish in Scotland
- Abbey (Rushcliffe ward), Nottinghamshire, England
- Abbey (Sandwell ward), West Midlands, England
- Abbey, Saskatchewan, town in Canada
- Abbey, Western Australia, suburb of Busselton city
- Westminster Abbey (UK Parliament constituency), Inner London, England; a former constituency, sometimes known as Abbey
Facilities and structures
[edit]- The Abbey, Annandale, a heritage home in Sydney, Australia
- The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, a medieval manor house in Oxfordshire, England
- Abbey Road, London, England; thoroughfare through Camden and Westminster; made famous by the cover of the Beatles' album Abbey Road, recorded at Abbey Road Studios
- Abbey Stadium, homeground for Cambridge United F.C.
- The Abbey (Daytona Beach, Florida), a historic site in the US
- Fonthill Abbey (Beckford's Folly), a Gothic Revival country house in Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, England; it was never an actual abbey
- Woburn Abbey, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, the seat of the dukes of Bedford and the location of the Woburn Safari Park
Organizations and companies
[edit]- The Abbey (club), a gay bar and nightclub in West Hollywood, California
- Abbey (coachbuilder), an English car body builder of the 1930s
- Abbey National, a former British bank, part of the Spanish banking group, Grupo Santander
- The Abbey Theatre, a Dublin theatre opened in 1904
Entertainment and media
[edit]- The Abbey (novel), science-fiction novel by the Romanian author Dan Doboș
Television
[edit]- The Abbey (documentary), a 1995 BBC TV documentary film on Westminster Abbey
- The Abbey, Australian version of The Monastery (TV series)
- The Abbey (TV series), 2007 ITV drama
Games
[edit]- Mystery of the Abbey, a board game
- Murder in the Abbey, a video game
Fictional abbeys
[edit]- Rabelais' Abbey of Thélème
- Downton Abbey
- Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey
- Redwall Abbey
Other uses
[edit]- Abbey (1853), Australian ship
- Abbey (automobile), a short-lived British friction-drive car made by the defunct Abbey Auto Engineering Co. Ltd
See also
[edit]- L' Abeye, Belgium
- Abby (disambiguation)
- Abey (name)