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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Luffield Abbey like this:
LUFFIELD-ABBEY, an extra-parochial tract in the district of Buckingham, and counties of Buckingham and Northampton; near Whittlebury-forest, 5½ miles NNW of Buckingham. Acres, 510. Pop., 18. Houses, 3. A Benedictine priory was founded here, in 1124, by Robert le Bossu, Earl of Leicester; was given, by Henry VII., to the abbot of Westminster; and passed to the Throckmortons and the Duke of Buckingham. No remains of the edifice now exist.
Luffield Abbey is now part of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BUCKINGHAMSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Luffield Abbey itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Luffield Abbey in Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3285
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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