Croxden Abbey ...

A week ago we visited a new Abbey in the next county of Staffordshire - Croxden Abbey.  The weather turned wet & wild on our 80 minute drive over & by the time we got there it was wet. 

Don't you love that they had a bookroom (early library) as well as the robing room (sacristy) 

Useful notice boards so we could make sense of what we saw ... 

However, it is a new one was an interesting space with a road splitting the site. 

It is on private land and their is great care in protecting some of the items as they are under a very nice cover which does not distract from the feeling of the site. 

The stone coffins are very interesting, these are very slim so might have been for a child & it is a reminder that we have got larger & taller in time. 

The church was locked which was a shame - the Abbey ruins visible from the grave yard, a quiet reminder of the history of the space. 

Croxden was an interesting space, it would have been a vast Abbey in its day & to just take in the space is very special. I have you have enjoyed this visit, I hope you will visit Lilleshall Abbey with me in the next post as it is my favourite space .
Dee 💕