Abbey Green, Staffordshire Moorlands

Abbey Green is a village near Leek in the English county of Staffordshire.

The abbey was founded in 1214 by Ranulph de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester for Cistercian monks, who moved from Poulton, Cheshire because of attacks from the Welsh.

The Earl gave the monks the manor of nearby Leek, where a Wednesday market had recently been established.

[2] The building on the site of the abbey, built by 1614, was the home of Thomas Rudyard, lord of the manor of Leek, and later of his descendants.

[3] The Abbey Inn, a feature of the village, is a Grade II* listed building and is dated 1702.