An alternative explanation of the name is from the Saxon leader Meda, whose followers were known as Medings, hence Medin'ham, Medham, or Medmenham.

Danesfield Camp also known as Danes Ditches is located slightly further along the road to the east near to the village of Hurley.

Eventually, the meetings were moved out of the abbey into a series of tunnels and caves in West Wycombe Hill.

A report in 2015 indicated it had been owned by a German family with a part of the abbey purchased in the 1970s and the rest in the mid 1990s.

The report indicated that the 12,000sq ft interior included "nine bedrooms ..., six reception rooms, a gymnasium, a bar, a housekeeper’s cottage and staff offices".

The summary confirms that the house had been modified in 1755 for Sir Francis Dashwood and restored and extended in 1898.