The Treasure of Abbot Thomas is a short film which serves as the fourth episode of the British supernatural anthology television series A Ghost Story for Christmas.
Justin Somerton, who along with his protoge Peter, Lord Dattering (Paul Lavers) seeks to uncover the supposed resting place of a cache of gold which once belonged to Abbot Thomas (John Herrington), a disgraced 15th century alchemist.
"The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" was first released on DVD in Australia in 2011 by Shock Entertainment as part of the box set The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R.
[7][8] All three releases featured an essay on "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" by cinema curator Alex Davidson and a filmed introduction by Lawrence Gordon Clark.
In 2023 it was remastered in 2k resolution by the BFI and released on Blu-ray alongside "The Ash Tree", "The Signalman" (1976), "Stigma" (1977), "The Ice House" (1978), "A View from a Hill" (2005), and "Number 13" (2006) as Ghost Stories for Christmas - Volume 2.