Abbey in itself denotes the Christian monastic community and its buildings, that is presided over by an abbot.

People

  • Abbey (surname)
  • Abbey (given name)

Places

  • Abbey River, an artificial river (leat) established since the 11th century in Chertsey, Surrey, England

Locations

  • Abbey (Barking and Dagenham ward), Greater London, England
  • Abbey (County Clare Civil Parish), Munster, Ireland
  • Abbey (Derby ward), England
  • Abbey, Devon, village in England
  • Abbey (Leicester ward), England
  • Abbey (Lincoln ward), England
  • Abbey (Merton ward), Greater London, England
  • Abbey (Nuneaton and Bedworth ward), Warwickshire, England
  • Abbey (Reading ward), Berkshire, England
  • Abbey, Renfrewshire, civil parish in Scotland
  • Abbey (Rushcliffe ward), Nottinghamshire, England
  • Abbey (Sandwell ward), West Midlands, England
  • Abbey, Saskatchewan, town in Canada
  • Abbey, Western Australia, suburb of Busselton city
  • Westminster Abbey (UK Parliament constituency), Inner London, England; a former constituency, sometimes known as Abbey

Facilities and structures

  • The Abbey, Annandale, a heritage home in Sydney, Australia
  • The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, a medieval manor house in Oxfordshire, England
  • Abbey Road, London, England; thoroughfare through Camden and Westminster; made famous by the cover of the Beatles' album Abbey Road, recorded at Abbey Road Studios
  • Abbey Stadium, homeground for Cambridge United F.C.
  • The Abbey (Daytona Beach, Florida), a historic site in the US
  • Fonthill Abbey (Beckford's Folly), a Gothic Revival country house in Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, England; it was never an actual abbey
  • Woburn Abbey, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, the seat of the dukes of Bedford and the location of the Woburn Safari Park

Organizations and companies

  • The Abbey (club), a gay bar and nightclub in West Hollywood, California
  • Abbey (coachbuilder), an English car body builder of the 1930s
  • Abbey National, a former British bank, part of the Spanish banking group, Grupo Santander
  • The Abbey Theatre, a Dublin theatre opened in 1904

Entertainment and media

  • The Abbey (novel), science-fiction novel by the Romanian author Dan Doboș

Television

  • The Abbey (documentary), a 1995 BBC TV documentary film on Westminster Abbey
  • The Abbey, Australian version of The Monastery (TV series)
  • The Abbey (TV series), 2007 ITV drama

Games

  • Mystery of the Abbey, a board game
  • Murder in the Abbey, a video game

Fictional abbeys

  • Rabelais' Abbey of Thélème
  • Downton Abbey
  • Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey
  • Redwall Abbey

Other uses

  • Abbey (1853), Australian ship
  • Abbey (automobile), a short-lived British friction-drive car made by the defunct Abbey Auto Engineering Co. Ltd

See also

  • L' Abeye, Belgium
  • Abby (disambiguation)
  • Abey (name)