Frating Abbey was reputedly an abbey in the village of Frating, in Essex, England.[1] There is no evidence however that there was more than a farm here belonging to either St Botolph's Priory, Colchester, or to Wix Priory from around 1125.
The current house, and first to be named Frating Abbey Farmhouse, dates from the mid-nineteenth century, built by Mr Boghurst.[2] It replaced a manor house called Wheelers, mentioned twice in Feet of Fines in 1547 [3] and 1564.[4] Deeds for the Manor of Kirby Hall in 1814 included the Manor of Wheelers with mansion and 200 acres in Great Bentley, Frating and Thorrington.[5] The first edition of the Ordnance Survey map showed the location as Wheelers from 1805.
The first mention of Frating Abbey as an address is from 1853 in a letter written to the editor of the Essex Standard and General Advertiser.[6]
References
edit- ^ "FRATING ABBEY FARMHOUSE, Thorrington - 1265151 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Essex Standard, Saturday 16 October 1886
- ^ Feet of Fines CP25(2)/57/418 EASTER, 1 EDWARD VI (1547) 21 - Robert and Roger Tavernor purchased the property from R. Gudron
- ^ Feet of Fines CP26{1)/124 {1564) 56 Mich. - William Watson became the owner
- ^ Essex Record Office D/DHt T439
- ^ Essex Standard, Friday 23 December 1853
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