Abbey (disambiguation)
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Abbey in itself denotes the Christian monastic community and its buildings, that is presided over by an abbot. Abbeys are listed there, organized by Order.

Well-known fictional abbeys, not listed, include:

• Redwall Abbey
• Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey
• Rabelais' Abbey of Theleme.

Abbey may refer to:

Locations and things

• Abbey (bank), a UK bank, part of the Spanish bank, Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A
• The Abbey Theatre of Dublin opened in 1904
• Abbey Road, north London is the site of Abbey Road Studios where The Beatles' Abbey Road was recorded
• Abbey Stadium is homeground for Cambridge United F.C.
• There is a town, Abbey, Saskatchewan in Canada
• The Devon, England village of Abbey
• The Abbey (Daytona Beach, Florida), a historic site in Florida
• The Abbey (Oakland, California)
• The Abbey (club), a gay bar and nightclub in West Hollywood, California
• Abbey (coachbuilder) was an English car body builder of the 1930s
• Abbey (1922 automobile), a short-lived British friction-drive car made by the defunct Abbey Auto Engineering Co. Ltd
• Among many English country houses named "Abbey", Neo-Gothic Fonthill Abbey was never an abbey
• Abbey, a British caravan manufacturer.
• The Abbey (documentary), a 1995 BBC TV documentary film on Westminster Abbey
• The Abbey (TV series), 2007 ITV drama
• Woburn Abbey, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is the seat of the Duke of Bedford and the location of the Woburn Safari Park.
• Abbey Home Media, a British video distibutor
• Westminster Abbey (UK Parliament constituency), a former UK Parliament constituency sometimes known as Abbey

People

People with the surname Abbey:

• Bert Abbey (1869-1962), American baseball player
• David Abbey (born 1941), English cricketer
• Edward Abbey (1927–1989), American author
• Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), artist and illustrator
• George Abbey (born 1932), American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) official
• George Abbey (footballer) (born 1978), Nigerian footballer
• Graham Abbey (born 1971), Canadian actor
• Henry Abbey (1842-1911), American American poet
• Henry Eugene Abbey (1846–1896), theatre manager and producer
• Joe Abbey (born 1925), American football player
• John Abbey (1785-1859), English organ builder
• John Roland Abbey (1894-1969), English book collector
• Leon Abbey (1900-1975), American jazz violinist and bandleader
• Lynn Abbey (born 1948), an American author
• Nathan Abbey (born 1978), an English football (soccer) player
• Ross Abbey (born 1953), Australian rules football player
• Zema Abbey (born 1977), an English football (soccer) player

The first name Abigail is shortened most usually to "Abby".

See also

• Abby

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