page_title: Langdon Abbey
section_title: Royal favour
hierarchical_section_title: Langdon Abbey / Royal favour
context_page_description: Langdon Abbey was a Premonstratensian abbey near West Langdon, Kent. The visible remains of the abbey are now confined to the extensive cellaring below the 16th-century house that occupies its site and small remains of a 12th-century ice house.
context_section_description: In 1325 Edward II recuperated at the abbey, having been taken ill on the road to Dover.
  The Abbot and Convent of Langedon were granted a licence to crenellate in 1348.
  In 1491 it was reported that Langdon had 300 acres (121 hectares) of grain and a very good supply of animals.
caption: Edward II
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