Abbey Bridge Farmhouse and land are located on the site of a 9th Century Benedictine Monastery on the banks of the Abbey River, which was also known as Oxley Mill River, a side water to the River Thames.
The river was enlarged by the Monks to provide a supply route for the wood and stone used in the construction of the Abbey. The Abbey River is home to many species of fish and birds including kingfishers which can be seen and heard all through the summer.
The existing Medieval Tythe Barn, has in its structure huge oak timbers from the original Chertsey abbey destroyed by Henry V111 and sits on the foundations of the original barn built over 1000 years ago.
The Vikings raided the Abbey and wiped out almost all of the occupants including The Abbott and the head monk , now Holy Martyrs Saint Beocca and Saint Ethor.
Abbotts Meadow was part of the original gardens of the Abbey. The two huge Oriental Plain Trees now over 100ft tall were planted around 1800 and the Giant Sequoia trees shortly after.. The land is bi-sected by a moat which in Victorian times was occupied by a Boathouse.
The Victorian DoveCote built in 1880 by William Herring Forgemaster of Chertsey, for his home a short distance away was moved to its present location 1990 and restored.
The Abbey Bridge is shown in postcards from the turn of the century.
The site was used as a dairy farm until the late 1950`s with milk carts leaving daily to supply the household of Chertsey.
