Flaxley

The institution of the abbey was confirmed, and its endowment augmented, by two charters, granted by Henry II., to the following purport: -- "Know ye that I have granted and confirmed to God and St. Mary, and to the monks of the Cistertian order, a certain place in the valley of Castiard called Flaxley, to build an abbey there; and all that land called

The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account 1846

A leaden figure of Time kneeling, supporting a sun-dial on his head, is on the lawn at Flaxley Abbey in Gloucestershire.

The Book of Sun-Dials 1900

In the Forest of Dean also, the abbot of Flaxley was possessed of one stationary and one itinerant forge, by grant from Henry II, and he was allowed two oaks weekly for fuel, -- a privilege afterwards commuted, in 1258, for Abbot's Wood of 872 acres, which was held by the abbey until its dissolution in the reign of Henry VIII.

Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863

In the Forest of Dean also, the abbot of Flaxley was possessed of one stationary and one itinerant forge, by grant from

Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Samuel Smiles 1858

Abbot's Woods, were granted most likely at this period, and afford some data for determining the capacity of the Flaxley works.

Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean 1846

Flaxley have "unam fabricam arrantem" at Ardland, in the Forest of our lord the King, and have, where they please, each week, two oaks, &c. &c.

Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean 1846

Flaxley was one of the very last places where iron was made in the old way.

Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean 1846

The vault was built accordingly in Flaxley churchyard.

The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account 1846

Peculiar interest seems to attach to the above return, not only from its high antiquity, but also because it gives other instances besides that of the monks of Flaxley, in which oak trees were granted to individuals for sustaining their forges.

Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean 1846

Perhaps the dissolution of the monasteries interrupted the works at Flaxley and Tintern, by causing the discharge of the old hands and the employment of unskilled operatives in their stead.

Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean 1846