Croxden Abbey, also known as "Abbey of the Vale of St. Mary at Croxden", was a Cistercian abbey at Croxden, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. A daughter house of the abbey in Aunay-sur-Odon, Normandy, the abbey was founded by Bertram III de Verdun of Alton Castle, Staffordshire, in the 12th century. The abbey was dissolved in 1538.
Croxden Abbey
The ruins of the abbey chapterhouse
Bertram de Verdun was the name of several members of the Norman family of de Verdun, native to the Avranchin.
A view of Bertram de Verdun's entry in Domesday Book
Bertram III de Verdun coat of arms.