Croft Manor (Legend Timeline)

Abbingdon is a small estate in Surry, The Croft family was granted the title and rights to Abbingdon, Surrey by King Edward VI in 1547. The Croft Estates are comprised of three separate manor houses, two of which are maintained by the National Trust, and the third is home to Lady Croft. When Lord Richard Croft went missing in Cambodia. Searches by the authorities and Lady Croft herself turned up human remains that could not definitively be identified. Since Lord Croft's body was not officially recovered, Lara could not directly inherit the Croft title and Lara was thrust into a bitter family feud over control of the Abbingdon estates with her uncle Lord Errol Croft. Lara eventually won the legal battle, and took possession of her inheritance but at the cost of a deep rift in the Croft family that left her estranged from her living relatives. She is an 11th generation Countess, Lady Lara Croft, 11th Countess of Abbingdon.

Trivia.

The real Abbingdon Estate is in Oxfordshire, England and The Earldom of Abingdon has been held by the Earls of Lindsey since 1938.

Croft Manor as shown in Legend and Underworld and both Films is the Hatfield House, in Hatfiel, just outside of London.

Originally the idea was to make Lara the Countess of Farringdon, which is a historical area in the middle of the city of London. Then it was changed tas she was supposed to marry the Earl of Farringdon, then the whole idea was scrapped.