Abbeys and priories in England lists abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in England.
In this article alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as monastic granges and cells, and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Templars and Hospitallers). The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundations listed functioned as such. Over 1000 establishments in England are listed.
The list is presented alphabetically by Ceremonial County. Foundations are listed alphabetically within each county.
Communities/provenance: shows the status and communities existing at each establishment, together with such dates as have been established as well as the fate of the establishment after dissolution, and the current status of the site.
Alt. Name: some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time. In order to assist in text-searching such alternatives in name or spelling have been provided.
Formal Name/dedication: shows the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated, where known.
References: presents links to online references to the particular establishment in addition to the general printed and online references given at the foot of this article. Establishments for which online references have not been specified are referred to within the printed references listed.
Location: provides a link to the geographical position of the site of the foundation where established. Where the location has been established the location is pinpointed (dependent on the available resolution of the map data), otherwise the general location is given in italic.
Monastic Glossary: following the listing, provides links to articles on the particular monastic orders as well as other terms which appear in the listing.
In this article alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as monastic granges and cells, and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Templars and Hospitallers). The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundation had the status of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptory/commandery.
A Monastic Glossary follow the listing, which provides links to articles on the particular monastic orders as well as other terms which appear in the listing.
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Beadlow Priory | Benedictine monks from Milbrook cell of St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire fd. 1140/6 by Henry d'Albini abandoned 1435 reverted to the Crown, the buildings falling into decay thereafter |
Saint Mary Magdalen Beaulieu Priory |
[1] [2] & [3] [4] | |
| 52°02′01″N 0°23′23″W / 52.033479°N 0.389822°W | ||||
| Greyfriars, Bedford # | Franciscan Friars fd. 1238 by Mabilea de Plateshull; dis. c.1539; granted to John Gostwyke |
Saint Francis | [5] [6] | |
| 52°08′20″N 0°28′29″W / 52.1388484°N 0.4748422°W | ||||
| Bushmead Priory ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1195 by Hugh Beauchamp; dis. 1536; granted to Sir William Gascoign refectory incorporated into mansion built on site (EH) |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bushmead Bissemede Priory |
[7] [8], [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] | |
| 52°14′01″N 0°22′03″W / 52.233480°N 0.367530°W | ||||
| Caldwell Priory # | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1153 by Robert of Houghton; dis. 1536; granted to Thomas Leigh c.1562 |
The Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist at Caldwell Cauldwell Priory |
[17] | |
| 52°07′46″N 0°28′36″W / 52.1294575°N 0.4767251°W | ||||
| Chicksands Priory ^ | Gilbertine monks and nuns fd. 1147 by Pain de Beauchamp and his wife, Rose; dis. 1538; granted to London grocer Richard Snow cloisters incorporated into private house Crown Property 1936; in grounds of Military base to 1995; Restored by MOD 1997-8 |
Saint Mary Chicksand Priory |
[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] | |
| 52°02′27″N 0°21′59″W / 52.040896°N 0.366417°W | ||||
| Dunstable Priory + | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1131 (or ante1125?) by Henry I; dis. 1540; granted to Sir Leonard Chamberlayne nave of church now in parochial use |
The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Dunstable Dunstaple Priory |
[23] [24] [25] |
| 51°53′10″N 0°31′04″W / 51.886026°N 0.517653°W | ||||
| Dunstable Friary # | Dominican Friars fd. 1259; dis. 1539 |
[26] [27] [28] | ||
| 51°52′59″N 0°31′17″W / 51.8831074°N 0.5214858°W | ||||
| Elstow Abbey + | Benedictine nuns fd. 1078 by Judith, niece of William the Conqueror; dis. 1539; granted c.1553 to Sir Humphrey Radcliff nave now in use as parish church |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Helena, Elstow | [29] [30] | |
| 52°06′54″N 0°28′10″W / 52.114947°N 0.469502°W | ||||
| Grovebury Priory, Leighton Buzzard |
Benedictine monks alien house, cell of Fontévrault fd. post1189; dis. 1414 farmhouse built on site |
La Grave Priory; Leighton Buzzard Priory; Grovesbury Priory |
[31] [32] | |
| 51°54′14″N 0°39′35″W / 51.9037717°N 0.6598234°W | ||||
| Hardwick Preceptory # | Knights Hospitaller fd. ante?1279 dis. ante?1489 |
[33] | ||
| 52°05′05″N 0°29′53″W / 52.0847015°N 0.498054°W | ||||
| Harrold Priory # | Augustinian nuns alien priory, daughter house of Arrouaise, Normandy fd. 1138 by Sampson le Forte; ceded to Great Missenden Abbey 1177 independent house 1188 dis. 1536; granted to William Lord Parr site occupied by farmhouse and a mansion named 'Harrold Hall', built 1608-1610 |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Peter, Harrold Harwood Priory |
[34] [35] [36] | |
| 52°11′58″N 0°36′20″W / 52.1994534°N 0.6054738°W | ||||
| Markyate Priory # | Benedictine nuns fd. 1145 by Ralph de Langford, Dean and Chapter of St Paul's; dis. 1537; granted to George Ferrers; site now occupied by a manor house named 'Markyate Cell' built on priory remains |
Holy Trinity Mergate Priory; Market-Street Priory |
[37] | |
| 51°50′38″N 0°27′52″W / 51.8438715°N 0.4644084°W | ||||
| Melchbourne Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller fd. 12thC by Lady Alice de Claremonte, Countess of Pembroke; dis. c.1550; granted to John, Earl of Bedford |
Melchbourne Priory; Melchburn Preceptory; Mechelburn Preceptory |
[38] | |
| 52°16′17″N 0°29′33″W / 52.2712563°N 0.4924536°W | ||||
| Millbrook Priory # | Benedictine monks fd. 1097 by Nigel de Waste; trns to Beadlow 1143 |
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52°02′10″N 0°31′26″W / 52.0359803°N 0.5239105°W |
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| Newnham Priory # | Augustinian Canons Regular from the collegiate church of St. Paul, Bedford fd. 1247 by Simon Beauchamp; dis. 1539/41; granted to Urian Brereton |
Saint Paul Newenham Priory |
[39] | |
| 52°08′27″N 0°26′42″W / 52.140758°N 0.445118°W | ||||
| Pulloxhill Grange | Augustinian Canons Regular; grange of Dunstable Priory |
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| 51°59′40″N 0°27′12″W / 51.994315°N 0.453444°W | ||||
| Ruxox Cell | Augustinian Canons Regular cell for retired brothers from Dunstable chapel dedicated to St Nicholas |
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| 52°00′45″N 0°28′32″W / 52.012428°N 0.475647°W | ||||
| Turvey Abbey * | Benedictine nuns As of 2005 in use adjacent to Benedictine monastery (see immediately below) |
The Priory of Our Lady of Peace | [40] | |
| 52°09′42″N 0°37′06″W / 52.161705°N 0.618389°W | ||||
| Turvey monastery * | Benedictine monks fd. 1980 in use As of 2005 adjacent to Benedictine Abbey (see immediately above) |
The Monastery of Christ our Saviour | [41] | |
| 52°09′41″N 0°37′09″W / 52.161251°N 0.619199°W | ||||
| Warden Abbey # | Cistercian monks fd. 1136 by Walter Espec; dis. (surrendered by the abbot and monks) 4 December 1538 Elizabethan house built on site (of which exist only remnants) renovated 1974 (LT) |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Old Warden Old Warden Abbey |
[42] [43] [44] | |
| 52°04′54″N 0°22′00″W / 52.081749°N 0.366583°W | ||||
| Woburn Abbey # | ![]() |
Cistercian monks from Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire fd. 1145 by Hugh de Bolebec; dis. 1538; granted to John Lord Russell site now occupied by a mansion, estate and safari park |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Woburn | [45] [46] |
| 51°58′58″N 0°35′43″W / 51.982858°N 0.595365°W |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | Online References & Location |
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| Ascot Priory, Winkfield |
Anglican nuns fd. 1861-present |
[47] [48] | ||
| 51°25′01″N 0°42′21″W / 51.416954°N 0.705700°W | ||||
| Bisham Abbey # | Knights Templar preceptory fd. 1260 by Hugh de Spencer jr; dis. 1307 Augustinian Canons Regular priory fd. 1337 by William Montacute; dis. 1536 Benedictine monks' abbey fd. 1537 by Henry VIII; dis. 1538; granted to Sir Edward Hoby c.1554 Extant preceptory & demolished priory/abbey site now headquarters of the National Sports Council |
The Abbey Church of the Holy Trinity, Bisham Bustlesham Priory |
[49] [50] | |
| 51°33′25″N 0°46′45″W / 51.557016°N 0.779225°W | ||||
| Bradfield Abbey ~ | Documented 1066, included monks, status and site otherwise unknown | |||
| Brimpton Preceptory | Knights Templar Knights Hospitaller |
Brimpton Commandery | [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] | |
| 51°22′41″N 1°11′54″W / 51.3781561°N 1.1983681°W | ||||
| Bromhall Priory #, Sunningdale |
Benedictine nuns daughter house of Chertsey fd. ante1200 by Edward, the Black Prince; dis. 1522 and given to Saint John's College Cambridge remains destroyed or incorporated into farm buildings |
The Priory Church of Saint Margaret, Bromhall Broomhall Priory |
[58] [59] [60] | |
| 51°23′23″N 0°37′42″W / 51.3896194°N 0.6282806°W | ||||
| Cookham Abbey ~ | probable double monastery fd. ante 726; site now occupied by parochial church |
[61] [62] | ||
| 51°33′40″N 0°42′27″W / 51.5611263°N 0.7075506°W | ||||
| Donnington Friary ^ | Crouched Friars fd. ante1404; dis. 1538 site now occupied by country house of named The Priory |
Donington Friary | [63] [64] | |
| 51°24′53″N 1°19′52″W / 51.414588°N 1.331057°W | ||||
| Douai Abbey *, Woolhampton |
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Benedictine monks rmv from Douai, 1903-present |
The Abbey Church of Saint Edmund, King and Martyr, Upper Woolhampton | [65] |
| 51°24′31″N 1°10′17″W / 51.408715°N 1.171454°W | ||||
| Greenham Preceptory ~ | Knights Hospitaller fd. 1199; dis. 1540 |
[66] | ||
| 51°22′44″N 1°16′51″W / 51.3787989°N 1.2807656°W | ||||
| Hurley Priory + | Benedictine monks fd. 1065 by Godfrey de Magna Villa; dis. 1536; granted to Leonard Chamberleyn c.1544 nave of church now in parochial use |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hurley | [67] | |
| 51°33′03″N 0°48′31″W / 51.550922°N 0.808549°W | ||||
| Kintbury Priory # | Benedictine nuns/double house fd. 1147 by Richard Bossu; dis. 1155; trns to Nuneaton |
Saint Mary | ||
| 51°23′30″N 1°27′19″W / 51.391735°N 1.4552164°W | ||||
| Poughley Priory ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. c.1160 by Ralph de Chaddleworth; dis. 1524 remains (cellar range) now incorporated into post-dissolution farmhouse without public access |
The Priory Church of Saint Margaret, Poughley | [68] | |
| 51°28′44″N 1°24′06″W / 51.4788839°N 1.4016581°W | ||||
| Reading Abbey | ![]() |
Cluniac monks fd. 1121 by Henry I Benedictine monks c.1210; dis. 1539; granted to Edward, Duke of Somerset c.1550 quarried and dismantled c.1550-1643 ruins extant |
The Abbey Church of Our Lady and Saint John the Evangelist, Reading | [69] [70] [71] |
| 51°27′23″N 0°57′55″W / 51.456367°N 0.965263°W | ||||
| Reading Nunnery | 979-1016 apparently on the site now occupied by St. Mary's Minster Church |
[72] | ||
| 51°27′16″N 0°58′25″W / 51.454500°N 0.973690°W | ||||
| Reading - Greyfriars + | Franciscan Friars fd. 1233; dis. 1538 re-used as a Town Hall converted back to a parish church |
Saint Francis | [73] | |
| 51°27′24″N 0°58′36″W / 51.4567346°N 0.9766352°W | ||||
| Sandleford Priory ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. c.1200 by Jeffrey, Earl of Perch and his wife Maud; dis. 1478 remains converted to a country house now an Anglican Convent School |
The Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Sandleford | [74] | |
| 51°22′39″N 1°18′59″W / 51.3774596°N 1.3163853°W | ||||
| Stratfield Saye Priory | Benedictine monks alien priory, cell of Valmont Abbey fd. 1170 by Nicholas de Stoteville; dis. 1399 site now occupied by 17thC house named The Priory at Beech Hill in the Berkshire part of Stratfield Saye |
[75] | ||
| 51°22′28″N 0°59′03″W / 51.374315°N 0.984226°W | ||||
| Templeton Camera | Knights Templar | |||
| 51°23′40″N 1°28′56″W / 51.3944931°N 1.4823389°W |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | Online References & Location |
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| Austin Friary, Bristol # | Augustinian Friars fd. 1313 by Sir Simon and Sir William Montacute; dis. 1538; granted to Maurice Dennis c.1543 |
[76][77] | ||
| 51°27′01″N 2°35′03″W / 51.450283°N 2.584094°W | ||||
| Black Friary, Bristol ^ | Dominican Friars fd. 1227/8 by Sir Maurice Gaunt; dis. 1538; granted to William Chester subsequently The Friars Quaker meeting house now Bristol Register Office |
[76][78] | ||
| 51°27′26″N 2°35′16″W / 51.457296°N 2.58772°W | ||||
| Eremites Friary, Bristol # | Friars Eremites | |||
| 51°26′52″N 2°35′10″W / 51.4478424°N 2.5861323°W | ||||
| Grey Friary, Bristol # | Franciscan Friars fd. 1234; dis. 1538; granted to Mayor and citizens c.1541 |
Saint Francis | [76][79] [80] | |
| 51°27′29″N 2°35′44″W / 51.4580983°N 2.5956488°W | ||||
| White Friary, Bristol # | Carmelite Friars fd. 1256 by Edward I; dis. 1538; site successively occupied by a mansion and a boys' school; site now occupied by Colston Hall |
The Blessed Virgin Mary | [76][81] | |
| 51°27′17″N 2°35′54″W / 51.454655°N 2.598261°W | ||||
| Sack Friary, Bristol # | Friars of the Sack fd. by 1266 dis. post1286; church continued in use 1322 |
[82] [76] | ||
| St James's Priory, Bristol + | ![]() |
Benedictine monks fd. 1120s, built by Robert, son of Henry I; dis. ; granted to Henry Brayne c.1543 nave was parish church 1374 fell into disuse 1980s in custodianship of the Little Brothers of Nazareth since 1996 |
The Priory Church of Saint James, Bristol | [83] [84] [85] |
| 51°27′31″N 2°35′35″W / 51.458596°N 2.593036°W | ||||
| St Philip's Priory, Bristol | Saxon priory fd. c.900 | The Church of Saint Philip and Saint Jacob, Bristol | ||
| 51°27′18″N 2°35′06″W / 51.454969°N 2.584987°W | ||||
| St Mary Magdelene Nunnery, Bristol # | Augustinian canonesses fd. 1173 by Eva, wife of Robert FitzHarding; dis. 1536; granted to Henry Brayne and John Marsh |
St Mary Magdalene | ||
| 51°27′32″N 2°36′13″W / 51.4589807°N 2.6035452°W | ||||
| Bristol Cathedral Abbey: St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol + | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1140 by Robert FitzHarding; dis. 1538/9 episcopal diocesan cathedral 1542-present |
The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine, Bristol; Bristol The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol |
[86] [87] [84][88] [89] |
| 51°27′06″N 2°36′02″W / 51.45161°N 2.600536°W | ||||
| Bristol Preceptory | Knights Templar church built on site of templar church, now in ruins |
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| 51°27′08″N 2°35′12″W / 51.4520948°N 2.5867438°W |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | Online References & Location |
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| Ankerwycke Priory, Wraysbury |
Benedictine nuns fd. 1160 by Gilbert de Mountfitchet, kt. and his son; dis. 1536; granted to Lord Windsor 1538/9 then to Sir Thomas Smith 1550/1 ruins in grounds of Ankerwycke House |
Saint Mary Magdalene Ankerwick Priory; Ankerwyke Priory |
[90] [91] | |
| 51°26′37″N 0°33′26″W / 51.443643°N 0.557191°W | ||||
| Aylesbury Friary # | Franciscan Friars fd. 1387 by James Butler, earl of Ormond; dis. 1538 |
[92] | ||
| 51°48′54″N 0°48′47″W / 51.814956°N 0.813117°W | ||||
| Biddlesden Abbey # | Cistercian monks from Garendon fd. 1147 by Ernals de Bosco; dis.1538; granted to Thomas Wriothesley 1540/1; remains demolished c.1727; site now occupied by private house named Biddlesden Park |
Saint Mary Biddlesdon Abbey; Bittlesden Abbey |
[93] [94] | |
| 52°02′52″N 1°04′43″W / 52.047704°N 1.078473°W | ||||
| Bradwell Priory | Benedictine monks fd. c.1155 by Meinfelin, lord of Wolverton; dis. 1526 by Cardinal Wolsey for Christ Church, Oxford; granted to Arthur Longfield 1542/3; now in private ownership |
Saint Mary Bradewell Priory |
[95] [96] [97] [98] | |
| 52°02′54″N 0°47′42″W / 52.048215°N 0.795074°W | ||||
| Bulstrode Preceptory | Knights Templar fd. ante1276 land passed to and leased on behalf of the Knights Hospitaller, though they had no commandery here |
[99] | ||
| 51°35′08″N 0°34′40″W / 51.5854432°N 0.5777264°W | ||||
| Burnham Abbey * | ![]() |
Augustinian canonesses fd. 1265/66 by Richard, King of the Romans; dis. 1539; granted to William Tyldesly 1544/5 Anglican Augustinian Society of the Precious Blood, trns from Birmingham 1916 |
Saint Mary | [100] [101] |
| 51°30′56″N 0°39′37″W / 51.515523°N 0.66036°W | ||||
| Chetwode Priory + | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1244 or 1245 by Ralph de Norwich; 1460 annexed to Notley; dis. 1535; priory church continues in parochial use |
Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas | [102] [103] [104] |
| 51°57′47″N 1°04′10″W / 51.963091°N 1.069469°W | ||||
| Gare Nunnery | 'Destroyed' | Gore Nunnery; Gorefields Nunnery |
[105] [106] [107] | |
| Hogshaw Nunnery # | Sisters of St John nuns trns. to Buckland c.1180; site occupied by Knights Hospitaller commandery (see immediately below) |
[108] | ||
| 51°53′45″N 0°55′44″W / 51.8958077°N 0.9287632°W | ||||
| Hogshaw Commandery # | Knights Hospitaller fd. c.1180 on site of earlier nunnery (see immediately above); dis. 1470; granted to Matilda Lane c.1543; church in use until 1650; ruined by 1700 |
[109] [110] [111] | ||
| 51°53′45″N 0°55′44″W / 51.8958077°N 0.9287632°W | ||||
| Lavendon Abbey $ | Premonstratensian Canons fd. c.1154-1158 by John de Bidun; dis. 1536; granted to Sir Edmund Peckham 1543; site now occupied by house named Lavendon Grange (once the home of relatives of Sir Isaac Newton) |
The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Lavendon Lavinden Abbey |
[112] [113] | |
| 52°10′21″N 0°40′51″W / 52.1726355°N 0.6807178°W | ||||
| Little Marlow Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. ante1218 (or 1244 by Jeffrey, Lord Spensar); dis. in, or ante1536; granted to John Tiltey and E. Restwold 1540 |
Saint Mary Little Merlow Priory; Minchin Marlow Priory |
[114] [115] | |
| 51°34′53″N 0°43′05″W / 51.5814299°N 0.7180971°W | ||||
| Luffield Abbey | Benedictine monks | [116] | ||
| 52°04′16″N 1°01′34″W / 52.071°N 1.026°W | ||||
| Medmenham Abbey | Cistercian monks from Woburn Abbey fd. 1201/4 by Hugh de Bolbec; dis. 1547; granted to Robert Mone and others; converted into a manor house |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Medmenham Mendham Abbey |
[117] | |
| 51°32′52″N 0°50′17″W / 51.547696°N 0.838104°W | ||||
| Missenden Abbey ^ | Augustinian/Arroasian Canons daughter house of St Mary de Bosco, Ruisseauville, France; fd. 1133 by William of Missenden; dis. 1538; granted to the Duke of Northumberland now a residential college rarely open to general public |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Great Missenden Great Missenden Abbey |
[118] [119] | |
| 51°42′02″N 0°42′10″W / 51.700571°N 0.702674°W | ||||
| Muresley Priory, nr. Ivinghoe |
Benedictine nuns fd. ante1135 (or c.1160, or 1107-1129 or 1133); community evicted; granted to Sir John Dance c.1537 |
St Margaret; Meursley Priory; Mursley Nunnery; St Margaret's Priory; S. Margaret's in the Wood, Meuresley; St. Margaret's de Bosco; Ivinghoe Nunnery; Ivinghoe Priory; Ivanhoe Monastery |
[120] [121] [122] [123] | |
| 51°47′30″N 0°31′10″W / 51.7915385°N 0.5193266°W | ||||
| Newton Longville Priory | Cluniac monks alien house, daughter of Longville Abbey fd. c.1150; dis. 1442; granted to New College, Oxford, 1442; manor house built on site from priory remains 1550 |
Newington-Longaville | [124] | |
| 51°58′28″N 0°46′03″W / 51.9743464°N 0.7675999°W | ||||
| Notley Abbey ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1162 by Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham, and Lady Ermgard; dis. 1542; granted to Sir William Paget 1547; site now occupied by a private house without public access |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin and Saint John the Baptist, Notley abbey de parco Crendon; abbey de parco super Thamam; Nuctele Abbey; Noctele Abbey; Nuttley Abbey |
[125] [126] | |
| 51°46′37″N 0°57′51″W / 51.7770148°N 0.9642112°W | ||||
| Ravenstone Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1255 by Peter de Chaseport, Keeper of the Royal Wardrobe; dis. 1544 (1525); granted to Sir Francis Byran 1548; site occupied by 19thC Abbey Farm |
Ravinston Priory | [127] [128] [129] [130] | |
| 52°09′01″N 0°45′32″W / 52.1501893°N 0.7590249°W | ||||
| Risborough Priory | Benedictine monks - doubtful establishment | Monks Risborough Priory | [131] | |
| 51°43′57″N 0°49′30″W / 51.7323924°N 0.8249214°W | ||||
| Snelshall Priory | Benedictine monks fd. 12thC (or c.1225 by Ralph Mortel); dis. 1535; granted to Francis Piggot 1538 |
Snellshall Priory | [132] | |
| 52°00′10″N 0°48′46″W / 52.0027665°N 0.8127737°W | ||||
| Snelshall Gilbertine Priory | Gilbertine Canons | |||
| Tickford Priory | Benedictine-Cluniac monks alien house, cell of Marmoutier fd. 1140 by Fulk Paynell; dis. 1524; sold by James I to Henry Atkins, MD |
Newport Pagnel Priory; Tyxford Priory |
[133] | |
| 52°05′10″N 0°42′54″W / 52.0861617°N 0.7148677°W | ||||
| Widmere Camera | Knights | |||
| 51°35′43″N 0°48′03″W / 51.595315°N 0.8007789°W | ||||
| Wing Priory # | 7thC Benedictine monks alien house, daughter of St Nicholas's Monastery, bestowed by Empress Matilda; fd. 13thC; dis.; granted to Sir Robert Dormer |
Wenge Priory | [134] [135] [136] | |
| 51°53′21″N 0°43′14″W / 51.889107°N 0.7204628°W |
The following location in Buckinghamshire lacks known monastic connection:-
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | Online References & Location |
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| Anglesey Priory, Lode |
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Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1135 by Henry I; dis. 1535; granted to John Hynde c.1538; remains incorporated into private house named Anglesey Abbey 1591 (NT) |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin and Saint Nicholas | [137] [138] [139] |
| 52°14′14″N 0°14′20″E / 52.237244°N 0.238784°E | ||||
| Barham Friary | Crutched Friars fd. ante1272; dis.; granted to Philip Paris c.1539, and later to John Millecent, Esq. |
Barkham Priory; Bercham Priory |
[140] | |
| 52°21′45″N 0°20′00″W / 52.3625763°N 0.3334093°W | ||||
| Barnwell Priory, Cambridge |
Augustinian Canons Regular from St. Giles, Castle Hill, Lode fd. 1092 or c.1112 by Picot, a Norman lord, and his wife; dis. 1538; granted to Anthony Brown c.1546; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton c.1552; ruins underwent thorough destruction 1810 |
[141] [142] | ||
| 52°12′32″N 0°08′19″E / 52.209027°N 0.13852°E | ||||
| Cambridge - Austin Friary | Augustinian Friars fd. 1092; trns to Barnwell 1112 |
[143] [144] | ||
| 52°12′13″N 0°07′11″E / 52.2034842°N 0.1197445°E | ||||
| Cambridge Blackfriars | Dominican Friars fd. c.1258; dis.; granted to Edward Erlington and Humphrey Metcalf c.1543; Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge |
[145] [146] | ||
| 52°12′14″N 0°07′26″E / 52.2038064°N 0.1237598°E | ||||
| Blackfriars, Cambridge * | Dominican Friars fd. 1938; -present |
[147] | ||
| 52°12′50″N 0°06′33″E / 52.21375°N 0.109201°E | ||||
| Cambridge Grey Friars | Franciscan Friars | [148] [149] | ||
| 52°12′28″N 0°07′12″E / 52.2077908°N 0.1199323°E | ||||
| Cambridge Pied Friars | Pied Friars fd. between 1273 and 1279 |
[150] | ||
| 52°12′44″N 0°06′49″E / 52.2120953°N 0.1135352°E | ||||
| Cambridge White Friars | Carmelite Friars fd. by Edward I and other nobles; dis.; granted to John Eyer c.1544 |
[151] | ||
| 52°12′11″N 0°06′53″E / 52.2031094°N 0.1145947°E | ||||
| Cambridge - Friary of the Sack | Friars of the Sack | [152] [153] | ||
| 52°12′02″N 0°07′05″E / 52.2004331°N 0.1181781°E | ||||
| Cambridge - St Mary's Friars | Friars of St Mary 13thC | [154] | ||
| Cambridge - St Edmund's Priory | Gilbertine Canons fd. ante1291 by 'the bounty or gift of' B. fil. Walteri;originally intended by the Pope to be located at the friary of the Sack, but it was still occupied; dis. 1539; granted to Edward Ebrington (Erlington?) and Humphrey Metcalf c.1543 |
The Priory Church of Saint Edmund, Cambridge | [155] [156] | |
| 52°11′58″N 0°07′12″E / 52.1993876°N 0.1201093°E | ||||
| Cambridge - St Radegund's Priory | ![]() |
Benedictine nuns' cell fd. by John de Cranden, Prior of Ely; site now occupied by Jesus College, Cambridge |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Radegund | [157] [158] [159] |
| 52°12′33″N 0°07′29″E / 52.209086°N 0.124712°E | ||||
| Chatteris Abbey | Benedictine nuns fd. 1016 (or 980 by Alfwen, wife of Ethelstan, Earl of the East Angles); dis. 1536; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton c.1551 |
Chateris Abbey | [160] [161] | |
| 52°27′11″N 0°02′56″E / 52.453057°N 0.048851°E | ||||
| Chippenham Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller under Clerkenwell fd. 1184 by William de Mandevill; dis.; granted to Sir Edward North 1540/1 |
[162] [163] [164] | ||
| 52°17′38″N 0°26′05″E / 52.2937824°N 0.4348183°E | ||||
| Denny Abbey | ![]() |
Benedictine monks, cell of Ely fd.1159 by Robert, Chamberlain of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany; Knights Templar preceptory fd. 1169; dis. 1308; Franciscan (Minor) nuns fd. 1308 by Mary de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke (Mary de St. Paulo, widow of Adomare, Earl of Pembroke); dis. 1536; granted to Edward Erlington 1540; currently part of the Farmland Museum (EH) |
The Abbey Church of Saint James and Saint Leonard, Denny (1159-69); The Nunnery of Saint Mary and Saint Clare (1342-1539); Denney Abbey; Denney Preceptory |
[165] |
| 52°17′40″N 0°11′13″E / 52.294491°N 0.186982°E | ||||
| Duxford Preceptory | Knights Templar fd. 1273 |
Duxford Temple | [166] [167] | |
| 52°05′37″N 0°09′38″E / 52.0936701°N 0.1605141°E | ||||
| Ely Cathedral Priory + | ![]() |
?nuns/double monastery fd. c.673; secular canons 9thC Benedictine monks fd. 970; dis. 1540 episcopal diocesan cathedral 1109-present |
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Etheldreda The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity and Saint Etheldreda |
[168] |
| 52°23′55″N 0°15′48″E / 52.398568°N 0.263447°E | ||||
| Fordham Priory # | Gilbertine Canons fd. ante1227 by the Dean of Fordham; dis.; granted to Philip Parry 1540/1; site now occupied by private house named Fordham Abbey |
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Mary Magdalene, Fordham | [169] | |
| 52°18′03″N 0°23′22″E / 52.300918°N 0.389535°E | ||||
| Great Wilbraham Preceptory | Knights Templar fd. 13thC |
Wilbraham Temple | [170] | |
| 52°11′51″N 0°16′15″E / 52.197638°N 0.270925°E | ||||
| Hinchinbrook Priory | Benedictine nuns site now occupied by Hinchinbrooke House |
[171] | ||
| 52°19′40″N 0°12′01″W / 52.3276584°N 0.2002805°W | ||||
| Huntingdon Priory | Benedictine monks - ante1086; poss. secular college 1087 - 1106; Augustinian Canons Regular rfd. 1108; dis. 1538 |
St Mary | [172] [173] [174] | |
| 52°20′01″N 0°10′44″W / 52.333487°N 0.1787907°W | ||||
| Ickleton Abbey | Cistercian monks remains now part of Abbey Farm |
[175] | ||
| 52°04′13″N 0°10′23″E / 52.0703202°N 0.1730293°E | ||||
| Ickleton Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. 1190 by Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford;dis.; granted to the Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely 1538/9 now on site of Abbey Farm |
Ikelington Priory | [176] [177] | |
| 52°04′13″N 0°10′23″E / 52.0703202°N 0.1730293°E | ||||
| Isleham Priory | ![]() |
Benedictine monks alien priory fd. 1086; dis. 1414; granted to Pembroke College, Cambridge which converted the church into a barn and demolished monastery (EH) |
The Priory Church of Saint Margaret, Isleham Linton Priory |
[178] & [179] [180] [181] |
| 52°20′34″N 0°24′34″E / 52.342758°N 0.409412°E | ||||
| Marmont Priory | Gilbertine Canons fd. 12thC by Ralph de Hauvill; dis.; granted to Percival Bowes and John Mosyer 1567/8; |
Mirmaud Priory; Marmonde Priory;Welle Priory |
[182] [183] | |
| 52°35′19″N 0°12′14″E / 52.5885536°N 0.2040195°E | ||||
| Newnham Whitefriars | Carmelite Friars trns from Chesterton 1249; occupied until 1292; trns to a new site in Milne Street |
[184] | ||
| 52°11′33″N 0°06′19″E / 52.1924298°N 0.1052713°E | ||||
| Peterborough Abbey + | ![]() |
c.655 Benedictine monks fd. c.966; dis. 1539; episcopal diocesan cathedral 1540-present |
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, Peterborough Medeshamstede Abbey |
[185] [186] [187] |
| 52°34′21″N 0°14′22″W / 52.572581°N 0.239484°W | ||||
| Ramsey Abbey | ![]() |
Benedictine monks fd. 969; dis. 1539; (NT) |
[188] [189] [190] | |
| 52°26′56″N 0°06′08″W / 52.449013°N 0.102278°W | ||||
| St Ives Priory | ![]() |
Benedictine monks from Ramsey Abbey fd. 1017; dis.; house built on site |
[191] [192] [193] [194] [195] | |
| 52°19′19″N 0°04′18″W / 52.3220699°N 0.0717115°W | ||||
| St Neots Priory | Benedictine monks, cell of Ely 974 cell of Bec 1113-dissolution |
The Priory Church of Saint Neot, St Neots | [196] [197] | |
| 52°13′40″N 0°16′12″W / 52.2277896°N 0.2698678°W | ||||
| Sawtry Abbey | Cistercian monks from Warden Abbey 1147; dis. 1536 |
Sawtrey Abbey | [198] [199] | |
| 52°25′38″N 0°14′24″W / 52.427328°N 0.239999°W | ||||
| Shingay Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller fd. 1144 by Sibylla de Raynes, daughter of the Earl of Montgomery; Sisters of St John nuns' cell rmv to Buckland Priory c.1180; dis.; granted to Richard Longe 1540/1 |
Shengay Preceptory | [200] [201] | |
| 52°06′30″N 0°05′19″W / 52.1083898°N 0.0885129°W | ||||
| Spinney Abbey | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. between 1216 and 1228 by Hugh de Malebisse and Beatrix his wife; absorbed into Ely 1449; dis.; granted to Sir Edward North 1544/5; site now occupied by a house and farm |
Priory of St Mary and the Holy Cross Spinney Priory |
[202] |
| 52°19′20″N 0°16′47″E / 52.322181°N 0.279701°E | ||||
| Stonely Priory $ | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. c.1180;dis. 1536 |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stonely | [203] [204] | |
| 52°17′40″N 0°22′05″W / 52.294496°N 0.3680018°W | ||||
| Swaffham Bulbeck Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. prob. late 12thC by Isabel the Bolebec; dis.; granted to the Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely 1538/9 |
The Nunnery of Saint Mary, Swaffham Swaffham Nunnery; Swafam Nunnery |
[205] [206] [207] [208] | |
| 52°14′31″N 0°16′51″E / 52.2420609°N 0.2808782°E | ||||
| Swavesey Priory | Benedictine monks Alien house; a private residence named 'The Priory' is supposedly situated on or near the site |
[209] [210] | ||
| 52°18′21″N 0°00′12″W / 52.3058022°N 0.003444°W | ||||
| Thorney Abbey + | ![]() |
anchorites or hermits ante972; Benedictine monks fd. 972; dis. 1539; church now in parochial use |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Botulph, Thorney | [211] [212] [213] [214] [215] [216] |
| 52°37′14″N 0°06′26″W / 52.6204873°N 0.1070899°W | ||||
| Waterbeach Abbey | Minoresses fd. 1294 by Denise Munchensey; gradually rmv to Denny 1351 due to flooding; dis. 1351 |
The Nunnery of the Piety of Our Lady and Saint Clare The Nunnery of Our Lady of Pity and Saint Clare |
[217] [218] | |
| 52°15′46″N 0°11′38″E / 52.2627108°N 0.1937574°E |
The following locations in Cambridgeshire lack known monastic connections:-
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | Online References & Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Abbey + | ![]() |
?nuns -875 secular canons post907 Benedictine monks 1092; dis. 1540; episcopal diocesan cathedral 1541-present |
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Chester (-875) The Abbey Church of Saint Werburgh, Chester |
[219] [220] [221] [222] |
| 53°11′31″N 2°53′25″W / 53.191832°N 2.890193°W | ||||
| Chester Abbey | c.906? secular canons; dis. 1547 episcopal diocesan cathedral 1072/5-1102 |
The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Chester The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Baptist, Chester 1072/5-1102 |
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| 53°11′20″N 2°53′08″W / 53.189023°N 2.885461°W | ||||
| Chester Carmelite Friary | Carmelite Friars fd. 1279 (or ante1277) by Thomas Stadham; dis. 15 August 1538; granted to John Coke |
[223] [224] | ||
| 53°11′18″N 2°53′39″W / 53.1883126°N 2.8940392°W | ||||
| Chester Dominican Friary | Dominican Friars | [225] | ||
| 53°11′17″N 2°53′43″W / 53.1880394°N 2.8953427°W | ||||
| Chester Franciscan Friary * | Capuchin Franciscan Friars | [226] | ||
| 53°11′16″N 2°53′35″W / 53.187771°N 2.8930199°W | ||||
| Chester Grey Friary | Franciscan Friars fd. 1237/8 by Albert of Pisa; dis. 1537; granted to John Coke |
[227] | ||
| 53°11′25″N 2°53′48″W / 53.19037°N 2.896625°W | ||||
| Chester Friary of the Sack | Friars of the Sack fd. ante1274; community probably died out ante1300 |
[228] | ||
| Chester Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. ante12thC by Randal, Earl of Chester; dis. 1537; granted to Urian Brereton and Son; Site excavated prior to County Police Headquarters built on site 1964 |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Chester | [229] [230] [231] | |
| 53°11′46″N 2°53′38″W / 53.1960921°N 2.894015°W | ||||
| Combermere Abbey | ![]() |
Savignac monks from Savigny fd. 1133 by Hugh de Malbane, Lord of Nantwich Cistercian monks 1147; dis. 1538; granted to William Cotton, Esq |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael, Combermere | [232] |
| 52°59′38″N 2°36′46″W / 52.993906°N 2.612742°W | ||||
| Curzon Park Abbey *, Chester |
Benedictine nuns trns from Talacre 1988 | The Abbey Church of Our Lady Help of Christians, Curzon Park, Chester | [233] [234] | |
| 52°59′38″N 2°36′46″W / 52.993927°N 2.612756°W | ||||
| Darnhall Abbey | Cistercian monks from Abbey Dore fd. January 1271 to February 1274 by Edward I of England trns to Vale Royal |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Darnhall | [235] [236] | |
| 53°09′57″N 2°32′54″W / 53.1658614°N 2.5483292°W | ||||
| Hilbre Island | Benedictine monks' cell | [237] | ||
| 53°22′52″N 3°13′23″W / 53.381025°N 3.222942°W | ||||
| Mobberley Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Wilfrid | [238] | |
| 53°19′06″N 2°19′00″W / 53.318291°N 2.316683°W | ||||
| Norton Priory | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular trns from Runcorn 1134 by William FitzWilliam third rowspan=2|Baron of Halton raised to abbey status 1391, dis. 1536; granted to Richard Brooke part converted into private mansion 1545 demolished 1928 now in ownership of Norton Priory Museum Trust open to public as a museum |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary at Norton Norton Abbey |
[239] [240] Greene, pp. 2–3, 65–72. Starkey, pp. 9, 35–40. |
| 53°20′33″N 2°40′46″W / 53.342537°N 2.679403°W | ||||
| Poulton Abbey | Cistercian monks fd. 1153 by Robert, butler to the Earl of Chester; trns to Dieulacres Abbey 1214 due to incursions by the Welsh; subsequently re-used as a monastic grange; dis.; granted to William Cotton, Esq. c.1544 |
Pulton Priory; Pulton Abbey |
[241] [242] [243] | |
| 53°07′16″N 2°54′14″W / 53.1210749°N 2.9038239°W | ||||
| Runcorn Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1115 by William FitzNigel second Baron of Halton trns to Norton Priory 1134 poss. on site now occupied by rowspan=2|All Saints parish church |
[244] Greene, p. 1. Starkey, p. 9. |
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| 53°20′37″N 2°44′12″W / 53.3435°N 2.73656°W | ||||
| Stanlow Abbey | Cistercian monks fd. 1178 by John FitzRichard, Constable and sixth Baron of Halton trns to Whalley Abbey 1296; continued to be maintained until 1442 as a grange under Whalley; dis.; granted to Sir Robert Cotton, Kt c.1553 no substantial remains, site inaccessible |
Stanlaw Abbey | [245] Greene, p. 7. Starkey, p.31 |
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| 53°17′24″N 2°51′36″W / 53.290°N 2.860°W | ||||
| Vale Royal Abbey | Cistercian monks trns from Darnhall fd. ?1277; Never completed; a project of King Edward I; dis. 1545; granted to Thomas Holcroft c.1543 |
Valeroyal Abbey | [246] | |
| 53°13′29″N 2°32′33″W / 53.22476°N 2.5424981°W |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | Online References & Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey of St Mary and St Petroc, Bodmin* | Canons Regular of the Lateran[247] | |||
| Bodmin Friary # | Franciscan Friars fd. ante1260; dis. 1538 |
[248] | ||
| 50°28′47″N 4°43′11″W / 50.4797424°N 4.7196311°W | ||||
| Bodmin Priory ~ | Celtic purportedly fd. 6thC; Benedictine (nuns?) rfd 936 Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1124; dis. 1539; church usd for secular and industrial purposes post-dissolution |
Bodmin Monastery | [249] [250] | |
| 50°28′14″N 4°42′56″W / 50.4706783°N 4.7156829°W | ||||
| Cardinham Grange # | purported medieval monastery | [251] | ||
| 50°28′17″N 4°39′05″W / 50.4714772°N 4.651401°W | ||||
| Crantock Monastery | Celtic | |||
| 50°24′16″N 5°07′47″W / 50.4044422°N 5.129714°W | ||||
| Kea Monastery, Old Kea | Celtic | |||
| 50°14′14″N 5°01′55″W / 50.2371596°N 5.0318241°W | ||||
| Lammana Priory, Looe Island | Benedictine monks fd. 6thC Benedictine monks cell of Glastonbury and chapel ante1114; disposed of by Glastonbury between 1239 and 1329; chantry chapel of the Dawnay family ante1329; dis. 1549 |
The Priory Church of St Michael, Lammana Lammana Chapel |
[252] | |
| 50°20′37″N 4°27′34″W / 50.3436665°N 4.4594246°W | ||||
| Lanwethinoc Monastery, Padstow~ | Celtic fd. by Bishop Wethinoc site poss. occupied by the medieval Church of St Petrock at Padstow |
Lanuthinoc Monastery; St Petroc's Church; Petroc-stow Monastery; Padstow Monastery |
[253] | |
| 50°32′28″N 4°56′35″W / 50.5412334°N 4.9429464°W | ||||
| Leigh Grange # | ||||
| Madron Monastery | Celtic | |||
| 50°07′55″N 5°33′56″W / 50.1320235°N 5.5654335°W | ||||
| Manaccan Monastery | Celtic | |||
| 50°04′57″N 5°07′35″W / 50.0824805°N 5.1264954°W | ||||
| Minster Priory + | Celtic Benedictine monks fd. ante1190 by William de Bottreaux; dis. ante1407; slight remains of priory near the medieval parochial church |
The Priory Church of St Mertherian, Minster Talcarne Priory' |
[254] | |
| 50°40′59″N 4°40′33″W / 50.6831697°N 4.6757019°W | ||||
| Mawgan in Pydar Franciscan Monastery * | Franciscan monks | The Franciscan Monastery of St Joseph and St Anne, St Mawgan in Pydar | [255] | |
| Probus Monastery | Celtic fd. 10thC; dis. 1549 |
[256] | ||
| 50°17′45″N 4°56′39″W / 50.2957206°N 4.9442554°W | ||||
| Rialton Grange # | ||||
| 50°25′18″N 5°03′39″W / 50.4217533°N 5.0607491°W | ||||
| St Anthony's Monastery, St Anthony | Celtic | |||
| 50°04′58″N 5°06′32″W / 50.0827008°N 5.1089859°W | ||||
| St Anthony-in-Roseland Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular, under Plympton remains incorporated into a house called Place House |
[356] | ||
| 50°08′53″N 5°00′49″W / 50.1480864°N 5.0135422°W | ||||
| St Buryan's Monastery, St Buryan | Celtic | |||
| 50°03′43″N 5°38′54″W / 50.0619878°N 5.6483459°W | ||||
| St Carrok's Monastery, St Winnow # | Celtic | St Carroc Monastery | ||
| 50°22′58″N 4°39′10″W / 50.3829107°N 4.6527529°W | ||||
| St Carrok's Priory, St Winnow # | Cluniac monks | |||
| 50°22′58″N 4°39′10″W / 50.3829°N 4.6527°W | ||||
| St German's Priory + | ![]() |
secular canons Augustinian Canons Regular 1184-1539 episcopal diocesan cathedral c.936-1042 now in use as parish church |
The Priory Church of Saint German, Saint Germans | [357] |
| 50°23′48″N 4°18′35″W / 50.396686°N 4.309699°W | ||||
| St Goran's Monastery, St Goran | Celtic | |||
| 50°14′35″N 4°48′04″W / 50.2430333°N 4.8010254°W | ||||
| St Keverne's Monastery, St Keverne | Celtic | |||
| 50°03′19″N 5°05′21″W / 50.0551549°N 5.0890732°W | ||||
| St Keverne Grange# | ||||
| St Kew Cell ~ | purported Augustinian cell minster status confirmed by King Edgar 961-3; secular college -1283; church reblt. 1496 and restored 1883 |
St Daw (or St Docco) Saint Kew (from 1440) |
[257] | |
| 50°33′29″N 4°47′40″W / 50.5581469°N 4.7943735°W | ||||
| St Mawgan Monastery + | Celtic Cluniac monks |
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| 50°27′45″N 5°01′31″W / 50.4625583°N 5.0253868°W | ||||
| St Michael's Mount Priory+ | ![]() |
Benedictine monks 1135 used alternately as fortress and monastery and private residence with public access (NT) |
[358] [359] [360] [361] | |
| 50°06′59″N 5°28′42″W / 50.116387°N 5.478329°W | ||||
| St Neot's Monastery, St Neot | Celtic | Saint Aniet | [258] | |
| 50°28′28″N 4°33′58″W / 50.4744424°N 4.5662114°W | ||||
| St Piran's Monastery, Perranzabuloe | Celtic | |||
| 50°21′54″N 5°08′49″W / 50.3650105°N 5.1469231°W | ||||
| Scilly Priory | Celtic Benedictine monks, cell of Tavistock fd. 12thC; Tresco Abbey Gardens created by Augustus Smith around the priory remains in 1834 |
The Priory Church of St Nicholas, Scilly | [259] | |
| 49°56′51″N 6°19′44″W / 49.9474643°N 6.328758°W | ||||
| Sclerder Abbey + | Dames de la Retraite fd. c.1843; dis. 1852 Franciscan Recollects fd. 1858; dis. 1864 Carmelite 1864; dis. 1871; Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary fd. 1904; dis. 1910 Minoresses from Rennes 1914-1920; Minoresses from Bullingham 1922-1981; Franciscan c.1925; Carmelite from Quidenham 1981; now no longer an abbey |
[260] [261] [262] | ||
| 50°20′53″N 4°30′18″W / 50.347987°N 4.505089°W | ||||
| Temple property + | Knights Templar Knights Hospitaller |
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| 50°31′49″N 4°37′07″W / 50.5301658°N 4.6185708°W | ||||
| Temple Templars Preceptory # | Knights Templar dis. 1308-12 |
[263] | ||
| 50°28′41″N 4°23′50″W / 50.4780253°N 4.3971598°W | ||||
| Tintagel Monastery [264] | remains interpreted as Celtic monastic fd. c.350 Norman castle built on site; current academic consensus regards earlier settlement as secular |
[265] [266] | ||
| 50°40′07″N 4°45′39″W / 50.6685911°N 4.7608405°W | ||||
| Trebeigh Preceptory # | Knights Templar Knights Hospitaller ante1199; united with Ansty ante1432 |
[267] | ||
| 50°28′46″N 4°23′30″W / 50.4793361°N 4.3917525°W | ||||
| Tregonan Grange | 'Cistercian monks grange of Beaulieu Abbey fd. ante1263; dis. ante1527; "considerable remains" existing 1755 have since disappeared |
[268] | ||
| 50°03′08″N 5°05′25″W / 50.0521825°N 5.0901407°W | ||||
| Tregony Priory ~ | Augustinian Canons Regular | The Priory Church of St James, Tregony Tregoney Priory |
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| 50°15′59″N 4°55′03″W / 50.2663016°N 4.9174118°W | ||||
| Convent of the Epiphany, Truro^ | Community of the Epiphany, Anglican[269] | |||
| Dominican Friary, Truro | Dominican Friars | [270] | ||
| 50°15′48″N 5°03′18″W / 50.263296°N 5.0550118°W | ||||
| Tywardreath Priory | Benedictine monks alien priory, daughter house of the monastery of St Serge at Angers fd. c.1088 or 1135; dis. 1536 |
[271] [272] | ||
| 50°21′24″N 4°41′38″W / 50.3565371°N 4.6939087°W |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleby Friary | Carmelite Friars | Appleby Whitefriars | [273] [274] | |
| 54°34′52″N 2°29′23″W / 54.5812325°N 2.4897417°W | ||||
| Armathwaite Nunnery | Benedictine nuns fd. 6 January 1089 (dubiously purported) |
(church dedicated to Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary) Armethwaite Nunnery |
[275] [276] | |
| 54°46′43″N 2°43′17″W / 54.7787245°N 2.721439°W | ||||
| Calder Abbey | ![]() |
Savignac monks from Furness fd. 1135-1137 trns to Hood Savignac monks from Furness rfd. c.1143 Cistercian monks 1147; dis. 1536 now in private ownership without public access |
Caldre Abbey | [277] [278] [279] |
| 54°26′39″N 3°27′55″W / 54.444053°N 3.465173°W | ||||
| Carlisle Cathedral Priory + | ![]() |
secular canons -1092 Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1122; dis. 1540 episcopal diocesan cathedral 1133-present |
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Carlisle
The Cathedral Church of The Holy and Undivided Trinity, Carlisle (1133) |
[280] [281] |
| 54°53′41″N 2°56′19″W / 54.894713°N 2.938607°W | ||||
| Carlisle Dominican Friary | Dominican Friars fd. 1233 outside the city walls, but ordered to be demolished for a highway; moved 1237; dis. 1539 |
[282] [283] | ||
| 54°53′34″N 2°56′10″W / 54.8928253°N 2.9360694°W | ||||
| Carlisle Franciscan Friary | Franciscan Friars fd. 1233 church destroyed by fire in 1292 and rebuilt dis. 1539 |
[284] | ||
| 54°53′35″N 2°56′02″W / 54.8931153°N 2.9338163°W | ||||
| Cartmel Priory + | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1189/94; dis. 1536/7 church now in parochial use |
[285] | |
| 54°12′04″N 2°57′08″W / 54.201157°N 2.952321°W | ||||
| Conishead Priory ^, Ulverston |
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Augustinian Canons Regular 1188 originally a hospital 1160 site now occupied by country house named 'Conishead Priory' and presently the home of the Buddhist Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre |
The Priory Church of the Virgin Mary, Conishead | [286] |
| 54°10′23″N 3°04′05″W / 54.1731427°N 3.0679321°W | ||||
| Furness Abbey | ![]() |
Savignac monks -1147/8 Cistercian monks -1124/7; dis. 1537 (EH) |
[287] [288] [289] [290] [291] [292] | |
| 54°08′08″N 3°11′53″W / 54.135513°N 3.198145°W | ||||
| Holmcultram Abbey +, Abbeytown |
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Cistercian monks from Melrose fd. 1150; dis. 1538 church in parochial use until destroyed in an arson attack 9 June 2006; roofless boarded-up shell remains; restoration awaited |
Holm Cultram Abbey; Holme Cultram Abbey |
[293] |
| 54°50′43″N 3°16′59″W / 54.8453699°N 3.2830641°W | ||||
| Holme Eden Abbey | Benedictine nuns rmv from Fort Augustus 1921; dis. 1983 formerly Holme Eden Hall altered for use as a nursing home |
Priory of Saint Scholastica | ||
| 54°54′18″N 2°49′31″W / 54.904928°N 2.825383°W | ||||
| Lanercost Priory + | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular poss. from Pentney Priory fd. c.1166; dis. 1537 part converted into private house named 'Dacre Hall' church now in parochial use (EH) |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Lanercost | [294] |
| 54°57′57″N 2°41′44″W / 54.96587°N 2.695513°W | ||||
| Nunnery near Kirkoswald | Benedictine nuns house named 'Nunnery House' built on site |
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| 54°46′44″N 2°43′17″W / 54.778828°N 2.721401°W | ||||
| Penrith Friary | Augustinian Friars fd. c.1291; dis. 1539house named The Friarage built on site 1717 |
[295] | ||
| 54°39′51″N 2°44′55″W / 54.6640465°N 2.7485991°W | ||||
| Ravenstonedale Priory | Gilbertine Canons | [296] [297] [298] | ||
| 54°25′59″N 2°25′46″W / 54.43312°N 2.429481°W | ||||
| St Bees Priory + | ![]() |
Benedictine monks fd. c.1120; dis. 1539, on site of earlier church c.900? church now in parochial use |
The Priory Church of SS Mary and Bega, Saint Bees, Saint Bees St Bee's Priory |
[299] [300] [301] |
| 54°29′38″N 3°35′37″W / 54.493913°N 3.593634°W | ||||
| Seaton Priory | ![]() |
Benedictine nuns fd. early 13thC site now occupied by farmhouse named 'Seaton Hall' |
Nunnery of Leakly, in Seaton; Seton Priory; Lekeley Priory |
[302] |
| 54°17′50″N 3°22′23″W / 54.297187°N 3.372929°W | ||||
| Shap Abbey | ![]() |
Premonstratensian Canons fd. 1199; dis. 1540 (EH) |
[303] | |
| 54°31′49″N 2°42′00″W / 54.530233°N 2.699901°W | ||||
| Wetheral Priory | ![]() |
Benedictine monks from St. Mary's Abbey, York fd. 1106; dis. 1542 |
Wetherall Priory | [304] |
| 54°52′46″N 2°49′48″W / 54.879306°N 2.829993°W |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Barrow Camera | Knights | |||
| Beauchief Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck 1183 Administratively now located in South Yorkshire |
Beauchief Priory; De Bello Capite Abbey |
[362] | |
| 53°19′59″N 1°30′03″W / 53.333154°N 1.500861°W | ||||
| Bradbourne Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | |||
| Breadsall Priory | ![]() |
Friars Eremites' friary ante1266 later Augustinian Canons Regular mansion built on site now the Marriott Breadsall Priory Hotel |
Brisoll Priory | [363] |
| 52°58′08″N 1°26′02″W / 52.968844°N 1.433944°W | ||||
| Calke Priory # | Augustinian Canons Regular cell ante1161 trns to Deepdale mansion named 'Calke Abbey' built on site |
[364] [365] & [366] | ||
| Dale Abbey, Deepdale |
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Augustinian Canons Regular, Premonstratensian Canons from Newhouse fd. 1162/c.1200; dis. 1536 trns to Stanley |
Stanley Park Abbey (De Parco Stanley) Le Dale Abbey |
[367] |
| 52°56′39″N 1°21′02″W / 52.9441772°N 1.3505244°W | ||||
| Darley Priory ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular from Derby fd. c.1146 dis. 1538 a monastic building (probably the priory guest house) is now Darley Abbey public house |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Darley Darley Abbey Little Derby Friary |
[368] | |
| 52°56′28″N 1°28′42″W / 52.940987°N 1.478267°W | ||||
| Derby Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular -1146 trns to Darley |
[369] | ||
| Derby Benedictine Priory | Benedictine nuns | |||
| Derby Cluniac Priory | Cluniac monks' cell fd. 1140 | The Priory Church of Saint James, Derby | [370] | |
| Derby Black Friary | Dominican Friars | [371] | ||
| Gresley Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | The Priory Church of Saint George, Gresley Greisley Priory |
[372] [373] | |
| King's Mead Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. c.1160 | [374] | ||
| Locko Preceptory | St. Lazarus Hospitallers | Lockhay Preceptory | [375] | |
| Repton Priory ^ | double monastery later Augustinian Canons Regular now incorporated into Repton School buildings |
[376] | ||
| Stydd Preceptory + | Knights Hospitaller fd. c.1136 now the Church of St. Saviour |
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| Waingroves Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | |||
| Yeaveley Preceptory, Stydd |
Knights Hospitaller 1190 incorporated into farmhouse |
Yeaveley and Barrow Preceptory | [377] | |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Axminster Monastery | Saxon monastic community fd. ante757; secular college fd. c.936 by Athelstan; dependent on Yourk 1060 by King Edward until 1535; collegiate and parochial church poss. blt on site |
[305] | ||
| 50°46′54″N 2°59′58″W / 50.7817388°N 2.9993668°W | ||||
| Axmouth Priory | Benedictine monks alien priory, poss. monastic grange fd. ante1387 by Richard de Rivers, Earl of Devonshire; dis. 1414; granted to Walter Erle 1552 |
[306] [307] | ||
| 50°42′50″N 3°02′58″W / 50.7138945°N 3.0494463°W | ||||
| Barnstaple Priory | Cluniac monks fd. ante1199 by Johel of Totness; dis. 1535; granted to William, Lord Howard 1537/8 |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Barnstaple The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin |
[308] | |
| 51°05′19″N 4°03′45″W / 51.0884729°N 4.0624362°W | ||||
| Bodmiscombe Preceptory | Knights Templar poss. fd. 13thC; dis. ante15thC; apparently absorbed by Buckland Abbey 14th/15thC |
[309] | ||
| 50°52′50″N 3°16′06″W / 50.8804798°N 3.2683682°W | ||||
| Brightley Priory | Cistercian monks | |||
| 50°45′24″N 3°59′05″W / 50.756604°N 3.9846468°W | ||||
| Buckfast monastery | ![]() |
Benedictine monks Buckfast Abbey (see immediately below) built on site |
[310] | |
| 50°29′35″N 3°46′32″W / 50.49295°N 3.775609°W | ||||
| Buckfast Abbey * | Savignac monks from Savigny fd. 1136 by by Ethelwerd, son of William Pomerei built on site of Benedictine monastery (see immediately above) merged with Cistercian order 1148 Cistercian monks 1148; dis. 1539; granted to to Sir Thomas Dennys 1539/40; Benedictine monks 1882-present |
The Abbey Church of Our Lady, Buckfast Buckfastre Abbey |
[311] | |
| 50°29′35″N 3°46′32″W / 50.49295°N 3.775609°W | ||||
| Buckland Abbey | ![]() |
Cistercian monks from Quarr fd. 1278 by Amicia Countess of Devonshire; dis. 1539; granted to to Richard Greynfeld 1541/2; (NT) |
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| 50°28′52″N 4°08′01″W / 50.481188°N 4.133569°W | ||||
| Canonsleigh Abbey ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular priory 12thC Augustinian nuns' abbey fd. c.1161 by William de Clarville, lord of Burlescombe; Augustinian nuns rfd. 1285, by Maud, Countess of Devon dis. 1539; remains now incorporated into farm buildings |
Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist, Leigh Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Etheldreda, Leigh Leigh Abbey |
[378] [379] | |
| 50°56′53″N 3°19′46″W / 50.948056°N 3.329444°W | ||||
| Careswell Cell | Cluniac monks dis.; granted to John Etherege (Atherege) 1546/7 |
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| Chudleigh Abbey * | Brigittine nuns | The Abbey Church of Saint Bridget of Syon, Chudleigh | ||
| Churchill Monastery | uncertain order and foundation | |||
| 51°09′11″N 4°00′03″W / 51.1529705°N 4.0007401°W | ||||
| Cornworthy Priory | Augustinian nuns fd. 1205/1238 by the Edgecomb family; dis.; granted to Edward Harris and John Williams 1560 |
Court Prior | [380][381] [382] | |
| 50°23′19″N 3°39′31″W / 50.3884826°N 3.6586618°W | ||||
| Cowick Priory # | Benedictine monks, alien priory, cell of Bec 1144; granted to Eton College 1451; granted to Tavistock Abbey 1464; dis. 1538 |
The Priory Church of Saint Andrew Colwick Priory |
[312] | |
| 50°43′15″N 3°32′30″W / 50.7208284°N 3.541562°W | ||||
| Dartmouth Friary | Augustinian Friars poss. site of medieval monastic cell, church of St Petrox blt. on site 16thC |
[313] | ||
| 50°20′32″N 3°33′58″W / 50.3422629°N 3.5660881°W | ||||
| Denbury Grange | ||||
| 50°30′55″N 3°45′52″W / 50.5153504°N 3.7645125°W | ||||
| Dunkeswell Abbey | Cistercian monks fd. 1201 by William de Briwere; dis. 1539; granted to John, Lord Russell 1534/5; site in multiple ownership, with the Holy Trinity parish chapel blt. on site 1842 |
[314] [315] | ||
| 50°51′48″N 3°13′17″W / 50.8633606°N 3.2213974°W | ||||
| Exeter Priory + | ![]() |
fd. ?ante c.690; 'Benedictine' monks 932 secular canons 1050 episcopal diocesan cathedral 1050-present |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Peter The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter |
[383] |
| 50°43′21″N 3°31′47″W / 50.722476°N 3.529796°W | ||||
| Exeter Black Friary # | Dominican Friars fd. ante1232; dis. 1538; Bedford House built on site demolished 1773 |
Exeter Blackfriars | [316] | |
| 50°43′26″N 3°31′42″W / 50.7237626°N 3.5282314°W | ||||
| Exeter Grey Friary | Franciscan Friars fd. ante1240; moved by Bishop Bytten to site south of the South City Gate c.1292-1303 (see below); dis. 1538 |
Exeter Greyfriars | [317] | |
| 50°43′17″N 3°32′14″W / 50.7212954°N 3.5370934°W | ||||
| Franciscan Friars moved by Bishop Bytten from behind the North and West Gates c.1292-1303 (see above) |
Exeter Greyfriars | [318] | ||
| 50°43′19″N 3°32′08″W / 50.7219627°N 3.5356557°W | ||||
| Exeter monastery | fd. 868 by King Etheldred | [319] | ||
| Exeter monastery | fd. 932 by Athelstan; monks repeatedly fled through Danish raids but recalled by Canute 1019 |
[320] | ||
| Exeter - Polsloe Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. c.1160; dis. 1536; largely demolished, remaining range converted into country house |
The Priory Church of Saint Katherine, Polsloe, Exeter Polleshoo Priory |
[321] | |
| 50°44′03″N 3°30′07″W / 50.7342466°N 3.5018894°W | ||||
| Exeter Nunnery # | Augustinian nuns prob rebuilt as the Deanery 15thC |
[322] | ||
| 50°43′20″N 3°31′52″W / 50.7221851°N 3.5310262°W | ||||
| Exeter - St James Priory # | Cluniac monks daughter house of the abbey of St Martin-in-the-fields, Paris; fd. ante1143 by Baldwin De Redverus (Rivers), Earl of Devon; dis.; house built on site called 'The Old Abbey' |
St James | [323] | |
| 50°42′31″N 3°30′56″W / 50.7086582°N 3.5155714°W | ||||
| Exeter - St Nicholas Priory ^ | ![]() |
Benedictine monks fd. 1087 from Battle by William the Conqueror; dis. 1536; granted to Sir Thomas Denys 1540/1; private houses built on site 1820; monastic architecture restored; in ownership of Exeter Corporation 1913; open to public as a museum 1916; (closed for repair until 2008) |
The Priory Church of Saint Nicolas, Exeter Benedictine Priory of St Nicholas |
[384] [385] [386] [387] [388] |
| 50°43′19″N 3°32′06″W / 50.721847°N 3.53505°W | ||||
| Frithelstock Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. c.1220 by Sir Robert Beauchamp, Kt; dis. 1536; granted to Arthur Viscount Lisle 1537/8 |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Gregory Frethelstoke Priory; Fristoke Priory |
[324] | |
| 50°57′18″N 4°11′19″W / 50.955019°N 4.188575°W | ||||
| Hartland Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1161-9 by Gytha, wife of Earl Godwin, on the site of a secular collegiate foundation; dis. 1539; granted to William Abbot 1545/6; remains incorporated into Hartland Abbey house built on site |
Hertland Abbey | [325] | |
| 50°59′46″N 4°30′27″W / 50.9960801°N 4.5076132°W | ||||
| Indio monastery | uncertain order and foundation | |||
| Ipplepen Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | |||
| Ivybridge Priory * | Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary from St. Quay 1910 Augustinian (Augustinian Recollect) 1932-present, originally 'Cadleigh House' |
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| Kerswell Priory | Cluniac monks | |||
| Leigh Cell | ||||
| 50°18′34″N 3°48′39″W / 50.309351°N 3.8108826°W | ||||
| Marsh Barton Priory # | Augustinian Canons Regular became a cell of Plympton 1142; diss. 1539 |
St Mary St Mary de Marsh |
[326] | |
| 50°42′28″N 3°31′36″W / 50.7077681°N 3.5266435°W | ||||
| Modbury Priory | Benedictine monks alien priory fd. c.1140; extant 1430; granted to Eton College by Edward VI; nominally reverted to Tavistock Abbey c.1461-7 |
St George | [327] | |
| 50°20′55″N 3°53′25″W / 50.3484848°N 3.8903457°W | ||||
| Newenham Abbey | Cistercian monks daughter house of Beaulieu fd. 1246 or 1247 by Reginald de Mohun, Earl of Somerset; dis. 1539; leased to the Duke of Suffolk |
Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary | ||
| 50°46′13″N 3°00′42″W / 50.7702986°N 3.0116272°W | ||||
| Otterton Priory | Benedictine monks alien priory, cell of Mont St. Michael, Normandy fd. ante1087; dis. 1414; subsequently granted to Syon Abbey; granted to Richard Duke at the dis. of Syon 1539; part of claustral building converted into mansion |
[328] [329] | ||
| 50°39′32″N 3°18′10″W / 50.6588593°N 3.3029044°W | ||||
| Pilton Priory | Benedictine monks | |||
| 51°04′57″N 4°04′12″W / 51.0825523°N 4.0700912°W | ||||
| Plymouth - St Dunstan's Abbey | fd. 19thC | TThe Abbey Church of Saint Dunstan, Plymouth | [330] | |
| 50°22′29″N 4°09′14″W / 50.3747894°N 4.1537869°W | ||||
| Plymouth Black Friary | purported foundation of Dominican Friars 1431; site now occupied by the Black Friars Distillery; poss. confusion with Greyfriars |
[331] | ||
| 50°22′04″N 4°08′16″W / 50.3677942°N 4.1378143°W | ||||
| Plymouth Grey Friary | Carmelite Friars fd. 1383; in private ownership 1513; dis. 1538 |
[332] | ||
| 50°22′07″N 4°08′09″W / 50.3686137°N 4.1358268°W | ||||
| Plymouth White Friary # | Carmelite Friars fd. ante1296-7; dis. 1538 |
Plymouth Whitefriars | [333] | |
| 50°22′18″N 4°07′50″W / 50.3716007°N 4.1305268°W | ||||
| Plympton Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular ecclesiastical college fd. 904; Augustinian Canons Regular church blt on site 1121 by William Warlewas (Bishop of Exeter 1150-9); dis. 1539 |
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Plympton | [334] [335] [336] [337] | |
| 50°23′14″N 4°03′29″W / 50.3871692°N 4.0581608°W | ||||
| Sidmouth Priory | purported site of foundation of Augustinian Canons Regular - probably a confusion of Benedictine foundation (see immediately below) | [338] | ||
| 50°40′34″N 3°14′49″W / 50.6760381°N 3.2468221°W | ||||
| Sidmouth Priory | Benedictine monks alien priory or grange, daughter house of Mont St Michel fd. 11thC; dis. 1414;Bridgettine monks grange of Syon Abbey c.1431; dis. remains incorporated in Marlborough Hotel |
[339] | ||
| 50°40′42″N 3°14′17″W / 50.6784092°N 3.2380807°W | ||||
| Tavistock Abbey | ![]() |
Benedictine monks fd. 961/974 by Ordgar, Earl of Devonshire and his son; dis. 1539; granted to John, Lord Russell 1539/40; mansion built on site, now 'The Bedford Hotel' |
Tavestock Abbey | [389] [390] [391] [392] |
| 50°32′58″N 4°08′40″W / 50.549396°N 4.144501°W | ||||
| Teignmouth Abbey * | Benedictine nuns (fd. at Dunkirk, Flanders 1662, daughter house of Ghent) moved from Hammersmith 1862 |
The Abbey Church of Saint Scholastica, Teignmouth | ||
| 50°33′25″N 3°29′25″W / 50.556879°N 3.4903°W | ||||
| Torre Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck fd. 1196 by William de Briwere; dis. 1539; granted to Sir John St.Leger 1543/4; country house built on site, now in ownership of Torbay Corporation |
Torr Abbey | [340] [341] | |
| 50°27′48″N 3°32′28″W / 50.4633028°N 3.5409772°W | ||||
| Totnes Priory | Benedictine monks alien priory fd. 11thC by John Aluredi; dis.; granted to Catherine Champernoun and others 1543/4 |
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| Totnes Priory | Cluniac monks | |||
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Abbotsbury Abbey + | ![]() |
Benedictine monks fd. c.1026; dis. 1539; much in private ownership, partly in parochial use |
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter | [393] [394] [395] |
| Bindon Abbey | Cistercian monks (from Little Bindon) fd. 1172; dis. 1539; now in private ownership |
[396] [397] | ||
| 50°40′50″N 2°12′29″W / 50.6805524°N 2.208142°W50°39′50″N 2°35′52″W / 50.6637832°N 2.5978374°W | ||||
| Blackmoor Priory Hermitage | [398] | |||
| Bridport Friary | Carmelite Friars | |||
| Bridport Priory | order uncertain 13thC | [399] | ||
| Cerne Abbey ^, Cerne Abbas |
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Benedictine monks fd. 987 remains now incorporated into private house |
[400] | |
| 50°48′34″N 2°28′32″W / 50.8095043°N 2.4754858°W | ||||
| Christchurch Priory + | ![]() |
secular canons -1150 Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1150 dis. 1539 on site of earlier church demolished 1094 priory church now in parochial use |
The Priory Church of Christ, Christchurch | |
| 50°43′57″N 1°46′28″W / 50.7323673°N 1.7745562°W | ||||
| Cranborne Priory | ![]() |
Benedictine monks, fd. 980 by Aylward Sneaw (Snow); initially mother house of Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire, becoming dependent on Tewkesbury in 11thC; Abbot and 57 monks rmv to Tewkesbury 1102, Cranborne becoming a cell of that the abbey; dis. and surrendered to Henry VIII 31 January 1540 |
[401] [402] [403] | |
| 50°55′07″N 1°55′26″W / 50.9186529°N 1.9237849°W | ||||
| Dorchester Friary | Franciscan Friars | [404] | ||
| Forde Abbey ^ | ![]() |
Cistercian monks 1146/8?, 1136-1539 claustral remains now incorporated a mansion with public access |
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| 50°50′33″N 2°54′41″W / 50.842587°N 2.911457°W | ||||
| Frampton Priory | Benedictine monks, alien priory, daughter house of Caen, Normandy; fd. ante1077 |
[405] [406] [407] [408] [409] | ||
| 50°45′11″N 2°31′49″W / 50.7531186°N 2.5302109°W | ||||
| Friar Mayne Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | Freyer Mayne Preceptory | ||
| Gillingham Friary | Dominican Friars | [410] | ||
| Holme Priory | Cluniac monks fd. 1142 parish church -1746 mansion built on site of remains |
East Holme Priory; Holne Priory |
[411] [412] [413] | |
| 50°40′24″N 2°08′39″W / 50.6732505°N 2.1440305°W | ||||
| Horton Priory | Benedictine monks' abbey, fd. 961 reduced to priory status under Henry I, dependent on Sherborne Abbey 18thC church built on site of ruins of previous parochial church on the site of the priory |
St Wolfrida Horton Abbey |
[414][415] [416] | |
| 50°52′00″N 1°57′31″W / 50.8665449°N 1.9585222°W | ||||
| Little Bindon Abbey | Cistercian monks (from Forde) fd. 1171-1172 trns to Bindon 1172 |
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| Loders Priory | ![]() |
Benedictine monks, alien priory (under St Mary de Montebourg Abbey, Normandy) Carthusian monks under the monastery of St Anne at Coventry 1399-1414 Brigetine nuns (under Syon, Isleworth) 1414 |
[417] [418] [419] | |
| 50°44′45″N 2°43′21″W / 50.7458653°N 2.7225387°W | ||||
| Lulworth Abbey | Trappist monks (from Val Sainte, Switzerland) 1795, Abbey 1813-1817 returned to Melleray 1817 |
[420] | ||
| Milton Abbey ^, Milton Abbas |
Benedictine monks fd. 938/964; dis. 1539; remains incorporated into a mansion 1771 now in use as a school without public access |
The Priory Church of Saint Michael and Saint Mary, Milton Abbas | [421] | |
| 50°49′11″N 2°17′15″W / 50.8198488°N 2.2876132°W | ||||
| Muckleford Grange | Possible cell on estate granted to Tiron Abbey, Normandy, though estate was controlled by Andwell in Hampshire | |||
| Piddletrenthide Priory | Benedictine monks | |||
| Povington Priory | Alien house | [422] [423] | ||
| Shaftesbury Abbey | Benedictine nuns fd. c.888; dis. 1539; remains now within a walled garden |
[424] [425] [426] [427] [428] | ||
| 51°00′19″N 2°11′55″W / 51.0053132°N 2.1986201°W | ||||
| Sherborne Abbey ^ | ![]() |
Benedictine monks fd. 998; dis. 1536; church now in parochial use monastic buildings now incorporated into a public school |
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| 50°56′48″N 2°31′00″W / 50.9467121°N 2.5166363°W | ||||
| Shapwick Grange | ||||
| Spettisbury Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | [429] | ||
| Spetisbury Priory | Benedictine nuns, alien cell of abbey of St. Peter of Préaux in Normandy |
Spettisbury Priory | [430] [431] | |
| Stour Provost Grange | ||||
| Tarrant Abbey | Cistercian nuns fd. c.1100; dis. 1540s site now occupied by Abbey Farm, Abbey Hall may incorporate abbey remains |
Tarrant Crawford Abbey; Tarrant Kains Abbey; poss. 'Camesterne' |
[432] [433] | |
| 50°49′53″N 2°07′20″W / 50.831431°N 2.1222764°W | ||||
| Wareham Nunnery | ![]() |
Benedictine nuns, reputedly fd. late7th/early8thC; said to have been destroyed by the Danes 876 and 1015 |
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| 50°41′03″N 2°06′28″W / 50.6842894°N 2.1077391°W | ||||
| Wareham Priory | Benedictine monks, alien priory, cell of Tire Abbey, Normandy fd. 11thC; built on site of earlier nunnery (see immediately above); ownership passed to Mount Grace, Yorkshire 1398; dis. 1536 |
Lady St. Mary Priory | [434] [435] [436] | |
| 50°41′03″N 2°06′28″W / 50.6842896°N 2.1077389°W | ||||
| West Lulworth Priory | Cistercian monks trns to Bindon |
[437] | ||
| Wilcheswood monastery | order and foundation uncertain | Wilkswood | ||
| Wimborne Minster | ![]() |
Benedictine nuns converted into a college of secular canons |
Saint Cuthburga | [438] [439] |
| 50°47′56″N 1°59′17″W / 50.798978°N 1.9880909°W | ||||
| Winterborn Monkton Grange | Winterborn Grange; Winterborn Monckton |
[440] [441] | ||
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Baxterwood Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular (from Gisborough) | |||
| 54°46′23″N 1°34′36″W / 54.773093°N 1.576667°W | ||||
| Durham Cathedral Priory + | ![]() |
secular canons 997 Benedictine monks 1093-1540; episcopal diocesan cathedral 997-present |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert, Durham
The Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, Durham |
[442] |
| Durham Abbey * | Poor Clares nuns | |||
| Egglestone Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons (from Easby) c.1195, 1198-1540 converted into a house 1548 then labourers cottages (rowspan=2|EH) |
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| Finchale Priory | ![]() |
Benedictine monks 1115 (EH) | ||
| Jarrow Priory | Benedictine monks 681/2 | The Priory Church of Saint Paul, Jarrow St. Paul's Monastery |
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| Neasham Priory | Benedictine nuns ante1156 a 19thC house named Neasham Abbey now stands near the site |
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| Wearmouth Abbey, Monkswearmouth |
Benedictine monks 674 | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Wearmouth | ||
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Beverley Minster + | ![]() |
built on site of secular canons' monastery, secular canons fd. c.700; dis. 1547, collegiate |
The Parish Church of Saint John and Saint Martin, Beverley | [443] [444] [445] [446] |
| Blackfriars, Beverley | Dominican Friars 1267 | |||
| 53°50′21″N 0°25′29″W / 53.839167°N 0.424722°W | ||||
| Greyfriars, Beverley | Franciscan Friars 1230s | |||
| Bridlington Priory + | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1114; dis. 1537 church now in parochial use |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Bridlington | [447] [448] |
| 54°05′40″N 0°12′06″W / 54.0943418°N 0.2017772°W | ||||
| Faxfleet Preceptory | Knights Templar 1185-1308/12 site now occupied by a fortified manor house |
[449] | ||
| 53°38′06″N 1°15′40″W / 53.634995°N 1.2610003°W | ||||
| Haltemprice Priory | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1327; dis. 1536 |
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| 53°45′53″N 0°25′15″W / 53.7646128°N 0.4208171°W | ||||
| Hemingbrough Minster | ||||
| Howden Minster | ![]() |
secular canons fd. 1267; dis. 1550, collegiate |
The Collegiate and Minster Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Howden | [450] [451] [452] [453] |
| 53°44′43″N 0°52′02″W / 53.7453149°N 0.8672923°W | ||||
| Meaux Abbey | ![]() |
Cistercian monks fd. 1150; dis. 1539 site now occupied at Crown Farm, in private ownership |
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| 53°50′23″N 0°20′30″W / 53.8397283°N 0.341531°W | ||||
| North Ferriby Priory # | Knights Templar preceptory fd. by Eustace fitz John c.1140; Augustinian Canons Regular priory; dis. 1536-7; granted to Thomas Culpeper c.1540 |
The Priory Church of St Marie North Ferriby Preceptory; North Ferry Priory |
[454] [455] [456] | |
| 53°43′06″N 0°30′21″W / 53.7183362°N 0.50587°W | ||||
| Nunburnholme Priory | Benedictine nuns 12th/13thC | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Nunburnholme | [457] | |
| Nunkeeling Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. 1152 by Agnes de Arches (Agnes de Catfoss) |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Keeling Nonnekelyng Priory |
[458] | |
| Swine Priory + | Cistercian nuns fd. 12thC by Robert de Verli; dis.; granted to Sir Richard Gresham c.1540 now in parochial use |
Swinhey Priory | [459] [460] [461] | |
| 53°48′23″N 0°16′45″W / 53.806268°N 0.279070°W | ||||
| Thicket Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. 12thC by Roger Fitz Roger; dis.; granted to John Aske c.1541 |
Thickhed Priory | ||
| 53°53′00″N 0°56′28″W / 53.8832121°N 0.9411603°W | ||||
| Warter Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular abbey alien house, daughter of Arrouaise; independent 1162; fd. 1132 by Jeffery (Geffrey) Fitz Pain;priory 1181/92 to dissolution; dis. 1536; granted to Thomas, Earl of Rutland c.1540 priory church remained in parochial use until demolition in 1864; the present village parochial church of St James was built on site |
[462] [463] | ||
| 53°56′34″N 0°40′34″W / 53.9428563°N 0.6761903°W | ||||
| Watton Priory | Gilbertine double monastery fd. 1150; dis. 1539 on the site of an earlier priory (686) house named Watton Abbey on site which is now in private ownership |
[464] [465] | ||
| 53°56′05″N 0°26′34″W / 53.9348214°N 0.4427683°W | ||||
| Wilberfoss Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. c.1154 by Alan de Cotton; dis. 1539; granted to George Gale c.1543 |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wilberfoss Wilburfosse Priory |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Battle Abbey | Benedictine monks fd. 1094; dis. 1538 (EH) |
The Abbey Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Mary and Saint Martin | ||
| 50°54′52″N 0°29′15″E / 50.9145167°N 0.4874861°E | ||||
| Bayham Abbey | ![]() |
Premonstratensian Canons from Otham 1208; dis. 1525 (EH) |
[466] [467] | |
| 51°06′14″N 0°21′19″E / 51.103846°N 0.355232°E | ||||
| Hastings Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd.1189-99; dis. 1413; structure physically moved inland to Warbleton due to encroachment of the sea; masonry from the establishment was excavated during the construction of the Ritz Cinema |
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Hastings | [342] | |
| 50°51′22″N 0°34′37″E / 50.8561464°N 0.5768815°E | ||||
| Langney Priory | Cluniac monks | |||
| Lewes Priory | Cluniac monks fd. 1077 |
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| 50°52′05″N 0°00′31″E / 50.8681479°N 0.0084758°E | ||||
| Michelham Priory | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1229; dis. 1536; remains incorporated into a mansion; now in ownership of Sussex Archaeological Society |
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Michelham | [343] [344] [345] [346] |
| 50°51′46″N 0°12′51″E / 50.8626495°N 0.2140376°E | ||||
| Otham Abbey, Polegate |
Premonstratensian Canons fd. 1175 by Ralph de Dene; (united with Bayham) 1208, becoming a grange; dis. 1526 |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Laurence | [351] | |
| 50°49′47″N 0°15′07″E / 50.8296793°N 0.252015°E | ||||
| Robertsbridge Abbey | Cistercian monks trns from Salehurst c.1250; dis. 1538; site now occupied by a private house without public access |
[352] | ||
| 50°59′26″N 0°29′27″E / 50.9905867°N 0.4907906°E | ||||
| Friary of the Sack, Rye | Friars of the Sack | |||
| Friary of St Anthony, Rye | Franciscan Friars | The Friary Church of Saint Anthony of Padua | ||
| Salehurst Abbey | Cistercian monks from Boxley 1176-c.1250 trns to Robertsbrige c.1250 |
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| Warbleton Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1413; dis. 1536; moved from Hastings now in private ownership without public access |
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Hastings New Hastings Priory; Rushlake Priory |
[353] [354] [355] | |
| 50°56′21″N 0°20′04″E / 50.9392979°N 0.3343213°E | ||||
| Wilmington Priory + | Benedictine monks, alien house of Grestein Priory fd. c.1243 by Herluin; dis. 1414; granted to Dean and Chapter of Chichester; granted to Sir Richard Sackville 1565; site now occupied by parochial church |
[356] [357] [358] | ||
| 50°49′02″N 0°11′25″E / 50.817212°N 0.190174°E | ||||
| Black Friars, Winchelsea | Dominican Friars fd. 1358; dis. 1538 |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Winchelsea | [359] [360] | |
| 50°55′37″N 0°42′24″E / 50.9268362°N 0.7067379°E | ||||
| Greyfriars, Winchelsea | Franciscan Friars fd. ante1253; dis. 1538 |
[361] | ||
| 50°55′19″N 0°42′37″E / 50.9218554°N 0.7104099°E | ||||
| Withyham Priory | Benedictine monks, alien house of Mortain Priory fd. 1249; dis. 1413 |
[362] | ||
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Beeleigh Abbey ^ | ![]() |
Premonstratensian Canons, trns from Parndon fd. 1180; dis. 1536 remains now incorporated into private house without public access |
Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas, Beeleigh Bileigh Abbey (originally Maldon Abbey) |
[468] [469] |
| 51°44′16″N 0°39′49″E / 51.7379°N 0.6635°E | ||||
| Bedemans Berg Priory | Benedictine monks | |||
| 51°41′38″N 0°21′59″E / 51.6939479°N 0.3663254°E | ||||
| Berden Priory # | Augustinian Canons Regular site now occupied by mansion also called Berden Priory |
The Priory Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Berden | [470] [471] | |
| 51°56′47″N 0°08′07″E / 51.946487°N 0.1351833°E | ||||
| Bicknacre Priory | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular | Woodham Ferrers Priory | [472] |
| 51°41′40″N 0°34′57″E / 51.694523°N 0.582427°E | ||||
| Blackmore Priory | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. late12thC; dis. 1525 |
The Priory Church of Saint Lawrence, Blackmore Jericho Priory |
[473] [474] |
| 51°41′25″N 0°19′04″E / 51.690355°N 0.317834°E | ||||
| Burstead Grange | ||||
| 51°36′09″N 0°26′41″E / 51.6026124°N 0.4446888°E | ||||
| Cannons Priory | ||||
| Castle Hedingham Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. ?ante1190 |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint James and the Holy Cross | [475] [476] | |
| Coggeshall Abbey | ![]() |
Savignac monks from Savigny fd. 1140 Cistercian monks 1147; dis. 1538 site now occupied by a private house with limited public access (NT) |
Little Coggeshall Abbey called 'Grange Barn' | [477] [478] |
| 51°52′03″N 0°41′34″E / 51.8675284°N 0.6927878°E | ||||
| St. Botolph's Priory, Colchester | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. c.1093; dis. 1536 (EH) |
The Priory Church of Saint Botolph, Colchester | [479] |
| 51°53′15″N 0°54′16″E / 51.887458°N 0.904334°E | ||||
| St. John's Abbey, Colchester | ![]() |
Benedictine monks fd. 11thC; dis. 1539 (EH) |
The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Colchester Colchester Abbey or Colchester Priory |
[480] [481] |
| 51°53′06″N 0°54′05″E / 51.884991°N 0.901305°E | ||||
| Colchester Grey Friary | Franciscan Friars | |||
| Colchester Crutched Friary | Crutched Friars | |||
| Cressing Preceptory | ![]() |
Knights Templar Knights Hospitaller |
Cressing Temple | [482] |
| Earl's Colne Priory | ![]() |
Benedictine monks | Earls Colne or Monks Colne | [483] |
| 51°55′36″N 0°42′36″E / 51.926732°N 0.710029°E | ||||
| Frating Abbey | ||||
| Hatfield Broad Oak Priory | ![]() |
Benedictine monks fd. c.1135; dis. 1534 alien priory, cell of Abbey of St. Melaine at Rennes in Brittany |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Hatfield Broad Oak Hatfield Regis Priory; Hatfield Broadoak Priory |
[484] |
| 51°49′37″N 0°14′35″E / 51.826876°N 0.242963°E | ||||
| Hatfield Peverel Priory | Benedictine monks | [485] [486] | ||
| Latton Priory + | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 12thC; abandoned 1534 remains now incorporated into farm buildings |
[487] [488] | |
| 51°44′20″N 0°07′15″E / 51.738794°N 0.120935°E | ||||
| Leez Priory # | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular site now occupied by a mansion |
Leighs Priory; Leigh Priory; Little Leighs Priory |
[489] |
| Little Dunmow Priory + | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular part of church now in use as parish church |
[490] [491] | |
| Little Horkesley Priory | Cluniac monks | The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Horkesley Horkesley Priory |
[492] | |
| Little Maplestead Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller ?ante1186-1436 |
Maplestead Preceptory | [493] | |
| Panfield Priory | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular, alien priory, cell of St Stephen's Abbey, Caen | [494] | |
| 51°54′16″N 0°31′20″E / 51.904364°N 0.522325°E | ||||
| Parndon Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons Regular from Newhouse fd. 1172 trns to Beeleigh 1180 |
Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas, Great Parndon Great Parndon Abbey |
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| Prittlewell Priory ^, Southend-on-Sea |
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Cluniac monks site now within public Priory Park now in ownership of Southend Corporation |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Prittlewell | [495] |
| 51°33′14″N 0°42′21″E / 51.5540156°N 0.7058582°E | ||||
| St. Osyth's Abbey ^ | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular on the site of an earlier Saxon nunnery, established as Priory raised to Abbey status; after reformation incorporated into a mansion now in private ownership with public access |
The Abbey Church of Saint Osyth, Saint Osyths St Osyth's Priory; Chich Abbey |
[496] [497] |
| 51°47′59″N 1°04′31″E / 51.799655°N 1.075193°E | ||||
| Standon Preceptory | Knights Templar Knights Hospitaller |
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| Stanton Priory | Benedictine monks | |||
| Standon Priory | St John of Jerusalem nuns or canonesses | |||
| Stansgate Priory | Cluniac monks' cell fd. 1122; dis. 1525; granted to Cardinal's College Oxford; granted to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem 1531; sold to Edmund Mordaut 1544 |
Stanesgate Priory | [498] [499] | |
| 51°43′03″N 0°47′37″E / 51.7175307°N 0.7934833°E | ||||
| Takeley Priory | Benedictine monks fd. 1066 or c.1391 alien priory now in grounds of Warish Hall |
The Priory Church of Saint Valery, Takeley | [500] | |
| 51°52′11″N 0°16′01″E / 51.869602°N 0.2669334°E | ||||
| Thoby Priory | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular | [501] [502] |
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| 51°39′48″N 0°21′02″E / 51.663381°N 0.3506°E | ||||
| Thremhall Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. mid12thC dis. 1536 site now occupied by a modern house |
[503] | ||
| 51°52′24″N 0°12′32″E / 51.8734705°N 0.2089977°E | ||||
| Tilty Abbey + | Cistercian monks fd. 1153; dis. 1536 church now in parochial use |
[504] | ||
| 51°54′51″N 0°19′29″E / 51.914183°N 0.3246331°E | ||||
| Tiptree Priory | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 12thC dis. 16thC house built on site |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas, Tiptree | [505] |
| 51°47′54″N 0°43′07″E / 51.7984079°N 0.7185128°E | ||||
| Tolleshunt Major Grange | ||||
| Walden Abbey ^ | Benedictine monks site now occupied by Audley End House and St. Mark's College |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint James the Apostle, Walden Saffron Walden Abbey |
[506] | |
| 52°01′21″N 0°14′28″E / 52.0223954°N 0.2411842°E | ||||
| Waltham Abbey + | ![]() |
?1016-1035s secular canons c.1060 Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1117; dis. 1540 part of church now in use as parish church |
[507] | |
| 51°41′15″N 0°18′32″E / 51.687588°N 0.3090°E | ||||
| West Mersea Priory | Benedictine monks | |||
| 51°46′33″N 0°54′49″E / 51.7757004°N 0.9135818°E | ||||
| Wix Priory | ![]() |
Benedictine nuns site now occupied by Abbey Farmhouse blocked arches of priory church form north wall of the church of St. Mary The Virgin |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Wix Wickes Priory; Sopwick Priory |
[508] [509] |
| 51°55′04″N 1°08′41″E / 51.917768°N 1.144635°E |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Beckford Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular, then secular known as 'The Manor' |
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| Brimpsfield Priory | ||||
| Cirencester Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular site now within a public park |
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| Deerhurst Abbey + | Benedictine monks church now in use as parochial church |
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| Flaxley Abbey + | Cistercian monks fd. 1151 dis. 1536 remains now incorporated into a private house without public access |
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| Blackfriars, Gloucester | Dominican Friars | |||
| Greyfriars, Gloucester | Franciscan Friars fd. 1231; dis. 1538; church became a brewery |
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| Gloucester Cathedral Abbey + | ![]() |
Double monastery c.681 secular canons 823 Benedictine monks 1022-1539 episcopal diocesan cathedral 1541-present |
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Gloucester | [510] |
| 51°52′03″N 2°14′48″W / 51.867549°N 2.246590°W | ||||
| St. Oswald's Priory, Gloucester | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular after the Reformation in parochial use as St. Catharine's Church |
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| 51°52′09″N 2°14′52″W / 51.8692815°N 2.2476844°W | ||||
| Hailes Abbey | ![]() |
Cistercian monks from Beaulieu fd. 1246 dis. 1539 (NT) |
Hayles Abbey | |
| 51°58′06″N 1°55′41″W / 51.968333°N 1.928056°W | ||||
| Horsley Priory | a prison late18thC parish church now occupies area north of site |
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| Kingswood Abbey | Cistercian monks, from Tintern fd. 1139 dis. 1538 (EH) |
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| Lechlade Priory | Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Lechlade | |||
| Leonard Stanley Priory | Benedictine monks or Augustinian Canons Regular church now in parochial use |
The Priory Church of Saint Leonard, Leonard Stanley Stanley St. Leonard Priory |
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| Llanthony Secunda | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1136 | |||
| Newent Priory | ||||
| Prinknash Abbey | Benedictine monks | |||
| 51°49′21″N 2°10′34″W / 51.822492°N 2.176181°W | ||||
| Quenington Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | |||
| Temple Guiting Preceptory | Knights Templar | |||
| Tewkesbury Abbey + | ![]() |
Benedictine monks (a cell of Cranborne) fd. c.980, trns from Cranborne 1102-1540 now in parochial use |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tewkesbury Abbey | |
| 51°59′25″N 2°09′38″W / 51.990338°N 2.160594°W | ||||
| Winchcombe Abbey | Benedictine monks | |||
| 51°57′11″N 1°58′00″W / 51.95292°N 1.966612°W |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Alton Abbey * | Anglican Benedictine monks 1895–present | The Abbey of Our Lady and Saint John | ||
| Andover Priory | Benedictine monks, alien priory, daughter house of St. Florent, Saumur; fd. 12th century |
[511] | ||
| 51°12′36″N 1°28′42″W / 51.210102°N 1.478321°W | ||||
| Andwell Priory | Tironensian monks, alien priory, daughter house of Tiron | [512] | ||
| 51°16′06″N 1°00′51″W / 51.268333°N 1.014175°W | ||||
| Baddesley Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller fd. c.1355; dis. 1540 trns from Godsfield |
Godsfield | [513] | |
| North Baddesley, Southampton | ||||
| Beaulieu Abbey ^ | ![]() |
Cistercian monks fd. 1204; dis. 1538 trns from Faringdon, Berkshire now part of Beaulieu Palace, in private ownership with public access |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Beauliey Bellus Locus Regis (Royal Beaulieu); abbatia quae vocitatur Bellus Locus |
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| 50°49′19″N 1°27′00″W / 50.821919°N 1.449895°W | ||||
| Breamore Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular Elizabethan manor house (1536) on site |
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Mary and Saint Michael Bromere Priory |
[514] | |
| 50°58′15″N 1°47′03″W / 50.970846°N 1.784195°W | ||||
| Christchurch Priory | ![]() |
Secular canons fd. c.1060–1150 Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1150; dis. 1539 Parish church 1540–present |
Church of the Holy Trinity, Twyneham Twyneham Priory |
[515] |
| 50°43′56″N 1°46′27″W / 50.732157°N 1.774195°W | ||||
| Ellingham Priory | Benedictine monks, alien priory, daughter house of St. Sauveur Vicomte fd. 1160; dis. 1414 |
[516] | ||
| 50°52′27″N 1°47′46″W / 50.8742415°N 1.796222°W | ||||
| Farnborough Abbey * | ![]() |
Premonstratensian Canons' cell 1887 French Benedictine 1895 raised to abbey status 1903 English Benedictine cell of Prinknash 1947 priory 1969 independent community 1980 |
The Abbey Church of Saint Michael the Archangel | [517] [518] [519] |
| 51°17′49″N 0°44′58″W / 51.297043°N 0.749535°W | ||||
| Godsfield Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller fd. c.1171; dis. 1355 trns to North Baddesley |
[520] | ||
| 51°07′46″N 1°08′16″W / 51.129544°N 1.137764°W | ||||
| Hamble Priory | Tironensian monks, alien priory, daughter house of Tiron fd. ante1140; dis. 1391 |
Priory of St. Andrew, Hamble Hamble-en-le-rys; Hamblerice; Hamble-le-Rice |
[521] | |
| 50°51′32″N 1°19′03″W / 50.858796°N 1.317635°W | ||||
| Hayling Priory | Benedictine monks, alien priory, daughter house of Jumièges fd. post1067; dis. 1413 The site is now beneath the sea |
[522] | ||
| off shore of Hayling Island | ||||
| Mottisfont Abbey ^ | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular remains now incorporated into a mansion |
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Mottisford Mottisfont Priory |
[523] |
| 51°02′28″N 1°32′06″W / 51.041030°N 1.534889°W | ||||
| Netley Abbey | ![]() |
Cistercian monks fd. 1239; dis. 1536 (EH) |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Edward the Confessor
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[524] [525] [526] |
| 50°52′44″N 1°21′27″W / 50.878980°N 1.357391°W | ||||
| Pamber Priory + | Benedictine monks, alien priory, daughter house of St. Vigor, Cerisy fd. 1100; dis. 1135 now in ownership of Queen's College, Oxford |
Monk Sherborne Priory; Sherborne Priory |
[527] | |
| 51°19′18″N 1°08′02″W / 51.321735°N 1.133936°W | ||||
| Portchester Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1133; trns. to Southwick c.1145 Priory church extant |
[528] | ||
| 50°50′12″N 1°06′48″W / 50.836639°N 1.113353°W | ||||
| Redbridge Monastery | ancient monastery under Abbat Cimberth, about the year 680, called by Bede Reodford | Reodford Monastery | [529] | |
| Redbridge | ||||
| Romsey Abbey + | ![]() |
Benedictine nuns fd. 967; dis. 1539 church now in parochial use |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Elfleda | [530] [531] |
| 50°59′23″N 1°30′05″W / 50.989621°N 1.501299°W | ||||
| Selborne Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1233–1485 |
Priory of St Mary | [532] | |
| 51°06′14″N 0°55′21″W / 51.103926°N 0.922610°W | ||||
| Franciscan Friary, Southampton | Franciscan Friars fd. c.1237 |
[533] | ||
| close to God's House, Southampton | ||||
| St. Denys's Priory, Southampton | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1124; dis. 1536 |
St Denis Priory | [534] | |
| 50°55′26″N 1°22′52″W / 50.923982°N 1.381209°W | ||||
| Southwick Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. c.1145; dis. 1538 trns. from Portchester |
Our Lady of Southwick | [535] | |
| 50°52′26″N 1°06′42″W / 50.873927°N 1.111770°W | ||||
| Titchfield Abbey | ![]() |
Premonstratensian Canons converted into a mansion (EH) |
[536] | |
| 50°51′25″N 1°13′53″W / 50.856826°N 1.231419°W | ||||
| Wherwell Abbey # | Benedictine nuns country house built on site, church in parochial use |
The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross, Wherwell | [537] | |
| 51°09′55″N 1°26′30″W / 51.165355°N 1.441532°W | ||||
| Austin Friary, Winchester | Augustinian Friars | [538] | ||
| Carmelite Friary, Winchester | Carmelite Friars | [539] | ||
| Dominican Friary, Winchester | Dominican Friars fd. c.1231; dis. 1538 |
[540] | ||
| Franciscan Friary, Winchester | Franciscan Friars | [541] | ||
| Hyde Abbey, Winchester | ![]() |
Benedictine monks fd. 1109 trns from New Minster |
New Minster | [542] |
| 51°04′07″N 1°18′52″W / 51.068616°N 1.314358°W | ||||
| New Minster, Winchester | Benedictine monks fd. 901; trns to Hyde Abbey 1109 |
[543] | ||
| St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester | Benedictine nuns | Nunnaminster | [544] | |
| St. Swithun's Priory, Winchester + | ![]() |
secular canons fd. c.942–1064 Benedictine monks fd. 964; dis. 1539 Winchester Cathedral in use as episcopal diocesan cathedral fd. c.662/3–present |
Winchester Cathedral Priory Old Minster |
[545] [546] [547] |
| Wintney Priory | Cistercian nuns fd. 12thC; dis. 1536 18th century farmhouse on site |
Priory of the Blessed Virgin and St. Mary Magdalene | [548] | |
| 51°17′27″N 0°53′15″W / 51.290855°N 0.887532°W |
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| Dore Abbey, Abbey Dore |
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Cistercian monks from Morimond fd. 1147; dis. 1536 part now in parochial use |
Abbey Dore | |
| 52°02′20″N 2°45′22″W / 52.03899°N 2.756018°W | ||||
| Belmont Abbey * | ![]() |
Benedictine monks fd. 1859-present Roman Catholic priory-cathedral 1859-1917 abbey-cathedral 1917-1920 See trns to St David's Cathedral, Cardiff |
The Abbey Church of Saint Michael and All Angels, Belmont | [549] |
| Clifford Priory | Cluniac monks | |||
| Craswall Priory | Grandmontine monks | |||
| Flanesford Priory ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular remains now incorporated into a private house |
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| Garway Preceptory | Knights Templar Knights Hospitaller |
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| Blackfriars, Hereford | Dominican Friars | |||
| Kilpeck Priory | Benedictine monks | |||
| Leominster nunnery | ||||
| Leominster Priory + | c.660 secular canons 9thC nuns -1046 Benedictine monks fd. 1123; dis. 1539 |
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Leominster | ||
| Limebrook Priory | Augustinian Canonesses | |||
| Wigmore Abbey ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular remains now incorporated into farm and buildings |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Ashridge Priory | Bonshommes monks | |||
| 51°47′58″N 0°33′34″W / 51.7994861°N 0.5594015°W | ||||
| Hertford Priory # | Benedictine monks site now occupied by parish church |
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| Redbourn Priory | ||||
| St Albans Abbey + | ![]() |
fd. c.793 Benedictine monks 976; dis. 1539 parochial thereafter episcopal diocesan cathedral 1877-present |
The Cathedral and Abbey Church of Saint Alban, St Albans | [550] |
| 51°45′02″N 0°20′34″W / 51.750620°N 0.342915°W | ||||
| Sopwell Priory | Benedictine monks | |||
| Temple Dinsley Preceptory # | Knights Templar site now occupied by The Princess Helena College |
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| Wymondley Priory, Little Wymondley |
Augustinian Canons Regular Site now occupied by a Tudor Tithe barn |
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| Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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| Amaravati Buddhist Monastery*, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead | Buddhist: Theravada Forest Sangha |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall |
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former Tudor house temporarily used by Benedictine monks in early 20th century (EH) | ||
| 50°37′01″N 1°14′01″W / 50.617029°N 1.233635°W | ||||
| Barton Priory | ![]() |
Augustinian Canons Regular | The Holy Trinity Barton Oratory |
[551] |
| Carisbrooke - St Mary's Priory # | ![]() |
Cistercian monks, alien priory, cell of Lire Abbey | The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Carisbrooke | [552] |
| 50°41′31″N 1°18′50″W / 50.691904°N 1.313939°W | ||||
| Carisbrooke Priory * | ![]() |
The Open Door | [553] | |
| 50°41′09″N 1°18′27″W / 50.685787°N 1.307526°W | ||||
| Quarr Abbey (Cistercian) | ![]() |
Savignac monks fd. 1132 Cistercian monks 1147; dis. 1536 |
The Abbey Church of Our Lady of the Quarry | |
| 50°43′52″N 1°11′58″W / 50.730996°N 1.199356°W | ||||
| Quarr Abbey *, Binsted |
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Benedictine monks fd. 24 May 1907 from Appuldurcombe House current house constructed from the ruined masonry of the former abbey |
[554] | |
| 50°43′53″N 1°12′17″W / 50.73144°N 1.204773°W | ||||
| Ryde - St Cecilia's Abbey * Appley House, Ryde |
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Solesmes nuns - returned to France from exile Benedictine nuns, daughter house of Liege Abbey fd. at Ventnor 1882; trns to Appley House 1922; priory attained abbey status 1926; aggregated into the Solesmes Community 1950 |
Priory of the Peace of the Heart of Jesus Abbey of the Peace of the Heart of Jesus |
[555] |
| 50°43′42″N 1°08′47″W / 50.728428°N 1.14636°W | ||||
| St Cross Priory | Tironensian monks, alien house fd. c.1120 |
[556] | ||
| St Helen's Priory | ![]() |
Cluniac monks, alien house fd. c1090; dis. 1414 |
[557] | |
| 50°42′05″N 1°05′57″W / 50.701405°N 1.099298°W | ||||
| Ventnor Priory, Steephill View |
Benedictine nuns, daughter house of Liege Abbey, Belgium, fd. 1882 trns to Appley House, Ryde 1922; Steephill View house now demolished. Priory Lodge, built 1970 now occupies the site. |
Pax Cordis Jesu | ||
The following location on the Isle of Wight lacks monastic connection:-
Chale Abbey: farm
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| Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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| Isle of Wight monastery* | Buddhist 1984 |
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| Aylesford Priory * | ![]() |
Carmelite community built on site of Carmelite priory | 'The Friars' | |
| 51°16′41″N 1°05′17″E / 51.278126°N 1.088156°E | ||||
| Bilsington Priory ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular remains now incorporated into a house |
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| Boxley Abbey ^ | Cistercian monks from Clairvaux fd. 1143/46; dis. 1538 part of remains now incorporated into a private house |
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| Canterbury - Blackfriars | Dominican Friars | |||
| Canterbury - Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars | |||
| Canterbury Cathedral Priory + | ![]() |
secular canons c.600 Benedictine monks 1070-1539 episcopal diocesan cathedral c.600-present |
The Cathedral and Abbey Church of Christ, Canterbury,
The Cathedral Church of Christ, Canterbury |
[558] [559] |
| 51°16′47″N 1°04′59″E / 51.279689°N 1.083183°E | ||||
| Canterbury - St Augustine's Abbey | Benedictine monks dis. 1538 (EH) |
The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine, Canterbury | ||
| 51°16′41″N 1°05′17″E / 51.278126°N 1.088156°E | ||||
| Canterbury - St Mary of the Angels Friars * | Franciscan OFM Franciscan Friars involved in running the Franciscan International Study Centre | |||
| Combwell Priory | ||||
| Davington Priory + | Benedictine nuns fd. 1153; dis. 1535; church in now parochial use - priory buildings in private ownership - since 1982 owned by Bob Geldof |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalen, Davington; (parochially also dedicated to St Lawrence) | ||
| Dover Priory | Benedictine monks (Augustinian Canons Regular?) 1130 remains now incorporated into a private school, Dover College |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint Martin of the New Work, Dover | ||
| Faversham Abbey | Cluniac monks (from Bermondsey) fd. 1147; dis. 1538 |
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| Folkestone Priory | Benedictine monks | |||
| Higham Priory | Benedictine monks | Lillechurch Priory | ||
| Horton Priory ^ | ![]() |
Cluniac monks fd. 12thC, cell of Lewes Priory; dis. 1536; remains now incorporated into a private house |
The Priory Church of St John the Evangelist, Horton | |
| Leeds Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | |||
| Lossenham Friary | Carmelite Friars | |||
| Lyminge Abbey | Benedictine monks | |||
| Minster in Sheppey Priory + | Benedictine nuns now in parochial use |
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| Minster in Thanet Priory * | Benedictine monks then private, now Benedictine nuns built on site of an earlier abbey, which occupied site of previous monastery |
Minster Abbey | ||
| Moatenden Priory | Trinitarian monks fd. 1224 site now occupied by a house named 'Moatenden Manor' |
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| New Romney Priory | Cistercian monks and nuns double monastery | |||
| Patrixbourne Priory | ||||
| Rochester Cathedral Priory + | ![]() |
secular canons 604-1080 Benedictine monks fd. 1080; dis. 1540 parochial/conventual use as an episcopal diocesan cathedral 604 |
The Cathedral and Priory Church of Saint Andrew, Rochester | [560][561] |
| Reculver Abbey | Benedictine monks fd. 669 destroyed by Vikings |
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| St. John's Jerusalem | Knights Hospitaller (NT) | |||
| St. Radegund's Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons now in private ownership |
Bradsole Abbey | ||
| Sutton-at-Hone Preceptory + | Knights Hospitaller remains in use as chapel and private residence (NT) |
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| Swingfield Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | |||
| Temple Ewell Preceptory, Ewell |
Knights Templar remains now incorporated into church |
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| Throwley Priory | ||||
| Tonbridge Priory # | Augustinian Canons Regular site later occupied by a railway goods station |
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| West Langdon Abbey # | Premonstratensian Canons site now occupied by 16thC farmhouse currently in use as a holiday cottage |
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| West Malling Abbey * | Benedictine nuns trns from Twickenham; trns to Milford Haven |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, West Malling | ||
| West Peckham Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | |||
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| Burscough Priory Burscough |
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Augustinian Canons Regular fd.1186 by Robert Fitz Henry, Lord of Latham
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| 53°34′59″N 2°51′23″W / 53.5830985°N 2.8562897°W | ||||
| Cockerham Priory Cockerham |
Augustinian Canons Regular cell of St. Mary in the Meadows (de Pratis) at Leicestercell fd. c.1207 or 1208 |
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| Cockersand Abbey | ![]() |
Hospital of St. Mary ante-1184: Premonstratensian Canons' priory rfd. post-1184 by William Lancastre abbey 1192, continuing as a hospital; dis. 1539; granted to John Kechin (Kitchen) 1543/4 now in private ownership of the Dalton family |
Thurnham Abbey | |
| 53°58′36″N 2°52′28″W / 53.976723°N 2.874581°W | ||||
| Hornby Priory | Premonstratensian Canons, cell of Croxton Abbey fd. by the Montbegons of Hornby, the ancestors of Sir Thomas Stanley dis.; granted to Lord Montegle 1544/5 |
Horneby Priory | [363] | |
| 54°06′47″N 2°38′12″W / 54.1129555°N 2.6368046°W | ||||
| Lancaster Priory | ![]() |
Benedictine monks, alien priory fd. 1094 by Earl Roger of Poictiers (Roger, Earl of Poitiers) |
St Mary | |
| 54°03′03″N 2°48′22″W / 54.050739°N 2.805990°W | ||||
| Lancaster Friary | Dominican Friars fd. 1259/60 by Sir Hugh Harrington; dis.; granted to John Polcroft 1540/1 |
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| Lytham St. Anne's Priory | Benedictine monks' cell fd. 12thC by Richard Fitz Rogers; dis.; granted to Sir Thomas Holcroft |
Lythom Priory | ||
| Penwortham Priory | Benedictine monks fd. 11thC by the bounty of Warine Bussel;dis.; granted to John Fleetwood 1542/3 |
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| Preston Friary | Franciscan Friars fd. 1260 by Edmond, Earl of Lancaster; dis. 1539; granted to Thomas Holcroft 1540/1 |
[364] [365] [366] | ||
| 53°45′35″N 2°42′11″W / 53.7598498°N 2.703108°W | ||||
| Sawley Abbey | ![]() |
Cistercian monks fd. 1147; dis. 1536 EH |
Salley Abbey | |
| Tulketh Priory | Sauvignac monks fd. 1124; trns to Furness 1127 |
[367] | ||
| 53°45′56″N 2°46′19″W / 53.7654563°N 2.7719879°W | ||||
| Upholland Priory | Benedictine monks/friars? fd. 1318 by Walter, Bishop of Lichfield; dis.; granted to John Holcroft 1545/6 remains incorporated into parochial church |
Holand Friary | ||
| Whalley Abbey | ![]() |
Cistercian monks from Stanlow fd. c.1172 dis. 1537; granted to Richard Aston and John Braddyll 1553/4 now in ownership of the Diocese of Blackburn |
Locus Benedictus de Whalley Abbey | |
| 53°54′48″N 2°20′31″W / 53.913341°N 2.341857°W | ||||
| Wyresdale Abbey | Cistercian monks from Furness and Savigny fd. c.1196 traditionally the site is below the meeting of the Marshaw Wyre and the Tarnbrook Wyre, on the north bank of the Abbeystead reservoir |
[368] | ||
| 53°58′53″N 2°40′25″W / 53.9814178°N 2.6735401°W |
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| Bradley Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | [562] | ||
| Holy Hill monastery, Breedon | Saxon monastery fd. 7thC ceased to exist 874 during Danish raids Augustinian Priory built on site (see immediately below) |
[563] | ||
| 52°48′22″N 1°23′59″W / 52.8061601°N 1.3997376°W | ||||
| Breedon Priory | rfd. for Augustinian Canons Regular under Nostel post1109/ante1122 on site of earlier Saxon monastery (see immediately above) dis. November 1539 |
[564] | ||
| 52°48′22″N 1°24′00″W / 52.8060271°N 1.3999146°W | ||||
| Charley Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. ante1190 |
[565] | ||
| Croxton Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons from Newhouse 1163 | Croxton Kerrial Abbey | ||
| Dalby and Heather Preceptory | ||||
| Grace Dieu Priory ^ | Augustinian nuns fd. 1239/40 dis. 1539 remains incorporated into a cottage in care of Grace Dieu Priory Trust open to public from late 2004 |
Gracedieu Priory | ||
| Garendon Abbey | Cistercian monks (from Waverley Abbey) fd. 1133; dis. 1536 house built on site, demolished 1964 |
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| Hinckley Priory | Benedictine monks site later occupied by a mansion then smaller private houses |
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| Hinckley Priory | Dominican monks | |||
| Kirby Bellars Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular near site of current parish church |
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| Launde Priory # | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1119 site occupied by manor house named 'Launde Abbey' now a retreat/conference centre |
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| Langley Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. mid12thC |
The Priory Church of God and the Blessed Virgin | ||
| Mount St. Bernard Abbey * | ![]() |
Cistercian monks 1835-present | ||
| Owston Abbey + | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1161 site now in private ownership as Manor Farm church restored and now in parochial use |
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| Rothley Temple | Knights Templar Knights Hospitaller |
Rothley Preceptory | [566] | |
| Ulverscroft Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1130; dis. 1539 now in private ownership without public access |
[567] | ||
| 52°42′36″N 1°15′35″W / 52.709889°N 1.259861°W |
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