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Abbeys And Priories In EnglandAbbeys and priories in England is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other monastic religious house in England. Abbreviations and Key The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:- | * indicates current monastic function | + indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function | ^ indicates current non-ecclesiastic function | # indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains | ~ indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown | Trusteeship denoted as follows:- | NT = National Trust | EH = English Heritage | LT = Landmark Trust | Other abbreviations:- | trns = transferred | rmv = removed | c = circa (about) | ante = before | post = after | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Beadlow Priory | Benedictine Monks 12thC | Beaulieu Priory | | | Greyfriars, Bedford | Franciscan 1238 | | | | Bushmead Priory | Augustinian 1195-1536, mansion built on site (EH) | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bushmead | | Caldwell Priory | Augustinian 1153-1536 | Cauldwell Priory | | | Chicksands Priory | Gilbertine Monks and nuns 1147-1538, then private house, now in grounds of US Air Force Base | | | | Dunstable Priory+ | Augustinian Canons 1131 (or ante1125?)-1540, part of church now in parochial use | | The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Dunstable | | Elstow Abbey+ | Benedictine Nuns 1078-1539, part now in use as parish church | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Helena, Elstow | | Grovebury Priory, Leighton Buzzard | Benedictine (a cell of Fontvrault) post1189-1414, farmhouse built on suite | La Grave Priory | | | Harrold Priory | Augustinian Nuns 1138-dissolution, site occupied by farmhouse and a mansion named 'Harrold Hall' | | | | Markyate Priory | Benedictine Nuns 1145-1566, site now occupied by a manor house named 'Markyate Cell' built on priory remains | | | | Melchbourne Priory | Knights Hospitaller | | | | Newnham Priory | Augustinian (from the collegiate church of St. Paul, Bedford) 1247-1539/1541 | | | | Old Warden Abbey | Cistercian 1136-1538, Elizabethan house built on site | Warden Abbey | The Abbey Church of Saint Leonard, Old Warden | | Woburn Abbey# | Cistercian (from Fountains) 1145-1538, site now occupied by a mansion, estate and safari park | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Woburn | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Helenstowe nunnery, Abingdon | Nuns c.675, site now occupied by St. Helen's Church | | The Church of the Holy Cross and Saint Helen, Helenstowe | | Ascot Priory | Benedictine Monks (a cell of St. Nicholas at Angiers) -1416, Nuns (from St. Mary de Pr nr. St Albans) 1416-dissolution | | | | Bisham Abbey | Knights Templar preceptory 1260-1307, Augustinian priory 1337-1536, Benedictine abbey 1537-1538, demolished, site now headquarters of the National Sports Council | | | | Bromhall Priory#, Sunningdale | Benedictine Nuns 12thC-1535 | | | | Douai Abbey*, Woolhampton | Benedictine (rmv from Douai), 1903-present | | The Abbey Church of Saint Edmund, King and Martyr, Upper Woolhampton | | Greenham Preceptory~ | Knights Hospitaller 1199 | | | | Hurley Priory+ | Benedictine 1065, part of church now in parochial use | | The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hurley | | Poughley Priory^ | Augustinian c.1160-1524, remains now incorporated into farmhouse | | | | Reading Abbey | Cluniac 1121, Benedictine 13thC-1539, quarried and dismantled c.1550-1643 | | | | Greyfriars, Reading | Franciscan 1285 | | | | Sandleford Priory^ | Augustinian c.1200, now an Anglican Convent School | | | | Steventon Priory | Benedictine, now in private ownership with public access by appointment (NT) | | | | Stratfield Priory | Benedictine | | | | Thatcham Minster | Anglo-Saxon minster, early 7thC, now St. Mary's parish church | | | | Warfield Priory | Benedictine, 1397 | | | | Welford Abbey | Premonstratensian, | | | | Welford Priory | Augustinian, 1150-1525?, site now occupied by RAF Welford airforce base | | The Priory Church of Saint Margaret, Welford | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Ankerwycke Priory, Wraysbury | Benedictine Nuns 12thC | Ankerwick Priory | | | Biddlesden Abbey# | Cistercian from Garendon 1147-1538, remains demolished c.1727, site now occupied by private house named 'Biddlesden Park' | Biddlesdon Abbey | | | Bradwell Priory | Benedictine 1155-1526, now in private ownership | | | | Bulstrode Preceptory | Knights Templar | | | | Burnham Abbey | Augustinian Nuns 1266 | | | | Chetwode Priory+ | Augustinian 1244-1460, annexed to Notley, part of priory church now in parochial use | | | | Lavendon Abbey | Premonstratensian/Benedictine -1547, site now occupied by house named 'Lavendon Grange' (once the home of relatives of Sir Isaac Newton) | | | | Little Marlow Priory | Benedictine Nuns 14thC | | | | Medmenham Abbey | Cistercian (from Woburn Abbey) 1201/4-1547, converted into a manor house | | | | Great Missenden Abbey | Augustinian/Arroasian 1133-1538, now a residential college | Missenden Abbey | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Great Missenden | | Muresley Priory, nr Ivinghoe | Benedictine Nuns ante1135 | | | | Newton Longville Priory | Cluniac c.1150-1442, granted to New College, Oxford, 1442, manor house built on site from priory remains 1550 | | | | Notley Abbey^ | Augustinian 1162-1542, site now occupied by a private house without public access | | | | Ravenstone Priory | Augustinian 1255-1544 | | | | Snelshall Priory | Benedictine 12thC-1535 | | | | Tickford Priory | Benedictine-Cluniac 1140-1524 | Newport Pagnel Priory | | | Wing Priory | 7thC | | | | Wycombe Abbey | | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Anglesey Priory, Lode | Augustinian 1135-1535, remains incorporated into private house named 'Anglesey Abbey' 1591, (NT) | | The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin and Saint Nicholas | | Barnwell Priory | Augustinian Canons (from St. Giles, Castle Hill, Lode) 1112-1538 | | | | Barnwell Priory Abbey | built adjacent to Priory Church (above), not a monastic foundation, in use as a parish church | The Abbey Church | The Church of Saint Andrew-the-Less, Barnwell | | Buckden Abbey | Elizabethan mansion | | | | Augustinian Friary, Cambridge | Augustinian 1092, trns to Barnwell 1112 | | | Black Friary, Cambridge | Dominican c.1258 | | | | Blackfriars, Cambridge* | Dominican 1938-present | | | | Chatteris Abbey | Benedictine Nuns c.980-1536 | | | | Chippenham Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller (under Clerkenwell) 1184 | | | | Denny Abbey | Benedictine priory (a cell of Ely) 1159, Knights Templar preceptory 1169, then Franciscan Nuns, 1308-1536, currently part of the Farmland Museum (EH) | Denney Abbey | The Abbey Church of Saint James and Saint Leonard, Denny | | Duxford Preceptory | Knights Templar 1273 | | | | Ely Cathedral Priory+ | ?nuns/double monastery c.673, secular canons 9thC, Benedictine 970-1540, 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 | | Fordham Priory# | Gilbertine ante1227, site now occupied by private house named 'Fordham Abbey' | | The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Mary Magdalene, Fordham | | Great Wilbraham Preceptory | Knights Templar 13thC | | | | Isleham Priory | Benedictine 1086-1414, granted to Pembroke College, Cambridge which converted the church into a barn and demolished monastery (EH) | | The Priory Church of Saint Margaret, Isleham | | Hinchinbrook Priory | Benedictine Nuns, site now occupied by Hinchinbrooke House | | | | Ickleton Abbey | Cistercian, remains now part of The Hovells manor | | | | Ickleton Priory | Benedictine Nuns 1190, now on site of Abbey Farm | | | | Linton Priory (confusion with Linton, N.Yorks?) | | | | | Marmont Priory | | | | | Peterborough Cathedral Abbey+ | c.655, Benedictine c.966-1539, diocesan cathedral 1540-present | | The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, Peterborough | | Ramsey Abbey | Benedictine 969-1539 (NT) | | | | St Ives Priory | Benedictine (from Ramsay Abbey) 1017-dissolution, house built on site | | | | St Neots Priory | Benedictine cell of Ely 974, cell of Bec 1113-dissolution | | The Priory Church of Saint Neot, St Neots | | Sawtry Abbey | Cistercian (from Warden Abbey) 1147-1536 | Sawtrey Abbey | | | Shingay Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | | | | Spinney Abbey | Augustinian, founded between 1216 and 1228, absorbed into Ely 1449. Site now occupied by a house and farm. | Spinney Priory; | Priory of St Mary and the Holy Cross | | Stonely Priory | Augustinian c.1180 | | The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stonely | | Swaffham Bulbeck Priory | Benedictine Nuns | Swaffham Nunnery | The Nunnery of Saint Mary, Swaffham | | Swavesey Priory | Benedictine, a private residence named 'The Priory' is supposedly situated on or near the site | | | | Thorney Abbey+ | anchorites or hermits -ante972, Benedictine Monks 972-1539, church now in parochial use | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Botulph, Thorney | | Waterbeach Abbey | Benedictine | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Chester Cathedral Priory+ | ?Nuns -875, secular canons post907, Benedictine 1092-1540, diocesan cathedral 1541-present | | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Chester (-875) The Abbey Church of Saint Werburgh, Chester The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chester (1541) | | St. John the Baptist, Chester | c.906?, secular canons -1547, 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 | | Combermere Abbey | Savignac from Savigny 1133-1147, Cistercian 1147-1538 | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael, Combermere | | Curzon Park Abbey*, Chester | Benedictine Nuns trns from Talacre 1988 | | The Abbey Church of Our Lady Help of Christians, Curzon Park, Chester | | Norton Priory | Augustinian trns from Runcorn 1134-1536, Abbey 1391 part converted into private mansion 1545, demolished 1828, now in ownership of Norton Priory Museum Trust open to public as a museum | | | | Runcorn Priory~ | Augustinian 1115-1134 trns to Norton, poss. on site now occupied by All Saints parish church | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | St Germans Priory+ | secular canons, Augustinian 1184-1539, diocesan cathedral c.936-1042, now in use as parish church | | The Priory Church of Saint German, Saint Germans | | St Michael's Mount Priory | Benedictine 1135, used alternately as fortress and monastery and private residence with public access (NT) | | | | Sclerder 'Abbey' | 1843, Dames de la Retraite 1851-1852, Franciscan Recollects 1858-1864, Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary 1904-1910, Poor Clares from Rennes 1914-1920, Poor Clares from Bullingham 1922-1981, Carmelite from Quidenham 1981 | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Calder Abbey | Savignac from Furness 1135-1137 trns to Hood; Savignac (refounded) from Furness c. 1143-1147, Cistercian 1147-1536, now in private ownership with public access | | | | Carlisle Cathedral Priory+ | secular canons -1092, Augustinian Canons 1122-1540, diocesan cathedral 1133-present | | The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Carlisle The Cathedral Church of The Holy Trinity, Carlisle 1133 | | Cartmel Priory+ | Augustinian Canons 1189/94-1536/7, church now in parochial use | | | | Conishead Priory^, Ulverston | Augustinian 1188, originally a hospital 1160, site now occupied by country house named 'Conishead Priory', now the home of the Buddhist Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre | | The Priory Church of the Virgin Mary, Conishead | | Furness Abbey | Savignac -1147/8, Cistercian -1124/7-1537 (EH) | | | | Holmcultram Abbey+, Abbeytown | Cistercian from Melrose 1150-1538, church now in parochial use | Holm Cultram Abbey | | | Lanercost Priory | Augustinian Canons (poss. from Pentney Priory) c.1166-1537, part converted into private house named 'Dacre Hall', church now in parochial use (EH) | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Lanercost | | Nunnery near Kirkoswald | Benedictine, house built on site | | | | Seaton Priory | Benedictine Nuns early 13thC, site now occupied by farmhouse named 'Seaton Hall' | Nunnery of Leakly, in Seaton | | | St. Bees Priory | Benedictine Monks c.1120-1539, on the site of an earlier nunnery c.650/900?, church now in parochial use | | The Priory Church of Saint Bees, Saint Bees | | Shap Abbey | Premonstratensian 1199-1540 (EH) | | | | Wetheral Priory | Benedictine (from St. Mary's Abbey, York) 1106-1542 | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Beauchief Priory | Premonstratensian from Welbeck 1183 | | | | Breadsall Priory | Friars Eremites friary ante1266 later Augustine, mansion built on site, now the Marriott Breadsall Priory Hotel | | | | Calke Priory# | Augustinian ante1161, trns to Deepdale, mansion named 'Calke Abbey' built on site | | | | Dale Abbey, Deepdale | Augustinian Monks, Premonstratensian Canons from Newhouse 1162/c.1200-1536 trns to Stanley | | | | Darley Priory^ | Augustinian from Derby c.1146-1538, a monastic building (probably the priory guest house) is now Darley Abbey public house | Darley Abbey | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Darley | | Derby Abbey | Augustinian -1146, trns to Darley | | | | Gresley Priory | Augustinian Canons | | | | Locko Preceptory | St. Lazarus Hospitallers | Lockhay Preceptory | | | Repton Priory^ | double monastery later Augustinian, now incorporated into Repton School buildings | | | | Stydd Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller c.1136, now the Church of St. Saviour | | | | Yeaveley Preceptory, Stydd | Knights Hospitaller 1190, incorporated into farmhouse | Yeaveley and Barrow Preceptory | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Barnstable Priory | Cluniac -1535 | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Barnstable | | Buckfast monastery | Benedictine, Buckfast Abbey (below) built on site | | | | Buckfast Abbey* | Savignac from Savigny 1136-1148, Cistercian 1148-1539, Benedictine 1882-present, built on site of Benedictine monastery (above) | | The Abbey Church of Our Lady, Buckfast | | Buckland Abbey | Cistercian from Quarr 1278-1539 (NT) | | | | Canonsleigh Abbey^ | Augustinian Canons priory 12thC, Augustinian Nuns abbey 1284-1539, remains now incorporated into farm buildings | Leigh Abbey | | | Chudleigh Abbey* | Brigttine Nuns | | The Abbey Church of Saint Bridget of Syon, Chudleigh | | Cornworthy Priory | Augustinian Nuns 1205/1238 | Court Prior | | | Cowick Priory | (a cell of Bec) | | | | Dunkeswell Abbey | Cistercian 1301-1539, site now occupied by Holy Trinity Church 1842 | | | | Exeter Cathedral Priory+ | ?ante c.690, 'Benedictine' Monks 932, secular canons 1050, diocesan cathedral 1050-present | | The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Peter The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Exeter | | St. Nicholas' Priory, Exeter | Benedictine 1087-1536, private houses built on site 1820, monastic architecture restored, in ownership of Exeter Corporation 1913, open to public as a museum 1916 | | The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Exeter | | Frithelstock Priory | Augustinian c.1220 | | | | Ivybridge Priory* | Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary (from St. Quay) 1910, Augustinian (Augustinian Recollect) 1932-present, originally 'Cadleigh House' | | | | Plymouth Friary | Dominican 1431, site now occupied by the Black Friars Distillery | | | | Plympton Priory | Augustinian 904-1539 | | The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Plympton | | Polsloe Priory, Exeter | Benedictine Nuns c.1160-1536, largely demolished, remaining range converted into country house | | The Priory Church of Saint Katherine, Polsloe, Exeter | | Tavistock Abbey | Benedictine 961/974-1539, mansion built on site, now 'The Bedford Hotel' | | | | Teignmouth Abbey* | Nuns | | The Abbey Church of Saint Scholastica, Teignmouth | | Torre Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck 1196-1539, country house built on site, now in ownership of Torbay Corporation | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Abbotsbury Abbey+ | Benedictine c1026-1539; much in private ownership, partly in parochial use | | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter | | Barlynch Priory | 12thC-1536, mansion built on site, now in ownership of Working for Wildlife, 1969 | | The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Barlynch | | Bindon Abbey | Cistercian (from Little Bindon) 1172-1539, now in private ownership | | | | Blackmoor Priory Hermitage | | | | | Cerne Abbey^, Cerne Abbas | Benedictine 987, remains now incorporated into private house | | | | Christchurch Priory+ | secular canons -1150, Augustinian Canons 1150-1539, on site of earlier church demolished 1094, priory church now in parochial use | | The Priory Church of Christ, Christchurch | | Cranborne Priory | Benedictine | | | | Forde Abbey^ | Cistercian 1146/8?, 1136-1539, claustral remains now incorporated a mansion with public access | | | | Frampton Priory | Benedictine | | | | Friar Mayne Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | | | Holme Priory | Cluniac 1142, parish church -1746, mansion built on site of remains | | | | Loders Priory | Carthusian (under St Mary de Montebourg Abbey, Normandy) -1414, Brigetine (under Syon, Isleworth) 1414 | | | | Little Bindon Abbey | Cistercian (from Forde) 1171-1172, trns to Bindon 1172 | | | | Lulworth Abbey | Trappist monastery (from Val Sainte) 1795, Switzerland,Abbey 1813-1817, returned to Melleray 1817 | | | | Milton Abbey^, Milton Abbas | Benedictine Monks 938/964-1539, 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 | | Povington Priory | | | | | Shaftesbury Abbey | Benedictine Nuns c.888-1539, remains now within a walled garden | | | | Sherborne Abbey^ | Benedictine 998-1536, church now in parochial use, monastic buildings now incorporated into a public school | | | | Spettisbury Priory | Augustinian | | | | Spettisbury Priory | Benedictine Nuns | | | | Tarrant Abbey | Cistercian Nuns c.1100-1540s, site now occupied by Abbey Farm, Abbey Hall may incorporate abbey remains | Tarrant Crawford Abbey | | | Wilcheswood monastery | | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Baxterwood Priory | Augustinian (from Guisborough) | | | | Durham Cathedral Priory+ | secular canons 997, Benedictine 1093-1540, episcopal cathedral 997-present | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert, Durham The Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, Durham | | Durham Abbey* | Poor Clares Nuns | | | | Egglestone Abbey | Premonstratensian (from Easby) c.1195, 1198-1540, converted into a house 1548, then labourers cottages (EH) | | | | Finchale Priory | Benedictine 1115 (EH) | | | | Jarrow Priory | Benedictine 681/2 | St. Paul's Monastery | The Priory Church of Saint Paul, Jarrow | | Neasham Priory | Benedictine Nuns ante1156, a 19th-c house named Neasham Abbey now stands near the site | | | | Wearmouth Abbey, Monkswearmouth | Benedictine 674 | | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Wearmouth | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Beverley Minster+ | built on site of secular canons' monastery, secular canons c.700-1547, collegiate | | | | Blackfriars, Beverley | Dominican 1267 | | | | Greyfriars, Beverley | Franciscan 1230s | | | | Bridlington Priory+ | Augustinian Canons 1114-1537, church now in parochial use | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Bridlington | | Faxfleet Preceptory | Knights Templar 1185-1308/12, site now occupied by a fortified manor house | | | | Haltemprice Priory | | | | | Hemingbrough Minster | | | | | Howden Minster | secular canons 1267-1550, collegiate | | The Collegiate and Minster Church of Saint Peter, Howden | | Meaux Abbey | Cistercian 1150-1539, site now occupied at Crown Farm, in private ownership | | | | North Ferriby Priory | | | | | Nunburnholme Priory | Benedictine Nuns 12th/13thC | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Nunburnholme | | Nunkeeling Priory | | | | | Swine Priory+ | Cistercian, now in parochial use | | | | Warter Priory | Augustinian 1132-1536, site now occupied by the village church | | | | Watton Priory | Gilbertine double monastery 1150-1539, on the site of an earlier priory (686), site now in private ownership | | | | Wilberfoss Priory | Benedictine Nuns c.1154-1539 | | The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wilberfoss | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Beeleigh Abbey^ | Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1180, remains now incorporated into private house | Bileigh Abbey | | | Berden Priory# | Augustinian Canons, site now occupied by mansion also called Berden Priory | | | | Bicknacre Priory | Augustinian | | | | Blackmore Priory | Augustinian | | | | Castle Hedingham Priory | Benedictine Nuns | | | | St. Botolph's Priory, Colchester | Augustinian Canons c.1093-1536 (EH) | | The Priory Church of Saint Botolph, Colchester | | St. John's Abbey, Colchester | Benedictine 11thC-1539 (EH) | Colchester Abbey or Colchester Priory | The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Colchester | | Cannons Priory | | | | | Cressing Preceptory | Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller | | | | Earl's Colne Priory | Benedictine | Earls Colne or Monks Colne | | | Frating Abbey | | | | | Hatfield Broad Oak Priory | Benedictine | | | | Hatfield Peverel Priory | Benedictine | | | | Hornchurch Priory+ | (a cell of the Hospice of St. Bernard, Monte Jovis in Savoy) 1159-1390, site now occupied by St. Andrews C.E. parish church | Monasterium Cornutum | The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas and Saint Bernard, Hornchurch | | Latton Priory+ | Augustinian, remains now incorporated into farm buildings | | | | Leez Priory# | Augustinian, site now occupied by a mansion | | | | Coggeshall Abbey | Savignac from Savigny 1140-1147, Cistercian 1147-1538, site now occupied by a private house with limited public access (NT) | Little Coggeshall Abbey called 'Grange Barn' | | | Little Dunmow Priory | Augustinian Canons part of church now in use as parish church | | | | Little Horkesley Priory | Cluniac | | | | Little Leighs Priory | Augustinian | | | | Little Maplestead Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | | | | Parndon Abbey | Premonstratensian | | | | Panfield Priory | | | | | Prittlewell Priory^, Southend-on-Sea | Cluniac, site now within public Priory Park, now in ownership of Southend Corporation | | | | Saffron Walden Abbey | Benedictine | | | | St. Osyth's Abbey^ | Augustinian Canons on the site of a 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 | | Stansgate Priory | Cluniac | | | | Stratford Langthorne Abbey | Savignac 1135, Cistercian 1147-1538 | | | | Takeley Priory | | | | | Thoby Priory | Augustinian | | | | Thremhall Priory | | | | | Tilty Abbey+ | Cistercian 1153-1536, church now in parochial use | | | | Tiptree Priory | | | | | Walden Abbey^ | Benedictine, site now occupied by Audley End House and St. Mark's College | | | | Waltham Abbey+ | ?1016-1035, secular canons c.1060, Augustinian Canons 1117-1540, part of church now in use as parish church | | | | West Mersea Priory | | | | | Wix Priory | Benedictine Nuns | Wickes Priory | | | Woodham Ferrers Priory | | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Beckford Priory | Augustinian, then secular, known as 'The Manor' | | | | Brimpsfield Priory | | | | | Cirencester Abbey | Augustinian, site now within a public park | | | | Deerhurst Abbey+ | Benedictine, church now in use as parochial church | | | | Flaxley Abbey+ | Cistercian 1151-1536, remains now incorporated into a private house without public access | | | | Blackfriars, Gloucester | Dominican | | | | Greyfriars, Gloucester | Franciscan | | | | Gloucester Cathedral Priory | double monastery c.681, secular canons 823, Benedictine Monks 1022-1539, diocesan cathedral 1541-present | | The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Gloucester | | St. Oswald's Priory, Gloucester St. Catharine's Church | Augustinian | | | | Hailes Abbey | Cistercian from Beaulieu 1246-1539 (NT) | Hayles Abbey | | | Horsley Priory | prison late18thC, parish church now occupies area north of site | | | | Kingswood Abbey | Cistercian (from Tintern 1139-1538 (EH) | | | | Lechlade Priory | | | Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Lechlade | | Leonard Stanley Priory | Benedictine or Augustinian, church now in parochial use | Stanley St. Leonard Priory | The Priory Church of Saint Leonard, Leonard Stanley | | Llanthony Secunda | Augustinian 1136 | | | | Newent Priory | | | | | Quenington Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | | | | Temple Guiting Preceptory | Knights Templar | | | | Tewkesbury Abbey+ | Benedictine Monks (a cell of Cranborne) c.980, trns from Cranborne 1102-1540, now in parochial use | | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tewkesbury Abbey | | Winchcombe Abbey | Benedictine | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Andwell Priory | Cistercian Tironensian | | | | Baddesley Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | | | | Beaulieu Abbey^ | Cistercian trns from Faringdon 1204-1538, now part of Beaulieu Palace, in private ownership with public access | Bellus Locus Regis (Royal Beaulieu); abbatia quae vocitatur Bellus Locus | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Beauliey | | Breamore Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular, Elizabethan manor house (1536) on site | Bromere Priory | The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Mary and Saint Michael | | Christchurch Priory | Augustinian, site now occupied by Christchurch Manor | | | | Ellingham Priory | -1414 | | | | Godsfield | Knights Hospitaller | | | | Hamble Priory, Hamble-le Rice | Cistercian Tironensian | | | | Hayling Priory | | | | | Mottisfont Abbey^ | Augustinian Canons Regular, remains now incorporated into a mansion | Mottisfont Priory | The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Mottisford | | Netley Abbey | Cistercian (from Beaulieu) 1239-1536 (EH) | Locus Sancti Edwardi (Lieu-Saint-Edward) | | | Pamber Priory+ | Benedictine, now in ownership of Queen's College, Oxford | Monk Sherborne Priory aka Sherborne Priory | | | Portchester Priory | Augustinian, site now occupied by Our Lady of Walsingham RC Church | | | | Redbridge Abbey | | | | | Romsey Abbey+ | c.907, Benedictine Nuns 967-1539, now in parochial use | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Elfleda | | Selborne Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | | | | St. Helens Priory# | Cluniac, site now occupied by Priory Bay Hotel | | | | Southampton Priory | Franciscan | | | | Southampton Priory | Canons Regular | St. Denys | | | Southwick Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | | | | Titchfield Abbey | Premonstratensian, converted into a mansion (EH) | | | | Twyneham Priory, Christchurch | secular canons later Canons Regular | Christchurch Priory | | | Wherwell Abbey# | Benedictine Nuns, country house built on site | | The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross, Wherwell | | Hyde Abbey, Winchester | Benedictine | | | | Austin Friary, Winchester | Augustinian | | | | Winchester Cathedral Priory+ | secular canons c.942-064, Benedictine Monks 964-1539, in use as episcopal cathedral c.662/3-present | | | | St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester | Benedictine | | | | St. Swithun's Priory, Winchester | secular canons later Benedictine | | | | Hyde Abbey, Winchester | Benedictine | New Minster | | | Wintney Priory | Benedictine Nuns | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Dore Abbey, Abbey Dore | Cistercian from Morimond 1147-1536, part now in parochial use | Abbey Dore | | | Belmont Abbey | Benedictine 1859-present | | The Abbey Church of Saint Michael and All Angels, Belmont | | Clifford Priory | Cluniac | | | | Craswall Priory | Grandmontine | | | | Flanesford Priory^ | Augustinian, remains now incorporated into a private house | | | | Garway Preceptory | Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller | | | | Blackfriars, Hereford | Dominican | | | | Kilpeck Priory | Benedictine | | | | Leominster nunnery | | | | | Leominster Priory+ | c.660, secular canons 9thC, Nuns -1046, Benedictine Monks 1123-1539 | | The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Leominster | | Limebrook Priory | Augustinian canonesses | | | | Wigmore Abbey^ | Augustinian, remains now incorporated into farm and buildings | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Aylesford Priory#* | Carmelite community built on site of Carmelite priory | 'The Friars' | | | Bilsington Priory^ | Augustinian, remains now incorporated into a house | | | | Boxley Abbey^ | Cistercian from Clairvaux 1143/46-1538, part of remains now incorporated into a private house | | | | Blackfriars, Canterbury | Dominican | | | | Combwell Priory | | | | | Greyfriars, Canterbury | Franciscan | | | | Canterbury Cathedral Priory+ | secular canons c.600, Benedictine Monks 1070-1539, diocesan cathedral c.600-present | | The Cathedral and Abbey Church of Christ, Canterbury, The Cathedral Church of Christ, Canterbury | | St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury | Benedictine (EH) | | The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine, Canterbury | | Davington Priory+ | Benedictine Nuns 1153-1535; 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 (Augustinian?) 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 (from Bermondsey) 1147-1538 | | | | Folkestone Priory | Benedictine | | | | Higham Priory | Benedictine | Lillechurch Priory | | | Horton Priory | Cluniac | | | | Leeds Priory | Augustinian | | | | Lesnes Abbey | Arrouasian Benedictine | Westwood Abbey | | | Lossenham Friary | Carmelite | | | | Lyminge Abbey | Benedictine | | | | Minster in Sheppey Priory+ | Benedictine Nuns, now in parochial use | | | | 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 1224, site now occupied by a house named 'Moatenden Manor' | | | | Monks Horton^ | Cluniac, remains now incorporated into a private house | | | | New Romney Priory | Cistercian Monks and Nuns | | | | Patrixbourne Priory | | | | | Rochester Cathedral Priory+ | secular canons 604-1080, Benedictine Monks 1080-1540, parochial/conventual use as a diocesan cathedral 604 | | The Cathedral and Priory Church of Saint Andrew, Rochester | | Reculver Abbey | Benedictine 669, destroyed by Vikings | | | | St. John's Jerusalem | Knights Hospitaller (NT) | | | | St. Radegund's Abbey | Premonstratensian, now in private ownership | Bradsole Abbey | | | Sutton-at-Hone Preceptory+ | Knights Hospitaller, remains in use as chapel and private residence (NT) | | | | Swingfield Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | | | | Temple Ewell Preceptory, Ewell | Knights Templar, remains now incorporated into church | | | | Throwley Priory | | | | | Tonbridge Priory# | Augustinian Canons, site later occupied by a railway goods station | | | | West Langdon Abbey# | Premonstratensian, site now occupied by 16th-c farmhouse now in use as a holiday cottage | | | | 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 | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Holy Hill monastery, Breedon | Saxon monastery | | | | Breedon Priory | Saxon monastery, refounded as Augustinian | | | | Charley Priory | | | | | Croxton Abbey | Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1163 | Croxton Kerrial Abbey | | | Dalby and Heather Preceptory | | | | | Grace Dieu Priory^ | Augustinian Nuns 1239/40-1539, remains incorporated into a cottage, in care of Grace Dieu Priory Trust, open to public from late 2004 | Gracedieu Priory | | | Garendon Abbey | Cistercian (from Waverley Abbey) 1133-1536, house built on site, demolished 1964 | | | | Hinckley Priory | Benedictine, site later occupied by a mansion then smaller private houses | | | | Hinckley Priory | Dominican | | | | Kirby Bellars Priory | Augustinian, near site of current parish church | | | | Launde Priory# | Augustinian 1119, site now occupied by manor house named 'Launde Abbey', now a retreat/conference centre | | | | Langley Priory | | | | | Mount St. Bernard Abbey | Cistercian 1835-present | | | | Owston Abbey+ | Augustinian 1161, site now in private ownership as Manor Farm, church restored and now in parochial use | | | | Rothley Temple | Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller | Rothley Preceptory | | | Ulverscroft Priory | Augustinian 1130-1539, now in private ownership without public access | | | | Bradley Priory | Augustinian | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Alvingham Priory | Gilbertine | | | | Aslackby Preceptory | Knights Templar | | | | Axholme Priory | Carthusian | | | | Bardney Abbey | Benedictine, on site of a Saxon monastery destroyed in raids | | | | Barlings Abbey^ | Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1154, remains now incorporated into a college | | | | Barrow monastery | destroyed in raids | | | | Belvoir Priory | | | | Blackfriars, Boston | Dominican | | | | Bonby Priory | Benedictine | | | | Boston Friary | Augustinian | | | | Boston Friary | Carmelite | | | | Boston Friary | Franciscan | | | | Bottesford Preceptory | Knights Templar | | | | Bourne Priory+ | Augustinian 1138, part of church now in parochial use | | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bourne | | Brackenholme Prioy | Augustinian Canons | | | | Bridge End Priory | Gilbertine | Holland Bridge Priory | The Priory Church of Saint Saviour at Bridgend in Horbling | | Burwell Priory | Benedictine | | | | Bullington Priory | Gilbertine | | | | Cammeringham Priory | Premonstratensian | | | | Catley Priory | Gilbertine | | | | Covenham Priory | Benedictine | Coverham St Mary's Priory | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Coverham | | Croyland Abbey+, Crowland | 716/57, Benedictine 971-1539, built on site of Saxon monastery destroyed in raids, part of church now in parochial use | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Saint Bartholomew and Saint Guthlac, Crowland | | Deeping St. James Priory+ | Benedictine, now in parochial use | Deeping Priory | | | Eagle Preceptory | | Egle Preceptory | | | Elsham Priory | Augustinian | | | | Fosse Priory | | | | | Freiston Priory+ | Benedictine 1114, part of church now in parochial use | | | | Gainsborough Preceptory | Knights Templar | | | | Gokewell Priory | Cistercian Nuns c.1148/1185-1536, site now occupied by the derelict buildings of Gokewell Priory Farm | | | | Great Limber Priory, Limber Magna | alien priory later Carthusian/Cistercian? | | | | Great Limber Preceptory, Limber Magna | Knights Templar | | | | Greenfield Priory | Cistercian Nuns | | | | Grimsby Abbey | Augustinian | | | | Grimsby nunnery | Augustinian | | | | Grimsby Friary | Franciscan | Grey Friars | | | Grimsby Friary | Augustinian | White Friars | | | Hagnaby Abbey | Premonstratensian | | | | Haugham Priory | Benedictine | | | | Haverholme Priory | Cistercian (from Fountains 1137, (trns to Louth Park Abbey) 1139, Gilbertine Nuns | | | | Horkstow Preceptory | Knights Templar | | | | Hough Priory# | Augustinian, site located to the south of All Saints Church | | | | Humberston Abbey | Benedictine, site now occupied by St. Peter's Church | Humberstone Priory | | | Hyrst Priory | Augustinian Canons | | | | Ikanho monastery | destroyed in raids | | | | Immingham Friary | Augustinian | | | | Immingham Friary | Carmelite | | | | Immingham Friary | Dominican | | | | Immingham Friary | Franciscan | | | | Kirkstead Abbey | Cistercian (from Fountains) 1139/87-1537, part in parochial use | | | | Knaith Priory | Nuns early 12thC | Heynings Priory | | | Kyme Priory | Augustinian c.1150, incorporated into St Mary and All Saints parish church | South Kyme Priory | | | Legbourne Priory | Cistercian Nuns | | | | Greyfriars, Lincoln | Franciscan | | | | St. Mary Magdalen Priory, Lincoln | Benedictine, remains now within a public park | | | | St. Catherine's Priory, Lincoln | Gilbertine | | | | Long Bennington Priory# | Cistercian, a house called 'Priory House' near the church is purported to be located near the site of the priory | | | | Louth Park Abbey | Cistercian (trns from Haverholme 1139-1536 | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Louth Park | | Maltby Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | | | | Markby Priory | Augustinian | | | | Melwood Priory | Carthusian | | | | Minting Priory | Benedictine | | | | Newbo Abbey, Sedgefield | Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1198 | | | | Newsham Abbey | Premonstratensian 1143 | Newhouse Abbey | | | Newstead Priory | Gilbertine | Newstead by Stamford Priory | | | Newstead-on-Ancholme Priory | Gilbertine | | | | Nocton Priory | Augustinian | Nocton Park Priory | | | North Hykeham Priory | | | | | North Ormsby Priory | Gilbertine | Nun Ormsby Priory | | | North Scarle Preceptory | | | | | Nuncotham Priory | Cistercian Nuns | Nuncoton Priory | | | Orford Priory | Premonstratensian Canonesses | Irford Priory | | | Ormsby Priory | Gilbertine | | | | Partney monastery | destroyed in raids | | | | Redbourne Priory | Gilbertine 1164 | | | | Revesby Abbey | Savignac from Rievaulx 1143, Cistercian 1147-1538, now in private ownership without public access | | | | Rewley Abbey | Cistercian from Thame 1281-1536 | | | | Sempringham Priory | Gilbertine 1131, in parochial use | | | | Sempringham Priory# | Gilbertine double priory for Canons and Nuns, mansion later built on site no longer exists | | | | Stainfield Priory | Benedictine Nuns | | | | Greyfriars, Stamford | Franciscan | | | | St. Leonards Priory, Stamford | Benedictine | | | | Sandtoft Priory | Benedictine | | | | Sixhills Priory | Gilbertine | Sixle Priory | | | Skendleby Priory | Benedictine | | | | Stixwould Priory | Cistercian Nuns | | | | Stow Abbey | | | | Swineshead Abbey | Cistercian | | | | Temple Bruer Preceptory | Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller | | | | Thornholme Priory | Augustinian | | | | Thornton Abbey | Augustinian Canons priory 1139, abbey 1148-1539, secular priests' college, boys school: demolished, stately home: collapsed. (EH) | | | | Thwaite Priory | Augustinian | | | | Torksey Priory | | | | Torksey Nunnery | Cistercian | | | | Tunstall Priory | Gilbertine | | | | Tupholme Abbey | Premonstratensian | | | | Vaudey Abbey | Cistercian | | | | Wellow Abbey | Cistercian | | | | Wilsford Priory | Benedictine alien later Augustinian | | | | West Ravendale Priory | Premonstratensian (a cell of Beaufort) 1202-1389, granted to Southwell College | | | | Willoughton Priory | Benedictine | Willowton Priory | | | Willoughton Preceptory | Knights Templar | Willowton Preceptory | | | Crabhouse in Winghale Priory | Benedictine | Wenghale Priory | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Aldgate Nunnery | Franciscan | | The Nunnery of the Virgin and Saint Francis, without Aldgate | | Barking Abbey | Benedictine Nuns | | | | Bentley Friary | Augustinian friars, site now occupied by private mansion, formerly in use as a girls school, then a hotel, now in ownership of R.A.F. Bentley Priory | | | | Bermondsey Abbey | Benedictine later Cluniac | | | | Saint Helen's, Bishopsgate+ | Benedictine Nuns, church now in parochial use | | | | Bromley-by-Bow Priory | Benedictine Nuns | Stratford-at-Bow Priory | | | Ealing Abbey* | Benedictine (from Downside) 1897, Priory 1916, Abbey 1955 | | The Abbey Church of Saint Benedict, Ealing | | Feltham Priory | Benedictine Nuns 1868, (trns to Twickenham) | Feltham Nunnery | | | Haliwell Priory | Augustinian | | | | Holywell nunnery, Shoreditch | Benedictine | | | | Hounslow Priory | | | | | Kilburn Priory | Augustinian Canonesses | | | | Lewisham Priory | | | | | The London Charterhouse^, Charterhouse Square | Carthusian, part now a private boys' school and part an almshouse | | | | Merton Priory | Augustinian, site now occupied by shopping centre and road | Merton Abbey St. Mary's Priory | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Merton | | Ruislip Priory | | | | | Smithfield Priory+ | Augustinian Canons 1123-1539, now in parochial use | | The Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew, Smithfield | | Southwark Cathedral Priory+ | Augustinian Canons 1106-1539, Minster church pre-1066, in use as episcopal cathedral 1905-present | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Southwark | | Syon Abbey | Bridgetine | Charterhouse at Sheen | | | Tooting Priory | Benedictine | | | | Twickenham Priory | Benedictine (trns from Feltham), (trns to West Malling) | | | | Westminster Abbey+ | Benedictine Monks c.960-1540, 1556-1559, episcopal cathedral 1540-1550, now in use as a royal peculiar | | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter in Westminster | London non-Christian Monasteries | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | The London Buddhist Vihara*, The Avenue, Chiswick | Buddhist trns from Heathfield Gardens 1994 | | | | The London Buddhist Vihara, Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick | Buddhist trns from Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick 1964, trns to The Avenue, Chiswick 1994 | | | | The London Buddhist Vihara, Gloucester Road, London | Buddhist post1926-c.1940, 1955-1964, trns to Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick 1964, requisitioned during World War II | | | | The London Buddhist Vihara, Foster House, Ealing | Buddhist 1926, trns to Gloucester Road post1926 | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Birkenhead Priory | Benedictine | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Aldeby Priory+ | Benedictine | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Aldeby | | Beeston Regis Priory | Augustinian | Beeston Priory | | | Binham Priory+ | Benedictine c.1091-1539, part of church in parochial use (EH) | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Binham The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Binham? | | Blackborough Priory^ | Benedictine Nuns, remains incorporated into a private house | | | | Bromehill Priory | Augustinian Canons early13thC | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Thomas the Martyr, Bromehill | | Broomholm Priory | Cluniac | | The Priory Church of Saint Andrew, Broomholm | | Burnham Norton Friary | Carmelite | | | | Carbrooke Preceptory | Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller | | | | Carrow Abbey | Benedictine Nuns | | | | Castle Acre Priory | Cluniac (EH) | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Castle Acre | | Coxford Priory | Augustinian | | | | Crabhouse Priory | Augustinian | | | | Creake Abbey | Augustinian priory, later abbey (EH) | North Creake Abbey | | | Docking Priory | | | | | Flitcham Priory | | | | | Great Massingham Priory | | | | | St. Nicholas' Priory, Great Yarmouth | Benedictine 1101-1536 | | The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Great Yarmouth | | Great Yarmouth Black Friary | Dominican | | | | Great Yarmouth Grey Friary | Franciscan | | | | Great Yarmouth Carmelite Friary | Carmelite | | | | Hempton Priory | hospital 12thC | Fakenham Priory | The Priory Church of Saint Stephen, Hempton | | Hickling Priory# | Augustinian 1185 | | | | Horsham St. Faith Priory | Benedictine | | The Priory Church of Saint Faith, Horsham | | Horstead Priory | | | | | Ingham Priory | -16thC; site now occupied by The Swan Inn public house | | | | Austin Friars, King's Lynn | Augustinian Friars | | | | Benedictine Priory, King's Lynn | Benedictine 1095-1538 | | The Priory & Parish Church of Saint Margaret with Saint Mary Magdalen and All the Virgin Saints, Benedictine Priory, King's Lynn; The Priory & Parish Church of Saint Margaret with St Nicholas, Benedictine Priory, King's Lynn 1101 | | Carmelite Friary, King's Lynn | Carmelite | White Friars, King's Lynn | | | Greyfriars, King's Lynn | Franciscan | | | | Langley Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons 1198-16thC | | | | Lessingham Priory | Benedictine (a cell of Bec) -1415, -1462 | | | | St. Benet's Abbey, Ludham | Benedictine | St. Benet of Holm Abbey | | | Marham Abbey | Cistercian Nuns | | | | Modeney Priory | | | | | Molycourt Priory | | | | | Mountjoy Priory | | | | | Normansburgh Priory | | | | | Blackfriars, Norwich | Dominican, now St. Andrew's Hall | | | | Norwich Cathedral Priory+ | Benedictine 1096-1539, in use as episcopal cathedral 1096-present | | The Cathedral and Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Norwich | | St. Leonard's Priory, Norwich | | | The Priory Church of Saint Leonard, Norwich | | Old Buckenham Priory | | | | | Pentney Priory | Augustinian | | | | Peterstone Priory | | | | | Shouldham Priory | | | | | Sporle Priory | | | | | Blackfriars, Thetford | Dominican | | | | Holy Sepulchre Priory, Thetford | Augustinian | The Canon's Priory | | | Thetford Priory | Cluniac (EH) | | | | St. George's Priory, Thetford | Benedictine Nuns | | | | Toft Monks Priory | | | | | Walsingham Friary | Franciscan | | | | Walsingham Priory | Augustinian, now in private ownership with public access | | | | Welle Priory, in Gayton | | Well Hall Priory | | | Wending Abbey | | | | | Wereham, Priory of St. Winwaloe | | | | | West Acre Priory | Augustinian | | | West Dereham Abbey | Premonstratensian from Welbeck 1183 | | | Weybourne Priory | | | | Weybridge Priory | | | | Witchingham Priory | | | | | Wymondham Abbey+ | Benedictine Monks 1017-1538, church now in parochial use | Wymondham Priory | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Wymondham | | Wormegay Priory | Augustinian | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Alnwick Abbey | Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1147 | | | | Blanchland Abbey+ | Premonstratensian Canons 1165, part of church now in parochial use, other monastic buildings in current use | | | | Brinkburn Priory | Augustinian Canons c.1135 (EH) | | The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Brinkburn | | Chibburn Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | | | | Hexham Abbey+ | Augustinian Canons 1113-1537, originally priory, cathedral 678-c.821, abbey, church in parochial use | | The Abbey Church of Saint Andrew, Hexham | | Hulne Priory | Carmelite 1242-1538 | | | | Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Island | Benedictine (from Durham) 1073 (EH) | | | | Newminster Abbey | Cistercian (from Fountains Abbey) 1138-1537, now within Abbey Farmhouse, public access with permission | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Allerton Mauleverer Priory | Benedictine | | | | Arden Priory | | | | | Basedale Priory | | | | | Begar Priory, nr. Richmond | alien Priory | | | | Bolton Priory+ | Augustinian Canons 1154-1540, part of church now in parochial use | 'Bolton Abbey' | The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bolton | | Byland Abbey | Cistercian trns from Stocking 1177-1539 (EH) | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Byland | | 'old Byland Abbey' | Cistercian trns from Hood 1143-1147, trns to Stocking Abbey 1147 | | | | Coverham Abbey^ | Premonstratensian, trns from Swainby, part of abbey guest-house incorporated into a house | | | | Darlington Abbey | | | The Abbey Church of Saint Clare, Darlington | | Drax Priory | | | | | Easby Abbey | Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1152 (NT) | | The Abbey Church of Saint Agatha, Easby | | Ellerton Priory | Cistercian Nuns 1170, now in private ownership without public access | | | | Ellerton in Swaledale Priory | | | | | Ellerton on Spalding Moor Priory | | | | | Fors Abbey | Savignac 1145-1156, trns to Jervaulx 1156 | | | | Foulbridge Preceptory | | | | | Fountains Abbey | Cistercian 1132-1539 (NT) | | | | Grosmont Priory | | | | | Guisborough Priory | Augustinian Canons 1119 (EH) | | | | Handale Priory | | Grendale Priory | | | Healaugh Park Priory | | Healaugh Priory | | | Hood Abbey | Cistercian trns from Hood -1143, trns to Byland | | | | Jervaulx Abbey | Cistercian (from Fors) 1156-1537, now in private ownership with public access | | | | Keldholme Priory | | | | | Kirkham Priory | Augustinian (EH) 1120s | | | | Lastingham Priory | Benedictine 1078, trns to York ante1086 | | | | Malton Priory+ | Gilbertine (c.)1150-1539, part of church now in parochial use | Old Malton Priory | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Old Malton | | Marrick Priory | Benedictine Nuns 1150s, now in private ownership without public access | | | | Marton Priory | | | | | Middlesbrough Priory | | | | | Mount Grace Priory | Carthusian 1398 (NT) | Mount Grace Charterhouse | | | Mount St. John Preceptory | | | | | Moxby Priory | | Moxby in Marton Priory | | | Newburgh Priory | Augustinian Canons 1150 | | | | Nun Appleton Priory | | | | | Nun Monkton | Benedictine Nuns c.1145-1536, part of church now in parochial use | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Nun Monkton | | Penhill Preceptory | Knights Templar c.1155, site now within Temple Farm | Temple Dowskar; Temple Dove Skar | The Chapel of Our Lady and Saint Catherine of Alexandria | | Ribston Preceptory | Knights Templar, chapel now part of Ribston Hall, now in private ownership | | | | Greyfriars, Richmond | Franciscan, remains now within a public park | | | | St. Martin's Priory, Richmond | Benedictine, now in private ownership | | The Priory Church of Saint Martin, St. Mattin's Priory, Richmond | | Rievaulx Abbey | Cistercian 1132-1538 (EH) | | | | Ripon Cathedral Priory | -660, Monks 661, secular canons 10thC?, diocesan cathedral 1876-present | | The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Wilfrid, Ripon | | Rosedale Priory^ | Cistercian Nuns, remains incorporated into houses | | | | Selby Abbey | Benedictine Monks c.1070-1039, in parochial use 1618-present | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Germain, Selby | | Snainton Preceptory | Knights Templar | | | | Stocking Abbey | Cistercian trns from Hood Abbey 1147-1177, trns to Byland 1177 | | | | Swainby Abbey | Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1190, trns to Coverham | | | | Temple Cowton Preceptory | | | | | Thicket Priory | | | | | Westerdale Preceptory | | | | | Wetherby Preceptories | | | | | Whitby Abbey | Benedictine 1078, built on the site of St. Hilda's monastery (EH) | | | | Whitley Preceptory | | | | | Wykeham Abbey | Cistercian Nuns | | | | Yedingham Priory | Benedictine Nuns | | | | Augustinian Friary, York | Augustinian | | | | Ampleforth Abbey, York | Benedictine 1608-present | | The Abbey Church of Saint Lawrence the Martyr, Ampleforth | | Copmanthrope Preceptory, York | | | The Preceptory of Copmanthrope with the Castle Mills, York | | Carmelite Friary, York | Carmelite | | | | Dominican Friary, York | Dominican | | | | Holy Trinity Priory, York | secular canons -1069, Benedictine, Benedictine Monks 1089-1538 | | The Priory Church of The Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York | | Franciscan Friary, York | Franciscan | | | | York Cathedral | secular canons, diocesan cathedral 627-present | | | | St. Mary's Abbey, York | Benedictine 1080 | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, York | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Abingdon Abbey | Benedictine 1239-1539, to the south of the earlier site (below), now incorporated into town buildings, in local authority and trust ownership | | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Abingdon | | Abingdon Abbey^ | Benedictine 695-1239, transferred from Bagley Wood, near Sunningwell | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary | | Bruern Abbey# | Cistercian from Waverley 1147-1536, site now occupied by 18thC private house named 'Bruern Abbey' | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary of the Heath of Tretone, Bruern | | Clanfield Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | | | | Clattercote Priory | Gilbertine, site now occupied by private house | | | | Cogges Priory | | | | | Dorchester Abbey+ | secular canons -1140, Augustinian Canons 1140-1536, built on site of diocesan cathedral, monastic remains now incorporated into parish church | | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Birinius | | Faringdon Abbey | Cistercian from Citeaux 1203-1204, trns to Beaulieu 1204 | | | | Goodstow Abbey | Benedictine | | | | Goring Priory | Augustinian Nuns | | | | Littlemore Priory | | | | | Minchery Priory | Benedictine Nuns, site now occupied by Minchery Farm, also called 'The Priory and...?....' | | | | Minster Lovell Priory | Benedictine | | | | Oseney Abbey | Augustinian | | | | Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Oxford+ | Augustinian Nuns c.727, secular canons 1004, Augustinian Canons 1122-1524, conventual church, now in use as diocesan cathedral and college chapel | | The Priory Church of Saint Frideswide, Oxford | | Pheleley Priory | | | | | Rewley Abbey | Cistercian | | | | Sandford-on-Thames Preceptory | Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller | | | | Studley Priory | Benedictine Nuns 12thC, converted into an Elizabethan manor house, now in use as the 'Studley Priory Hotel' | | | | Sunningwell Abbey | Benedictine 675-695, moved to Abingdon | | | | Thame Abbey | Cistercian | | | | Wroxton Abbey | Augustinian | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Athelney Abbey# | Benedictine, site of church marked by a monument | | | | Barlinch Priory | Augustinian | | | | Barrow Gurney | Benedictine Nuns | Minchin Barrow | | | Bath Abbey+ | Nuns c.676, 'Benedictine' Monks 963/4-1539, diocesan cathedral 1090, church now in parochial use | | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath | | Bridgewater Friary | Franciscan | | | | Bruton Abbey | Augustinian Priory -1525, abbey 1525-1533(1553?) | | | | Buckland Priory, Durston | Augustinian Canons later Knights Hospitaller Nuns, site now occupied by Buckland Farm | Minchin Buckland Preceptory? | | | Burtle Priory | Augustinian | Burtle Moor Priory | | | Cannington Nunnery | Benedictine Nuns (from Dorset), trns to Colwich Abbey, converted into a mansion, then reverted to nunnery | | | | Cleeve Abbey | Cistercian from Revesby 1186/1191-1536 (EH) | Vallis Florida | | | Downside Abbey* | Benedictine trns from Douai 1814-present | | The Abbey Church of Saint Gregory the Great, Downside, Stratton-on-Fosse | | Dunster Priory+ | Benedictine, church in parochial use | | | | Glastonbury Abbey | Benedictine, now in private ownership with public access | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Glastonbury | | Hinton Charterhouse Priory | Carthusian, now in private ownership without public access | | | | Ilchester Friary | Dominican | | | | Ilchester Priory | ?Augustinian Nuns | Blanchesale or Whitehall | | | Keynsham Abbey | Augustinian | | | | Montacute Priory | Cluniac 12thC, remains now part of Abbey Farm | | | | Muchelney Abbey | Benedictine (EH) | | | | Stavordale Priory | Augustinian, priory church converted into a private house | | | | Stogursey Priory | | | | | Taunton Priory# | Augustinian | | The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Sain Paul, Taunton | | Taunton Priory | Augustinian on new site outside Taunton, part of remains now called Priory Barn, converted into a cricket museum | | | | Templecombe Preceptory | Knights Templar | | | | Witham Priory+ | Carthusian 1180/1, church now in parochial use | Witham Abbey | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Witham | | Woodspring Priory^ | Augustinian, let as holiday house (NT) | | | | Worspring Priory? | | | | | Yenston Priory# | 16th-c house on site | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Baswich Priory | Augustinian Canons 1174-1538, site now occupied by Priory Farm | | The Priory Church of Saint Thomas the Martyr, Baswich | | Blithbury Priory | Monks then Nuns -14thC trns to Brewood | | The Priory Church of Saint Giles, Blithbury | | Brewood Priory | Benedictine Nuns 1195 | Black Ladies | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Brewood | | Canwell Priory | Benedictine c.1142 | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint Giles, and All Saints, Canwell | | Colwich Abbey | Benedictine Nuns from Cannington 1836-1928, Abbey 1928-present | | The Abbey Church of Our Lady of Good Hope, Colwich | | Cotton Abbey | Cistercian from Aulnay-sur-Odon 11768-c.1178 | | | | Croxden Abbey | Cistercian from Cotton c.1178-1538 (EH) | | The Abbey Church of the Vale of Saint Mary at Croxden | | Dieulacres Abbey | Cistercian from Poulton 1214-1539, site now in private ownership at Abbey Green | | | | Farewell Priory | Hermits, Benedictine Nuns ante1148-1527, site now occupied by St. Bartholomew's Church | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Farewell | | Hawkesyard Priory | Dominican | | | | Hulton Abbey | | | | | Keele Preceptory | | | | | Lapley Priory | | | | | Lichfield Friary | Franciscan c.1237 | | | | Little Haywood Abbey | | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Little Haywood | | Newcastle-under-Lyme Friary | Dominican c.1277 | | | | Oulton Abbey* | Benedictine Nuns | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Oulton | | Poulton Abbey | Cistercian from Combermere 1158-1214, trns to Dieulacres 1214 | | | | Radmore Abbey | Hermitage, Cistercian Monks c.1143/7-1155, monks trnsto Stoneleigh 1155, converted to a royal hunting lodge | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Radmore | | Ranton Abbey | Augustinian | | | | Rochester Abbey | | | | | Sandwell Priory | | | | | Stafford Friary | Franciscan c.1274 | Grey Friars, Stafford | | | Stafford Friary | Augustinian 1344 | Austin Friars, Stafford | | | Priory of St. Thomas nr. Stafford | | | | | Stone Priory | | | | | Trentham Priory | | | | | Tutbury Priory+ | Benedictine, part of church now in parochial use | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Alnesbourne Priory | Augustinian | | | | Battisford Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller preceptory/hospital | | | | Blackfriars, Sudbury | Dominican | | | | Blakenham Priory | | | | | Blythburgh Priory | | | | | Great Bricett Priory | Augustinian alien priory of Abbey of St Leonard, nr Limoges 12thC | Bricett Priory | | | Bruisyard Abbey | | | | | Bungay Priory | Benedictine Nuns 1160 | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bungay | | Bury St. Edmunds Abbey | 633, Benedictine 1020-1539, remains now within a public park, diocesan cathedral in precinct (EH) | | The Abbey Church of Saint Edmund, Bury Saint Edmunds | | Butley Priory | Augustinian 1171 | Butleigh Priory | | | Campsey Priory | | | Augustinian Priory of Saint Mary, Campsey Ash | | Chipley Priory | | | | | Clare Priory* | Augustinian Friars 1248/9,1953-present | | The Priory Church of Our Lady, Saint Peter and Saint Paul and Saint Augustine, Clare | | Creeting St. Mary Priory | | | | | Creeting St. Olave Priory | | | | | Dodnash Priory* | Augustinian | | | | East Bergholt Abbey* | Nuns | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, East Bergholt | | Edwardstone Priory | | | | | Eye Priory | alien house c.1080, Benedictine c.1385 | | | | Felixstowe Priory | | | | | Flixton Priory | | | | | Greyfriars, Dunwich | Franciscan | | | | Hoxne Priory | | | | | Ipswich Priory | Augustinian | Christchurch | The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Ipswich | | Ixworth Priory | Augustinian Canons c.1170 | 'Ixworth Abbey' | | | Kersey Priory | Augustinian | | | | Lavenham Priory^ | Benedictine, converted into mansion latterly open to public, now hotel accommodation | | | | Leiston Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck 1180/1183, (EH) | | | | Letheringham Priory | Augustinian Canons c.1194 | | | | Little Welnetham | Trinitarian | | | | Mendham Priory | | | | | Redlingfield Priory | Benedictine Nuns c.1120 | | | | Rumburgh Priory | Benedictine (a cell of St. Benet's Abbey, Ludham) 1064-12thC, trns to St Mary's Abbey, York | | | | Sibton Abbey | Cistercian (from Warden Abbey) 1150-1536 | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Sibton | | Snape Priory | Benedictine 11thC, cell of St John's Abbey, Colchester, later under Butley Abbey | | | | St. Olaves Priory, Herringfleet | Augustinian Canons c.1216 | Herringfleet Priory | | | Sudbury Augustinian Priory# | Augustinian | | | | Sudbury Benedictine Priory# | Benedictine | | | | Wangford Priory | | | | | Woodbridge Priory | | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Alcester Abbey | Benedictine 1138/1140-1536, cell of Evesham Abbey 1466 | | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Anne, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist | | Alvecote Priory | Benedictine 1159 | | | | Arbury Priory | Augustinian 12thC, site now occupied by an Elizabethan house named 'Arbury Hall', in private ownership, used for corporate events. | | | | Atherstone Priory | Benedictine Nuns -1967 | | | | Balsall Preceptory | Knights Templar 1146 preceptory ante1226-1312, Knights Hospitaller 1312-1470, jointly with Grafton now under trusteeship of The Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson, with public access by arrangement | Temple Balsall; Balsall and Grafton Preceptory | church: The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin | | Combe Abbey | Cistercian from Waverley 1150-1539, converted into a hotel, precinct now within a public park in the ownership of Coventry City Council | Coombe Abbey | | | Cook Hill Priory | Cistercian Nuns | | | | Grafton Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller -1470, jointly with Balsall | Temple Grafton; Balsall and Grafton Preceptory | | | Henwood Priory | | | | | Kenilworth Abbey | Augustinian | | | | Maxstoke Priory | Augustinian, now in private ownership | | | | Merevale Abbey | Cistercian (from Bordesley) 1148-1538, chapel now in parochial use | | | | Monks Kirby Priory | Benedictine 1077 | | | | Nuneaton Priory | | | | | Pinley Priory | | | | | Polesworth Abbey | Benedictine Nuns | | | | Stoneleigh Abbey | Cistercian trns from Radmore 1154-1536 | | | | Studley Priory | Augustinian 12thC, site now occupied by a farmhouse | | The Priory of Saint Mary, Studley | | Warmington Priory | | | | | Wolston Priory | | | | | Wootton Wawen Priory | | | | | Wroxall Priory | | | | Warwickshire non-Christian Monasteries | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Birmingham Buddhist monastery, 41 Carlyle Road, Birmingham | Buddhist Tibetan and Theravadin 1978, trns to 47 Carlyle Road, 1981 | | | | Birmingham Buddhist Vihara, 47 Carlyle Road, Birmingham | Buddhist Tibetan and Theravadin trns from 41 Carlyle Road 1981, trns to Ladywood 2002 | | | | Birmingham Buddhist Vihara*, Osler Street, Ladywood,, Birmingham | Buddhist Tibetan and Theravadin trns from 47 Carlyle Road 2002, on the site of the Dhammatalaka Pagoda | | | | Thai Buddhist Monastery, Birmingham* | Buddhist | | | | Vietnamese Buddhist Monastery, Birmingham* | Buddhist | | | | Chinese Buddhist Monastery, Wolverhampton* | Buddhist | | | | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Arundel Priory | secular canons -1177, Benedictine 1177-1380, Collegiate 1387-1544 | | | | Boxgrove Priory | secular canons -1066, Benedictine 1105-1536, part of church now in parochial use | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Boxgrove | | Greyfriars, Chichester | Franciscan | | | | Chichester Cathedral Priory | secular canons 1075, diocesan cathedral 1075-present | | The Cathedral and Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Chichester | | Crawley Monastery* | Anglican | | The Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down, Crawley | | Dureford Abbey | Premonstratensian from Welbeck ante1183 | Durford Abbey | | | Easebourne Priory^+ | Augustinian Nuns 1238, claustral remains incorporated into house, restored frater now in parish use | | | | Hardham Priory | Augustinian | | | | Hassocks Priory* | | | The Priory Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Sayers Common, Hassocks | | Lyminster Priory | | | | | Poling Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | | | | Runcton Priory | | | | | Rusper Priory | Benedictine Nuns | | | | Saddlescombe Preceptory | Knights Templar | | | | Sele Priory | Benedictine | | | | Shipley Preceptory | Knights Templar | | | | Shulbrede Priory | Augustinian, site now occupied by private house, with limited public access | | | | Our Lady of England Priory, Storrington* | Premonstratensian priory and parish church | | | | Tortington Priory | Augustinian, remains now in a farmyard | | | | Worth Abbey*, Turners Hill, Crawley | Benedictine (from Downside) Priory 1933-1957, Abbey 1957-present | | The Abbey Church of Our Lady Help of Christians, Worth | West Sussex non-Christian Monasteries Wiltshire non-Christian Monasteries | Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | | Astley Priory | Benedictine (alien priory of St Taurin) 13thC-1414 | | | | Bordesley Abbey | Savignac from Garendon 1138-1147, Cistercian 1147-1538, in ownership of Borough of Redditch | | | | Cookhill Priory | Augustinian 12thC | | | | Dudley Priory | Cluniac 1160, site now located in public Priory Park | | | | Evesham Abbey | Benedictine c.701, now within a public park | | | | Great Malvern Priory | Benedictine Monks c.1075-1540 | Malvern Priory | The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael, Great Malvern | | Halesowen Abbey | Premonstratensian 1215 | | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Halesowen | | Little Malvern Priory | Benedictine Monks c.1171-1537, site now occupied by house named 'Little Malvern Court' | | The Priory Church of Saint Giles, Little Malvern | | The Priory, Pebworth | | | | | Pershore Abbey | secular canons c.689, Benedictine Monks 972-1539 | | The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin abd Saint Peter and Saint Paul, The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Eadburga | | Stanbrook Abbey* | Benedictine Nuns 1838-present | | The Abbey Church of Our Lady of Consolation, Callow End, Stanbrook | | Westwood Priory | Benedictine Nuns (a cell of Fontvrault) -1553 | | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Westwood | | Whistones Priory, Barbourne | Cistercian Nuns 1255 | The White Ladies, Aston | The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Barbourne | | Greyfriars, Worcester | Franciscan c.1236/8 | | | | The White Ladies, Worcester | Cistercian Nuns | | | | Worcester Cathedral St. Peter's Priory | secular canons 680 | | | | Worcester Cathedral St. Mary's Priory | secular canons 743, Benedictine Monks 969 | | The Cathedral and Priory Church of Saint Mary, Worcester | See also
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