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Abbeys and priories in England - Your Art History Reference Guide!
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Abbeys and priories in England
Abbeys 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
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+ 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
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Trusteeship denoted as follows:-
Other abbreviations:-
| trns = transferred
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rmv = removed
| c = circa (about)
| ante = before
| post = after
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Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Beadlow Priory
| Benedictine Monks 12thC
| Beaulieu Priory
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| Greyfriars, Bedford
| Franciscan 1238
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| Bushmead Priory
| Augustinian 1195-1536, mansion built on site (EH)
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| The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bushmead
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| Caldwell Priory
| Augustinian 1153-1536
| Cauldwell Priory
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| Chicksands Priory
| Gilbertine Monks and nuns 1147-1538, then private house, now in grounds of US Air Force Base
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| Dunstable Priory +
| Augustinian Canons 1131 (or ante1125?)-1540, part of church now in parochial use
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| The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Dunstable
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| Elstow Abbey +
| Benedictine Nuns 1078-1539, part now in use as parish church
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Helena, Elstow
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| Grovebury Priory , Leighton Buzzard
| Benedictine (a cell of Fontévrault ) post1189-1414, farmhouse built on suite
| La Grave Priory
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| Harrold Priory
| Augustinian Nuns 1138-dissolution, site occupied by farmhouse and a mansion named 'Harrold Hall'
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| Markyate Priory
| Benedictine Nuns 1145-1566, site now occupied by a manor house named 'Markyate Cell' built on priory remains
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| Melchbourne Priory
| Knights Hospitaller
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| Newnham Priory
| Augustinian (from the collegiate church of St. Paul, Bedford ) 1247-1539/1541
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| Old Warden Abbey
| Cistercian 1136-1538, Elizabethan house built on site
| Warden Abbey
| The Abbey Church of Saint Leonard, Old Warden
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| Woburn Abbey#
| Cistercian (from Fountains) 1145-1538, site now occupied by a mansion, estate and safari park
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Woburn
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Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Helenstowe nunnery , Abingdon
| Nuns c.675, site now occupied by St. Helen's Church
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| The Church of the Holy Cross and Saint Helen, Helenstowe
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| Ascot Priory
| Benedictine Monks (a cell of St. Nicholas at Angiers) -1416, Nuns (from St. Mary de Pré nr. St Albans ) 1416-dissolution
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| Bisham Abbey
| Knights Templar preceptory 1260-1307, Augustinian priory 1337-1536, Benedictine abbey 1537-1538, demolished, site now headquarters of the National Sports Council
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| Bromhall Priory #, Sunningdale
| Benedictine Nuns 12thC-1535
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| Douai Abbey *, Woolhampton
| Benedictine (rmv from Douai ), 1903-present
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Edmund, King and Martyr, Upper Woolhampton
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| Greenham Preceptory ~
| Knights Hospitaller 1199
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| Hurley Priory +
| Benedictine 1065, part of church now in parochial use
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| The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hurley
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| Poughley Priory ^
| Augustinian c.1160-1524, remains now incorporated into farmhouse
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| Reading Abbey
| Cluniac 1121, Benedictine 13thC-1539, quarried and dismantled c.1550-1643
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| Greyfriars, Reading
| Franciscan 1285
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| Sandleford Priory ^
| Augustinian c.1200, now an Anglican Convent School
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| Steventon Priory
| Benedictine, now in private ownership with public access by appointment (NT)
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| Stratfield Priory
| Benedictine
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| Thatcham Minster
| Anglo-Saxon minster, early 7thC, now St. Mary's parish church
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| Warfield Priory
| Benedictine, 1397
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| Welford Abbey
| Premonstratensian,
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| Welford Priory
| Augustinian, 1150-1525?, site now occupied by RAF Welford airforce base
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| The Priory Church of Saint Margaret, Welford
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Formal Name |
| Ankerwycke Priory , Wraysbury
| Benedictine Nuns 12thC
| Ankerwick Priory
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| Biddlesden Abbey #
| Cistercian from Garendon 1147-1538, remains demolished c.1727, site now occupied by private house named 'Biddlesden Park'
| Biddlesdon Abbey
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| Bradwell Priory
| Benedictine 1155-1526, now in private ownership
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| Bulstrode Preceptory
| Knights Templar
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| Burnham Abbey
| Augustinian Nuns 1266
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| Chetwode Priory +
| Augustinian 1244-1460, annexed to Notley , part of priory church now in parochial use
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| Lavendon Abbey
| Premonstratensian/Benedictine -1547, site now occupied by house named 'Lavendon Grange' (once the home of relatives of Sir Isaac Newton)
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| Little Marlow Priory
| Benedictine Nuns 14thC
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| Medmenham Abbey
| Cistercian (from Woburn Abbey) 1201/4-1547, converted into a manor house
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| Great Missenden Abbey
| Augustinian/Arroasian 1133-1538, now a residential college
| Missenden Abbey
| The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Great Missenden
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| Muresley Priory , nr Ivinghoe
| Benedictine Nuns ante1135
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| Newton Longville Priory
| Cluniac c.1150-1442, granted to New College, Oxford, 1442, manor house built on site from priory remains 1550
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| Notley Abbey ^
| Augustinian 1162-1542, site now occupied by a private house without public access
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| Ravenstone Priory
| Augustinian 1255-1544
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| Snelshall Priory
| Benedictine 12thC-1535
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| Tickford Priory
| Benedictine-Cluniac 1140-1524
| Newport Pagnel Priory
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| Wing Priory
| 7thC
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| Wycombe Abbey
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| Anglesey Priory , Lode
| Augustinian 1135-1535, remains incorporated into private house named 'Anglesey Abbey' 1591, (NT)
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| The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin and Saint Nicholas
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| Barnwell Priory
| Augustinian Canons (from St. Giles, Castle Hill, Lode ) 1112-1538
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| 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
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| Buckden Abbey
| Elizabethan mansion
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| Augustinian Friary, Cambridge
| Augustinian 1092, trns to Barnwell 1112
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Black Friary, Cambridge
| Dominican c.1258
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| Blackfriars, Cambridge *
| Dominican 1938-present
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| Chatteris Abbey
| Benedictine Nuns c.980-1536
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| Chippenham Preceptory
| Knights Hospitaller (under Clerkenwell) 1184
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| 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
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| Duxford Preceptory
| Knights Templar 1273
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| Ely Cathedral Priory+
| ?nuns/double monastery c.673, secular canons 9thC, Benedictine 970-1540, diocesan cathedral 1109-present
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Etheldreda
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity and Saint Etheldreda
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| Fordham Priory #
| Gilbertine ante1227, site now occupied by private house named 'Fordham Abbey'
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| The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Mary Magdalene, Fordham
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| Great Wilbraham Preceptory
| Knights Templar 13thC
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| Isleham Priory
| Benedictine 1086-1414, granted to Pembroke College, Cambridge which converted the church into a barn and demolished monastery (EH)
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| The Priory Church of Saint Margaret, Isleham
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| Hinchinbrook Priory
| Benedictine Nuns, site now occupied by Hinchinbrooke House
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| Ickleton Abbey
| Cistercian, remains now part of The Hovells manor
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| Ickleton Priory
| Benedictine Nuns 1190, now on site of Abbey Farm
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| Linton Priory (confusion with Linton, N.Yorks?)
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| Marmont Priory
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| Peterborough Cathedral Abbey+
| c.655, Benedictine c.966-1539, diocesan cathedral 1540-present
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| The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, Peterborough
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| Ramsey Abbey
| Benedictine 969-1539 (NT)
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| St Ives Priory
| Benedictine (from Ramsay Abbey ) 1017-dissolution, house built on site
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| St Neots Priory
| Benedictine cell of Ely 974, cell of Bec 1113-dissolution
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| The Priory Church of Saint Neot, St Neots
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| Sawtry Abbey
| Cistercian (from Warden Abbey) 1147-1536
| Sawtrey Abbey
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| Shingay Preceptory
| Knights Hospitaller
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| 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
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| Stonely Priory
| Augustinian c.1180
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| The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stonely
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| Swaffham Bulbeck Priory
| Benedictine Nuns
| Swaffham Nunnery
| The Nunnery of Saint Mary, Swaffham
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| Swavesey Priory
| Benedictine, a private residence named 'The Priory' is supposedly situated on or near the site
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| Thorney Abbey +
| anchorites or hermits -ante972, Benedictine Monks 972-1539, church now in parochial use
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| The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Botulph, Thorney
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| Waterbeach Abbey
| Benedictine
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Alt. Name |
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| Chester Cathedral Priory+
| ?Nuns -875, secular canons post907, Benedictine 1092-1540, diocesan cathedral 1541-present
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| 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)
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| St. John the Baptist, Chester
| c.906?, secular canons -1547, diocesan cathedral 1072/5-1102
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| 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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| Combermere Abbey
| Savignac from Savigny 1133-1147, Cistercian 1147-1538
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael, Combermere
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| Curzon Park Abbey*, Chester
| Benedictine Nuns trns from Talacre 1988
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| The Abbey Church of Our Lady Help of Christians , Curzon Park, Chester
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| 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
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| Runcorn Priory ~
| Augustinian 1115-1134 trns to Norton, poss. on site now occupied by All Saints parish church
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| St Germans Priory +
| secular canons , Augustinian 1184-1539, diocesan cathedral c.936-1042, now in use as parish church
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| The Priory Church of Saint German , Saint Germans
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| St Michael's Mount Priory
| Benedictine 1135, used alternately as fortress and monastery and private residence with public access (NT)
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| 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
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| 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
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| Carlisle Cathedral Priory +
| secular canons -1092, Augustinian Canons 1122-1540, diocesan cathedral 1133-present
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| The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Carlisle
The Cathedral Church of The Holy Trinity, Carlisle 1133
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| Cartmel Priory+
| Augustinian Canons 1189/94-1536/7, church now in parochial use
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| 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
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| The Priory Church of the Virgin Mary, Conishead
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| Furness Abbey
| Savignac -1147/8, Cistercian -1124/7-1537 (EH)
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| Holmcultram Abbey +, Abbeytown
| Cistercian from Melrose 1150-1538, church now in parochial use
| Holm Cultram Abbey
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| 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)
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| The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Lanercost
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| Nunnery near Kirkoswald
| Benedictine, house built on site
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| Seaton Priory
| Benedictine Nuns early 13thC, site now occupied by farmhouse named 'Seaton Hall'
| Nunnery of Leakly, in Seaton
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| St. Bees Priory
| Benedictine Monks c.1120-1539, on the site of an earlier nunnery c.650/900?, church now in parochial use
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| The Priory Church of Saint Bees , Saint Bees
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| Shap Abbey
| Premonstratensian 1199-1540 (EH)
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| Wetheral Priory
| Benedictine (from St. Mary's Abbey, York ) 1106-1542
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| Beauchief Priory
| Premonstratensian from Welbeck 1183
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| Breadsall Priory
| Friars Eremites friary ante1266 later Augustine, mansion built on site, now the Marriott Breadsall Priory Hotel
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| Calke Priory #
| Augustinian ante1161, trns to Deepdale, mansion named 'Calke Abbey' built on site
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| Dale Abbey , Deepdale
| Augustinian Monks, Premonstratensian Canons from Newhouse 1162/c.1200-1536 trns to Stanley
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| 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
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| Derby Abbey
| Augustinian -1146, trns to Darley
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| Gresley Priory
| Augustinian Canons
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| Locko Preceptory
| St. Lazarus Hospitallers
| Lockhay Preceptory
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| Repton Priory ^
| double monastery later Augustinian, now incorporated into Repton School buildings
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| Stydd Preceptory
| Knights Hospitaller c.1136, now the Church of St. Saviour
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| Yeaveley Preceptory , Stydd
| Knights Hospitaller 1190, incorporated into farmhouse
| Yeaveley and Barrow Preceptory
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| Barnstable Priory
| Cluniac -1535
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| The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Barnstable
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| Buckfast monastery
| Benedictine, Buckfast Abbey (below) built on site
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| Buckfast Abbey*
| Savignac from Savigny 1136-1148, Cistercian 1148-1539, Benedictine 1882-present, built on site of Benedictine monastery (above)
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| The Abbey Church of Our Lady, Buckfast
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| Buckland Abbey
| Cistercian from Quarr 1278-1539 (NT)
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| Canonsleigh Abbey ^
| Augustinian Canons priory 12thC, Augustinian Nuns abbey 1284-1539, remains now incorporated into farm buildings
| Leigh Abbey
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| Chudleigh Abbey *
| Brigttine Nuns
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Bridget of Syon, Chudleigh
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| Cornworthy Priory
| Augustinian Nuns 1205/1238
| Court Prior
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| Cowick Priory
| (a cell of Bec)
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| Dunkeswell Abbey
| Cistercian 1301-1539, site now occupied by Holy Trinity Church 1842
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| Exeter Cathedral Priory+
| ?ante c.690, 'Benedictine' Monks 932, secular canons 1050, diocesan cathedral 1050-present
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| The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Peter
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Exeter
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| 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
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| The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Exeter
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| Frithelstock Priory
| Augustinian c.1220
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| 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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| Plymouth Friary
| Dominican 1431, site now occupied by the Black Friars Distillery
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| Plympton Priory
| Augustinian 904-1539
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| The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Plympton
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| Polsloe Priory , Exeter
| Benedictine Nuns c.1160-1536, largely demolished, remaining range converted into country house
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| The Priory Church of Saint Katherine , Polsloe, Exeter
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| Tavistock Abbey
| Benedictine 961/974-1539, mansion built on site, now 'The Bedford Hotel'
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| Teignmouth Abbey *
| Nuns
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Scholastica , Teignmouth
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| Torre Abbey
| Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck 1196-1539, country house built on site, now in ownership of Torbay Corporation
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| Abbotsbury Abbey+
| Benedictine c1026-1539; much in private ownership, partly in parochial use
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Peter
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| Barlynch Priory
| 12thC-1536, mansion built on site, now in ownership of Working for Wildlife, 1969
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| The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Barlynch
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| Bindon Abbey
| Cistercian (from Little Bindon ) 1172-1539, now in private ownership
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| Blackmoor Priory Hermitage
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| Cerne Abbey ^, Cerne Abbas
| Benedictine 987, remains now incorporated into private house
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| Christchurch Priory +
| secular canons -1150, Augustinian Canons 1150-1539, on site of earlier church demolished 1094, priory church now in parochial use
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| The Priory Church of Christ, Christchurch
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| Cranborne Priory
| Benedictine
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| Forde Abbey ^
| Cistercian 1146/8?, 1136-1539, claustral remains now incorporated a mansion with public access
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| Frampton Priory
| Benedictine
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| Friar Mayne Preceptory
| Knights Hospitaller
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Holme Priory
| Cluniac 1142, parish church -1746, mansion built on site of remains
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| Loders Priory
| Carthusian (under St Mary de Montebourg Abbey, Normandy ) -1414, Brigetine (under Syon, Isleworth) 1414
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| Little Bindon Abbey
| Cistercian (from Forde ) 1171-1172, trns to Bindon 1172
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| Lulworth Abbey
| Trappist monastery (from Val Sainte ) 1795, Switzerland,Abbey 1813-1817, returned to Melleray 1817
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| Milton Abbey^, Milton Abbas
| Benedictine Monks 938/964-1539, remains incorporated into a mansion 1771, now in use as a school without public access
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| The Priory Church of Saint Michael and Saint Mary, Milton Abbas
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| Povington Priory
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| Shaftesbury Abbey
| Benedictine Nuns c.888-1539, remains now within a walled garden
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| Sherborne Abbey^
| Benedictine 998-1536, church now in parochial use, monastic buildings now incorporated into a public school
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| Spettisbury Priory
| Augustinian
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| Spettisbury Priory
| Benedictine Nuns
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| Tarrant Abbey
| Cistercian Nuns c.1100-1540s, site now occupied by Abbey Farm, Abbey Hall may incorporate abbey remains
| Tarrant Crawford Abbey
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| Wilcheswood monastery
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| Baxterwood Priory
| Augustinian (from Guisborough )
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| Durham Cathedral Priory+
| secular canons 997, Benedictine 1093-1540, episcopal cathedral 997-present
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert, Durham
The Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, Durham
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| Durham Abbey *
| Poor Clares Nuns
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| Egglestone Abbey
| Premonstratensian (from Easby ) c.1195, 1198-1540, converted into a house 1548, then labourers cottages (EH)
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| Finchale Priory
| Benedictine 1115 (EH)
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| Jarrow Priory
| Benedictine 681/2
| St. Paul's Monastery
| The Priory Church of Saint Paul, Jarrow
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| Neasham Priory
| Benedictine Nuns ante1156, a 19th-c house named Neasham Abbey now stands near the site
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| Wearmouth Abbey, Monkswearmouth
| Benedictine 674
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Wearmouth
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| Beverley Minster+
| built on site of secular canons ' monastery, secular canons c.700-1547, collegiate
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| Blackfriars, Beverley
| Dominican 1267
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| Greyfriars, Beverley
| Franciscan 1230s
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| Bridlington Priory +
| Augustinian Canons 1114-1537, church now in parochial use
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| The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Bridlington
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| Faxfleet Preceptory
| Knights Templar 1185-1308/12, site now occupied by a fortified manor house
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| Haltemprice Priory
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| Hemingbrough Minster
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| Howden Minster
| secular canons 1267-1550, collegiate
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| The Collegiate and Minster Church of Saint Peter, Howden
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| Meaux Abbey
| Cistercian 1150-1539, site now occupied at Crown Farm, in private ownership
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| North Ferriby Priory
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| Nunburnholme Priory
| Benedictine Nuns 12th/13thC
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| The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Nunburnholme
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| Nunkeeling Priory
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| Swine Priory +
| Cistercian, now in parochial use
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| Warter Priory
| Augustinian 1132-1536, site now occupied by the village church
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| Watton Priory
| Gilbertine double monastery 1150-1539, on the site of an earlier priory (686), site now in private ownership
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| Wilberfoss Priory
| Benedictine Nuns c.1154-1539
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| The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wilberfoss
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| Battle Abbey
| Benedictine (EH)
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| Bayham Abbey
| Premonstratensian Canons (from Otham ) 1208 (EH)
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| Langney Priory
| Cluniac
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| Lewes Priory
| Cluniac 1077
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| Michelham Priory
| Augustinian 13thC, remains incorporated into a mansion, now in ownership of Sussex Archaeological Society
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| Otham Abbey , Polegate
| Premonstratensian 1175-1208, (trns to Bayham ) 1208
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| Robertsbridge Abbey
| Cistercian trns from Salehurst c.1250-1538, site now occupied by a private house without public access
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| Friary of the Sack, Rye
| Franciscan
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| Salehurst Abbey
| Cistercian from Boxley 1176-c.1250, trns to Robertsbrige c.1250
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| Wilmington Priory +
| Benedictine, site now occuped by parish church
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| Greyfriars, Winchelsea
| Franciscan
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| Withyham Priory
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Beeleigh Abbey ^
| Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1180, remains now incorporated into private house
| Bileigh Abbey
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| Berden Priory #
| Augustinian Canons, site now occupied by mansion also called Berden Priory
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| Bicknacre Priory
| Augustinian
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| Blackmore Priory
| Augustinian
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| Castle Hedingham Priory
| Benedictine Nuns
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| St. Botolph's Priory, Colchester
| Augustinian Canons c.1093-1536 (EH)
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| The Priory Church of Saint Botolph, Colchester
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| St. John's Abbey, Colchester
| Benedictine 11thC-1539 (EH)
| Colchester Abbey or Colchester Priory
| The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Colchester
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| Cannons Priory
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| Cressing Preceptory
| Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller
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| Earl's Colne Priory
| Benedictine
| Earls Colne or Monks Colne
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| Frating Abbey
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| Hatfield Broad Oak Priory
| Benedictine
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| Hatfield Peverel Priory
| Benedictine
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| 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
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| Latton Priory +
| Augustinian, remains now incorporated into farm buildings
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| Leez Priory #
| Augustinian, site now occupied by a mansion
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| 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'
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| Little Dunmow Priory
| Augustinian Canons part of church now in use as parish church
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|
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| Little Horkesley Priory
| Cluniac
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| Little Leighs Priory
| Augustinian
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| Little Maplestead Preceptory
| Knights Hospitaller
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| Parndon Abbey
| Premonstratensian
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| Panfield Priory
|
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| Prittlewell Priory ^, Southend-on-Sea
| Cluniac, site now within public Priory Park, now in ownership of Southend Corporation
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| Saffron Walden Abbey
| Benedictine
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|
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| 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
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Osyth, Saint Osyths
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| Stansgate Priory
| Cluniac
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| Stratford Langthorne Abbey
| Savignac 1135, Cistercian 1147-1538
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| Takeley Priory
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| Thoby Priory
| Augustinian
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| Thremhall Priory
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| Tilty Abbey +
| Cistercian 1153-1536, church now in parochial use
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| Tiptree Priory
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| Walden Abbey ^
| Benedictine, site now occupied by Audley End House and St. Mark's College
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|
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| Waltham Abbey+
| ?1016-1035, secular canons c.1060, Augustinian Canons 1117-1540, part of church now in use as parish church
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| West Mersea Priory
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| Wix Priory
| Benedictine Nuns
| Wickes Priory
|
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| Woodham Ferrers Priory
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Beckford Priory
| Augustinian, then secular, known as 'The Manor'
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| Brimpsfield Priory
|
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| Cirencester Abbey
| Augustinian, site now within a public park
|
|
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| Deerhurst Abbey +
| Benedictine, church now in use as parochial church
|
|
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| Flaxley Abbey +
| Cistercian 1151-1536, remains now incorporated into a private house without public access
|
|
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| Blackfriars, Gloucester
| Dominican
|
|
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| Greyfriars, Gloucester
| Franciscan
|
|
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| Gloucester Cathedral Priory
| double monastery c.681, secular canons 823, Benedictine Monks 1022-1539, diocesan cathedral 1541-present
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| The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Gloucester
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| St. Oswald's Priory, Gloucester St. Catharine's Church
| Augustinian
|
|
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| Hailes Abbey
| Cistercian from Beaulieu 1246-1539 (NT)
| Hayles Abbey
|
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| Horsley Priory
| prison late18thC, parish church now occupies area north of site
|
|
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| Kingswood Abbey
| Cistercian (from Tintern 1139-1538 (EH)
|
|
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| Lechlade Priory
|
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| Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Lechlade
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| Leonard Stanley Priory
| Benedictine or Augustinian, church now in parochial use
| Stanley St. Leonard Priory
| The Priory Church of Saint Leonard, Leonard Stanley
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| Llanthony Secunda
| Augustinian 1136
|
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| Newent Priory
|
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| Quenington Preceptory
| Knights Hospitaller
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| Temple Guiting Preceptory
| Knights Templar
|
|
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| 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
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| Winchcombe Abbey
| Benedictine
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|
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Andwell Priory
| Cistercian Tironensian
|
|
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| Baddesley Preceptory
| Knights Hospitaller
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|
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| 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
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| 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
|
|
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| Ellingham Priory
| -1414
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|
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| Godsfield
| Knights Hospitaller
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|
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| Hamble Priory , Hamble-le Rice
| Cistercian Tironensian
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| Hayling Priory
|
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| Mottisfont Abbey^
| Augustinian Canons Regular , remains now incorporated into a mansion
| Mottisfont Priory
| The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Mottisford
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| 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
|
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| Portchester Priory
| Augustinian, site now occupied by Our Lady of Walsingham RC Church
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|
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| Redbridge Abbey
|
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| Romsey Abbey+
| c.907, Benedictine Nuns 967-1539, now in parochial use
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Elfleda
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| Selborne Priory
| Augustinian Canons Regular
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|
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| St. Helens Priory #
| Cluniac, site now occupied by Priory Bay Hotel
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| Southampton Priory
| Franciscan
|
|
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| Southampton Priory
| Canons Regular
| St. Denys
|
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| Southwick Priory
| Augustinian Canons Regular
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|
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| Titchfield Abbey
| Premonstratensian, converted into a mansion (EH)
|
|
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| 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
|
|
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| Austin Friary, Winchester
| Augustinian
|
|
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| Winchester Cathedral Priory +
| secular canons c.942-064, Benedictine Monks 964-1539, in use as episcopal cathedral c.662/3-present
|
|
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| St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester
| Benedictine
|
|
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| St. Swithun's Priory, Winchester
| secular canons later Benedictine
|
|
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| Hyde Abbey, Winchester
| Benedictine
| New Minster
|
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| Wintney Priory
| Benedictine Nuns
|
|
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Dore Abbey , Abbey Dore
| Cistercian from Morimond 1147-1536, part now in parochial use
| Abbey Dore
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| Belmont Abbey
| Benedictine 1859-present
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Michael and All Angels , Belmont
|
| Clifford Priory
| Cluniac
|
|
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| Craswall Priory
| Grandmontine
|
|
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| Flanesford Priory ^
| Augustinian, remains now incorporated into a private house
|
|
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| Garway Preceptory
| Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller
|
|
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| Blackfriars, Hereford
| Dominican
|
|
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| Kilpeck Priory
| Benedictine
|
|
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| 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 |
| Ashridge Priory
| Bonshommes
|
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| Hertford Priory #
| Benedictine, site now occupied by parish church
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|
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| St Albans Cathedral Priory+, St Albans
| c.793, Benedictine Monks 976-1539, diocesan cathedral 1877-present
|
|
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| Redbourn Priory
|
|
|
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| Sopwell Priory
| Benedictine
|
|
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| Temple Dinsley Preceptory #
| Knights Templar, site now occupied by The Princess Helena College
|
|
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| Wymondley Priory , Little Wymondley
| Augustinian, Site now occupied by a Tudor Tithe Barn
|
|
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Amaravati Buddhist Monastery *, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead
| Buddhist: Theravada Forest Sangha
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall
| former Tudor house, temporarily used by Benedictine Monks in early 20th century (EH)
|
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| Carisbrooke Priory #
| Cistercian
|
|
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| Quarr Abbey
| Savugnac 1132, Cistercian 1147-1536
|
|
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| Quarr Abbey House *, Binsted
| Benedictine
|
|
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| St Cross
| Tironensian
|
|
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Isle of Wight monastery *
| Buddhist 1984
|
|
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| 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
|
|
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| 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
|
|
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| Folkestone Priory
| Benedictine
|
|
|
| Higham Priory
| Benedictine
| Lillechurch Priory
|
|
| Horton Priory
| Cluniac
|
|
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| Leeds Priory
| Augustinian
|
|
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| Lesnes Abbey
| Arrouasian Benedictine
| Westwood Abbey
|
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| 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'
|
|
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| 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 |
| Burscough Priory
| Augustinian
|
|
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| Cockerham Priory
|
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|
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| Cockersand Abbey
| Hospital of St. Mary later Premonstratensian priory then abbey, now in private ownership
|
|
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| Hornby Priory
|
|
|
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| Lancaster Priory
| Benedictine
|
|
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| Lytham St. Anne's Priory
| Benedictine
|
|
|
| Penwortham Priory
| Benedictine
|
|
|
| Sawley Abbey
| Cistercian 1147-1536 (EH)
| Salley Abbey
|
|
| Upholland Priory
| Benedictine 1318-dissolution (formerly collegiate church, c.1308) remains incorporated into parochial church
|
|
|
| Whalley Abbey
| Cistercian 1172/1296-1537, now in ownership of the Diocese of Blackburn
|
|
|
| Wyresdale Abbey
| Cistercian from Furness and Savigny c.1196
|
|
|
| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Holy Hill monastery, Breedon
| Saxon monastery
|
|
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| Breedon Priory
| Saxon monastery, refounded as Augustinian
|
|
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| 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
|
|
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| 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
|
|
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| Bradley Priory
| Augustinian
|
|
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Alvingham Priory
| Gilbertine
|
|
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| Aslackby Preceptory
| Knights Templar
|
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|
| 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
|
|
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| Barrow monastery
| destroyed in raids
|
|
|
| Belvoir Priory
|
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| Blackfriars, Boston
| Dominican
|
|
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| Bonby Priory
| Benedictine
|
|
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| Boston Friary
| Augustinian
|
|
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| 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?
|
|
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| 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
|
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| Hagnaby Abbey
| Premonstratensian
|
|
|
| Haugham Priory
| Benedictine
|
|
|
| Haverholme Priory
| Cistercian (from Fountains 1137, (trns to Louth Park Abbey ) 1139, Gilbertine Nuns
|
|
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| 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
|
|
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| Immingham Friary
| Augustinian
|
|
|
| Immingham Friary
| Carmelite
|
|
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| 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
|
|
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| Nocton Priory
| Augustinian
| Nocton Park Priory
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| North Hykeham Priory
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| North Ormsby Priory
| Gilbertine
| Nun Ormsby Priory
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| North Scarle Preceptory
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| Nuncotham Priory
| Cistercian Nuns
| Nuncoton Priory
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| Orford Priory
| Premonstratensian Canonesses
| Irford Priory
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| Ormsby Priory
| Gilbertine
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| Partney monastery
| destroyed in raids
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| Redbourne Priory
| Gilbertine 1164
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| Revesby Abbey
| Savignac from Rievaulx 1143, Cistercian 1147-1538, now in private ownership without public access
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| Rewley Abbey
| Cistercian from Thame 1281-1536
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| Sempringham Priory
| Gilbertine 1131, in parochial use
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| Sempringham Priory #
| Gilbertine double priory for Canons and Nuns, mansion later built on site no longer exists
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| Stainfield Priory
| Benedictine Nuns
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| Greyfriars, Stamford
| Franciscan
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| St. Leonards Priory, Stamford
| Benedictine
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| Sandtoft Priory
| Benedictine
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| Sixhills Priory
| Gilbertine
| Sixle Priory
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| Skendleby Priory
| Benedictine
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| Stixwould Priory
| Cistercian Nuns
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| Stow Abbey
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| Swineshead Abbey
| Cistercian
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| Temple Bruer Preceptory
| Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller
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| Thornholme Priory
| Augustinian
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| Thornton Abbey
| Augustinian Canons priory 1139, abbey 1148-1539, secular priests' college, boys school: demolished, stately home: collapsed. (EH)
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| Thwaite Priory
| Augustinian
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| Torksey Priory
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| Torksey Nunnery
| Cistercian
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| Tunstall Priory
| Gilbertine
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| Tupholme Abbey
| Premonstratensian
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| Vaudey Abbey
| Cistercian
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| Wellow Abbey
| Cistercian
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| Wilsford Priory
| Benedictine alien later Augustinian
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| West Ravendale Priory
| Premonstratensian (a cell of Beaufort ) 1202-1389, granted to Southwell College
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| Willoughton Priory
| Benedictine
| Willowton Priory
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| Willoughton Preceptory
| Knights Templar
| Willowton Preceptory
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| Crabhouse in Winghale Priory
| Benedictine
| Wenghale Priory
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Aldgate Nunnery
| Franciscan
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| The Nunnery of the Virgin and Saint Francis, without Aldgate
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| Barking Abbey
| Benedictine Nuns
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| 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
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| Bermondsey Abbey
| Benedictine later Cluniac
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|
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| Saint Helen's, Bishopsgate +
| Benedictine Nuns, church now in parochial use
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|
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| Bromley-by-Bow Priory
| Benedictine Nuns
| Stratford-at-Bow Priory
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| Ealing Abbey *
| Benedictine (from Downside ) 1897, Priory 1916, Abbey 1955
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Benedict, Ealing
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| Feltham Priory
| Benedictine Nuns 1868, (trns to Twickenham )
| Feltham Nunnery
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| Haliwell Priory
| Augustinian
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| Holywell nunnery, Shoreditch
| Benedictine
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| Hounslow Priory
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| Kilburn Priory
| Augustinian Canonesses
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| Lewisham Priory
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| The London Charterhouse ^, Charterhouse Square
| Carthusian, part now a private boys' school and part an almshouse
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| Merton Priory
| Augustinian, site now occupied by shopping centre and road
| Merton Abbey St. Mary's Priory
| The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Merton
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| Ruislip Priory
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| Smithfield Priory +
| Augustinian Canons 1123-1539, now in parochial use
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| The Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew, Smithfield
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| Southwark Cathedral Priory+
| Augustinian Canons 1106-1539, Minster church pre-1066, in use as episcopal cathedral 1905-present
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Southwark
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| Syon Abbey
| Bridgetine
| Charterhouse at Sheen
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| Tooting Priory
| Benedictine
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|
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| Twickenham Priory
| Benedictine (trns from Feltham ), (trns to West Malling )
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|
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| Westminster Abbey+
| Benedictine Monks c.960-1540, 1556-1559, episcopal cathedral 1540-1550, now in use as a royal peculiar
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| The Abbey Church of Saint Peter in Westminster
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London non-Christian Monasteries
| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| The London Buddhist Vihara *, The Avenue, Chiswick
| Buddhist trns from Heathfield Gardens 1994
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| The London Buddhist Vihara , Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick
| Buddhist trns from Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick 1964, trns to The Avenue, Chiswick 1994
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|
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| The London Buddhist Vihara , Gloucester Road, London
| Buddhist post1926-c.1940, 1955-1964, trns to Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick 1964, requisitioned during World War II
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| The London Buddhist Vihara , Foster House, Ealing
| Buddhist 1926, trns to Gloucester Road post1926
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Birkenhead Priory
| Benedictine
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|
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Aldeby Priory +
| Benedictine
|
| The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Aldeby
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| Beeston Regis Priory
| Augustinian
| Beeston Priory
|
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| 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 ?
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| Blackborough Priory ^
| Benedictine Nuns, remains incorporated into a private house
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|
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| Bromehill Priory
| Augustinian Canons early13thC
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| The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Thomas the Martyr, Bromehill
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| Broomholm Priory
| Cluniac
|
| The Priory Church of Saint Andrew, Broomholm
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| Burnham Norton Friary
| Carmelite
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|
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| Carbrooke Preceptory
| Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller
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|
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| Carrow Abbey
| Benedictine Nuns
|
|
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| Castle Acre Priory
| Cluniac (EH)
|
| The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Castle Acre
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| Coxford Priory
| Augustinian
|
|
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| Crabhouse Priory
| Augustinian
|
|
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| Creake Abbey
| Augustinian priory, later abbey (EH)
| North Creake Abbey
|
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| Docking Priory
|
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| Flitcham Priory
|
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| Great Massingham Priory
|
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| St. Nicholas' Priory, Great Yarmouth
| Benedictine 1101-1536
|
| The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Great Yarmouth
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| Great Yarmouth Black Friary
| Dominican
|
|
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| Great Yarmouth Grey Friary
| Franciscan
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|
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| Great Yarmouth Carmelite Friary
| Carmelite
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|
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| Hempton Priory
| hospital 12thC
| Fakenham Priory
| The Priory Church of Saint Stephen, Hempton
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| Hickling Priory #
| Augustinian 1185
|
|
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| Horsham St. Faith Priory
| Benedictine
|
| The Priory Church of Saint Faith , Horsham
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| Horstead Priory
|
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|
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| Ingham Priory
| -16thC; site now occupied by The Swan Inn public house
|
|
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| Austin Friars, King's Lynn
| Augustinian Friars
|
|
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| 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
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| Carmelite Friary, King's Lynn
| Carmelite
| White Friars, King's Lynn
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| Greyfriars, King's Lynn
| Franciscan
|
|
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| Langley Abbey
| Premonstratensian Canons 1198-16thC
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|
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| Lessingham Priory
| Benedictine (a cell of Bec) -1415, -1462
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|
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| St. Benet's Abbey, Ludham
| Benedictine
| St. Benet of Holm Abbey
|
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| Marham Abbey
| Cistercian Nuns
|
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| Modeney Priory
|
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| Molycourt Priory
|
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| Mountjoy Priory
|
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| Normansburgh Priory
|
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|
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| Blackfriars, Norwich
| Dominican, now St. Andrew's Hall
|
|
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| Norwich Cathedral Priory+
| Benedictine 1096-1539, in use as episcopal cathedral 1096-present
|
| The Cathedral and Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Norwich
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| St. Leonard's Priory, Norwich
|
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| The Priory Church of Saint Leonard, Norwich
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| Old Buckenham Priory
|
|
|
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| Pentney Priory
| Augustinian
|
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| Peterstone Priory
|
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| Shouldham Priory
|
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| Sporle Priory
|
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|
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| Blackfriars, Thetford
| Dominican
|
|
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| Holy Sepulchre Priory, Thetford
| Augustinian
| The Canon's Priory
|
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| Thetford Priory
| Cluniac (EH)
|
|
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| St. George's Priory, Thetford
| Benedictine Nuns
|
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| Toft Monks Priory
|
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|
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| Walsingham Friary
| Franciscan
|
|
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| Walsingham Priory
| Augustinian, now in private ownership with public access
|
|
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| Welle Priory, in Gayton
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| Well Hall Priory
|
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| Wending Abbey
|
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|
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| Wereham, Priory of St. Winwaloe
|
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|
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| West Acre Priory
| Augustinian
|
|
|
West Dereham Abbey
| Premonstratensian from Welbeck 1183
|
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| Weybourne Priory
|
|
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| Weybridge Priory
|
|
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| Witchingham Priory
|
|
|
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| 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
|
|
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Canons Ashby Priory+
| Augustinian, part of church now in parochial use
|
|
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| Catesby Priory
|
|
|
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| Chalcombe Priory
|
|
|
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| Daventry Priory
|
|
|
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| Delapré Abbey
| Cluniac Nuns
|
|
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| Everdon Priory
|
|
|
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| Fineshade Priory
|
| Castle Hymel Priory
|
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| Luffield Abbey#, Syresham
| Benedictine
|
|
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| Luffield Priory , Syresham
| Benedictine
|
|
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| Northampton Abbey
| Augustinian early 12thC-1538
|
| The Abbey Church of Saint James
|
| Pipewell Abbey
| Cistercian 1143-1538, (not the modern 'Abbey church' to the north)
|
|
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| Sewardsley Priory
|
|
|
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| Sulby Abbey
| Premonstratensian trns from Welford
|
|
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| Weedon Beck Priory
|
|
|
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| Weedon Pinkney Priory
|
| Weedon Lois Priory
|
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| Wothorpe Priory
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
|
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| 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 |
| Harnham Buddhist Monastery *, Belsay
| Buddhist Theravada school
|
| Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery
|
| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Allerton Mauleverer Priory
| Benedictine
|
|
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| 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
|
|
|
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| 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
|
|
|
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| Thicket Priory
|
|
|
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| Westerdale Preceptory
|
|
|
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| Wetherby Preceptories
|
|
|
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| Whitby Abbey
| Benedictine 1078, built on the site of St. Hilda's monastery (EH)
|
|
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| Whitley Preceptory
|
|
|
|
| Wykeham Abbey
| Cistercian Nuns
|
|
|
| Yedingham Priory
| Benedictine Nuns
|
|
|
| Augustinian Friary, York
| Augustinian
|
|
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| Ampleforth Abbey , York
| Benedictine 1608-present
|
| The Abbey Church of Saint Lawrence the Martyr, Ampleforth
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| Copmanthrope Preceptory, York
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