List of abbeys and priories in England

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Article layout 2 Abbreviations and Key 3 List of Houses by County 3.1 Bedfordshire 3.2 Berkshire 3.3 Bristol 3.4 Buckinghamshire 3.5 Cambridgeshire 3.6 Cheshire 3.7 Cornwall 3.8 Cumbria 3.9 Derbyshire 3.10 Devon 3.11 Dorset 3.12 County Durham 3.13 East Riding of Yorkshire 3.14 East Sussex 3.15 Essex 3.16 Gloucestershire 3.17 Hampshire 3.18 Herefordshire 3.19 Hertfordshire 3.19.1 Hertfordshire non-Christian Monasteries 3.20 Isle of Wight 3.20.1 Isle of Wight non-Christian Monasteries 3.21 Kent 3.22 Lancashire 3.23 Leicestershire 3.24 Lincolnshire 3.25 Greater London 3.25.1 London non-Christian Monasteries 3.26 Merseyside 3.27 Norfolk 3.28 Northamptonshire 3.29 Northumberland 3.29.1 Northumberland non-Christian monasteries 3.30 North Yorkshire 3.31 Nottinghamshire 3.32 Oxfordshire 3.33 Shropshire 3.34 Somerset 3.35 South Yorkshire 3.36 Staffordshire 3.37 Suffolk 3.38 Surrey 3.39 Tyne and Wear 3.40 Warwickshire 3.40.1 Warwickshire non-Christian Monasteries 3.41 West Midlands 3.41.1 West Midlands non-Christian Monasteries 3.42 West Sussex 3.42.1 West Sussex non-Christian Monasteries 3.43 West Yorkshire 3.44 Wiltshire 3.44.1 Wiltshire non-Christian Monasteries 3.45 Worcestershire 4 Monastic Glossary 5 Notes 6 References 7 See also

Abbeys and priories in England lists abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in England.

Overview

In this article alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as monastic granges and cells, and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Templars and Hospitallers). The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundations listed functioned as such. Over 1000 establishments in England are listed.

Article layout

The list is presented alphabetically by Ceremonial County. Foundations are listed alphabetically within each county.

Communities/provenance: shows the status and communities existing at each establishment, together with such dates as have been established as well as the fate of the establishment after dissolution, and the current status of the site.

Alt. Name: some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time. In order to assist in text-searching such alternatives in name or spelling have been provided.

Formal Name/dedication: shows the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated, where known.

References: presents links to online references to the particular establishment in addition to the general printed and online references given at the foot of this article. Establishments for which online references have not been specified are referred to within the printed references listed.

Location: provides a link to the geographical position of the site of the foundation where established. Where the location has been established the location is pinpointed (dependent on the available resolution of the map data), otherwise the general location is given in italic.

Monastic Glossary: following the listing, provides links to articles on the particular monastic orders as well as other terms which appear in the listing.

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
fd.	founded
dis.	dissolved

List of Houses by County

Bedfordshire

Berkshire

Bristol

Foundation	Image	Communities/provenance[note 1]	Alt. Name[note 2]	Formal Name[note 3]	Ref(s)[note 4]	Location[note 5][note 6]
Austin Friary, Bristol #[note 7]		Augustinian Friars Founded 1313 by Sir Simon and Sir William Montacute; Dissolved 1538; granted to Maurice Dennis c.1543			[1][2]	51°27′01″N 2°35′03″W / 51.450283°N 2.584094°W / 51.450283; -2.584094
Black Friary, Bristol ^[note 8]		Dominican Friars Founded 1227/8 by Sir Maurice Gaunt; Dissolved 1538; granted to William Chester subsequently The Friars Quaker meeting house now Bristol Register Office			[1][3]	51°27′26″N 2°35′16″W / 51.457296°N 2.58772°W / 51.457296; -2.58772
Grey Friary, Bristol #[note 7]		Franciscan Friars Founded 1234; Dissolved 1538; granted to Mayor and citizens c.1541		Saint Francis	[1][4][5]	51°27′29″N 2°35′44″W / 51.4580983°N 2.5956488°W / 51.4580983; -2.5956488
White Friary, Bristol #[note 7]		Carmelite Friars Founded 1256 by Edward I; Dissolved 1538; site successively occupied by a mansion and a boys' school; site now occupied by Colston Hall		Blessed Virgin Mary	[1][6][7]	51°27′17″N 2°35′54″W / 51.454655°N 2.598261°W / 51.454655; -2.598261
Sack Friary, Bristol #[note 7]		Friars of the Sack founded by 1266 Dissolved after 1286; church continued in use 1322			[8][1]
St Mary Magdelene Nunnery, Bristol #[note 7]		Augustinian canonesses Founded 1173 by Eva, wife of Robert FitzHarding; Dissolved 1536; granted to Henry Brayne and John Marsh		St Mary Magdalene
St James's Priory, Bristol +[note 9]		Benedictine monks Founded 1120s, built by Robert, son of Henry I; Dissolved; granted to Henry Brayne c.1543 nave was parish church 1374 fell into disuse 1980s in custodianship of the Little Brothers of Nazareth since 1996		The Priory Church of Saint James, Bristol	[9][10][11]	51°27′31″N 2°35′35″W / 51.458596°N 2.593036°W / 51.458596; -2.593036
Bristol Cathedral Abbey +[note 9]		Augustinian Canons Regular Founded 1140 by Robert FitzHarding; Dissolved 1538/9 episcopal diocesan cathedral 1542-present		The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine; Bristol The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol	[12][13][10][14] [15]	51°27′06″N 2°36′02″W / 51.45161°N 2.600536°W / 51.45161; -2.600536

Buckinghamshire

Cambridgeshire

Cheshire

Cornwall

Cumbria

Derbyshire

Devon

Dorset

County Durham

East Riding of Yorkshire

East Sussex

Essex

Gloucestershire

Hampshire

Herefordshire

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire non-Christian Monasteries

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Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery*, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead	Buddhist: Theravada Forest Sangha

Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight non-Christian Monasteries

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Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Isle of Wight monastery*	Buddhist 1984

Kent

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

Greater London

London non-Christian Monasteries

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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

Merseyside

Norfolk

Northamptonshire

Northumberland

Northumberland non-Christian monasteries

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Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Harnham Buddhist Monastery*, Belsay	Buddhist Theravada school		Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery

North Yorkshire

Nottinghamshire

Oxfordshire

Shropshire

Somerset

Foundation	Image	Communities/provenance[note 1]	Alt. Name[note 2]	Formal Name[note 3]	Ref(s)[note 4]	Location[note 5][note 6]
Athelney Abbey#[note 7]		Benedictine monks c.888, 960 dissolved 1539 site of church marked by a monument		The Abbey of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Athelwine	[16][17]	Athelney ST346293
Barlinch Priory		Founded by William de Say in 12th century, later Augustinian Canons Regular	Barlynch Priory		[18]	Brompton Regis [2]
Barrow Gurney		Benedictine nuns	Minchin Barrow		[19][20]	Barrow Gurney [3]
Bath Abbey+[note 9]		Nuns founded c.676 'Benedictine' monks 963/4; dissolved 1539 episcopal diocesan cathedral 1090 church now in parochial use		The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath	[21][22][23][24]	Bath, Somerset ST751647
Bridgwater Friary		Franciscan Friars				Bridgwater [4]
Bruton Abbey		Augustinian Canons Regular priory -1525 abbey 1525 dissolved 1533 (1553?)				Bruton ST685344
Buckland Priory		Founded by William de Arlegh c. 1167 Augustinian Canons Knights Hospitaller nuns site now occupied by Buckland Farm	Minchin Buckland Preceptory? Buckland Sororum		[25][26]	Durston [5]
Burtle Priory		Originated as a hermitage, endowed by William son of Godfrey of Eddington in 1199. By 1312 a house of the Augustinian Canons Regular	Burtle Moor Priory, St Stephens chapel, Sprauellissmede		[18]	Burtle [6]
Cannington Nunnery		Benedictine nuns (from Dorset), transferred to Colwich Abbey converted into a mansion reverted to nunnery Cannington Court incorporates some of the remains.			[27][28][29]	Cannington, Somerset ST258395
Cleeve Abbey		Cistercian monks from Revesby 1186/1191-1536 (EH[note 10])	Vallis Florida		[30][31][32][33][34]	Washford/Old Cleeve ST046404
Downside Abbey*[note 11]		Benedictine monks transferred from Douai 1814-present		The Abbey Church of Saint Gregory the Great, Downside, Stratton-on-Fosse	[35]	Stratton-on-the-Fosse ST656506
Dunster Priory+[note 9]		Benedictine monks church in parochial use former guest house now the Luttrell Arms		Priory Church of St George	[36][37]	Dunster [7]
Glastonbury Abbey		Benedictine monks now in private ownership with public access		The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Glastonbury	[38][39] [40][41][42][43]	Glastonbury ST501387
Hinton Priory		Carthusian monks now in private ownership without public access			[44]	Hinton Charterhouse ST777591
Ilchester Friary		Dominican Friars
Ilchester Priory		?Augustinian nuns	Blanchesale or Whitehall
Keynsham Abbey		Augustinian Canons Regular/Victorine order of Augustinian monks			[45]	Keynsham [8]
Kilve Chantry		Founded 1329, by Simon de Furneaux damaged by fire in 1848			[46][47][18]	Kilve ST146440
Montacute Priory		Cluniac monks 12thC remains now part of Abbey Farm				Montacute [9]
Muchelney Abbey		Benedictine monks (EH[note 10])			[48]	Muchelney ST425244
Stavordale Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular priory church converted into a private house			[49]	Charlton Musgrove ST737319
Stogursey Priory		Benedictine monks	Stoke Courcy Priory	Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards	[50][51][47][52]	Stogursey ST203430
Taunton Priory#[note 7]		Augustinian Canons Regular part of remains now called Priory Barn converted into a cricket museum		The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Taunton	[53][54][55]	Taunton ST23062487
Templecombe Preceptory		Knights Templar Established 1185 suppressed in 1312		Combe Templariorum	[56][57][58]	Templecombe ST709223
Witham Priory+[note 9]		Carthusian monks 1180/1 church now in parochial use	Witham Abbey	The Priory Church of St Mary, Witham Friary	[59][60][61][62][63][64]	Witham Friary ST745409
Woodspring Priory^[note 8]		Augustinian Canons Regular currently let as holiday house. (NT[note 12])			[65]	Weston-super-Mare ST343661
Worspring Priory?
Yenston Priory#[note 7]		Benedictine monks 16thC house on site				Henstridge [10]

South Yorkshire

Staffordshire

Suffolk

Surrey

Tyne and Wear

Warwickshire

Warwickshire non-Christian Monasteries

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Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
The Forest Hermitage*	Buddhist 1987		Wat Pah Santidhamma

West Midlands

West Midlands non-Christian Monasteries

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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

West Sussex

West Sussex non-Christian Monasteries

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Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Cittaviveka Chithurst Buddhist Monastery*, Petersfield	Buddhist: Theravada affiliated with English Sangha Trust

West Yorkshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire non-Christian Monasteries

Worcestershire

Monastic Glossary

Orders:- Arrouasian \ (Arroasian) Augustinian Augustinian Canons Regular \ Austin Canons Austin Friars Augustinian Recollects Benedictine Bonshommes Bridgettine \ Briggittine Carmelites (White Friars) Carthusian Cistercian Cluniac Culdee Dominican (Black Friars) Franciscan (Grey Friars) \ (The Order of Friars Minor \ Ordo Fratrum Minorum) Franciscan Recollects Franciscan Observants Friars of the Order of Blessed Mary \ Friars of St. Mary \ Fratres Beatae Mariae Gilbertine Grandmontine Knights Hospitaller Knights Templar Poor Clares Premonstratensian

St. Lazarus Hospitallers Savignac Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary Tironensian Trappist Trinitarian Valliscaulian General terms:- Abbots \ Abbey Alien House Anchorites Camera (pl. Cameræ) Canons Canons Regular cell Commandery Double-monastery Friars \ Friary Friars Eremites \ anchorites Hermits Mendicants Monks Nuns Preceptory Priors \ Priory secular canons

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Notes

References

• Anthony New, A guide to the abbeys of England and Wales, Constable, 1985
• Henry Thorold, Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales, Collins, 1986
• Henry Thorold, Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland, Collins, 1993
• Geoffrey N. Wright, Discovering Abbeys and Priories, Shire Publications Ltd. 2004
• Richard Morris, Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales, JM Dent & Sons Ltd. 1979
• English Cathedrals and Abbeys, Illustrated, Odhams Press Ltd.
• M.R. James, Abbeys, The Grammar School, Thornbury, Glos. 1925
• David Robinson, The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain, B.T.Batsford with English Heritage, CADW, Historic Scotland, 2002
• Derry Brabbs, Abbeys and Monasteries, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999
• J. Patrick Greene, Norton Priory: The archaeology of a medieval religious house, Cambridge University Press, 1989
• H. F. Starkey, Old Runcorn, Halton Borough Council, 1990
• Map of Monastic Britain, South Sheet, Ordnance Survey, 2nd Edition, 1954
• Map of Monastic Britain, North Sheet, Ordnance Survey, 2nd Edition, 1955
• William Cobbett, List Of Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals: And Other Religious Foundations In England And Wales And In Ireland, Confiscated, Seized On, Or Alienated, By The Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns And Parliaments, Thomas Richardson and Son; Dublin and Derby, 1868
• British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk
• http://homepages.tesco.net/~k.wasley/Tywardreath.htm
• http://www.cornwallpast.net

See also

• List of abbeys and priories
  • List of abbeys and priories in Scotland
  • List of abbeys and priories in Wales
  • List of abbeys and priories on the Isle of Man
  • List of abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
  • List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland
  • List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
• List of cathedrals
  • List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom
  • List of cathedrals in Ireland