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
+ 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
Other abbreviations:-
trns = transferred
rmv = removed
c = circa (about)
ante = before
post = after
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Beadlow Priory
Benedictine Monks 12thC
Beaulieu Priory
Greyfriars, Bedford
Franciscan 1238
Bushmead Priory Augustinian 1195-1536, mansion built on site (EH )
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Bushmead
Caldwell Priory
Augustinian 1153-1536
Cauldwell Priory
Chicksands Priory
Gilbertine Monks and nuns 1147-1538, then private house, now in grounds of US Air Force Base
Dunstable Priory +
Augustinian Canons 1131 (or ante 1125?)-1540, part of church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Peter , Dunstable
Elstow Abbey +
Benedictine Nuns 1078-1539, part now in use as parish church
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Helena , Elstow
Grovebury Priory , Leighton Buzzard
Benedictine (a cell of Fontévrault ) post 1189-1414, farmhouse built on suite
La Grave Priory
Harrold Priory
Augustinian Nuns 1138-dissolution, site occupied by farmhouse and a mansion named 'Harrold Hall'
Markyate Priory
Benedictine Nuns 1145-1566, site now occupied by a manor house named 'Markyate Cell' built on priory remains
Melchbourne Priory
Knights Hospitaller
Newnham Priory
Augustinian (from the collegiate church of St. Paul, Bedford ) 1247-1539/1541
Old Warden Abbey
Cistercian 1136-1538, Elizabethan house built on site
Warden Abbey
The Abbey Church of Saint Leonard , Old Warden
Woburn Abbey #
Cistercian (from Fountains ) 1145-1538, site now occupied by a mansion, estate and safari park
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Woburn
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Helenstowe nunnery , Abingdon
Nuns c. 675, site now occupied by St. Helen's Church
The Church of the Holy Cross and Saint Helen , Helenstowe
Ascot Priory
Benedictine Monks (a cell of St. Nicholas at Angiers) -1416, Nuns (from St. Mary de Pré nr. St Albans ) 1416-dissolution
Bisham Abbey Knights Templar preceptory 1260-1307, Augustinian priory 1337-1536, Benedictine abbey 1537-1538, demolished, site now headquarters of the National Sports Council
Bromhall Priory # , Sunningdale
Benedictine Nuns 12thC-1535
Douai Abbey * , Woolhampton
Benedictine (rmv from Douai ), 1903-present
The Abbey Church of Saint Edmund , King and Martyr, Upper Woolhampton
Greenham Preceptory ~
Knights Hospitaller 1199
Hurley Priory +
Benedictine 1065, part of church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary , Hurley
Poughley Priory ^
Augustinian c. 1160-1524, remains now incorporated into farmhouse
Reading Abbey Cluniac 1121, Benedictine 13thC-1539, quarried and dismantled c. 1550-1643
Greyfriars, Reading
Franciscan 1285
Sandleford Priory ^
Augustinian c. 1200, now an Anglican Convent School
Steventon Priory
Benedictine, now in private ownership with public access by appointment (NT )
Stratfield Priory
Benedictine
Thatcham Minster
Anglo-Saxon minster, early 7thC, now St. Mary's parish church
Warfield Priory
Benedictine, 1397
Welford Abbey
Premonstratensian ,
Welford Priory
Augustinian, 1150-1525?, site now occupied by RAF Welford airforce base
The Priory Church of Saint Margaret , Welford
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Ankerwycke Priory , Wraysbury
Benedictine Nuns 12thC
Ankerwick Priory
Biddlesden Abbey #
Cistercian from Garendon 1147-1538, remains demolished c. 1727, site now occupied by private house named 'Biddlesden Park'
Biddlesdon Abbey
Bradwell Priory
Benedictine 1155-1526, now in private ownership
Bulstrode Preceptory
Knights Templar
Burnham Abbey
Augustinian Nuns 1266
Chetwode Priory +
Augustinian 1244-1460, annexed to Notley , part of priory church now in parochial use
Lavendon Abbey
Premonstratensian /Benedictine -1547, site now occupied by house named 'Lavendon Grange' (once the home of relatives of Sir Isaac Newton )
Little Marlow Priory
Benedictine Nuns 14thC
Medmenham Abbey Cistercian (from Woburn Abbey ) 1201/4-1547, converted into a manor house
Great Missenden Abbey
Augustinian/Arroasian 1133-1538, now a residential college
Missenden Abbey
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Great Missenden
Muresley Priory , nr Ivinghoe
Benedictine Nuns ante 1135
Newton Longville Priory
Cluniac c. 1150-1442, granted to New College, Oxford, 1442, manor house built on site from priory remains 1550
Notley Abbey ^
Augustinian 1162-1542, site now occupied by a private house without public access
Ravenstone Priory
Augustinian 1255-1544
Snelshall Priory
Benedictine 12thC-1535
Tickford Priory
Benedictine-Cluniac 1140-1524
Newport Pagnel Priory
Wing Priory
7thC
Wycombe Abbey
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Anglesey Priory , Lode
Augustinian 1135-1535, remains incorporated into private house named 'Anglesey Abbey' 1591, (NT )
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin and Saint Nicholas
Barnwell Priory
Augustinian Canons (from St. Giles, Castle Hill, Lode ) 1112-1538
Barnwell Priory Abbey
built adjacent to Priory Church (above), not a monastic foundation, in use as a parish church
The Abbey Church
The Church of Saint Andrew-the-Less , Barnwell
Buckden Abbey
Elizabethan mansion
Augustinian Friary, Cambridge
Augustinian 1092, trns to Barnwell 1112
Black Friary, Cambridge
Dominican c. 1258
Blackfriars, Cambridge *
Dominican 1938-present
Chatteris Abbey
Benedictine Nuns c. 980-1536
Chippenham Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller (under Clerkenwell) 1184
Denny Abbey Benedictine priory (a cell of Ely ) 1159, Knights Templar preceptory 1169, then Franciscan Nuns, 1308-1536, currently part of the Farmland Museum (EH )
Denney Abbey
The Abbey Church of Saint James and Saint Leonard , Denny
Duxford Preceptory
Knights Templar 1273
Ely Cathedral Priory +
?nuns/double monastery c. 673, secular canons 9thC, Benedictine 970-1540, diocesan cathedral 1109-present
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Etheldreda
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity and Saint Etheldreda
Fordham Priory #
Gilbertine ante 1227, site now occupied by private house named 'Fordham Abbey'
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Mary Magdalene , Fordham
Great Wilbraham Preceptory
Knights Templar 13thC
Isleham Priory
Benedictine 1086-1414, granted to Pembroke College, Cambridge which converted the church into a barn and demolished monastery (EH )
The Priory Church of Saint Margaret , Isleham
Hinchinbrook Priory
Benedictine Nuns, site now occupied by Hinchinbrooke House
Ickleton Abbey
Cistercian , remains now part of The Hovells manor
Ickleton Priory
Benedictine Nuns 1190, now on site of Abbey Farm
Linton Priory (confusion with Linton, N.Yorks?)
Marmont Priory
Peterborough Cathedral Abbey +
c. 655, Benedictine c. 966-1539, diocesan cathedral 1540-present
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter , Saint Paul and Saint Andrew , Peterborough
Ramsey Abbey Benedictine 969-1539 (NT )
St Ives Priory
Benedictine (from Ramsay Abbey ) 1017-dissolution, house built on site
St Neots Priory Benedictine cell of Ely 974, cell of Bec 1113-dissolution
The Priory Church of Saint Neot , St Neots
Sawtry Abbey
Cistercian (from Warden Abbey) 1147-1536
Sawtrey Abbey
Shingay Preceptory Knights Hospitaller
Spinney Abbey Augustinian , founded between 1216 and 1228, absorbed into Ely 1449. Site now occupied by a house and farm.
Spinney Priory ;
Priory of St Mary and the Holy Cross
Stonely Priory
Augustinian c. 1180
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary , Stonely
Swaffham Bulbeck Priory
Benedictine Nuns
Swaffham Nunnery
The Nunnery of Saint Mary , Swaffham
Swavesey Priory
Benedictine, a private residence named 'The Priory' is supposedly situated on or near the site
Thorney Abbey +
anchorites or hermits -ante 972, Benedictine Monks 972-1539, church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Botulph , Thorney
Waterbeach Abbey
Benedictine
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Chester Cathedral Priory +
?Nuns -875, secular canons post 907, Benedictine 1092-1540, diocesan cathedral 1541-present
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul , Chester (-875)
The Abbey Church of Saint Werburgh , Chester
The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary , Chester (1541)
St. John the Baptist, Chester
c. 906?, secular canons -1547, diocesan cathedral 1072/5-1102
The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist , Chester
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Baptist , Chester 1072/5-1102
Combermere Abbey
Savignac from Savigny 1133-1147, Cistercian 1147-1538
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael , Combermere
Curzon Park Abbey * , Chester
Benedictine Nuns trns from Talacre 1988
The Abbey Church of Our Lady Help of Christians , Curzon Park , Chester
Norton Priory
Augustinian trns from Runcorn 1134-1536, Abbey 1391 part converted into private mansion 1545, demolished 1828, now in ownership of Norton Priory Museum Trust open to public as a museum
Runcorn Priory ~
Augustinian 1115-1134 trns to Norton, poss. on site now occupied by All Saints parish church
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
St Germans Priory +
secular canons , Augustinian 1184-1539, diocesan cathedral c. 936-1042, now in use as parish church
The Priory Church of Saint German , Saint Germans
St Michael's Mount Priory Benedictine 1135, used alternately as fortress and monastery and private residence with public access (NT )
Sclerder 'Abbey'
1843, Dames de la Retraite 1851-1852, Franciscan Recollects 1858-1864, Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary 1904-1910, Poor Clares from Rennes 1914-1920, Poor Clares from Bullingham 1922-1981, Carmelite from Quidenham 1981
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Calder Abbey
Savignac from Furness 1135-1137 trns to Hood ; Savignac (refounded) from Furness c. 1143-1147, Cistercian 1147-1536, now in private ownership with public access
Carlisle Cathedral Priory +
secular canons -1092, Augustinian Canons 1122-1540, diocesan cathedral 1133-present
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity , Carlisle
The Cathedral Church of The Holy Trinity , Carlisle 1133
Cartmel Priory +
Augustinian Canons 1189/94-1536/7, church now in parochial use
Conishead Priory ^ , Ulverston
Augustinian 1188, originally a hospital 1160, site now occupied by country house named 'Conishead Priory', now the home of the Buddhist Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre
The Priory Church of the Virgin Mary , Conishead
Furness Abbey Savignac -1147/8, Cistercian -1124/7-1537 (EH )
Holmcultram Abbey + , Abbeytown
Cistercian from Melrose 1150-1538, church now in parochial use
Holm Cultram Abbey
Lanercost Priory Augustinian Canons (poss. from Pentney Priory ) c. 1166-1537, part converted into private house named 'Dacre Hall', church now in parochial use (EH )
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene , Lanercost
Nunnery near Kirkoswald
Benedictine , house built on site
Seaton Priory
Benedictine Nuns early 13thC, site now occupied by farmhouse named 'Seaton Hall'
Nunnery of Leakly, in Seaton
St. Bees Priory
Benedictine Monks c. 1120-1539, on the site of an earlier nunnery c. 650/900?, church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Bees , Saint Bees
Shap Abbey
Premonstratensian 1199-1540 (EH )
Wetheral Priory
Benedictine (from St. Mary's Abbey, York ) 1106-1542
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Beauchief Priory
Premonstratensian from Welbeck 1183
Breadsall Priory
Friars Eremites friary ante 1266 later Augustine , mansion built on site, now the Marriott Breadsall Priory Hotel
Calke Priory #
Augustinian ante 1161, trns to Deepdale, mansion named 'Calke Abbey' built on site
Dale Abbey , Deepdale
Augustinian Monks, Premonstratensian Canons from Newhouse 1162/c. 1200-1536 trns to Stanley
Darley Priory ^
Augustinian from Derby c. 1146-1538, a monastic building (probably the priory guest house) is now Darley Abbey public house
Darley Abbey
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Darley
Derby Abbey
Augustinian -1146, trns to Darley
Gresley Priory
Augustinian Canons
Locko Preceptory
St. Lazarus Hospitallers
Lockhay Preceptory
Repton Priory ^
double monastery later Augustinian, now incorporated into Repton School buildings
Stydd Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller c. 1136, now the Church of St. Saviour
Yeaveley Preceptory , Stydd
Knights Hospitaller 1190, incorporated into farmhouse
Yeaveley and Barrow Preceptory
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Barnstable Priory
Cluniac -1535
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene , Barnstable
Buckfast monastery
Benedictine, Buckfast Abbey (below) built on site
Buckfast Abbey *
Savignac from Savigny 1136-1148, Cistercian 1148-1539, Benedictine 1882-present, built on site of Benedictine monastery (above)
The Abbey Church of Our Lady , Buckfast
Buckland Abbey
Cistercian from Quarr 1278-1539 (NT )
Canonsleigh Abbey ^
Augustinian Canons priory 12thC, Augustinian Nuns abbey 1284-1539, remains now incorporated into farm buildings
Leigh Abbey
Chudleigh Abbey *
Brigttine Nuns
The Abbey Church of Saint Bridget of Syon, Chudleigh
Cornworthy Priory
Augustinian Nuns 1205/1238
Court Prior
Cowick Priory
(a cell of Bec )
Dunkeswell Abbey
Cistercian 1301-1539, site now occupied by Holy Trinity Church 1842
Exeter Cathedral Priory +
?ante c. 690, 'Benedictine' Monks 932, secular canons 1050, diocesan cathedral 1050-present
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Peter
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter , Exeter
St. Nicholas' Priory, Exeter
Benedictine 1087-1536, private houses built on site 1820, monastic architecture restored, in ownership of Exeter Corporation 1913, open to public as a museum 1916
The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas , Exeter
Frithelstock Priory Augustinian c. 1220
Ivybridge Priory *
Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary (from St. Quay ) 1910, Augustinian (Augustinian Recollect ) 1932-present, originally 'Cadleigh House'
Plymouth Friary
Dominican 1431, site now occupied by the Black Friars Distillery
Plympton Priory
Augustinian 904-1539
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul , Plympton
Polsloe Priory , Exeter
Benedictine Nuns c. 1160-1536, largely demolished, remaining range converted into country house
The Priory Church of Saint Katherine , Polsloe, Exeter
Tavistock Abbey
Benedictine 961/974-1539, mansion built on site, now 'The Bedford Hotel'
Teignmouth Abbey *
Nuns
The Abbey Church of Saint Scholastica , Teignmouth
Torre Abbey
Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck 1196-1539, country house built on site, now in ownership of Torbay Corporation
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Abbotsbury Abbey +
Benedictine c 1026-1539; much in private ownership, partly in parochial use
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter
Barlynch Priory
12thC-1536, mansion built on site, now in ownership of Working for Wildlife, 1969
The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas , Barlynch
Bindon Abbey
Cistercian (from Little Bindon ) 1172-1539, now in private ownership
Blackmoor Priory Hermitage
Cerne Abbey ^ , Cerne Abbas
Benedictine 987, remains now incorporated into private house
Christchurch Priory +
secular canons -1150, Augustinian Canons 1150-1539, on site of earlier church demolished 1094, priory church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Christ , Christchurch
Cranborne Priory
Benedictine
Forde Abbey ^
Cistercian 1146/8?, 1136-1539, claustral remains now incorporated a mansion with public access
Frampton Priory
Benedictine
Friar Mayne Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller
Holme Priory
Cluniac 1142, parish church -1746, mansion built on site of remains
Loders Priory
Carthusian (under St Mary de Montebourg Abbey, Normandy ) -1414, Brigetine (under Syon , Isleworth) 1414
Little Bindon Abbey
Cistercian (from Forde ) 1171-1172, trns to Bindon 1172
Lulworth Abbey
Trappist monastery (from Val Sainte ) 1795, Switzerland,Abbey 1813-1817, returned to Melleray 1817
Milton Abbey ^ , Milton Abbas
Benedictine Monks 938/964-1539, remains incorporated into a mansion 1771, now in use as a school without public access
The Priory Church of Saint Michael and Saint Mary , Milton Abbas
Povington Priory
Shaftesbury Abbey Benedictine Nuns c. 888-1539, remains now within a walled garden
Sherborne Abbey ^
Benedictine 998-1536, church now in parochial use, monastic buildings now incorporated into a public school
Spettisbury Priory
Augustinian
Spettisbury Priory
Benedictine Nuns
Tarrant Abbey
Cistercian Nuns c. 1100-1540s, site now occupied by Abbey Farm, Abbey Hall may incorporate abbey remains
Tarrant Crawford Abbey
Wilcheswood monastery
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Baxterwood Priory Augustinian (from Guisborough )
Durham Cathedral Priory +
secular canons 997, Benedictine 1093-1540, episcopal cathedral 997-present
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert , Durham
The Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin , Durham
Durham Abbey *
Poor Clares Nuns
Egglestone Abbey
Premonstratensian (from Easby ) c. 1195, 1198-1540, converted into a house 1548, then labourers cottages (EH )
Finchale Priory
Benedictine 1115 (EH )
Jarrow Priory
Benedictine 681/2
St. Paul's Monastery
The Priory Church of Saint Paul , Jarrow
Neasham Priory
Benedictine Nuns ante 1156, a 19th-c house named Neasham Abbey now stands near the site
Wearmouth Abbey Benedictine 674
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter , Wearmouth
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Beverley Minster +
built on site of secular canons ' monastery, secular canons c. 700-1547, collegiate
Blackfriars, Beverley
Dominican 1267
Greyfriars, Beverley
Franciscan 1230s
Bridlington Priory +
Augustinian Canons 1114-1537, church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin , Bridlington
Faxfleet Preceptory
Knights Templar 1185-1308/12, site now occupied by a fortified manor house
Haltemprice Priory
Hemingbrough Minster
Howden Minster secular canons 1267-1550, collegiate
The Collegiate and Minster Church of Saint Peter , Howden
Meaux Abbey Cistercian 1150-1539, site now occupied at Crown Farm, in private ownership
North Ferriby Priory
Nunburnholme Priory
Benedictine Nuns 12th/13thC
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Nunburnholme
Nunkeeling Priory
Swine Priory +
Cistercian , now in parochial use
Warter Priory
Augustinian 1132-1536, site now occupied by the village church
Watton Priory
Gilbertine double monastery 1150-1539, on the site of an earlier priory (686), site now in private ownership
Wilberfoss Priory
Benedictine Nuns c. 1154-1539
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary , Wilberfoss
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Battle Abbey Benedictine (EH )
Bayham Abbey
Premonstratensian Canons (from Otham ) 1208 (EH )
Langney Priory
Cluniac
Lewes Priory
Cluniac 1077
Michelham Priory
Augustinian 13thC, remains incorporated into a mansion, now in ownership of Sussex Archaeological Society
Otham Abbey , Polegate
Premonstratensian 1175-1208, (trns to Bayham ) 1208
Robertsbridge Abbey
Cistercian trns from Salehurst c. 1250-1538, site now occupied by a private house without public access
Friary of the Sack, Rye
Franciscan
Salehurst Abbey
Cistercian from Boxley 1176-c. 1250, trns to Robertsbrige c. 1250
Wilmington Priory +
Benedictine, site now occuped by parish church
Greyfriars, Winchelsea
Franciscan
Withyham Priory
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Beeleigh Abbey ^
Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1180, remains now incorporated into private house
Bileigh Abbey
Berden Priory #
Augustinian Canons , site now occupied by mansion also called Berden Priory
Bicknacre Priory
Augustinian
Blackmore Priory
Augustinian
Castle Hedingham Priory
Benedictine Nuns
St. Botolph's Priory, Colchester
Augustinian Canons c. 1093-1536 (EH )
The Priory Church of Saint Botolph , Colchester
St. John's Abbey, Colchester
Benedictine 11thC-1539 (EH )
Colchester Abbey or Colchester Priory
The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist , Colchester
Cannons Priory
Cressing Preceptory
Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller
Earl's Colne Priory
Benedictine
Earls Colne or Monks Colne
Frating Abbey
Hatfield Broad Oak Priory
Benedictine
Hatfield Peverel Priory
Benedictine
Hornchurch Priory +
(a cell of the Hospice of St. Bernard, Monte Jovis in Savoy) 1159-1390, site now occupied by St. Andrews C.E. parish church
Monasterium Cornutum
The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas and Saint Bernard , Hornchurch
Latton Priory +
Augustinian, remains now incorporated into farm buildings
Leez Priory #
Augustinian, site now occupied by a mansion
Coggeshall Abbey
Savignac from Savigny 1140-1147, Cistercian 1147-1538, site now occupied by a private house with limited public access (NT )
Little Coggeshall Abbey called 'Grange Barn'
Little Dunmow Priory
Augustinian Canons part of church now in use as parish church
Little Horkesley Priory
Cluniac
Little Leighs Priory
Augustinian
Little Maplestead Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller
Parndon Abbey
Premonstratensian
Panfield Priory
Prittlewell Priory ^ , Southend-on-Sea
Cluniac , site now within public Priory Park, now in ownership of Southend Corporation
Saffron Walden Abbey
Benedictine
St. Osyth's Abbey ^
Augustinian Canons on the site of a Saxon nunnery, established as Priory, raised to Abbey status, after reformation incorporated into a mansion, now in private ownership with public access
The Abbey Church of Saint Osyth , Saint Osyths
Stansgate Priory
Cluniac
Stratford Langthorne Abbey
Savignac 1135, Cistercian 1147-1538
Takeley Priory
Thoby Priory
Augustinian
Thremhall Priory
Tilty Abbey +
Cistercian 1153-1536, church now in parochial use
Tiptree Priory
Walden Abbey ^
Benedictine, site now occupied by Audley End House and St. Mark's College
Waltham Abbey +
?1016-1035, secular canons c. 1060, Augustinian Canons 1117-1540, part of church now in use as parish church
West Mersea Priory
Wix Priory
Benedictine Nuns
Wickes Priory
Woodham Ferrers Priory
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Beckford Priory
Augustinian, then secular, known as 'The Manor'
Brimpsfield Priory
Cirencester Abbey
Augustinian, site now within a public park
Deerhurst Abbey +
Benedictine, church now in use as parochial church
Flaxley Abbey +
Cistercian 1151-1536, remains now incorporated into a private house without public access
Blackfriars, Gloucester
Dominican
Greyfriars, Gloucester
Franciscan
Gloucester Cathedral Priory double monastery c. 681, secular canons 823, Benedictine Monks 1022-1539, diocesan cathedral 1541-present
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter , Gloucester
St. Oswald's Priory, Gloucester St. Catharine's Church
Augustinian
Hailes Abbey Cistercian from Beaulieu 1246-1539 (NT )
Hayles Abbey
Horsley Priory
prison late 18thC, parish church now occupies area north of site
Kingswood Abbey
Cistercian (from Tintern 1139-1538 (EH )
Lechlade Priory
Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist , Lechlade
Leonard Stanley Priory
Benedictine or Augustinian, church now in parochial use
Stanley St. Leonard Priory
The Priory Church of Saint Leonard , Leonard Stanley
Llanthony Secunda
Augustinian 1136
Newent Priory
Quenington Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller
Temple Guiting Preceptory
Knights Templar
Tewkesbury Abbey +
Benedictine Monks (a cell of Cranborne ) c. 980, trns from Cranborne 1102-1540, now in parochial use
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary , Tewkesbury Abbey
Winchcombe Abbey Benedictine
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Andwell Priory
Cistercian Tironensian
Baddesley Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller
Beaulieu Abbey ^
Cistercian trns from Faringdon 1204-1538, now part of Beaulieu Palace, in private ownership with public access
Bellus Locus Regis (Royal Beaulieu); abbatia quae vocitatur Bellus Locus
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Beauliey
Breamore Priory
Augustinian Canons Regular , Elizabethan manor house (1536) on site
Bromere Priory
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity , Saint Mary and Saint Michael
Christchurch Priory
Augustinian, site now occupied by Christchurch Manor
Ellingham Priory
-1414
Godsfield
Knights Hospitaller
Hamble Priory , Hamble-le Rice
Cistercian Tironensian
Hayling Priory
Mottisfont Abbey ^
Augustinian Canons Regular , remains now incorporated into a mansion
Mottisfont Priory
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity , Mottisford
Netley Abbey Cistercian (from Beaulieu ) 1239-1536 (EH )
Locus Sancti Edwardi (Lieu-Saint-Edward)
Pamber Priory +
Benedictine, now in ownership of Queen's College, Oxford
Monk Sherborne Priory aka Sherborne Priory
Portchester Priory
Augustinian, site now occupied by Our Lady of Walsingham RC Church
Redbridge Abbey
Romsey Abbey +
c. 907, Benedictine Nuns 967-1539, now in parochial use
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Elfleda
Selborne Priory
Augustinian Canons Regular
St. Helens Priory #
Cluniac , site now occupied by Priory Bay Hotel
Southampton Priory
Franciscan
Southampton Priory
Canons Regular
St. Denys
Southwick Priory
Augustinian Canons Regular
Titchfield Abbey
Premonstratensian , converted into a mansion (EH )
Twyneham Priory , Christchurch
secular canons later Canons Regular
Christchurch Priory
Wherwell Abbey #
Benedictine Nuns, country house built on site
The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross , Wherwell
Hyde Abbey, Winchester
Benedictine
Austin Friary, Winchester
Augustinian
Winchester Cathedral Priory +
secular canons c. 942-064, Benedictine Monks 964-1539, in use as episcopal cathedral c. 662/3-present
St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester
Benedictine
St. Swithun's Priory, Winchester
secular canons later Benedictine
Hyde Abbey, Winchester
Benedictine
New Minster
Wintney Priory
Benedictine Nuns
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Dore Abbey , Abbey Dore
Cistercian from Morimond 1147-1536, part now in parochial use
Abbey Dore
Belmont Abbey Benedictine 1859-present
The Abbey Church of Saint Michael and All Angels , Belmont
Clifford Priory
Cluniac
Craswall Priory
Grandmontine
Flanesford Priory ^
Augustinian, remains now incorporated into a private house
Garway Preceptory
Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller
Blackfriars, Hereford
Dominican
Kilpeck Priory
Benedictine
Leominster nunnery
Leominster Priory +
c. 660, secular canons 9thC, Nuns -1046, Benedictine Monks 1123-1539
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul , Leominster
Limebrook Priory
Augustinian canonesses
Wigmore Abbey ^
Augustinian, remains now incorporated into farm and buildings
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Ashridge Priory
Bonshommes
Hertford Priory #
Benedictine, site now occupied by parish church
St Albans Cathedral Priory + , St Albans
c. 793, Benedictine Monks 976-1539, diocesan cathedral 1877-present
Redbourn Priory
Sopwell Priory
Benedictine
Temple Dinsley Preceptory #
Knights Templar , site now occupied by The Princess Helena College
Wymondley Priory , Little Wymondley
Augustinian, Site now occupied by a Tudor Tithe Barn
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery * , Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead
Buddhist : Theravada Forest Sangha
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Appuldurcombe House former Tudor house, temporarily used by Benedictine Monks in early 20th century (EH )
Carisbrooke Priory #
Cistercian
Quarr Abbey
Savugnac 1132, Cistercian 1147-1536
Quarr Abbey House * , Binsted
Benedictine
St Cross
Tironensian
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Isle of Wight monastery *
Buddhist 1984
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Aylesford Priory # *
Carmelite community built on site of Carmelite priory
'The Friars'
Bilsington Priory ^
Augustinian, remains now incorporated into a house
Boxley Abbey ^
Cistercian from Clairvaux 1143/46-1538, part of remains now incorporated into a private house
Blackfriars, Canterbury
Dominican
Combwell Priory
Greyfriars, Canterbury
Franciscan
Canterbury Cathedral Priory +
secular canons c. 600, Benedictine Monks 1070-1539, diocesan cathedral c. 600-present
The Cathedral and Abbey Church of Christ , Canterbury ,
The Cathedral Church of Christ , Canterbury
St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury Benedictine (EH )
The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine , Canterbury
Davington Priory +
Benedictine Nuns 1153-1535; Church in now parochial use - priory buildings in private ownership - since 1982 owned by Bob Geldof
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalen , Davington; (parochially also dedicated to St Lawrence )
Dover Priory
Benedictine (Augustinian?) 1130, remains now incorporated into a private school, Dover College
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint Martin of the New Work, Dover
Faversham Abbey Cluniac (from Bermondsey ) 1147-1538
Folkestone Priory
Benedictine
Higham Priory
Benedictine
Lillechurch Priory
Horton Priory
Cluniac
Leeds Priory
Augustinian
Lesnes Abbey Arrouasian Benedictine
Westwood Abbey
Lossenham Friary
Carmelite
Lyminge Abbey
Benedictine
Minster in Sheppey Priory +
Benedictine Nuns, now in parochial use
Minster in Thanet Priory *
Benedictine Monks then private, now Benedictine Nuns, built on site of an earlier abbey, which occupied site of previous monastery
Minster Abbey
Moatenden Priory
Trinitarian 1224, site now occupied by a house named 'Moatenden Manor'
Monks Horton ^
Cluniac , remains now incorporated into a private house
New Romney Priory
Cistercian Monks and Nuns
Patrixbourne Priory
Rochester Cathedral Priory +
secular canons 604-1080, Benedictine Monks 1080-1540, parochial/conventual use as a diocesan cathedral 604
The Cathedral and Priory Church of Saint Andrew , Rochester
Reculver Abbey
Benedictine 669, destroyed by Vikings
St. John's Jerusalem
Knights Hospitaller (NT )
St. Radegund's Abbey
Premonstratensian , now in private ownership
Bradsole Abbey
Sutton-at-Hone Preceptory +
Knights Hospitaller , remains in use as chapel and private residence (NT )
Swingfield Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller
Temple Ewell Preceptory , Ewell
Knights Templar , remains now incorporated into church
Throwley Priory
Tonbridge Priory #
Augustinian Canons , site later occupied by a railway goods station
West Langdon Abbey #
Premonstratensian , site now occupied by 16th-c farmhouse now in use as a holiday cottage
West Malling Abbey *
Benedictine Nuns trns from Twickenham , trns to Milford Haven
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , West Malling
West Peckham Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Burscough Priory
Augustinian
Cockerham Priory
Cockersand Abbey Hospital of St. Mary later Premonstratensian priory then abbey , now in private ownership
Hornby Priory
Lancaster Priory
Benedictine
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
Breedon Priory
Saxon monastery, refounded as Augustinian
Charley Priory
Croxton Abbey
Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1163
Croxton Kerrial Abbey
Dalby and Heather Preceptory
Grace Dieu Priory ^
Augustinian Nuns 1239/40-1539, remains incorporated into a cottage, in care of Grace Dieu Priory Trust, open to public from late 2004
Gracedieu Priory
Garendon Abbey
Cistercian (from Waverley Abbey ) 1133-1536, house built on site, demolished 1964
Hinckley Priory
Benedictine, site later occupied by a mansion then smaller private houses
Hinckley Priory
Dominican
Kirby Bellars Priory
Augustinian, near site of current parish church
Launde Priory #
Augustinian 1119, site now occupied by manor house named 'Launde Abbey', now a retreat/conference centre
Langley Priory
Mount St. Bernard Abbey
Cistercian 1835-present
Owston Abbey +
Augustinian 1161, site now in private ownership as Manor Farm, church restored and now in parochial use
Rothley Temple
Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller
Rothley Preceptory
Ulverscroft Priory
Augustinian 1130-1539, now in private ownership without public access
Bradley Priory
Augustinian
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Alvingham Priory
Gilbertine
Aslackby Preceptory
Knights Templar
Axholme Priory
Carthusian
Bardney Abbey
Benedictine, on site of a Saxon monastery destroyed in raids
Barlings Abbey ^
Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1154, remains now incorporated into a college
Barrow monastery
destroyed in raids
Belvoir Priory
Blackfriars, Boston
Dominican
Bonby Priory
Benedictine
Boston Friary
Augustinian
Boston Friary
Carmelite
Boston Friary
Franciscan
Bottesford Preceptory
Knights Templar
Bourne Priory +
Augustinian 1138, part of church now in parochial use
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul , Bourne
Brackenholme Prioy
Augustinian Canons
Bridge End Priory
Gilbertine
Holland Bridge Priory
The Priory Church of Saint Saviour at Bridgend in Horbling
Burwell Priory
Benedictine
Bullington Priory
Gilbertine
Cammeringham Priory
Premonstratensian
Catley Priory
Gilbertine
Covenham Priory
Benedictine
Coverham St Mary's Priory
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Coverham
Croyland Abbey + , Crowland
716/57, Benedictine 971-1539, built on site of Saxon monastery destroyed in raids, part of church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin , Saint Bartholomew and Saint Guthlac , Crowland
Deeping St. James Priory +
Benedictine, now in parochial use
Deeping Priory
Eagle Preceptory
Egle Preceptory
Elsham Priory
Augustinian
Fosse Priory
Freiston Priory +
Benedictine 1114, part of church now in parochial use
Gainsborough Preceptory
Knights Templar
Gokewell Priory
Cistercian Nuns c. 1148/1185-1536, site now occupied by the derelict buildings of Gokewell Priory Farm
Great Limber Priory, Limber Magna
alien priory later Carthusian /Cistercian ?
Great Limber Preceptory, Limber Magna
Knights Templar
Greenfield Priory
Cistercian Nuns
Grimsby Abbey
Augustinian
Grimsby nunnery
Augustinian
Grimsby Friary
Franciscan
Grey Friars
Grimsby Friary
Augustinian
White Friars
Hagnaby Abbey
Premonstratensian
Haugham Priory
Benedictine
Haverholme Priory Cistercian (from Fountains 1137, (trns to Louth Park Abbey ) 1139, Gilbertine Nuns
Horkstow Preceptory
Knights Templar
Hough Priory #
Augustinian, site located to the south of All Saints Church
Humberston Abbey
Benedictine, site now occupied by St. Peter's Church
Humberstone Priory
Hyrst Priory
Augustinian Canons
Ikanho monastery
destroyed in raids
Immingham Friary
Augustinian
Immingham Friary
Carmelite
Immingham Friary
Dominican
Immingham Friary
Franciscan
Kirkstead Abbey
Cistercian (from Fountains ) 1139/87-1537, part in parochial use
Knaith Priory
Nuns early 12thC
Heynings Priory
Kyme Priory
Augustinian c. 1150, incorporated into St Mary and All Saints parish church
South Kyme Priory
Legbourne Priory
Cistercian Nuns
Greyfriars, Lincoln
Franciscan
St. Mary Magdalen Priory, Lincoln
Benedictine, remains now within a public park
St. Catherine's Priory, Lincoln
Gilbertine
Long Bennington Priory #
Cistercian , a house called 'Priory House' near the church is purported to be located near the site of the priory
Louth Park Abbey
Cistercian (trns from Haverholme 1139-1536
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Louth Park
Maltby Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller
Markby Priory
Augustinian
Melwood Priory
Carthusian
Minting Priory
Benedictine
Newbo Abbey , Sedgefield
Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1198
Newsham Abbey
Premonstratensian 1143
Newhouse Abbey
Newstead Priory
Gilbertine
Newstead by Stamford Priory
Newstead-on-Ancholme Priory
Gilbertine
Nocton Priory
Augustinian
Nocton Park Priory
North Hykeham Priory
North Ormsby Priory
Gilbertine
Nun Ormsby Priory
North Scarle Preceptory
Nuncotham Priory
Cistercian Nuns
Nuncoton Priory
Orford Priory
Premonstratensian Canonesses
Irford Priory
Ormsby Priory
Gilbertine
Partney monastery
destroyed in raids
Redbourne Priory
Gilbertine 1164
Revesby Abbey
Savignac from Rievaulx 1143, Cistercian 1147-1538, now in private ownership without public access
Rewley Abbey
Cistercian from Thame 1281-1536
Sempringham Priory
Gilbertine 1131, in parochial use
Sempringham Priory #
Gilbertine double priory for Canons and Nuns, mansion later built on site no longer exists
Stainfield Priory
Benedictine Nuns
Greyfriars, Stamford
Franciscan
St. Leonards Priory, Stamford
Benedictine
Sandtoft Priory
Benedictine
Sixhills Priory
Gilbertine
Sixle Priory
Skendleby Priory
Benedictine
Stixwould Priory
Cistercian Nuns
Stow Abbey
Swineshead Abbey
Cistercian
Temple Bruer Preceptory
Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller
Thornholme Priory
Augustinian
Thornton Abbey Augustinian Canons priory 1139, abbey 1148-1539, secular priests' college, boys school: demolished, stately home: collapsed. (EH )
Thwaite Priory
Augustinian
Torksey Priory
Torksey Nunnery
Cistercian
Tunstall Priory
Gilbertine
Tupholme Abbey
Premonstratensian
Vaudey Abbey Cistercian
Wellow Abbey
Cistercian
Wilsford Priory
Benedictine alien later Augustinian
West Ravendale Priory
Premonstratensian (a cell of Beaufort ) 1202-1389, granted to Southwell College
Willoughton Priory
Benedictine
Willowton Priory
Willoughton Preceptory
Knights Templar
Willowton Preceptory
Crabhouse in Winghale Priory
Benedictine
Wenghale Priory
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Aldgate Nunnery
Franciscan
The Nunnery of the Virgin and Saint Francis , without Aldgate
Barking Abbey
Benedictine Nuns
Bentley Friary
Augustinian friars , site now occupied by private mansion, formerly in use as a girls school, then a hotel, now in ownership of R.A.F. Bentley Priory
Bermondsey Abbey
Benedictine later Cluniac
Saint Helen's, Bishopsgate +
Benedictine Nuns, church now in parochial use
Bromley-by-Bow Priory
Benedictine Nuns
Stratford-at-Bow Priory
Ealing Abbey *
Benedictine (from Downside ) 1897, Priory 1916, Abbey 1955
The Abbey Church of Saint Benedict , Ealing
Feltham Priory
Benedictine Nuns 1868, (trns to Twickenham )
Feltham Nunnery
Haliwell Priory
Augustinian
Holywell nunnery, Shoreditch
Benedictine
Hounslow Priory
Kilburn Priory
Augustinian Canonesses
Lewisham Priory
The London Charterhouse ^ , Charterhouse Square
Carthusian , part now a private boys' school and part an almshouse
Merton Priory Augustinian, site now occupied by shopping centre and road
Merton Abbey St. Mary's Priory
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Merton
Ruislip Priory
Smithfield Priory +
Augustinian Canons 1123-1539, now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew , Smithfield
Southwark Cathedral Priory +
Augustinian Canons 1106-1539, Minster church pre-1066, in use as episcopal cathedral 1905-present
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Southwark
Syon Abbey Bridgetine
Charterhouse at Sheen
Tooting Priory
Benedictine
Twickenham Priory
Benedictine (trns from Feltham ), (trns to West Malling )
Westminster Abbey +
Benedictine Monks c. 960-1540, 1556-1559, episcopal cathedral 1540-1550, now in use as a royal peculiar
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter in Westminster
London non-Christian Monasteries
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
The London Buddhist Vihara * , The Avenue, Chiswick
Buddhist trns from Heathfield Gardens 1994
The London Buddhist Vihara , Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick
Buddhist trns from Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick 1964, trns to The Avenue, Chiswick 1994
The London Buddhist Vihara , Gloucester Road, London
Buddhist post 1926-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 post 1926
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Birkenhead Priory
Benedictine
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Aldeby Priory +
Benedictine
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Aldeby
Beeston Regis Priory
Augustinian
Beeston Priory
Binham Priory +
Benedictine c. 1091-1539, part of church in parochial use (EH )
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin , Binham
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul , Binham ?
Blackborough Priory ^
Benedictine Nuns, remains incorporated into a private house
Bromehill Priory
Augustinian Canons early 13thC
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Thomas the Martyr , Bromehill
Broomholm Priory
Cluniac
The Priory Church of Saint Andrew , Broomholm
Burnham Norton Friary
Carmelite
Carbrooke Preceptory
Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller
Carrow Abbey
Benedictine Nuns
Castle Acre Priory Cluniac (EH )
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Castle Acre
Coxford Priory
Augustinian
Crabhouse Priory
Augustinian
Creake Abbey
Augustinian priory , later abbey (EH )
North Creake Abbey
Docking Priory
Flitcham Priory
Great Massingham Priory
St. Nicholas' Priory, Great Yarmouth
Benedictine 1101-1536
The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas , Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth Black Friary
Dominican
Great Yarmouth Grey Friary
Franciscan
Great Yarmouth Carmelite Friary
Carmelite
Hempton Priory
hospital 12thC
Fakenham Priory
The Priory Church of Saint Stephen , Hempton
Hickling Priory #
Augustinian 1185
Horsham St. Faith Priory
Benedictine
The Priory Church of Saint Faith , Horsham
Horstead Priory
Ingham Priory
-16thC; site now occupied by The Swan Inn public house
Austin Friars, King's Lynn
Augustinian Friars
Benedictine Priory, King's Lynn
Benedictine 1095-1538
The Priory & Parish Church of Saint Margaret with Saint Mary Magdalen and All the Virgin Saints, Benedictine Priory, King's Lynn ;
The Priory & Parish Church of Saint Margaret with St Nicholas , Benedictine Priory, King's Lynn 1101
Carmelite Friary, King's Lynn
Carmelite
White Friars, King's Lynn
Greyfriars, King's Lynn
Franciscan
Langley Abbey
Premonstratensian Canons 1198-16thC
Lessingham Priory
Benedictine (a cell of Bec ) -1415, -1462
St. Benet's Abbey, Ludham
Benedictine
St. Benet of Holm Abbey
Marham Abbey
Cistercian Nuns
Modeney Priory
Molycourt Priory
Mountjoy Priory
Normansburgh Priory
Blackfriars, Norwich
Dominican , now St. Andrew's Hall
Norwich Cathedral Priory +
Benedictine 1096-1539, in use as episcopal cathedral 1096-present
The Cathedral and Priory Church of the Holy Trinity , Norwich
St. Leonard's Priory, Norwich
The Priory Church of Saint Leonard , Norwich
Old Buckenham Priory
Pentney Priory
Augustinian
Peterstone Priory
Shouldham Priory
Sporle Priory
Blackfriars, Thetford
Dominican
Holy Sepulchre Priory, Thetford
Augustinian
The Canon's Priory
Thetford Priory
Cluniac (EH )
St. George's Priory, Thetford
Benedictine Nuns
Toft Monks Priory
Walsingham Friary
Franciscan
Walsingham Priory
Augustinian, now in private ownership with public access
Welle Priory, in Gayton
Well Hall Priory
Wending Abbey
Wereham, Priory of St. Winwaloe
West Acre Priory
Augustinian
West Dereham Abbey
Premonstratensian from Welbeck 1183
Weybourne Priory
Weybridge Priory
Witchingham Priory
Wymondham Abbey +
Benedictine Monks 1017-1538, church now in parochial use
Wymondham Priory
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary the Virgin , Wymondham
Wormegay Priory Augustinian
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Canons Ashby Priory +
Augustinian, part of church now in parochial use
Catesby Priory
Chalcombe Priory
Daventry Priory
Delapré Abbey
Cluniac Nuns
Everdon Priory
Fineshade Priory
Castle Hymel Priory
Luffield Abbey # , Syresham
Benedictine
Luffield Priory , Syresham
Benedictine
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)
Sewardsley Priory
Sulby Abbey
Premonstratensian trns from Welford
Weedon Beck Priory
Weedon Pinkney Priory
Weedon Lois Priory
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
Lindisfarne Priory 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
Arden Priory
Basedale Priory
Begar Priory , nr. Richmond
alien Priory
Bolton Priory +
Augustinian Canons 1154-1540, part of church now in parochial use
'Bolton Abbey'
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary , Bolton
Byland Abbey Cistercian trns from Stocking 1177-1539 (EH )
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Byland
'old Byland Abbey' Cistercian trns from Hood 1143-1147, trns to Stocking Abbey 1147
Coverham Abbey ^
Premonstratensian , trns from Swainby , part of abbey guest-house incorporated into a house
Darlington Abbey
The Abbey Church of Saint Clare , Darlington
Drax Priory
Easby Abbey
Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1152 (NT )
The Abbey Church of Saint Agatha , Easby
Ellerton Priory
Cistercian Nuns 1170, now in private ownership without public access
Ellerton in Swaledale Priory
Ellerton on Spalding Moor Priory
Fors Abbey
Savignac 1145-1156, trns to Jervaulx 1156
Foulbridge Preceptory
Fountains Abbey Cistercian 1132-1539 (NT )
Grosmont Priory
Guisborough Priory
Augustinian Canons 1119 (EH )
Handale Priory
Grendale Priory
Healaugh Park Priory
Healaugh Priory
Hood Abbey
Cistercian trns from Hood -1143, trns to Byland
Jervaulx Abbey Cistercian (from Fors ) 1156-1537, now in private ownership with public access
Keldholme Priory
Kirkham Priory Augustinian (EH ) 1120s
Lastingham Priory
Benedictine 1078, trns to York ante 1086
Malton Priory +
Gilbertine (c. )1150-1539, part of church now in parochial use
Old Malton Priory
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Old Malton
Marrick Priory
Benedictine Nuns 1150s, now in private ownership without public access
Marton Priory
Middlesbrough Priory
Mount Grace Priory Carthusian 1398 (NT )
Mount Grace Charterhouse
Mount St. John Preceptory
Moxby Priory
Moxby in Marton Priory
Newburgh Priory
Augustinian Canons 1150
Nun Appleton Priory
Nun Monkton
Benedictine Nuns c. 1145-1536, part of church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Nun Monkton
Penhill Preceptory
Knights Templar c. 1155, site now within Temple Farm
Temple Dowskar ; Temple Dove Skar
The Chapel of Our Lady and Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Ribston Preceptory
Knights Templar , chapel now part of Ribston Hall, now in private ownership
Greyfriars, Richmond
Franciscan , remains now within a public park
St. Martin's Priory, Richmond
Benedictine, now in private ownership
The Priory Church of Saint Martin , St. Mattin's Priory, Richmond
Rievaulx Abbey Cistercian 1132-1538 (EH )
Ripon Cathedral Priory -660, Monks 661, secular canons 10thC?, diocesan cathedral 1876-present
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Wilfrid , Ripon
Rosedale Priory ^
Cistercian Nuns, remains incorporated into houses
Selby Abbey Benedictine Monks c. 1070-1039, in parochial use 1618-present
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Germain , Selby
Snainton Preceptory
Knights Templar
Stocking Abbey
Cistercian trns from Hood Abbey 1147-1177, trns to Byland 1177
Swainby Abbey
Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1190, trns to Coverham
Temple Cowton Preceptory
Thicket Priory
Westerdale Preceptory
Wetherby Preceptories
Whitby Abbey Benedictine 1078, built on the site of St. Hilda's monastery (EH )
Whitley Preceptory
Wykeham Abbey
Cistercian Nuns
Yedingham Priory
Benedictine Nuns
Augustinian Friary, York
Augustinian
Ampleforth Abbey , York
Benedictine 1608-present
The Abbey Church of Saint Lawrence the Martyr , Ampleforth
Copmanthrope Preceptory, York
The Preceptory of Copmanthrope with the Castle Mills, York
Carmelite Friary, York
Carmelite
Dominican Friary, York
Dominican
Holy Trinity Priory, York
secular canons -1069, Benedictine, Benedictine Monks 1089-1538
The Priory Church of The Holy Trinity , Micklegate, York
Franciscan Friary, York
Franciscan
York Cathedral secular canons , diocesan cathedral 627-present
St. Mary's Abbey, York
Benedictine 1080
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , York
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Beauvale Charterhouse
Carthusian
Beauvale Priory
Blyth Priory +
Benedictine Monks 1088-1536, church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin , Blyth
Broadholme Priory
Premonstratensian Nuns
Felley Priory
Augustinian
Mattersey Priory
Gilbertine (EH )
Newstead Priory
Augustinian, adapted into a mansion named 'Newstead Abbey', now in ownership of Nottingham City Council
Ossington Preceptory
Knights ...
Rufford Abbey
Cistercian , now in ownership of Nottinghamshire County Council
Shelford Priory
Augustinian, remains incorporated into Shelford House
Thurgarton Priory +
Augustinian, part of church now in parochial use
Wallingwells Priory
Benedictine Nuns
Welbeck Abbey
Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1154-1536
Worksop Priory +
Augustinian Canons post 1119-1539, now in parochial use
formerly known as Radford Priory
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert , Worksop
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Abingdon Abbey
Benedictine 1239-1539, to the south of the earlier site (below), now incorporated into town buildings, in local authority and trust ownership
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary , Abingdon
Abingdon Abbey ^
Benedictine 695-1239, transferred from Bagley Wood, near Sunningwell
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary
Bruern Abbey #
Cistercian from Waverley 1147-1536, site now occupied by 18thC private house named 'Bruern Abbey'
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary of the Heath of Tretone , Bruern
Burford Priory
Benedictine (Anglican )
Priory of Our Lady, Burford
Clanfield Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller
Clattercote Priory
Gilbertine , site now occupied by private house
Cogges Priory
Dorchester Abbey +
secular canons -1140, Augustinian Canons 1140-1536, built on site of diocesan cathedral, monastic remains now incorporated into parish church
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter , Saint Paul and Saint Birinius
Faringdon Abbey
Cistercian from Citeaux 1203-1204, trns to Beaulieu 1204
Goodstow Abbey
Benedictine
Goring Priory
Augustinian Nuns
Littlemore Priory
Minchery Priory
Benedictine Nuns, site now occupied by Minchery Farm, also called 'The Priory and...?....'
Minster Lovell Priory
Benedictine
Oseney Abbey
Augustinian
Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Oxford +
Augustinian Nuns c. 727, secular canons 1004, Augustinian Canons 1122-1524, conventual church, now in use as diocesan cathedral and college chapel
The Priory Church of Saint Frideswide , Oxford
Pheleley Priory
Rewley Abbey
Cistercian
Sandford-on-Thames Preceptory
Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller
Studley Priory
Benedictine Nuns 12thC, converted into an Elizabethan manor house, now in use as the 'Studley Priory Hotel'
Sunningwell Abbey
Benedictine 675-695, moved to Abingdon
Thame Abbey
Cistercian
Wroxton Abbey Augustinian
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Alberbury Priory
Grandmontine
Bromfield Priory +
Benedictine, church now in parochial use
Buildwas Abbey
Savignac from Savigny 1135-1147, Cistercian 1147-1536, part of monastic buildings incorporated into a private house (EH )
Haughmond Abbey Augustinian Canons (EH )
Lilleshall Abbey
Augustinian c. 1148 (EH )
Wenlock Priory
Cluniac Monks (EH )
Much Wenlock Priory
Greyfriars, Shrewsbury
Franciscan
Shrewsbury Abbey +
Benedictine Monks c. 1080-1540, part of church now in parochial use
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul , Shrewsbury
(nave dedicated to The Holy Cross )
White Ladies Priory
Augustinian canonesses , house built on site (EH )
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Athelney Abbey #
Benedictine, site of church marked by a monument
Barlinch Priory
Augustinian
Barrow Gurney Benedictine Nuns
Minchin Barrow
Bath Abbey +
Nuns c. 676, 'Benedictine' Monks 963/4-1539, diocesan cathedral 1090, church now in parochial use
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul , Bath
Bridgewater Friary
Franciscan
Bruton Abbey
Augustinian Priory -1525, abbey 1525-1533(1553?)
Buckland Priory , Durston
Augustinian Canons later Knights Hospitaller Nuns, site now occupied by Buckland Farm
Minchin Buckland Preceptory ?
Burtle Priory
Augustinian
Burtle Moor Priory
Cannington Nunnery
Benedictine Nuns (from Dorset), trns to Colwich Abbey , converted into a mansion, then reverted to nunnery
Cleeve Abbey
Cistercian from Revesby 1186/1191-1536 (EH )
Vallis Florida
Downside Abbey *
Benedictine trns from Douai 1814-present
The Abbey Church of Saint Gregory the Great , Downside , Stratton-on-Fosse
Dunster Priory +
Benedictine, church in parochial use
Glastonbury Abbey Benedictine, now in private ownership with public access
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Glastonbury
Hinton Charterhouse Priory
Carthusian , now in private ownership without public access
Ilchester Friary
Dominican
Ilchester Priory
?Augustinian Nuns
Blanchesale or Whitehall
Keynsham Abbey
Augustinian
Montacute Priory
Cluniac 12thC, remains now part of Abbey Farm
Muchelney Abbey
Benedictine (EH )
Stavordale Priory
Augustinian, priory church converted into a private house
Stogursey Priory
Taunton Priory #
Augustinian
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Sain Paul , Taunton
Taunton Priory
Augustinian on new site outside Taunton, part of remains now called Priory Barn, converted into a cricket museum
Templecombe Preceptory
Knights Templar
Witham Priory +
Carthusian 1180/1, church now in parochial use
Witham Abbey
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Witham
Woodspring Priory ^
Augustinian, let as holiday house (NT )
Worspring Priory ?
Yenston Priory #
16th-c house on site
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Baswich Priory
Augustinian Canons 1174-1538, site now occupied by Priory Farm
The Priory Church of Saint Thomas the Martyr , Baswich
Blithbury Priory
Monks then Nuns -14thC trns to Brewood
The Priory Church of Saint Giles , Blithbury
Brewood Priory
Benedictine Nuns 1195
Black Ladies
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Brewood
Canwell Priory
Benedictine c. 1142
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Saint Giles , and All Saints , Canwell
Colwich Abbey
Benedictine Nuns from Cannington 1836-1928, Abbey 1928-present
The Abbey Church of Our Lady of Good Hope , Colwich
Cotton Abbey
Cistercian from Aulnay-sur-Odon 11768-c. 1178
Croxden Abbey Cistercian from Cotton c. 1178-1538 (EH )
The Abbey Church of the Vale of Saint Mary at Croxden
Dieulacres Abbey
Cistercian from Poulton 1214-1539, site now in private ownership at Abbey Green
Farewell Priory
Hermits , Benedictine Nuns ante 1148-1527, site now occupied by St. Bartholomew's Church
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Farewell
Hawkesyard Priory
Dominican
Hulton Abbey
Keele Preceptory
Lapley Priory
Lichfield Friary
Franciscan c. 1237
Little Haywood Abbey
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Little Haywood
Newcastle-under-Lyme Friary
Dominican c. 1277
Oulton Abbey *
Benedictine Nuns
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Oulton
Poulton Abbey
Cistercian from Combermere 1158-1214, trns to Dieulacres 1214
Radmore Abbey
Hermitage , Cistercian Monks c. 1143/7-1155, monks trns to Stoneleigh 1155, converted to a royal hunting lodge
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Radmore
Ranton Abbey
Augustinian
Rochester Abbey
Sandwell Priory
Stafford Friary
Franciscan c. 1274
Grey Friars, Stafford
Stafford Friary
Augustinian 1344
Austin Friars, Stafford
Priory of St. Thomas nr. Stafford
Stone Priory
Trentham Priory
Tutbury Priory +
Benedictine, part of church now in parochial use
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Alnesbourne Priory
Augustinian
Battisford Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller preceptory /hospital
Blackfriars, Sudbury
Dominican
Blakenham Priory
Blythburgh Priory
Great Bricett Priory
Augustinian alien priory of Abbey of St Leonard, nr Limoges 12thC
Bricett Priory
Bruisyard Abbey
Bungay Priory Benedictine Nuns 1160
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Bungay
Bury St. Edmunds Abbey 633, Benedictine 1020-1539, remains now within a public park, diocesan cathedral in precinct (EH )
The Abbey Church of Saint Edmund , Bury Saint Edmunds
Butley Priory
Augustinian 1171
Butleigh Priory
Campsey Priory
Augustinian Priory of Saint Mary , Campsey Ash
Chipley Priory
Clare Priory *
Augustinian Friars 1248/9,1953-present
The Priory Church of Our Lady , Saint Peter and Saint Paul and Saint Augustine , Clare
Creeting St. Mary Priory
Creeting St. Olave Priory
Dodnash Priory *
Augustinian
East Bergholt Abbey *
Nuns
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , East Bergholt
Edwardstone Priory
Eye Priory
alien house c. 1080, Benedictine c. 1385
Felixstowe Priory
Flixton Priory
Greyfriars, Dunwich
Franciscan
Hoxne Priory
Ipswich Priory
Augustinian
Christchurch
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity , Ipswich
Ixworth Priory
Augustinian Canons c. 1170
'Ixworth Abbey'
Kersey Priory
Augustinian
Lavenham Priory ^
Benedictine, converted into mansion latterly open to public, now hotel accommodation
Leiston Abbey
Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck 1180/1183, (EH )
Letheringham Priory
Augustinian Canons c. 1194
Little Welnetham
Trinitarian
Mendham Priory
Redlingfield Priory
Benedictine Nuns c. 1120
Rumburgh Priory
Benedictine (a cell of St. Benet's Abbey, Ludham ) 1064-12thC, trns to St Mary's Abbey, York
Sibton Abbey
Cistercian (from Warden Abbey ) 1150-1536
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Sibton
Snape Priory
Benedictine 11thC, cell of St John's Abbey, Colchester , later under Butley Abbey
St. Olaves Priory, Herringfleet
Augustinian Canons c. 1216
Herringfleet Priory
Sudbury Augustinian Priory #
Augustinian
Sudbury Benedictine Priory #
Benedictine
Wangford Priory
Woodbridge Priory
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Chertsey Abbey
Benedictine 666-1537
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter , Chertsey
Laleham Abbey
Benedictine 13thC
Newark Priory
Augustinian late 12thC
Reigate Priory
Augustinian 1235-1535, converted into a Palladian mansion, now in use as a school located in public Priory Park
Richmond Priory
Carthusian c. 1414
Sheen Priory
Tandridge Priory
hospital , Augustinian Canons c. 1200-1537
The Priory Church of Saint James , Tandridge
Waverley Abbey Cistercian 1128-1536 (EH )
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Waverley
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Jarrow Priory +
Benedictine, part of church now in parochial use (EH )
Austin Friars, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Augustinian Friars
Blackfriars, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Dominican
Carmelite Friary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Carmelite
Greyfriars, Newcastle-upon-Tyne #
Franciscan
Tynemouth Priory Benedictine, on site of two earlier foundations (EH )
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Alcester Abbey Benedictine 1138/1140-1536, cell of Evesham Abbey 1466
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Anne, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist
Alvecote Priory Benedictine 1159
Arbury Priory
Augustinian 12thC, site now occupied by an Elizabethan house named 'Arbury Hall', in private ownership, used for corporate events.
Atherstone Priory
Benedictine Nuns -1967
Balsall Preceptory
Knights Templar 1146 preceptory ante 1226-1312, Knights Hospitaller 1312-1470, jointly with Grafton
now under trusteeship of The Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson, with public access by arrangement
Temple Balsall ; Balsall and Grafton Preceptory
church: The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
Combe Abbey
Cistercian from Waverley 1150-1539, converted into a hotel, precinct now within a public park in the ownership of Coventry City Council
Coombe Abbey
Cook Hill Priory
Cistercian Nuns
Grafton Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller -1470, jointly with Balsall
Temple Grafton ; Balsall and Grafton Preceptory
Henwood Priory
Kenilworth Abbey
Augustinian
Maxstoke Priory
Augustinian, now in private ownership
Merevale Abbey
Cistercian (from Bordesley ) 1148-1538, chapel now in parochial use
Monks Kirby Priory
Benedictine 1077
Nuneaton Priory
Pinley Priory
Polesworth Abbey Benedictine Nuns
Stoneleigh Abbey
Cistercian trns from Radmore 1154-1536
Studley Priory
Augustinian 12thC, site now occupied by a farmhouse
The Priory of Saint Mary , Studley
Warmington Priory
Wolston Priory
Wootton Wawen Priory
Wroxall Priory
Warwickshire non-Christian Monasteries
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
The Forest Hermitage *
Buddhist 1987
Wat Pah Santidhamma
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Greyfriars, Coventry
Franciscan
Coventry Priory
Benedictine, remains of former cathedral priory
St. Anne's Priory, Coventry
Carthusian
The Priory Church of Saint Anne , Coventry
St. Mary's Priory, Coventry
Benedictine
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Coventry
Whitefriars, Coventry
Carmelite
Halesowen Abbey
Premonstratensian from Welbeck 1218 (EH )
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Birmingham Buddhist monastery , 41 Carlyle Road, Birmingham
Buddhist Tibetan and Theravadin 1978, trns to 47 Carlyle Road, 1981
Birmingham Buddhist Vihara , 47 Carlyle Road, Birmingham
Buddhist Tibetan and Theravadin trns from 41 Carlyle Road 1981, trns to Ladywood 2002
Birmingham Buddhist Vihara * , Osler Street, Ladywood,, Birmingham
Buddhist Tibetan and Theravadin trns from 47 Carlyle Road 2002, on the site of the Dhammatalaka Pagoda
Thai Buddhist Monastery, Birmingham *
Buddhist
Vietnamese Buddhist Monastery, Birmingham *
Buddhist
Chinese Buddhist Monastery, Wolverhampton *
Buddhist
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Arundel Priory
secular canons -1177, Benedictine 1177-1380, Collegiate 1387-1544
Boxgrove Priory secular canons -1066, Benedictine 1105-1536, part of church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Boxgrove
Greyfriars, Chichester
Franciscan
Chichester Cathedral Priory secular canons 1075, diocesan cathedral 1075-present
The Cathedral and Priory Church of the Holy Trinity , Chichester
Crawley Monastery *
Anglican
The Monastery of the Holy Trinity , Crawley Down, Crawley
Dureford Abbey
Premonstratensian from Welbeck ante 1183
Durford Abbey
Easebourne Priory ^ +
Augustinian Nuns 1238, claustral remains incorporated into house, restored frater now in parish use
Hardham Priory
Augustinian
Hassocks Priory *
The Priory Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel , Sayers Common, Hassocks
Lyminster Priory
Poling Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller
Runcton Priory
Rusper Priory
Benedictine Nuns
Saddlescombe Preceptory
Knights Templar
Sele Priory
Benedictine
Shipley Preceptory
Knights Templar
Shulbrede Priory
Augustinian, site now occupied by private house, with limited public access
Our Lady of England Priory, Storrington *
Premonstratensian priory and parish church
Tortington Priory
Augustinian, remains now in a farmyard
Worth Abbey * , Turners Hill, Crawley
Benedictine (from Downside ) Priory 1933-1957, Abbey 1957-present
The Abbey Church of Our Lady Help of Christians , Worth
West Sussex
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Cittaviveka Chithurst Buddhist Monastery * , Petersfield
Buddhist : Theravada affiliated with English Sangha Trust
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Arthington Priory
Birstall Priory
Ecclesfield Priory
Benedictine
Esholt Priory #
Cistercian Nuns, site now occupied by Esholt Hall
Kirklees Priory
Kirkstall Abbey Cistercian , now in ownership of Leeds Corporation, public access to church exterior and monastic buildings
Nostell Priory #
Augustinian 12thC, site now occupied by a mansion named 'Nostell Priory'
The Priory Church of Saint Oswald , Nostell
Pontefract Priory
Cluniac
Syningthwaite Priory
Cistercian Nuns
Temple Hirst Preceptory
Knights Templar 1152, Knights Hospitaller , now incorporated into the buildings of Temple Farm
Temple Newsam Preceptory #
Knights Templar , church of Whitkirk built on site
Tickhill Friary
Augustinian
Woodkirk Priory
Augustinian
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Amesbury Abbey, later Priory
Antsy Preceptory
Avebury Priory
Bradenstoke Priory
Augustinian
Charlton Priory
Clatford Priory
Hullavington Priory
Corsham Priory
Easton Priory or Hospital
Edington Priory
Bonshommes , church now in parochial use
Ivychurch Priory
Kington St. Michael Priory
Benedictine Nuns
The Priory Church of Saint Michael , Kington St. Michael
Lacock Abbey Augustinian Nuns (NT )
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Lacock
Longleat Priory
Maiden Bradley Priory
Augustinian 1184-1536, originally a Lazer House 1152
The Hospital and Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Lazarus , Maiden Bradley
Malmesbury Abbey secular canons -965, Benedictine Monks 965-1539, church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul , Malmesbury
Monkton Farleigh Priory
Cluniac
Ogbourne Priory
Cell of Bec ; 1149-1414
Ogbourne Saint George Priory
Stanley Abbey
Temple Rockely Preceptory
Upavon Priory
Wiltshire non-Christian Monasteries
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Bradford Buddhist Monastery *
Buddhist Monks adapted Theravada school 1986
The Monastery of Absolute Harmony , Bradford-on-Avon
Bradford Buddhist Monastery
Buddhist Nuns adapted Theravada school post 1986
The Monastery of Infinite Compassion , Bradford-on-Avon
Foundation
Communities/provenance
Alt. Name
Formal Name
Astley Priory
Benedictine (alien priory of St Taurin ) 13thC-1414
Bordesley Abbey
Savignac from Garendon 1138-1147, Cistercian 1147-1538, in ownership of Borough of Redditch
Cookhill Priory
Augustinian 12thC
Dudley Priory
Cluniac 1160, site now located in public Priory Park
Evesham Abbey Benedictine c. 701, now within a public park
Great Malvern Priory Benedictine Monks c. 1075-1540
Malvern Priory
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael , Great Malvern
Halesowen Abbey
Premonstratensian 1215
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Halesowen
Little Malvern Priory Benedictine Monks c. 1171-1537, site now occupied by house named 'Little Malvern Court'
The Priory Church of Saint Giles , Little Malvern
The Priory, Pebworth
Pershore Abbey secular canons c. 689, Benedictine Monks 972-1539
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin abd Saint Peter and Saint Paul , The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Eadburga
Stanbrook Abbey *
Benedictine Nuns 1838-present
The Abbey Church of Our Lady of Consolation , Callow End, Stanbrook
Westwood Priory
Benedictine Nuns (a cell of Fontévrault ) -1553
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary , Westwood
Whistones Priory , Barbourne
Cistercian Nuns 1255
The White Ladies, Aston
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene , Barbourne
Greyfriars, Worcester
Franciscan c. 1236/8
The White Ladies, Worcester
Cistercian Nuns
Worcester Cathedral St. Peter's Priory
secular canons 680
Worcester Cathedral St. Mary's Priory secular canons 743, Benedictine Monks 969
The Cathedral and Priory Church of Saint Mary , Worcester
See also
Last updated: 10-08-2005 12:21:59
