List of monastic houses in England

Monastic houses in England include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses.

The sites are listed by modern (post-1974) county.

Overview

The list is presented in alphabetical order of 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.

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

Some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time; such alternatives in name or spelling have been given.

Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templars and Knights Hospitaller). The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundation had, or was purported to have the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptor/commandery.

The name of the county is given where there is reference to an establishment in another county. Where the county has changed since the foundation's dissolution the modern county is given in parentheses, and in instances where the referenced foundation ceased to exist before the unification of England, the kingdom is given, followed by the modern county in parentheses.

Abbreviations and key

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Sites listed are ruins unless indicated

|-

! *

| current monastic function

|-

! ⁺

| current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure)

|-

! ^

| current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure

|-

! ^$

| remains limited to earthworks etc.

|-

! ^#

| no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains

|-

! ^~

| indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown

|-

! ^≈

| identification ambiguous or confused

|}

Locations with names in italics indicate probable duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic appellation but lacking monastic connection.

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Trusteeship

|-

| EH

| English Heritage

|-

| LT

| Landmark Trust

|-

| NT

| National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

|}

Alphabetical listing

Bedfordshire

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Berkshire

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Bristol

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Bristol )

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Buckinghamshire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Buckinghamshire )

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Cambridgeshire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Cambridgeshire )

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Cheshire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Cheshire )

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Cornwall

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Cornwall)

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Cumbria

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Cumbria )

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Derbyshire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Derbyshire)

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Devon

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Devon )

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Dorset

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Dorset )

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County Durham

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in County Durham )

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Essex

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Essex )

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Gloucestershire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Gloucestershire )

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Greater London

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Greater London )

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Greater Manchester

For references or to add or amend any details or images, please refer to the individual article for each monastic house.

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Hampshire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Hampshire )

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Isle of Wight

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Kent

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Lancashire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Lancashire )

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Lincolnshire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Lincolnshire )

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Merseyside

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Merseyside )

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Northumberland

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Northumberland )

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Nottinghamshire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Nottinghamshire )

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Oxfordshire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Oxfordshire )

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Rutland

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Rutland )

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Shropshire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Shropshire)

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Somerset

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Somerset )

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Suffolk

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Suffolk )

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Surrey

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Surrey )

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Sussex

East Sussex

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in East Sussex)

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West Sussex

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in West Sussex )

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Tyne and Wear

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Tyne and Wear )

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Warwickshire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Warwickshire )

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Worcestershire

(For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in Worcestershire )

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East Riding of Yorkshire

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North Yorkshire

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South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire was created in 1974 from part of the former West Riding of Yorkshire.

West Yorkshire

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See also

• List of English abbeys, priories and friaries serving as parish churches
• List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
• List of abbeys and priories
• List of monastic houses in Scotland
• List of monastic houses in Wales
• List of monastic houses on the Isle of Man
• List of monastic houses in Ireland
• List of cathedrals in England and Wales
• List of cathedrals in Scotland
• List of cathedrals in Ireland
• Listed buildings in England
• Christian monasticism

Notes

References

Citations

Sources

• Knowles, David & Hadcock, R. Neville, Medieval Religious Houses of England and Wales, Longman Group Ltd., 1971,
• New, Anthony, A Guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales, Constable, 1985,
• Thorold, Henry, Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales, Collins, 1986,
• Thorold, Henry, Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland, Collins, 1993,
• Wright, Geoffrey N., Discovering Abbeys and Priories, Shire Publications Ltd., 2004,
• Morris, Richard, Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1979,
• English Cathedrals and Abbeys, Illustrated, Odhams Press Ltd., ISBN none
• James, M. R., Abbeys, The Grammar School, Thornbury, Glos. 1925,
• Robinson, David, The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain, B. T. Batsford with English Heritage, CADW, Historic Scotland, 2002,
• Brabbs, Derry, Abbeys and Monasteries, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999,
• Platt, Colin, The Abbeys and Priories of Medieval England, Barnes & Noble Books,
• Hogg, Garry, Priories and Abbeys of England, David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd., 1972,
• Greene, J. Patrick, Norton Priory: the archaeology of a medieval religious house, Cambridge University Press, 1989
• Starkey, H. F., 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

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