Monastic houses in England include
abbey
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s,
priories and
friaries, among other
monastic
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religious houses.
The sites are listed by modern (
post-1974) county.
Overview
The list is presented in alphabetical order
ceremonial county
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. 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
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, 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 house
Alien priories were religious establishments in England, such as monasteries and convents, which were under the control of another religious house outside England. Usually the mother-house was in France.Coredon ''Dictionary of Medieval Terms'' p. ...
s are included, as are smaller establishments such as
cells and notable
monastic grange
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s (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the
military orders of monks (
Knights Templars
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and
Knights Hospitaller
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). 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
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns.
The conce ...
,
priory
A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or nuns (such as the Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans, and Carmelites), or monasteries of mon ...
,
friary or
preceptor
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/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
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.
Alphabetical listing
Bedfordshire
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Berkshire
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Bristol
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This list of the monastic houses in Bristol includes abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in Bristol.
See also
* List of monastic houses in England
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Buckinghamshire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Buckinghamshire, England.
The following location in Buckinghamshire lacks known monastic connection:
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Cambridgeshire
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Cambridgeshire, England.
The following locations in Cambridgeshire lack known monastic connections:
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Cheshire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Cheshire, England.
See also
* List of monastic houses in England
* List of monastic houses in Wales
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Cornwall
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Cornwall, England.
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See also
* List of monastic houses in England
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Cumbria
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* List of monastic houses in England
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Derbyshire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Derbyshire, England.
The following location in Derbyshire lacks monastic connection:
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Devon
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Devon, England.
See also
* List of monastic houses in England
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Dorset
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Dorset, England.
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* List of monastic houses in England
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County Durham
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in County Durham, England.
Alphabetical listing
See also
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Essex
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Essex, England.
Alphabetical listing
See also
* List of monastic houses in England
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Gloucestershire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Gloucestershire, England.
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* List of monastic houses in Wales
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Greater Manchester
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Hampshire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Hampshire, England.
See also
* List of monastic houses in England
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Herefordshire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Herefordshire, England.
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* List of monastic houses in Wales
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Hertfordshire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Hertfordshire, England.
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Isle of Wight
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Kent
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Lancashire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Lancashire, England.
See also
* List of monastic houses in England
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Leicestershire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Leicestershire, England.
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* List of monastic houses in England
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Lincolnshire
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Lincolnshire, England.
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London
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Greater London, England.
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* List of monastic houses in England
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Merseyside
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Merseyside, England.
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Norfolk
Northamptonshire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Northamptonshire, England.
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* List of monastic houses in England
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Northumberland
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Northumberland, England.
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* List of monastic houses in England
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Nottinghamshire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Nottinghamshire, England.
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* List of monastic houses in England
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Oxfordshire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Oxfordshire, England.
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* List of monastic houses in England
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Rutland
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Rutland, England.
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Shropshire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Shropshire, England.
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* List of monastic houses in England
* List of monastic houses in Wales
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Somerset
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Somerset, England.
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Staffordshire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Staffordshire, England.
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* List of monastic houses in England
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Suffolk
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Suffolk, England.
See also
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Surrey
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Surrey, England.
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Sussex
East Sussex
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in East Sussex, England.
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West Sussex
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in West Sussex, England.
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Tyne and Wear
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Tyne and Wear, England.
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Warwickshire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Warwickshire, England.
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* List of monastic houses in England
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Worcestershire
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Worcestershire, England.
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*List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
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*List of abbeys and priories
List of abbeys and priories is a link list for any abbey or priory. , the Catholic Church has 3,600 abbeys and monasteries worldwide.
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Armenia
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* Gandzasar monastery
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*List of monastic houses in Scotland
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*List of monastic houses in Wales
List of monastic houses in Wales is a catalogue of abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in Wales.
In this article, alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges ...
*List of monastic houses on the Isle of Man
List of the monastic houses on the Isle of Man is a catalogue of abbeys, priories, friaries or other monastic house on the Isle of Man.
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* List of abbeys and priories
* List of monastic houses in Engla ...
*List of monastic houses in Ireland
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*List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
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*List of cathedrals in England and Wales
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*List of cathedrals in Scotland
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*List of cathedrals in Ireland
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*Listed buildings in England
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*Christian monasticism
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Notes
References
Citations
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* 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
William Cobbett (9 March 1763 – 18 June 1835) was an English pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey. He was one of an agrarian faction seeking to reform Parliament, abolish "rotten boroughs", restrain foreign ...
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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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