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 (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Templars and Hospitallers). The numerous monastic hospitals ''per se'' are not included here unless at some time the foundation had, or was purported to have, the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary, preceptory or commandery.

The geographical co-ordinates provided are sourced from details provided by Ordnance Survey publications.

Overview

Article layout

Communities/provenance: this column 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: this column shows the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated, where known.

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

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).

List of establishments by county

Anglesey

Bridgend

Cardiff

Carmarthenshire

Ceredigion

Conwy

Denbighshire

Flintshire

Gwynedd

Monmouthshire

Neath Port Talbot

Newport

Pembrokeshire

Powys

Rhondda Cynon Taf

Swansea

Torfaen

Vale of Glamorgan

Wrexham

See also

*List of abbeys and priories
* List of monastic houses in England
* List of monastic houses in Scotland
* List of monastic houses on the Isle of Man
* List of monastic houses in Ireland
* Dissolution of the monasteries
* List of castles in Wales
*List of museums in Wales
* List of country houses in the United Kingdom

Notes

References

*Anthony New, ''A guide to the abbeys of England and Wales'', Constable, 1985
*Henry Thorold, ''Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales'', Collins, 1986
*Henry Thorold, ''Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland'', Collins, 1993
*Geoffrey N. Wright, ''Discovering Abbeys and Priories'', Shire Publications Ltd. 2004
*Richard Morris, ''Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales'', JM Dent & Sons Ltd. 1979
* Knowles, David & Hadcock, R. Neville (1971) ''Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales''. Longman
*M.R. James, ''Abbeys'', The Grammar School, Thornbury, Glos. 1925
*David Robinson, ''The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain'', B.T.Batsford with English Heritage, CADW, Historic Scotland, 2002
* Derry Brabbs, ''Abbeys and Monasteries'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999
*''Map of Monastic Britain, South Sheet'', Ordnance Survey, 2nd Edition, 1954
*William Cobbett,
List Of Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals: And Other Religious Foundations In England And Wales And In Ireland, Confiscated, Seized On, Or Alienated, By The Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns And Parliaments
', Thomas Richardson and Son; Dublin and Derby, 1868
*''British History Online'
British History Online , The core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles

External links

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
in English and Welsh
Monastic Wales
research project database

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