List of monastic houses in Wales
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List of monastic houses in Wales is a catalogue of abbeys,
priories 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 monk ...
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friaries A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...
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 A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...
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preceptory A preceptor (from Latin, "''praecepto''") is a teacher responsible for upholding a ''precept'', meaning a certain law or tradition. Buddhist monastic orders Senior Buddhist monks can become the preceptors for newly ordained monks. In the Buddhi ...
or commandery. The geographical co-ordinates provided are sourced from details provided by Ordnance Survey publications.


Overview


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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 Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...


Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...


Neath Port Talbot


Newport Newport most commonly refers to: *Newport, Wales *Newport, Rhode Island, US Newport or New Port may also refer to: Places Asia *Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay Europe Ireland *Newport, County Mayo, a town on the ...


Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The count ...


Powys


Rhondda Cynon Taf


Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...


Torfaen


Vale of Glamorgan


Wrexham


See also

*
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. In Europe Armenia * Akhtala Monastery * Gandzasar monastery *Geghard *Goshavank * Haghartsin Monastery *Hagh ...
* 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 This list of museums in Wales contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientifi ...
* 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Monastic houses in Wales Medieval sites in Wales Lists of religious buildings and structures in Wales Wales Abbeys and priories in Wales Wales