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.

Table of contents

1 Abbreviations and Key 2 Bedfordshire 3 Berkshire 4 Bristol 5 Buckinghamshire 6 Cambridgeshire 7 Cheshire 8 Cornwall 9 Cumbria 10 Derbyshire 11 Devon 12 Dorset 13 County Durham 14 East Riding of Yorkshire 15 East Sussex 16 Essex 17 Gloucestershire 18 Hampshire 19 Herefordshire 20 Hertfordshire 20..1 Hertfordshire non-Christian Monasteries 21 Isle of Wight 21..2 Isle of Wight non-Christian Monasteries 22 Kent 23 Lancashire 24 Leicestershire 25 Lincolnshire 26 London 26..3 London non-Christian Monasteries 27 Merseyside 28 Norfolk 29 Northamptonshire 30 Northumberland 30..4 Northumberland non-Christian Monasteries 31 North Yorkshire 32 Nottinghamshire 33 Oxfordshire 34 Shropshire 35 Somerset 36 South Yorkshire 37 Staffordshire 38 Suffolk 39 Surrey 40 Tyne and Wear 41 Warwickshire 41..5 Warwickshire non-Christian Monasteries 42 West Midlands 42..6 West Midlands non-Christian Monasteries 43 West Sussex 44 West Yorkshire 45 Wiltshire 45..7 Wiltshire non-Christian Monasteries 46 Worcestershire 47 See Also

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

Trusteeship denoted as follows:-

NT = National Trust EH = English Heritage LT = Landmark Trust

Other abbreviations:-

trns = transferred rmv = removed c = circa (about) ante = before post = after

Bedfordshire

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 AirForce Base
Dunstable Priory+	Augustinian Canons 1131 (or ante1125?)-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) post1189-1414, 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

Berkshire

Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Abingdon Abbey	Benedictine 675-1239
Abingdon Abbey	Benedictine 1239-1539, to the south of the earlier site (above)		The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Abingdon
Helenstowe nunnery, Abingdon	nuns c675, 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 c1160-1524, remains now incorporated into farmhouse
Reading Abbey	Cluniac 1121, Benedictine 13thC-1539, quarried and dismantled c1550-1643
Greyfriars, Reading	Franciscan 1285
Sandleford Priory^	Augustinian c1200, 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

Bristol

Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Black Friary, Bristol	Dominican 1227/8-1538, then The Friars Quaker meeting house, now Bristol Register Office
St. James' Priory, Bristol	Benedictine 1120s		The Priory Church of Saint James, Bristol
Bristol Cathedral Abbey+	Augustinian Canons 1140-1538/9, diocesan cathedral 1542-present		The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine, Bristol The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol

Buckinghamshire

Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Ankerwycke Priory, Wraysbury	Benedictine Nuns 12thC	Ankerwick Priory
Biddlesden Abbey#	Cistercian from Garendon 1147-1538, remains demolished c1727, 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 ante1135
Newton Longville Priory	Cluniac c1150-1442, 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

Cambridgeshire

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 c1258
Blackfriars, Cambridge*	Dominican 1938-present
Chatteris Abbey	Benedictine Nuns c980-1536
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 c673, 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 ante1227, 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+	c655, Benedictine c966-1539, 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 Priory	Augustinian, site now occupied by a mansion
Stonely Priory	Augustinian c1180		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 -ante972, Benedictine Monks 972-1539, church now in parochial use		The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Botulph, Thorney
Waterbeach Abbey	Benedictine

Cheshire

Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Chester Cathedral Priory+	?nuns -875, secular canons post907, 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	c906?, 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

Cornwall

Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
St Germans Priory+	secular canons, Augustinian 1184-1539, diocesan cathedral c936-1042, 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

Cumbria

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) c1166-1537, 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 c1120-1539, on the site of an earlier nunnery c650/900?, 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

Derbyshire

Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Beauchief Priory	Premonstratensian from Welbeck 1183
Breadsall Priory	Friars Eremites friary ante1266 later Augustine, mansion built on site, now the Marriott Breadsall Priory Hotel
Calke Priory#	Augustinian ante1161, trns to Deepdale, mansion named 'Calke Abbey' built on site
Dale Abbey, Deepdale	Augustinian Monks, Premonstratensian Canons from Newhouse 1162/c1200-1536 trns to Stanley
Darley Priory^	Augustinian from Derby c1146-1538, 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 c1136, now the Church of St. Saviour
Yeaveley Preceptory, Stydd	Knights Hospitaller 1190, incorporated into farmhouse	Yeaveley and Barrow Preceptory

Devon

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 c690, '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 c1220
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 c1160-1536, 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

Dorset

Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Abbotsbury Abbey+	Benedictine 11thC-1539
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 c888-1539, 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 c1100-1540s, site now occupied by Abbey Farm, Abbey Hall may incorporate abbey remains	Tarrant Crawford Abbey
Wilcheswood monastery

County Durham

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) c1195, 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 ante1156, a 19th-c house named Neasham Abbey now stands near the site
Wearmouth Abbey, Monkswearmouth	Benedictine 674		The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Wearmouth

East Riding of Yorkshire

Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Beverley Minster+	built on site of secular canons' monastery, secular canons c700-1547, 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 c1154-1539		The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wilberfoss

East Sussex

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 c1250-1538, site now occupied by a private house without public access
Friary of the Sack, Rye	Franciscan
Salehurst Abbey	Cistercian from Boxley 1176-c1250, trns to Robertsbrige c1250
Wilmington Priory+	Benedictine, site now occuped by parish church
Greyfriars, Winchelsea	Franciscan
Withyham Priory

Essex

Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Beeleigh Abbey^	Premonstratensian, remains now incorporated into private house
Berden Priory#	Augustinian Canons, site now occupied by mansion also called Berden Priory
Bicknacre Priory	Augustinian
Bileigh Abbey	Premonstratensian from Newhouse 1180
Blackmore Priory	Augustinian
Castle Hedingham Priory	Benedictine Nuns
St. Botolph's Priory, Colchester	Augustinian Canons c1093-1536 (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
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 Priory^	Augustinian Canons on the site of a Saxon nunnery, incorporated into a mansion, now in private ownership with public access		The Priory 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 c1060, 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

Gloucestershire

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 c681, 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 late18thC, 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) c980, ''trns from Cranborne 1102-1540, now in parochial use		The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tewkesbury Abbey
Winchcombe Abbey	Benedictine

Hampshire

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+	c907, 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 c942-064, Benedictine Monks 964-1539, in use as episcopal cathedral c662/3-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

Herefordshire

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+	c660, 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

Hertfordshire

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	c793, 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

Hertfordshire non-Christian Monasteries

Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery*, Great Gaddesden	Buddhist

Isle of Wight

Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall	former Tudor house, temporarily used by Benedictine Monks (EH)
Carisbrooke Priory#	Cistercian
Quarr Abbey	Savugnac 1132, Cistercian 1147-1536
Quarr Abbey House*, Binsted	Benedictine
St Cross	Tironensian

Isle of Wight non-Christian Monasteries

Foundation	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Isle of Wight monastery*	Buddhist 1984

Kent

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 c600, Benedictine Monks 1070-1539, diocesan cathedral c600-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
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 Bermondsay) 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

Lancashire

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, c1308) 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 c1196

Leicestershire

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

Lincolnshire

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 c1148/1185-1536, 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 c1150, 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	Premonstratensia