List of monastic houses in England
Foundation Communities & Provenance Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names
Aylesbury Greyfriars Franciscan Friars Minor , Conventual ( under the Custody of Oxford ) founded 1387 by James Butler , Earl of Ormond ; dissolved 1 October 1538
Aylesbury Monastery possible nuns order and period unknown said to have been a nunnery or Trinitarian house - probably only a holding
Biddlesden Abbey Cistercian monks - from Garendon , Leicestershire founded 10 July 1147 by Ernald de Bosco , seneschal of the Earl of Leicester ; dissolved 29 September 1538 ; granted to Thomas Wriothesley 1540/1 ; remains demolished c. 1727 ; site now occupied by private house named 'Biddlesden Park ' Saint Mary ____________________ Biddlesdon Abbey ; Bittlesden Abbey
Bradwell Priory Benedictine monks cell dependent on Luffield ; founded before 1136-44 ( before/ c. 1155 ) by Meinfelin , Lord of Wolverton ; dissolved 1524-5 ( or 1526 ) by Cardinal Wolsey for Christ Church , Oxford ; granted to Arthur Longfield 1542/3 ; now in private ownership ; currently an urban studies centre Saint Mary ____________________ Bradewell Priory
Bulstrode Preceptory Knights Templar founded before 1276 ; dissolved 1308-1312 ; land passed to and leased on behalf of the Knights Hospitaller , though they had no commandery here ; site identified through earthworks
Burnham Abbey * Augustinian canonesses founded 1265/66 by Richard , King of the Romans ; dissolved 19 September 1539 ; granted to William Tyldesly 1544/5 ; Anglican Augustinian Society of the Precious Blood transferred from Birmingham 1916 ; extant Saint Mary
Chetwode Priory Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1244 or 1245 by Ralph de Norwich ; dissolved , being reduced to the status of a cell , annexed to Notley 1460-1 ; dissolved 1535 ; priory church became parochial c. 1480 as the Parish Church of St Mary and St Nicholas Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas ____________________ Chetwode Cell
Crawley Monastery founded before 1042 ; ( ref . as monasterium 1086 ) St Firmin ____________________ North Crawley Monastery
Gare Nunnery Benedictine nuns founded 1163 in Stoke Goldington by Robert de Salcey , Peter de Goldington and Richard de Besseville ; granted to Delapré , Northamptonshire , late 12th/early 13th centuries ; apparently reduced to status of a grange by 1438 ; subsequently recorded as destroyed Gore Nunnery ; Gorefields Nunnery Prioratus Gore , Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae , Moniales Nigrae
Hogshaw Nunnery St John of Jerusalem nuns cell foundation unknown transferred to Sisters of St John Priory , Buckland , Somerset c. 1180 ; site occupied by Knights Hospitaller commandery ( see immediately below )
Hogshaw Commandery Knights Hospitaller founded c. 1180 on site of earlier nunnery ( see immediately above ) , granted by William Peverel ; dissolved 1470 becoming prior 's possession ; granted to Matilda Lane c. 1543 ; church in use until 1650 ; ruined by 1700
Lavendon Abbey Premonstratensian Canons founded c. 1154/5-1158 by John de Bidun , sheriff of Buckinghamshire ; dissolved 1536 ; granted to Sir Edmund Peckham 1543 ; site now occupied by house named 'Lavendon Grange ' ( once the home of relatives of Sir Isaac Newton ) The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist , Lavendon ____________________ Lavinden Abbey
Little Marlow Priory Benedictine nuns founded c. 1195 or before 1218 ( or 1244 by Jeffrey , Lord Spensar ) ; dissolved in , or before 1536 ; granted to John Tiltey and E. Restwold 1540 Saint Mary ____________________ Little Merlow Priory ; Minchin Marlow Priory
Luffield Priory Benedictine monks founded after 1118 ( c. 1123 or 1124 , or 1133 ) by Robert II le Bossu , Earl of Leicester ; suppression authorised by the Pope 1494 ; dissolution stayed until 1504 , after the death of the serving prior The Blessed Virgin Mary
Medmenham Abbey Cistercian monks - from Woburn , Bedfordshire founded 1201/4 , or in 1202 by Hugh de Bolbec ; house built 1213 ; dissolved before 8 July 1536 ( delayed from 1524 ) ; granted to Robert Mone and others 1547 ; converted into a manor house The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary , Medmenham ____________________ Mendham Abbey
Missenden Abbey Augustinian/Arroasian Canons alien house : daughter of St Mary de Bosco , or de Nemore , Ruisseauville , France ; founded 1133 by William de Missenden ; the house acknowledged royal supremacy 1536 ; dissolved 1538 ; granted to the Duke of Northumberland ; now a residential college rarely open to general public The Abbey Church of Saint Mary the Virgin , Great Missenden ____________________ Great Missenden Abbey
Newton Longville Priory Cluniac monks alien house : daughter of Longville Ste Foi Abbey founded c. 1150 or before 1102 by Walter Giffard , Earl of Buckingham ; dissolved 1414 ; granted to New College , Oxford 1441 ; Manor House purportedly built on site 1550 ; St Faith 's Church incorporates 12th-century church remains , possibly originally part of the priory church and may have been the conventual church of the priory St Faith ____________________ Newington-Longaville Priory ; Newton-Longville Cell
Notley Abbey Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1162 by Walter Giffard , Earl of Buckingham , and Lady Ermgard ; dissolved 9 December 1538 ; granted to Sir William Paget 1547 ; site now occupied by a private house without public access The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin and Saint John the Baptist , Notley ____________________ abbey de parco Crendon ; Crendon Parc Abbey abbey de parco super Thamam ; Nuctele Abbey ; Noctele Abbey ; Nuttley Abbey ; Nutley Abbey
Ravenstone Priory Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1255 by Peter de Chaseport ( Chaceport ) , Keeper of the Royal Wardrobe ; dissolved 1525 ( or 1544 ) ; granted to Sir Francis Byran 1548 ; site now occupied by 19th century 'Abbey Farm ' The Priory Church of St Mary ____________________ Ravinston Priory
Risborough Priory ( ? ) Benedictine monks - doubtful establishment ; reputedly pre-Conquest cell of Canterbury Cathedral Monks Risborough Priory
Alphabetical listing -- Buckinghamshire
Monastic houses in England include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses. This article provides a gazetteer for the whole of England. Additionally, each county below provides links to the specific list for that county.