List of monastic houses in Staffordshire
Foundation Communities & Provenance Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names OnLine References & Location
Baswich Priory Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1174 ( 1173-5 ) ; land granted by Gerard de Stafford ; dissolved 1538 ; remains incorporated into Priory Farm built on site The Priory Church of Saint Thomas the Martyr by Stafford 52°48′13″N 2°04′29″W / 52.8037181°N 2.074855°W / 52.8037181 ; -2.074855 ( Baswich Priory )
Blithbury Priory Benedictine monks priory cell dependent on Burton ; founded after 1129 by Hugh Malveysin ; dissolved 1158-65 ; Benedictine nuns founded after 1129 ; apparently merged with Black Ladies , Brewood 1158-65 ; dissolved before 1315 ( ? ) ; alleged chapel demolished 1795 The Priory Church of Saint Giles , Blithbury St Egidius ( St Giles ) ____________________ Blythbury Priory 52°47′09″N 1°52′01″W / 52.7858128°N 1.8669516°W / 52.7858128 ; -1.8669516 ( Blithbury Priory )
Brewood Priory Benedictine nuns founded before 1150 ; dissolved 1538 ; granted to Thomas Gifford 1538/9 ; late-16th/early-17th century country house built on site The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Brewood ____________________ Black Ladies Priory ; Briwerne Priory ; Black Ladies of Brewood Priory 52°40′54″N 2°13′37″W / 52.6816314°N 2.2269952°W / 52.6816314 ; -2.2269952 ( Brewood Black Ladies Priory )
Burton Abbey Benedictine monks founded 1002 by Wulfric Spott , confirmed by charter of King Ethelred 1004 ; dissolved 1539 ; granted to Sir William Paget by Henry VIII ; refounded as a college 1541 ; dissolved 1545 St Mary , Virgin and St Modwen , Virgin ____________________ Modwennestow Abbey ; Burton upon Trent Abbey 52°48′01″N 1°37′50″W / 52.8002066°N 1.6306221°W / 52.8002066 ; -1.6306221 ( Burton Abbey )
Calwich Priory hermitage ( hermetorium de Calwich ) Augustinian Canons Regular priory cell dependent on Kenilworth , Warwickshire founded between c. 1125 and 1149 : hermitage granted to Kenilworth by Nicholas de Gresley alias fitzNiel and his wife Margery ; independent from 1349 ; granted to Merton 1535-6 ; Georgian-style house built on site 1849-50 , now derelict St Margaret ____________________ Calwick Priory 52°59′13″N 1°48′35″W / 52.9868179°N 1.8096462°W / 52.9868179 ; -1.8096462 ( Calwich Priory )
Canwell Priory Benedictine monks founded c. 1142 ( 1131-48 ) by Geva , daughter of Hugh , Earl of Chester ; dissolved 1524-6 , suppressed to found Cardinal Wolsey 's college Cardinal College , Oxford ; reverted to the Crown ; much of the property passed briefly to St George 's Chapel , Windsor 1532 The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Saint Giles , and All Saints , Canwell 52°36′10″N 1°47′06″W / 52.6029091°N 1.7849511°W / 52.6029091 ; -1.7849511 ( Canwell Priory )
Colwich Abbey * Benedictine nuns - from Cannington , Somerset ( community founded in Paris 1651 by the English nuns at Cambrai ) settled in England 1795 after French Revolution transferred here 1836 ; returned to English Benedictine Congregation 1926 ; raised to abbey status 1928 The Abbey Church of Our Lady of Good Hope , Colwich 52°47′24″N 1°59′22″W / 52.79°N 1.9895°W / 52.79 ; -1.9895 ( Colwich Priory )
Cotton Abbey Cistercian monks - from Aunay-sur-Odon founded 1176 , granted to Aunay by Bertram de Verdun transferred to new site at Croxden 1178 ; granted to Jeffrey Foljamb 1544/5 Chotes Abbey Chotene Abbey 53°00′08″N 1°54′43″W / 53.0022886°N 1.9120342°W / 53.0022886 ; -1.9120342 ( Chotes Abbey ( suggested loc . at Cotton ) ) 52°58′31″N 1°53′50″W / 52.9753149°N 1.8971948°W / 52.9753149 ; -1.8971948 ( Chotes Abbey ( suggested loc . at Alton ) )
Croxden Abbey Cistercian monks - from Cotton ( community founded at Cotton 1176 ) ; transferred here 17 May 1178 ; dissolved 17 September 1538 ; ( EH ) The Abbey Church of the Vale of Saint Mary at Croxden 52°57′17″N 1°54′14″W / 52.9548562°N 1.9039017°W / 52.9548562 ; -1.9039017 ( Croxden Abbey )
Dieulacres Abbey Cistercian monks transferred from Poulton , Cheshire founded 1214 , site granted by Randal de Blunderville , Earl of Chester after 1199 ; dissolved 20 October 1539 ; granted to Ralph Bagnall 1552/3 ; site now in private ownership at Abbey Green St Mary , Virgin and St Benedict 53°07′04″N 2°01′37″W / 53.1177589°N 2.0268595°W / 53.1177589 ; -2.0268595 ( Dieulacres Abbey )
Dudley Priory Cluniac monks alien house : dependent on Wenlock , Shropshire ; founded 1161 by Ralph Painell , lord of the manor ; became denizen : independent from 1395 ; dissolved 1539 ; granted to the Bishop of Lichfield 1540/1 St James
Farewell Priory hermits or canon brothers : unknown order and foundation ; Benedictine nuns founded before 1148 ( c. 1140 ) by Roger de Clinton ; raised to abbey status between 1154 and 1189 ( during the reign of Henry II ) ; reduced to priory status before 1210 ; dissolved 1527 ; site now occupied by St Bartholomew 's Church The Priory Church of Saint Mary , Farewell ____________________ Fairwell Priory 52°42′08″N 1°52′42″W / 52.7022191°N 1.8783188°W / 52.7022191 ; -1.8783188 ( Farewell Priory )
Hawkesyard Priory Dominican Friars
Hulton Abbey Cistercian monks daughter of Combermere , Cheshire ; founded 26 July 1219 by Henry de Audley ; dissolved 18 September 1538 ; granted to Sir Edward Aston 1542/3 Hilton Abbey 53°02′22″N 2°08′33″W / 53.0394875°N 2.1425056°W / 53.0394875 ; -2.1425056 ( Hulton Abbey )
Hansury Nunnery Benedictine ? nuns founded c. 680 by St Werburgh at the instance of her uncle King Ethelred destroyed in raids by the Danes 875
Keele Preceptory Knights Templar land granted by Henry II 1168-9 ; dissolved 1308-12 granted to the Earl of Gloucester ; Knights Hospitaller founded c. 1312 ( 1324 ) ; dissolved after 1338 ; country house named 'Keele Hall ' built on site c. 1580 , rebuilt 1856-61 53°00′00″N 2°16′13″W / 53.0000401°N 2.2703867°W / 53.0000401 ; -2.2703867 ( Keele Preceptory )
Lapley Priory Benedictine monks alien house : dependent on St-Remi , Riems ; founded by Ælfgar ( Algar ) , Earl of Chester ; dissolved 1415 ; granted to Tong College ; granted to Sir Richard Mannors 1547/8 Lappele Priory 52°42′50″N 2°11′25″W / 52.713832°N 2.1902007°W / 52.713832 ; -2.1902007 ( Lapley Priory )
Lichfield Greyfriars Franciscan Friars Minor , Conventual ( under the Custody of Worcester ) founded c. 1237 ( 1229 ) by Alexander , Bishop of Lichfield ; dissolved 1538 ; granted to Richard Crumbilthorn 1544/5 52°40′53″N 1°49′49″W / 52.6815257°N 1.830149°W / 52.6815257 ; -1.830149 ( Lichfield Greyfriars )
Little Haywood Abbey * Benedictine nuns The Abbey Church of Saint Mary , Little Haywood 52°47′25″N 1°59′23″W / 52.790139°N 1.989668°W / 52.790139 ; -1.989668 ( Little Haywood Abbey )
Newcastle-under-Lyme Blackfriars Dominican Friars ( under the Visitation of Oxford ) founded before 1277 ; dissolved 1538 ; cattlemarket built on site 1871 ; superstore built on site before 2005 53°00′32″N 2°13′40″W / 53.0088575°N 2.2278°W / 53.0088575 ; -2.2278 ( Newcastle-under-Lyme Blackfriars )
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Staffordshire, England.