List of monastic houses in England
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Abbeys and priories in England is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in England.
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
Trusteeship denoted as follows:-
NT = National Trust EH = English Heritage LT = Landmark Trust
- Beaulieu Priory, Clophill (Beadlow Priory)
- Bushmead Priory (Augustinian) EH
- Caldwell Priory (Augustinian)
- Chicksands Priory (Gilbertine, now in grounds of US AirForce Base)
- Grovebury Priory, Leighton Buzzard (La Grave Priory) (a cell of Fontévrault) (Benedictine)
- Dunstable Priory+ (Augustinian, part of church now in parochial use)
- Elstow Abbey+ (Benedictine nuns, part of now in use as parish church)
- Markyate Priory (Benedictine nuns, manor house called Markyate Cell built on priory remains)
- Melchbourne Priory (?Knights Hospitaller)
- Newnham Abbey
- Old Warden Abbey (Cistercian, Elizabethan house built on site)
- Woburn Abbey# (Cistercian, house and estate built on site)
- Abingdon Abbey (Benedictine)
- Bisham Abbey (Knights Templar preceptory later Augustinian priory then Benedictine abbey)
- Bromhall Priory (Benedictine nuns)
- Greenham Preceptory (Knights Hospitaller)
- Hurley Priory+ (Benedictine, part of church now in parochial use)
- Poughley Priory^ (Augustinian, remains now incorporated into farmhouse)
- Reading Abbey (Cluniac later Benedictine)
- Sandleford Priory^ (Augustinian, now an Anglican Convent School)
- Steventon Priory (Benedictine, public access by appointment) NT
- Stratfield Priory (Benedictine)
- Blackfriars, Bristol (Dominican)
- St. James' Priory, Bristol (Benedictine)
- Bristol Cathedral Abbey+ (Augustinian, in use as diocesan cathedral)
- Ankerwick Priory (Benedictine nuns)
- Biddlesden Abbey (Cistercian, site now occupied by private house)
- Bradwell Priory (Benedictine, now in private ownership)
- Bulstrode Preceptory (Knights Templar)
- Burnham Abbey (Augustinian nuns)
- Chetwode Priory+ (Augustinian, part of priory church now in parochial use)
- Lavendon Abbey (Benedictine)
- Little Marlow Priory (Benedictine nuns)
- Luffield Abbey, Syresham (Benedictine)
- Luffield Priory
- Medmenham Abbey (Cistercian, converted into a manor house)
- Missenden Abbey (Augustinian, now a residential college)
- Muresley Priory, nr Ivinghoe (Benedictine nuns)
- Newton Longville Priory (Cluniac)
- Notley Abbey^ (Augustinian, site now occupied by a private house without public access)
- Ravenstone Priory (Augustinian)
- Snelshall Priory (Benedictine)
- Tickford Priory (Newport Pagnel Priory) (Benedictine-Cluniac)
- Wing Priory
- Wycombe Abbey
- Anglesey Abbey, Lode (Augustinian, remains incorporated into mansion)
- Barnwell Priory (Augustinian)
- Buckden Abbey
- Blackfriars, Cambridge (Dominican)
- Chatteris Abbey (Benedictine nuns)
- Chippenham Preceptory
- Denny Abbey (Benedictine priory later Knights Templar preceptory then Franciscan nuns, currently part of the Farmland Museum) EH
- Duxford Preceptory
- Ely Cathedral Priory+ (Benedictine, in use as diocesan cathedral)
- Great Wilbraham Preceptory (Knights Templar)
- Isleham Priory (Benedictine) EH
- Fordham Priory
- Hinchinbrook Priory
- Ickleton monastery (Cistercian, remains now part of The Hovells manor)
- Ickleton Priory (Benedictine nuns, now on site of Abbey Farm)
- Linton Priory
- Marmont Priory
- Peterborough Cathedral Abbey+ (Benedictine, in use as diocesan cathedral)
- Ramsey Abbey (Benedictine) NT
- St. Ives Priory (Benedictine)
- St. Neot's Priory (Benedictine)
- Sawtrey Abbey
- Shingay Preceptory (Knights Hospitaller)
- Spinney Priory (Augustinian, site now occupied by a mansion)
- Stonely Priory
- Swaffham Bulbeck Priory (Benedictine nuns)
- Swavesey Priory (Benedictine), The Priory, private residence supposed to be situated on or near the site)
- Thorney Abbey+ (Benedictine, church now in parochial use)
- Waterbeach Abbey (Benedictine)
- Chester Cathedral Priory+ (?nuns later secular canons then Benedictine, in use as diocesan cathedral)
- St. John the Baptist, Chester (secular canons, former cathedral)
- Norton Priory (Augustinian, now in ownership of Norton Priory Museum Trust)
- St. Germans Priory+ (Augustinian, now in use as parish church)
- St. Michael's Mount Priory (Benedictine, used as alternately as fortress and monastery and private residence) NT
- Sclerder Abbey
- Calder Abbey (Cistercian, now in private ownership with public access)
- Carlisle Cathedral Priory+ (Augustinian, in use as diocesan cathedral)
- Cartmel Priory+ (Augustinian, priory church in parochial use)
- Conishead Priory^, Ulverston (Augustinian, site now occupied by country house called Conishead Priory, now the home of the Buddhist Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre)
- Furness Abbey (Cistercian) EH
- Holm Cultram Abbey+, Abbeytown (Cistercian, church now in parochial use)
- Lanercost Priory (Augustinian) EH
- Nunnery near Kirkoswald (Benedictine, house built on site)
- Seaton Priory (Benedictine nuns)
- St. Bees Priory (Benedictine nuns)
- Shap Abbey (Premonstratensian) EH
- Wetheral Priory (Benedictine)
- Breadsall Priory (Friars Eremites friary later Augustine)
- Calke Priory# (Augustinian, baroque mansion named 'Calke Abbey' built on site)
- Dale Abbey, Deepdale
- Darley Priory^ (Augustinian, a monastic building (probably the priory guest house) is now Darley Abbey public house)
- Gresley Priory
- Locko Preceptory
- Repton Priory^ (Augustinian, now incorporated into Repton School buildings)
- Stydd Preceptory (Knights Hospitaller)
- Yeaveley and Barrow Preceptory, Stydd (Knights Hospitaller)
- Buckfast Abbey* (Benedictine later Cistercian, built on site of Saxon monastery, restored to monastic use after the Dissolution)
- Buckland Abbey (Cistercian) NT
- Canonsleigh Abbey^ (Augustinian nuns, remains now incorporated into farm buildings)
- Cornworthy Priory (Augustinian)
- Dunkeswell Abbey (Cistercian)
- St. Katherine's Priory, Polsloe, Exeter (Benedictine nuns)
- St. Nicholas' Priory, Exeter (Benedictine)
- Frithelstock Priory (Augustinian)
- Ivybridge Priory* (Augustinian)
- Plymouth Friary (Dominican)
- Plympton Priory (Augustinian)
- Tavistock Abbey (Benedictine)
- Torre Abbey (Premonstratensian, now in ownership of Torbay Corporation)
- Abbotsbury Abbey+ (Benedictine)
- Bindon Abbey (Cistercian)
- Blackmoor Priory Hermitage
- Cerne Abbey^ (Benedictine, remains now incorporated into private house)
- Christchurch Priory+ (secular canons later Augustinian, priory church now in parochial use)
- Cranborne Priory (Benedictine)
- Forde Abbey^ (Cistercian, claustral remains now incorporated into a mansion with public access)
- Holme Priory (Cluniac, mansion built on site of remains)
- Frampton Priory (Benedictine)
- Friar Mayne Preceptory
- Loders Priory (Carthusian)
- Milton Abbey^ (Benedictine, remains incorporated into a mansion, now in use as a school without public access)
- Povington Priory
- Shaftesbury Abbey (Benedictine nuns)
- Sherborne Abbey^ (Benedictine, church now in parochial use, monastic buildings now incorporated into a public school)
- Spettisbury Priory (Augustinian or (Benedictine nuns)
- Tarrant Abbey (aka Tarrant Crawford Abbey) (Cistercian nuns, site now occupied by Abbey Farm)
- Wilcheswood monastery
- Baxterwood Priory (Augustinian)
- Durham Cathedral Priory+ (Benedictine, now in use as an episcopal cathedral)
- Egglestone Abbey (Premonstratensian) EH
- Finchale Priory (Benedictine) EH
- Jarrow Priory (Benedictine)
- Neasham Priory (Benedictine nuns, a 19th-c house called Neasham Abbey now stands near the site)
- St. Hilda's First Monastery
- Wearmouth Abbey (Benedictine)
- Beverley Minster+ (built on site of secular canons' monastery)
- Blackfriars, Beverley (Dominican)
- Bridlington Priory+ (Augustinian canons, now in parochial use)
- Swine Priory+ (Cistercian, now in parochial use)
- Thornton Abbey (Augustinian) EH
- Watton Priory (Gilbertine, now in private ownership)
- Battle Abbey (Benedictine) EH
- Bayham Abbey (Premonstratensian) EH
- Langney Priory (Cluniac)
- Lewes Priory (Cluniac)
- Michelham Priory (Augustinian, now in ownership of Sussex Archaeological Society)
- Otham Abbey (Premonstratensian)
- Robertsbridge Abbey (Cistercian)
- Friary of the Sack, Rye (Franciscan)
- Wilmington Priory+ (Benedictine, site now occuped by parish church)
- Greyfriars, Winchelsea (Franciscan)
- Withyham Priory
- 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)
- Blackmore Priory (Augustinian)
- Castle Hedingham Priory (Benedictine nuns)
- St. Botolph's Priory, Colchester (Augustinian canons) EH
- St. John's Abbey, Colchester (Benedictine) EH
- Cannons Priory
- Cressing Preceptory (Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller)
- Earl's Colne Priory (Earls Colne or Monks Colne) (Benedictine)
- Hatfield Broad Oak Priory (Benedictine)
- Hatfield Peverel Priory (Benedictine)
- Hornchurch Priory+ (site now occupied by St. Andrews C.E. parish church)
- Latton Priory+ (Augustinian, remains now incorporated into farm buildings)
- Leez Priory# (Augustinian, site now occupied by a mansion)
- Little Coggeshall Abbey 'Grange Barn' (Cistercian) NT
- 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 a public 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)
- Stansgate Priory (Cluniac)
- Stratford Langthorne Abbey (Cistercian)
- Takeley Priory
- Thoby Priory (Augustinian)
- Thremhall Priory
- Tilty Abbey+ (Cistercian, church now in parochial use)
- Tiptree Priory
- Walden Abbey^ (Benedictine, site now occupied by Audley End House and St. Mark's College)
- Waltham Abbey+ (Augustinian canons, part of church now in use as parish church)
- West Mersea Priory
- Wix Priory (Wickes Priory) (Benedictine nuns)
- Woodham Ferrers Priory
- 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, remains now incorporated into a private house without public access)
- Blackfriars, Gloucester (Dominican)
- Greyfriars, Gloucester (Franciscan)
- Gloucester Cathedral Priory (Benedictine)
- St. Oswald's Priory, Gloucester St. Catharine's Church (Augustinian)
- Hailes Abbey (Hayles Abbey) (Cistercian) NT
- Horsley Priory (parish church now occupies area north of site)
- Kingswood Abbey (Cistercian) EH
- Leonard Stanley Priory (Stanley St. Leonard Priory) (Benedictine or Augustinian, church now in parochial use)
- Llanthony Secunda (Augustinian)
- Newent Priory
- Quenington Preceptory (Knights Hospitaller)
- Temple Guiting Preceptory (Knights Templar)
- Tewkesbury Abbey+ (Benedictine, now in parochial use)
- Winchcombe Abbey (Benedictine)
- Andwell Priory (Cistercian)
- Baddesley Preceptory (Knights Hospitaller)
- Beaulieu Abbey^ (Cistercian, now part of Beaulieu Palace, in private ownership with public access)
- Breamore Priory (Augustinian Canons Regular)
- Christchurch Priory (Augustinian, site now occupied by Christchurch Manor)
- Ellingham Priory
- Godsfield (Knights Hospitaller)
- Hamble Priory, Hamble-le Rice (Cistercian)
- Hayling Priory
- Mottisfont Abbey^ (Mottisfont Priory) (Augustinian Canons Regular, remains now incorporated into a mansion)
- Netley Abbey (Cistercian) EH
- Pamber Priory+ (Monk Sherborne Priory aka Sherborne Priory) (Benedictine, now in ownership of Queen's College, Oxford)
- Portchester Priory (Augustinian, site now occupied by Our Lady of Walsingham RC Church)
- Portsmouth Abbey* (Benedictine abbey school)
- Redbridge Abbey
- Romsey Abbey+ (Benedictine nuns, now in parochial use)
- Selborne Priory (Augustinian Canons Regular)
- St. Helens Priory# Cluniac, site now occupied by Priory Bay Hotel)
- Southampton Priory (Franciscan)
- Southampton Priory (St. Denys) (Canons Regular)
- Southwick Priory (Augustinian Canons Regular)
- Titchfield Abbey (Premonstratensian, converted into a mansion) EH
- Twyneham Priory, Christchurch (Christchurch Priory) (secular canons later Canons Regular)
- Wherwell Abbey# (Bendictine nuns, country house built on site)
- Hyde Abbey, Winchester (Benedictine)
- Austin Friary, Winchester (Augustinian)
- Winchester Cathedral Priory+ (Benedictine, now in use as episcopal cathedral)
- St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester (Benedictine)
- St. Swithun's Priory, Winchester (secular canons later Benedictine)
- Hyde Abbey, Winchester (New Minster) (Benedictine)
- Wintney Priory (Benedictine nuns)
- Abbey Dore (Cistercian, now in parochial use)
- 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+ (Benedictine)
- Limebrook Priory (Augustinian canonesses)
- Wigmore Abbey^ (Augustinian, remains now incorporated into farm and buildings)
- Hertford Priory# (Benedictine, site now occupied by parish church)
- St. Albans Cathedral Priory+, St. Albans (Benedictine, in use as a diocesan cathedral)
- 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)
- Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall (former Tudor house, temporarily used by Benedictine monks) EH
- Carisbrooke Priory# (Cistercian)
- Quarr Abbey (Cistercian)
- Quarr Abbey House*, Binsted (Benedictine)
- Aylesford Priory#* ('The Friars') (Carmelite community built on site of Carmelite priory)
- Battle Abbey (Benedictine)
- Bayham Abbey (Premonstratensian)
- Bilsington Priory^ (Augustinian, remains now incorporated into a house)
- Boxley Abbey^ (Cistercian, part of remains now incorporated into a private house)
- Blackfriars, Canterbury (Dominican)
- Combwell Priory
- Greyfriars, Canterbury (Franciscan)
- Canterbury Cathedral Priory+ (Benedictine, now in use as diocesan cathedral)
- St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury (Benedictine) EH
- Davington Priory (Benedictine)
- Dover Priory (Benedictine)
- Dover Priory^ (Augustinian, remains now incorporated into Dover college)
- Faversham Abbey (Cluniac)
- Folkestone Priory (Benedictine)
- Higham Priory (Lillechurch Priory) (Benedictine)
- Horton Priory (Cluniac)
- Leeds Priory (Augustinian)
- Lesnes Abbey (Westwood Abbey) (Arrouasian)
- Lossenham Friary (Carmelite)
- Lyminge Abbey (Benedictine)
- Malling Abbey (Benedictine nuns)
- 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)
- Moatenden Priory (Trinitarian)
- Monks Horton^ (Cluniac, remains now incorporated into a private house)
- New Romney Priory (Cistercian monks and nuns)
- Patrixbourne Priory
- Rochester Cathedral Priory+ (Benedictine now in parochial/conventual use as a diocesan cathedral)
- Reculver Abbey (Benedictine)
- St. John's Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) NT
- St. Radegund's Abbey (Bradsole Abbey) (Premonstratensian, now in private ownership)
- 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# (Premosntratensian, site now occupied by 16th-c farmhouse now in use as a holiday cottage)
- West Peckham Preceptory (Knights Hospitaller)
- Westwood Abbey (Benedictine)
- 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 (aka Salley Abbey) (Cistercian) EH
- Whalley Abbey (Cistercian, now in ownership of the Diocese of Blackburn)
- Wyresdale Abbey (Cistercian)
- Holy Hill monastery, Breedon* (Saxon monastery)
- Breedon Priory (Saxon monastery, refounded as Augustinian)
- Croxton Abbey (Croxton Kerrial Abbey) (Premonstratensian)
- Grace Dieu Priory^ (Augustinian nuns, remains incorporated into a cottage)
- Garendon Abbey (Cistercian)
- 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, site now occupied by manor house called Launde Abbey, now a retreat/conference centre)
- Mount St. Bernard Abbey* (Cistercian)
- Owston Abbey+ (Augustinian, site now in private ownership as Manor Farm, church restored and now in parochial use)
- Rothley Temple (Rothley Preceptory) (Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller)
- Ulverscroft Priory (Augustinian, now in private ownership without public access)
- Bradley Priory (Augustinian)
- Charley Priory
- Dalby and Heather Preceptory
- Langley Priory
- 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, 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+ (Bourne Abbey) (Augustinian, part of church now in parochial use)
- Brackenholme Prioy (Augustinian Canons)
- Bridge End Priory (Holland Bridge Priory Priory of St. Saviour at Bridgend in Horbling) (Gilbertine)
- Burwell Priory (Benedictine)
- Bullington Priory (Gilbertine)
- Cammeringham Priory (Premonstratensian)
- Catley Priory (Gilbertine)
- Covenham Priory (Coverham St Mary's Priory) (Benedictine)
- Croyland Abbey+, Crowland (Benedictine, built on site of Saxon monastery destroyed in raids, part of church now in parochial use)
- Deeping St. James Priory+ (Deeping Priory) (Benedictine, now in parochial use)
- Eagle Preceptory (Egle Preceptory)
- Elsham Priory (Augustinian )
- Fosse Priory
- Freiston Priory+ (Benedictine, part of church now in parochial use)
- Gainsborough Preceptory (Knights Templar)
- Gokewell Priory (Cistercian nuns)
- 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 (Grey Friars) (Franciscan)
- Grimsby Friary (White Friars) (Augustinian)
- Hagnaby Abbey (Premonstratensian)
- Haugham Priory (Benedictine)
- Haverholme Priory (Cistercian later Gilbertine nuns)
- Heynings Priory (Cistercian nuns)
- Horkstow Preceptory (Knights Templar)
- Hough Priory# (Augustinian, site located to the south of All Saints Church)
- Humberston Abbey (Humberstone Priory) (Benedictine, site now occupied by St. Peter's Church)
- Hyrst Priory (Augustinian Canons)
- Ikanho monastery (destroyed in raids)
- Immingham Friary (Augustinian)
- Immingham Friary (Carmelite)
- Immingham Friary (Dominican)
- Immingham Friary (Franciscan)
- Kirkstead Abbey (Cistercian, part in parochial use)
- Kyme Priory (Augustinian)
- 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)
- Maltby Preceptory (Knights Hospitaller)
- Markby Priory (Augustinian)
- Melwood Priory (Carthusian)
- Minting Priory (Benedictine)
- Newbo Abbey, Sedgefield (Premonstratensian)
- Newsham Abbey (Newhouse Abbey) (Premonstratensian)
- Newstead Priory (Newstead by Stamford Priory) (Gilbertine)
- Newstead-on-Ancholme Priory (Gilbertine)
- Nocton Priory (Nocton Park Priory) (Augustinian)
- North Hykeham Priory
- North Ormsby Priory (Nun Ormsby Priory) (Gilbertine)
- North Scarle Preceptory
- Nuncotham Priory (Nuncoton Priory) (Cistercian nuns)
- Orford Priory (Irford Priory) (Premonstratensian Canonesses)
- Ormsby Priory (Gilbertine)
- Partney monastery (destroyed in raids)
- Revesby Abbey (Cistercian)
- Sempringham Priory (Gilbertine, in parochial use)
- Sempringham Priory# (Gilbertine double priory for Canons and nuns, mansion later built on site no longer exists)
- Stainfield Priory (Benedictine nuns)
- Greyfriars, Stamford (Franciscan)
- St. Leonards Priory, Stamford (Benedictine)
- Sandtoft Priory (Benedictine)
- Sixhills Priory (Sixle Priory) (Gilbertine)
- Skendleby Priory (Benedictine)
- Stixwould Priory (Cistercian nuns)
- Stow Abbey
- Swineshead Abbey (Cistercian)
- Temple Bruer Preceptory (Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller)
- Thornholme Priory (Augustinian)
- Thornton Abbey (Augustinian)
- Thwaite Priory (Augustinian)
- Torksey Priory
- Torksey Nunnery (Cistercian)
- Tunstall Priory (Gilbertine)
- Tupholme Abbey (Premonstratensian)
- Vaudey Abbey (Cistercian)
- Wellow Abbey (Cistercian)
- Wilsford Priory (Benedictine alien later Augustinian)
- West Ravendale Priory (Premonstratensian)
- Willowton Priory (Willoughton Priory) (Benedictine)
- Willowton Preceptory (Willoughton Preceptory) (Knights Templar)
- Crabhouse in Winghale Priory (Wenghale Priory) (Benedictine)
- Nunnery of the Virgin and St. Francis, without Aldgate (Franciscan)
- Barking Abbey (Benedictine nuns)
- Bentley Friary (Augustinian friars, site now occupied by private mansion, formerly in use as a girls school, then a hotel, now in ownership of R.A.F. Bentley Priory)
- Bermondsey Abbey (Benedictine later (Cluniac)
- Saint Helen's, Bishopsgate+ (Benedictine nuns, church now in parochial use)
- Bromley-by-Bow Priory (Stratford-at-Bow Priory) (Benedictine nuns)
- Haliwell Priory (Augustinian)
- Holywell nunnery, Shoreditch (Benedictine)
- Kilburn Priory (Augustinian Canonesses)
- The London Charterhouse^, Charterhouse Square (Carthusian, part now a private boys' school and part an almshouse)
- Merton Priory ('Merton Abbey') (St. Mary's Priory) (Augustinian, site now occupied by shopping centre and road)
- Smithfield Priory+ (Augustinian, now in parochial use)
- Southwark Cathedral Priory+ (Augustinian, now in use as episcopal cathedral)
- Syon Abbey (Charterhouse at Sheen) (Bridgetine)
- Tooting Priory (Benedictine)
- Westminster Abbey+ (Benedictine, sometime cathedral, now in use as a royal peculiar)
- Hounslow Priory
- Lewisham Priory
- Ruislip Priory
- Aldeby Priory (Benedictine)
- Beeston Regis Priory (Augustinian)
- Binham Priory+ (Beeston Priory) (Benedictine, part of church in parochial use) EH
- Blackborough Priory^ (Benedictine nuns, remains incorporated into a private house)
- Bromehill Priory (Augustinian)
- Broomholm Priory (Cluniac)
- Burnham Norton Friary (Carmelite)
- Carbrooke Preceptory (Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller)
- Carrow Abbey (Benedictine nuns)
- Castle Acre Priory (Cluniac) EH
- Coxford Priory (Augustinian)
- Crabhouse Priory (Augustinian)
- Creake Abbey (North Creake Abbey) (Augustinian priory, later abbey) EH
- Hickling Priory (Augustinian)
- Horsham St. Faith Priory (Benedictine)
- Austin Friars, King's Lynn (Austin Friars)
- Benedictine Priory, King's Lynn (Benedictine)
- Carmelite Friary, King's Lynn (Carmelite)
- Greyfriars, King's Lynn (Franciscan)
- Langley Abbey (Premonstratensian)
- St. Benet's Abbey, Ludham (Benedictine)
- Marham Abbey (Cistercian nuns)
- Blackfriars, Norwich (Dominican, now St. Andrew's Hall)
- Norwich Cathedral Priory+ (Benedictine, now in use as episcopal cathedral)
- Pentney Priory (Augustinian)
- Blackfriars, Thetford (Dominican)
- Holy Sepulchre Priory, Thetford (aka 'The Canon's Priory') (Augustinian)
- Thetford Priory (Cluniac) EH
- St. George's Priory, Thetford (Benedictine nuns)
- Walsingham Friary (Franciscan)
- Walsingham Priory (Augustinian, now in private ownership with public access)
- West Acre Priory (Augustinian)
- Wymondham Abbey+ (Benedictine, church now in parochial use)
- Yarmouth Friary (Franciscan)
- Wormegay Priory (Augustinian)
- Docking Priory
- Flitcham Priory
- Great Massingham Priory
- Hempton Priory
- Horstead Priory
- Ingham Priory
- Lessingham Priory
- Modeney Priory
- Molycourt Priory
- Mountjoy Priory
- Normansburgh Priory
- Old Buckenham Priory
- Peterstone Priory
- Shouldham Priory
- Sporle Priory
- St. Benet of Holm Abbey
- Toft Monks Priory
- Welle (Well Hall) Priory, in Gayton
- Wending Abbey
- Wereham, Priory of St. Winwaloe
- West Dereham Abbey
- Weybourne Priory
- Weybridge Priory
- Witchingham Priory
- Canons Ashby Priory+ (Augustinian, part of church now in parochial use)
- Delapré Abbey (Cluniac nuns)
- Catesby Priory
- Chalcombe Priory
- Daventry Priory
- Everdon Priory
- Fineshade (Castle Hymel) Priory
- Luffield Priory
- Pipewell Abbey
- Sewardsley Priory
- Sulby Abbey
- Weedon Beck Priory
- Weedon Lois Priory
- Weedon Pinkney (Weedon Lois) Priory
- Wothorpe Priory
- Alnwick Abbey (Premonstratensian)
- Blanchland Abbey+ (Premonstratensian, part of church now in parochial use, other monastic buildings in current use)
- Brinkburn Priory (Augustinian) EH
- Chibburn (Knights Hospitaller)
- Hexham Abbey+ (Augustinian, originally priory, later cathedral, then abbey, church in parochial use)
- Hulne Priory (Carmelite)
- Lindisfarne Priory (Benedictine) EH
- Newminster Abbey (Cistercian, now within Abbey Farmhouse, access with permission)
- Allerton Mauleverer Priory (Benedictine)
- Basedale Priory
- Bolton Priory+ (known as 'Bolton Abbey') (Augustinian, part of church now in parochial use)
- Byland Abbey (Cistercian) EH
- Coverham Abbey^ (Premonstratensian, part of abbey guest-house incorporated into a house)
- Easby Abbey (Premonstratensian) NT
- Ellerton Priory (Cistercian nuns, now in private ownership without public access)
- Fountains Abbey (Cistercian) NT
- Jervaulx Abbey (Cistercian, now in private ownership with public access)
- Guisborough Priory (Augustinian) EH
- Kirkham Priory (Augustinian) EH
- Lastingham Abbey (Benedictine)
- Malton Priory+ (Gilbertine, part of church now in parochial use)
- Marrick Priory (Benedictine nuns, now in private ownership without public access)
- Mount Grace Priory (Carthusian) NT
- Nun Monkton (Benedictine nuns, part of church now in parochial use)
- Greyfriars, Richmond (Franciscan, remains now within a public park)
- St. Martin's Priory, Richmond (Benedictine, now in private ownership)
- Rievaulx Abbey (Cistercian) EH
- Rosedale Priory^ (Cistercian nuns, remains incorporated into houses)
- Selby Abbey (Benedictine, now in parochial use)
- Snainton Preceptory (Knights Templar)
- Whitby Abbey (Benedictine) EH
- Wykeham Abbey (Cistercian nuns)
- Yedingham Priory (Benedictine nuns)
- Augustinian Friary, York (Augustinian)
- Carmelite Friary, York (Carmelite)
- Dominican Friary, York (Dominican)
- Franciscan Friary, York (Franciscan)
- Holy Trinity Priory, York (Benedictine)
- Saint Mary's Abbey, York (Benedictine)
- Beauvale Charterhouse (Beauvale Priory) (Carthusian)
- Blyth Priory+ (Benedictine, church now in parochial use)
- Broadholme Priory (Premostratensian nuns)
- Felley Priory (Augustinian)
- Mattersey Priory (Gilbertine) EH
- Newstead Priory [(Augustinian, adapted into a mansion called Newstead Abbey), now in ownership of Nottingham City Council)
- Ossington Preceptory (Knights ...)
- Rufford Abbey (Cistercian, now in ownership of Nottinghamshire County Council)
- Shelford Priory (Augustinian, remains incorporated into Shelford House)
- Thurgarton Priory+ (Augustinian, part of church now in parochial use)
- Wallingwells Priory (Benedictine nuns)
- Welbeck Abbey (Premonstratensian)
- Worksop Priory+ (formerly known as Radford Priory) (Augustinian, now in parochial use)
- Abingdon Abbey^ (Benedictine, now incorporated into town buildings)
- Bruern Abbey (Cistercian)
- Clanfield Preceptory (Knights Hospitaller)
- Clattercote Priory (Gilbertine, site now occupied by private house)
- Dorchester Abbey+ (Augustinian, built on site of diocesan cathedral, monastic remains now incorporated into parish church)
- Goodstow Abbey (Benedictine)
- Goring Priory (Augustinian nuns)
- Minchery Priory (Benedictine nuns, site now occupied by Minchery Farm, also called 'The Priory and...?....')
- Minster Lovell Priory (Benedictine)
- Oseney Abbey (Augustinian)
- Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford+ (formerly St. Frideswide's Priory) (Augustinian nuns later conventual church, now in use as diocesan cathedral and college chapel)
- Rewley Abbey (Cistercian)
- Sandford-on-Thames Preceptory' (Knights Templar later Knights Hospitaller)
- Studley Priory (Benedictine nuns, converted into country house)
- Thame Abbey (Cistercian)
- Wroxton Abbey (Augustinian)
- Cogges Priory
- Littlemore Priory
- Pheleley Priory
- Alberbury Priory (Grandmontine)
- Bromfield Priory+ (Benedictine, church now in parochial use)
- Buildwas Abbey (Cistercian, part of monastic buildings incorporated into a private house)
- Haughmond Abbey (Augustinian canons) EH
- Lilleshall Abbey (Augustinian) EH
- Wenlock Priory (aka Much Wenlock Priory) (Cluniac monks) EH
- Greyfriars, Shrewsbury (Franciscan)
- Shrewsbury Abbey+ (Benedictine monks, part of church now in parochial use)
- White Ladies Priory (Augustinian canonesses) EH
- Athelney Abbey# (Benedictine, site of church marked by a monument)
- Barlinch Priory (Augustinian)
- Barrow Gurney (Minchin Barrow) (Benedictine nuns)
- Bath Abbey+ (Benedictine, later cathedral priory, church now in parochial use)
- Bridgewater Friary (Franciscan)
- Bruton Abbey (Augustinian Priory later abbey)
- Buckland Priory, Durston (Augustinian canons later Knights Hospitaller nuns, site now occupied by Buckland Farm)
- Burtle Priory (Augustinian)
- Cannington Nunnery (Benedictine nuns, converted into a mansion, then reverted to nunnery)
- Cleeve Abbey (Cistercian) EH
- Dunster Priory+ (Benedictine, church in parochial use)
- Glastonbury Abbey (Benedictine, now in private ownership with public access)
- Hinton Charterhouse Priory (Carthusian, now in private ownership without public access)
- Ilchester Friary (Dominican)
- Ilchester Priory (aka Blanchesale, aka Whitehall) (?Augustinian nuns)
- Keynsham Abbey (Augustinian)
- Montacute Priory (Cluniac)
- Muchelney Abbey (Benedictine) EH
- Stavordale Priory (Augustinian, priory church converted into a private house)
- Taunton Priory (Augustinian)#
- Taunton Priory (Augustinian - on new site outside Taunton, part of remains now called Priory Barn, converted into a cricket museum)
- Templecombe Preceptory (Knights Templar)
- Witham Priory+ (Carthusian, church now in parochial use)
- Woodspring Priory^ (Augustinian, let as holiday house) LT
- Yenston Priory# (16th-c house on site)
- Stogursey Priory
- Burtle Moor Priory
- Minchin Buckland Preceptory
- Worspring Priory
- Monk Bretton Priory (Cluniac later Benedictine) EH
- Roche Abbey (Cistercian) EH
- Croxden Abbey (Cistercian) EH
- Dieulacres Abbey (Cistercian)
- Ranton Abbey (Augustinian)
- Tutbury Priory+ (Benedictine, part of church now in parochial use)
- Blithbury Priory
- Brewood Priory (Black Ladies)
- Calwich Priory
- Canwell Priory
- Farewell Priory
- Hulton Abbey
- Keele Preceptory
- Lapley Priory
- Radmore Abbey
- Rochester Abbey
- Sandwell Priory
- Priory of St. Thomas nr. Stafford
- Stone Priory
- Trentham Priory
- Alnesbourne Priory (Augustinian)
- Bury St. Edmunds Abbey (Benedictine, remains now within a public park) EH
- Butley Priory (Butleigh Priory) (Augustinian)
- Clare Priory (Austin Friars)
- Greyfriars, Dunwich (Franciscan)
- Eve Priory (Benedictine)
- St. Olaves Priory, Herringfleet (Augustinian)
- Ixworth Priory (Augustinian)
- Kersey Priory (Augustinian)
- Lavenham Priory^ (Benedictine, converted into mansion latterly open to public, now hotel accomodation)
- Leiston Abbey (Premonstratensian) EH
- Little Welnetham (Crutched Friars)
- Sibton Abbey (Cistercian)
- Blackfriars, Sudbury (Dominican)
- Sudbury Priory (Benedictine)
- Battisford Preceptory
- Blakenham Priory
- Blythburgh Priory
- Bricett Priory
- Bruisyard Abbey
- Bungay Priory
- Campsey Priory
- Chipley Priory
- Creeting St. Mary Priory
- Creeting St. Olave Priory
- Dodnash Priory
- Edwardstone Priory
- Felixstowe Priory
- Flixton Priory
- Herringfleet Priory
- Hoxne Priory
- Letheringham Priory
- Mendham Priory
- Redlingfield Priory
- Rumburgh Priory
- Snape Priory
- Wangford Priory
- Woodbridge Priory
- Chertsey Abbey (Benedictine)
- Newark Priory (Augustinian)
- Waverley Abbey (Cistercian) EH
- Laleham Abbey
- Reigate Priory
- Richmond, Sheen Priory
- Tandridge Priory
- Jarrow Priory+ (Benedictine, part of church now in parochial use) EH
- Austin Friars, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Austin Friars)
- Blackfriars, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Dominican)
- Carmelite Friary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Carmelite)
- Greyfriars, Newcastle-upon-Tyne# (Franciscan)
- Tynemouth Priory (Benedictine, on site of two earlier foundations) EH
- Combe Abbey (Coombe Abbey) (Cistercian, remains now within a public park)
- Kenilworth Abbey (Augustinian)
- Maxstoke Priory (Augustinian, now in private ownership)
- Merevale Abbey (Cistercian, chapel now in parochial use)
- Polesworth Abbey (Benedictine nuns)
- Stoneleigh Abbey (Cistercian)
- Alcester Abbey
- Alvecote Priory
- Arbury Priory
- (Balsall and Grafton Preceptory)
- Balsall Preceptory
- Grafton Preceptory
- Henwood Priory
- Monks Kirby Priory
- Nuneaton Priory
- Pinley Priory
- Studley Priory
- Warmington Priory
- Wolston Priory
- Wootton Wawen Priory
- Wroxall Priory
- Greyfriars, Coventry (Franciscan)
- Coventry Priory (Benedictine, remains of former cathedral priory)
- St. Anne's Priory, Coventry (Carthusian)
- St. Mary's Priory, Coventry (Benedictine)
- Whitefriars, Coventry (Carmelite)
- Halesowen Abbey (Premonstratensian) EH
- Arundel (secular monks later Benedictine then Collegiate)
- Boxgrove Priory (Benedictine, part of church now in parochial use)
- Greyfriars, Chichester (Franciscan)
- Dureford Abbey
- Easebourne Priory^+ (Augustinian nuns, claustral remains incorporated into house, restored frater now in parish use)
- Hardham Priory (Augustinian)
- Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Sayers Common, Hassocks
- Lyminster Priory
- Poling Preceptory (Knights Hospitaller)
- Runcton Priory
- Rusper Priory (Benedictine nuns)
- Saddlescombe Preceptory (Knights Templar)
- Sele Priory (Benedictine)
- Shipley Preceptory (Knights Templar)
- Shulbrede Priory (Augustinian, site now occupied by private house, with limited public access)
- Our Lady of England Priory, Storrington* (Premonstratensian priory and parish church)
- Tortington Priory (Augustinian, remains now in a farmyard)
- Worth Abbey
- Ecclesfield Priory (Benedictine)
- Esholt Priory# (Cistercian nuns, site now occupied by Esholt Hall)
- Kirkstall Abbey (Cistercian, now in ownership of Leeds Corporation, public access to church exterior and monastic buildings)
- Kirklees Priory
- Kirkstall Abbey (Cistercian)
- Monk Bretton Priory (Benedictine)
- Nostell Priory# (Augustinian, site now occupied by a mansion also called Nostell Priory)
- Pontefract Priory (Cluniac)
- Syningthwaite Priory (Cistercian nuns)
- Temple Hirst Preceptory (Knights Hospitaller)
- Tickhill Friary (Austin Friars)
(sort into E/W/N/S Yorks)
- Arden Priory
- Arthington Priory
- Birstall Priory
- Drax Priory
- Ellerton in Swaledale, Priory
- Ellerton on Spalding Moor Priory
- Faxfleet Preceptory
- Priory of St. Stephen Foukeholm
- Foulbridge Preceptory
- Grosmont Priory
- Haltemprice Priory
- Hampole Priory
- Handale (Grendale) Priory
- Healaugh Park Priory
- Hedley Priory
- Keldholme Priory
- Marton, Priory,
- Meaux Abbey
- Middlesbrough Priory
- Mount St. John Preceptory
- Moxby (in Marton) Priory
- Newburgh Priory
- Newland Preceptory
- North Ferriby Priory
- Nostell Priory
- Nun Appleton Priory
- Nunburnholme Priory
- Nunkeeling Priory
- Penhill Preceptory
- Ribston and Wetherby Preceptories
- Alien Priory of Begar nr. Richmond
- Sinningthwaite Priory
- Temple Cowton Preceptory
- Temple Newsam Preceptory
- Thicket Priory
- Warter Priory
- Westerdale Preceptory
- Whitley Preceptory
- Wilberfoss Priory
- Preceptory of Copmanthrope with the Castle Mills, York
- Yorkshire Preceptory
- Bradenstoke Priory (Augustinian)
- Edington Priory (Bonshommes, church now in parochial use)
- Kingston St. Michael (Benedictine nuns)
- Lacock Abbey (Augustinian nuns) NT
- Malmesbury Abbey (Benedictine, church now in parochial use)
- Monkton Farleigh Priory (Cluniac)
- Amesbury Abbey, later Priory
- Antsy Preceptory
- Avebury Priory
- Charlton Priory
- Clatford (or Hullavington) Priory
- Corsham Priory
- Easton Priory or Hospital
- Ivychurch Priory
- Kington, St. Michael Priory
- Longleat Priory
- Maiden Bradley Priory
- Ogbourne Priory
- Poulton Priory
- Stanley Abbey
- Temple Rockely Preceptory
- Upavon Priory
- Astley (Benedictine)
- Bordesley Abbey (Cistercian, in ownership of Borough of Redditch)
- Dudley Priory (Cluniac)
- Evesham Abbey (Benedictine, now within a public park)
- Great Malvern Priory (Benedictine)
- Halesowen Abbey (Premonstratensian)
- Little Malvern Priory (Benedictine, site now occupied by house called Little Malvern Court)
- The Priory, Pebworth
- Pershore Abbey (Benedictine)
- Greyfriars, Worcester (Franciscan)
- The White Ladies, Worcester (Cistercian nuns)
- Cookhill Priory
- Westwood Priory
- Whistones Priory
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