The following is a list of the monastic houses in County Durham, England.
Alphabetical listing FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names ! style="width:10%;"|References & locationBarnard Castle Friary (?)Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of York)founded 1381: licensed by Neville, Archbishop of York, land granted by Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; possibly not established, but if so failed before 1387?| (possible)Baxterwood PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — possibly from Gisborough, Yorkshire via Haswellfounded 1180;transferred from Haswell after 1180 (possibly before Haswell was built);dissolved 1196; lands appropriated by Finchale PrioryPriory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baxterwood____________________Bactanesford Priory |House of Austin canons — Priory of Baxterwood | A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp. 109)Bradbury CellBenedictine monkschapel and cell dependent on Nun Monkton, Yorkshirefounded 12th century|Clare Abbey, DarlingtonFranciscan nuns — from Scorton Hallfounded 1857, property granted by Sir Caranby Haggerston;transferred to Herefordshire, amalgamating with the house at Much Birch;Hospitaller Order of Saint John of GodThe Abbey Church of Saint Clare, Darlington |Saint John of God Hospitaller Services - News ArchiveDurham Cathedral Priory +secular canonsepiscopal diocesan cathedral founded 997 (995); extant;founded 995 (997), built by Bishop Aldhun;Benedictine monksfounded 1093 (or 1083) by Bishop William of St Carileph, who expelled the seculars;dissolved 1539The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert at DurhamThe Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, Durham |Durham GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Newcastle)founded before 1239;dissolved before 1240(?), friars apparently settled at the chapel of St Mary, but on meeting with opposition transferred to HartlepoolHartlepool Friary |Friaries — Franciscan (Hartlepool & Durham) | A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp. 109-110) Durham — St Anthony's Priory *Minoressesfounded at the former vicarage of St Nicholas Parish Church;Society of the Sacred Mission;extantSt Antony's Priory, Durham |Ebchester Nunnerynunsfounded before 660 by St Ebba (purportedly daughter of King Ethelfrid);destroyed in raids by the Danes c.875;reference to hermitage or chapel mid-12th century and 1241 (Chapel of St Mary, Yareshale (Yareshaugh)) possibly on site, private chapel of Bishops of Durham before mid-15th centurySt Ebbas Nunnery |Saxon Houses — including Wearmouth and Jarrow | A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp. 79-85) (possible)Egglestone AbbeyPremonstratensian Canons — from Easby, Yorkshiredaughter house of Easby;founded between c.1190 and c.1195, probably by Ralph Moulton: land granted by Ralph de Moulton, sub-tenant of Ralph de Lenham, who ratified the grant 1198;refounded 1537;dissolved 5 January 1540; granted to Robert Shelley 1548/9;converted into a house 1548, then labourers cottages; (EH)The Blessed Virgin Mary and St John the Baptist____________________Egleston Abbey |Finchale PrioryBenedictine monkscell dependent on Durham;1115 (or 1128) by Ranulf, Bishop of Durham who permitted St Godrick to establish his hermitage before 1170;becoming priory dependent on Durham 1196;confirmed to Durham by Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham;dissolved 1538; granted to the Dean and Chapter of Durham 1534/5; (EH)The Blessed Virgin Mary and St John the BaptistSt John the Baptist and St Godric |Houses of Benedictine monks — Priory of St John Baptist & St Godric, Finchale | A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp. 103-105)Gateshead Housemonksfounded before 653;apparently abandoned when monks left for Ireland|Saxon Houses — including Wearmouth and Jarrow | A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp. 79-85)Hartlepool — St Hilda's Monasteryprobably monks and nunsfounded c.640 by Hieu, an Irishwoman (possibly St Bega) placed in charge by St Aidandestroyed 800?St Hilda's Monastery |Saxon Houses — including Wearmouth and Jarrow | A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp. 79-85)Hartlepool GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Newcastle)transferred from Durham, before 1240;dissolved 1538|Hartlepool Friary?Dominican Friarsprobably copyist's error ref. to Franciscan Friary (see immediately above)|Friaries — Friars Preachers (Hartlepool & Jarrow) | A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp. 110-111)Haswell GrangeBenedictine monksendowment — possibly from Gisborough, Yorkshire;transferred to Baxterwood after 1180, probably prior to any buildings being erected;becoming a grange under Finchale|Jarrow PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Tyne and WearJarrow Friar?Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Tyne and WearNeasham PrioryBenedictine nunsfounded before 1156 (before 1163) purportedly by Lord Dacres;dissolved 1539–40; granted to James Lawson 1540/1;house named 'Neasham Abbey' built near site 19th centurySt Mary____________________Nesham Priory;Nesseham Priory |House of Benedictine nuns — Priory of St Mary, Neasham | A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp. 106-108)Norton Monastery?St Mary's Church incorporates remnants of a church built c.1000 — no reference of pre-Conquest community, but size suggests more than a parochial church; granted to St Cuthbert's, then to Chester-le-Street Cathedral|Owton PrioryGilbertine Canonscharter confirming founded 1204 by Alan de Wilton, probably never established (though possibly a grange at Owton Grange nr Brierton)St Mary____________________Oveton in Hartness Priory;Owton in Harness Priory |Samford Priory?Benedictine monksprobably confused for Stamford Priory, Lincolnshire'Samford Priory' - given by Cardinal F. A. Gasquet, English Monastic Life, (1924 ed), pp.272 & 302: 'List of English Religious Houses' (possibly from MacKenzie E. C. Walcott, Church Work and Life in English Minsters (1879), Vol 2: 'English Student's Monasticon', p. 198)|South Shields MonasterySaxon monks and nunsfounded 648 by St Aidan for St Hilda;Benedictine? nunsrefounded? c.686;destroyed ? 865–75Wherhale Monastery?;Wyrale Monastery |History Online — Saxon Houses, including Wearmouth and Jarrow — Victoria History Online: A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp.79-85) Wearmouth Abbey Historical county location until Tune and Wear created in 1974. See List of monastic houses in Tyne and Wear
See also List of monastic houses in England
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