The following is a list of the monastic houses in Gloucestershire, England.
FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names ! style="width:10%;"|References & locationBeckford PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in WorcestershireBerkeley Abbeynunsfounded before 807;destroyed before 1051secular collegiatefounded before 1066 (1019–1053) by Earl Godwin;dissolved c.1135 or later (after 1338); granted to Reading, Berkshire;current parochial church of St Mary possibly on site of minster or a property of the minsterBerkeley Minster____________________possibly Oldminster |Pastscape — Detailed Result: OLDMINSTERPastscape — Detailed Result: ST MARYS CHURCHBishop's Cleeveminster and church of St Michael granted by Offa and Ealdred 768–79;apparently annexed to the bishop or church of Worcester before 888|Blockley MonasterySaxon monasteryfounded before?855;granted to Ealhun, Bishop of Worcester by Burhred, King of Mercia 855|Boxwell PrioryBenedictine nunspossibly destroyed in raids by the DanesBoxwell Priory — destruction: J. Leland, Itinerary, iv, p.133; W. Dugdale; Monasticon Anglicanum|Brimpsfield PrioryBenedictine monksfounded before 1100;alien house: (non-conventual: grange?), dependent on St Wandrille, Fontenay;dissolved 1414 (before 1441); granted to Eton College, then to WindsorBrimpsfield Grange |Alien houses — The priory of Brimpsfield | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 102-103)Cheltenham MinsterAnglo-Saxon minster here from 8th century onwards which was a monasterium or collegiate church as opposed to a monastery. Not to be confused with the more recent Cheltenham Minster, where St Mary's Parish Church was redesignated a Minster by the Bishop of Gloucester on Sunday 3 February 2013.
Reference to minster 803 founded before 803 (c.770: apparently extant for 30 years);absorbed by Worcester ? before 890|Pastscape — Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 117732Cirencester AbbeySaxon minster — secular collegefounded before 839 (during the reign of Egbert, King of Wessex) by Alwin;Augustinian Canons Regularfounded (1117Cirencester: building commenced-) 1131Cirencester: first abbot of consecrated by Henry I;dissolved 19 December 1539; granted to Sir Thomas Seymour 1547;granted to Richard Masters 1563/4;site now within a public park;house named 'Abbey House' built on siteThe Blessed Virgin Mary |Houses of Augustinian canons — The abbey of Cirencester | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 79-84)Daylesford Monasteryfounded 718 (? 727) by Begia (Baegia), land granted by Æthelbald, King of Mercia;granted to Worcester by Beorhtwulf 841;later claimed by EveshamdissolvedDaeglesford Priory |Parishes — Daylesford | A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (pp. 334-338) (approx)Deerhurst Abbey +Saxon minsterfounded late-7th century;Benedictine? monksfounded after 715 purportedly by Dodo (co-founder of Tewkesbury);destroyed? c.878;Benedictine monksrebuilt/(re)founded c.970 by St Oswald;destroyed c.975;alien house: dependent on St-Denisrebuilt before 1056, purportedly by Edward the Confessor, who granted it to St-Denis c.1059 — alien priory;became denizen: independent from 1443;granted to Eton College c.1447;restored to St Denis, for English monks 1461;secular chaplain without monks 1467;granted as cell to Tewkesbury;dissolved 1540;conventual church in parochial use as the Parish Church of St MarySt Mary the VirginSt Mary the Virgin and St Denis____________________Derehures Abbey |Alien houses — The priory of Deerhurst | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 103-105)Farmcote GrangeCistercian monksgrange of Hailes Abbey|&Flaxley Abbey +Cistercian monksdaughter house of Bordesley, Worcestershirefounded 30 September 1151 by Roger, Earl of Hereford;dissolved 1536–7; granted to Sir Anthony Kingston 1544/5;remains now incorporated into a private house without public accessThe Blessed Virgin Mary____________________Flexley Abbey;Dene Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: FLAXLEY ABBEYHouses of Cistercian monks — The abbey of Flaxley | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 93-96)Gloucester BlackfriarsDominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford)founded 1239 (before 1241) by Sir Stephen de Hermshall (or by Henry III) and consecrated 1284;dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Bell 1539/40, who made it a drapering house|Pastscape — Detailed Result: GLOUCESTER BLACKFRIARSFriaries — Gloucester | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 111-112)Gloucester GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Bristol)founded before 1230 (1231), granted by Lord Berkley, under the guidance of Agnellus of Pisa, with timber provided by Henry III;dissolved 1538; granted to John Jennings 1543/4;church converted into a brewery|Friaries — Gloucester | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 111-112)Gloucester Whitefriars #Carmelite Friarsfounded before 1268 (during the reign of Henry III) purportedly by Queen Eleanor, Sir Thomas Gifford and Sir Thomas Berkley;dissolved c.25 July 1538; granted to Richard Andrews and Nicholas Temple 1543/4|Friaries — Gloucester | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 111-112)Gloucester Cathedral Abbey +Benedictine monks and nuns — double housefounded before 679 (c.681) by Wulfhere, King of Mercia and his brother and successor Æthelred;destroyed in raids by the Danes after 767;secular canons minsterfounded before 823 (c.823-5);Benedictine monksfounded c1022;Benedictine monksrefounded c.1058;dissolved 2 January 1540;granted to the Bishop and officers of Gloucester;conventual church becoming an episcopal diocesan cathedralfounded 1541; extantThe Abbey Church of Saint Peter, GloucesterThe Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity in Gloucester (1541) |Pastscape — Detailed Result: GLOUCESTER ABBEYPastscape — Detailed Result: GLOUCESTER CATHEDRALPastscape — Detailed Result: THE GREAT CLOISTERSHouses of Benedictine monks — The abbey of St Peter at Gloucester | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 53-61)Gloucester Cathedral — HomeSt Oswald's Priory, Gloucesterchurch of secular canonstraditionally founded 660 by a son of Penda of Mercia;Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 890s/refounded 909 by Æthelflæd/Æthelflæda and her husband Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia;founded before 1153 as a priory by Henry Murdac, Archbishop of York;granted to John Jennings 1539/40;subsequently in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Catherine; destroyed 1643St Oswald, King and Martyr |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ST OSWALDS PRIORYHouses of Augustinian canons — The priory of St Oswald, Gloucester | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 84-87)Hailes AbbeyCistercian monks — from Beaulieu, Hampshirefounded 17 July 1246 (1245) by Richard, Earl of Cornwall;dissolved 24 December 1539;granted to Sir Thomas Seymour 1547;granted to William, Marquis of Northampton 1550; (NT)The Blessed Virgin Mary____________________Hayles Abbey;Tray Abbey |Houses of Cistercian monks — The abbey of Hayles | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 96-99)Hatherop PrioryCarthusian Monksfounded 1222transferred to Hinton 1227–32|Hazleton AbbeyCistercian monksdaughter house of Tintern, Monmouthshire;(community founded at Kingswood earlier site 7 September 1139);transferred from Kingswood c.1149-50;dissolved c.1150-4; transferred to Tetbury; (EH)The Blessed Virgin Mary |Pastscape — Detailed Result: HAZELTON PRIORYHorsley Priory ^Benedictine monksalien house: cell dependent on Troarn;founded between 1066 and 1087 (during the reign of William the Conqueror) by Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury;Augustinian Canons Regularbecame denizen: cell granted to Bruton 1260;vicarage 1380;dissolved; granted to Sir Walter Denys of Dyrham 1553;a prison late-18th century;19th century parish church of St Mary now occupies the site or an area to the north;other monastic buildings possibly currently in use as a hoteldedication unknown____________________Horkeslegh Priory |Houses of Augustinian canons — The priory of Horsley | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 91-93)Kingswood Abbey, earlier siteCistercian Monks — from Tintern, Monmouthshiredaughter house of Tintern;founded 7 September 1139 by William de Berkeley;refounded 1164-70 on new site;transferred to Hazleton 1149–50; this site retained as a grange;dissolved 1 February 1538 and demolished; gatehouse remains; (EH)Kingswood Grange |Houses of Cistercian monks — The abbey of Kingswood | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 99-101)or (possible)Kingswood AbbeyCistercian Monks — from Tintern, Monmouthshire (community founded at Kingswood earlier site 7 September 1139);transferred from Tetbury c.1164-70;dissolved 1 February 1538|Pastscape — Detailed Result: KINGSWOOD ABBEY GATEHOUSEKinley Priorypurportedly an ancient priory, lands seized by William the ConquerorKinley — W. Dugdale, Monasticon AnglicanumKinline Priory |Lechlade PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded 13th century by Richard, Earl of CornwallThe Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Lechlade____________________Lechelade Priory | (approx)Leonard Stanley Priory +Benedictine monksfounded c.1130 by Roger de Berkeley II;Augustinian Canons Regularconfirmed to Gloucester Abbey 1146;dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Anthony Kingstonchurch now in parochial useThe Priory Church of Saint Leonard of Stanley____________________Stanley St Leonard Priory;Stanley Priory |Houses of Benedictine monks — The priory of Stanley St Leonard | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 72-73)Llanthony Secunda PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — from Llanthony, Walesdaughter house of Llanthonyfounded 1136 at the instance of Robert, Bishop of Gloucester on a site granted by Miles (Milo) of Gloucester, Earl of Hereford; built by the prior and canons at Llanthony Priory;dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Arthur Porter 1540/1The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin MaryLantony Priory;Lanthony Priory |Houses of Augustinian canons — The priory of Lanthony by Gloucester | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 87-91)Minchinhampton PrioryBenedictine nunsalien house: dependent on Holy Trinity, Caen;probably a grange: no evidence of nuns resident;granted to the nuns (or minchins) of Holy Trinity, Caen 1082 by William the Conqueror;leased before 1192;forfeit 14th century;reverted to the Crown 1414;granted to Syon Abbey 1424;granted to Andrews, Lord Windsor 1542/3;Minchin Hampton Priory |Hampstead — Hampton-Wick | A Topographical Dictionary of England (pp. 391-396)MinsterworthSaxon minster|Newent PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: dependent on Cormeilles Priory, Normandy;founded before 1086 by William fitz Osbern;dissolved 1411 by Henry IV; granted to Fotheringay College; granted to Sir Richard Lee 1547;St Mary's Parish church possibly the Priory ChurchThe Blessed Virgin Mary____________________Noent Priory;Newenton Priory |Alien houses — The priory of Newent | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 105-106)Poulton Priorychantry chapelfounded 1348 by Sir Thomas Seymour;Gilbertine Canonsfounded 1350;dissolved 1539;conventual church becoming the parish churchdemolished and replaced 1873;monastic remains incorporated into a wall at Priory Farm on siteThe Priory Church of Saint Mary, Poulton