List of monastic houses in Hampshire

The following is a list of the monastic houses in Hampshire, England.

FoundationImageCommunities and provenanceFormal name or dedication and alternative names ! style="width:10%;"|References & locationAlton Abbey *Anglican Benedictine monksfounded 1895; extantThe Abbey of Our Lady and Saint John |an Anglican Benedictine community near Alton, Hampshire Alton Abbey HomepageAndover PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: dependent on St-Florent-de-Saumur;founded before 1087, church of St Mary granted to St-Florent by William the Conqueror, confirmed by the Pope 1146;dissolved c.1414;alienated to Winchester CollegeSt PeterBlessed Virgin Mary |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ANDOVER PRIORYBritish History Online — Religious houses — Introduction — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2 (pp.104-107)Andwell PrioryTironensian monksalien house: daughter of Tironfounded between 1100 and 1135 (during the reign of Henry I) by Adam de Port of Maplederwell;dedicated 1215/38 by John, Bishop of Ardfert (officiating for Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester);dissolved 1391; granted to Winchester CollegeThe Blessed Virgin Mary (or St John the Baptist?) |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ANDWELL PRIORYBaddesley Preceptory #Knights Hospitallertransferred from Godsfield Preceptory;Hospitallers manor and estate of Godsfield here before 1167; transferred here before/c.1355;dissolved 1540; granted to Sir Nicolas Trockmorton 1539/40;house named 'Baddesley Manor' built on siteNorth Baddesley Preceptory;South Badeisley Preceptory |British History Online — House of Knights Hospitallers — Preceptory of Baddesley or Godsfield — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2 (pp.187-188)North Baddesley, SouthamptonBeaulieu Abbey ^Cistercian monkstransferred from Faringdon Abbey, Berkshiredaughter of Citeaux;founded 2 November 1203 (1204) by John;dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Wriothesley Esq. 1538/9;now part of Beaulieu Palace House, in private ownership with public accessThe Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Beaulieu____________________Bellus Locus Regis;De Bello Loco Regis;(Royal Beaulieu);abbatia quae vocitatur Bellus Locus |Pastscape — Detailed Result: BEAULIEU ABBEYBeaulieu AbbeyEnglish Abbeys — Beaulieu Abbey Breamore PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded 1128-33 by Baldwin de Reveriis and his uncle Hugh;dissolved 1536; granted to Henry, Marquis of Exeter 1536/7;Elizabethan manor house (1536) on siteThe Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Mary and Saint Michael, Breamore____________________Bromere Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: BREAMORE PRIORYHouses of Austin canons — Priory of Breamore — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2 (pp.168-172)Breamore Minster ?large pre-Conquest church suggested to have been a minster 10th century — evidence lackingSt Mary |Breamore Saxon Church — History, Travel, and accommodation informationSt Mary's, Breammore — Avon Valley PartnershipDamerham MonasterySaxon monasteryfounded before 880–5; community mentioned in Alfred the Great's will;land granted to Glastonbury, Wessex (Somerset) after 944–6|Eling Monastery ?possible site of ancient monastery under Abbot Cimberth (Cynebert), (alternatively at Redbridge);founded c.680; strong evidence that the current Parish Church of St Mary, substantially restored 1863, was the pre-conquest minster, possibly Reodford/Redbridgepossibly Reodford Monastery;possibly Nursling Monastery |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CHURCH OF ST MARY (possible)Ellingham PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: cell, dependent on St-Sauveur-le-Vicomtefounded 1160, church of St Mary and land granted by William de Solariis to build a cell;dissolved 1414; granted to Eton College 1462Church of Saint MaryChurch of All Saints |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ELLINGHAM PRIORYPastscape — Detailed Result: ST MARYS CHURCHFarnborough Abbey *Premonstratensian Canonscell founded 1887;French Benedictine 1895;raised to abbey status 1903;English Benedictinecell of Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire 1947;priory 1969;independent community 1980;extantThe Abbey Church of Saint Michael the Archangel, Farnborough |St Michael's AbbeyFarnborough Abbey Benedictine Church Finder: Alphabetical Index, D-F Fordingbridge Preceptory ?Knights Templarbuilt 12th century on site of Saxon church;church owned by Templars, possible preceptory — lacking positive identification;transferred to Knights Hospitallers 1308–12;intact non-parochial chapel incorporated into present parochial church|Godsfield PreceptoryKnights Hospitallerfounded before/c.1171;transferred to North Baddesley 1355; chapel on site c.1360-70|Pastscape — Detailed Result: GODSFIELD HOSPITALLERS PRECEPTORYHamble PrioryTironensian monksalien house: daughter of Tironfounded between 1109 and 1140 by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester;dissolved 1391; granted to Winchester CollegePriory of St Andrew, Hamble____________________Hamble-en-le-rys;Hamblerice;Hamble-le-Rice |Pastscape — Detailed Result: HAMBLE PRIORYHayling PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: daughter of Jumiègesfounded after/c.1067 ("by King William, and afterwards by King Henry I"), land granted by William the Conqueror;part of estate (possibly including church and conventual buildings) inundated by the sea 1324-5 and 1340;dissolved 1413; granted to Arundel College 1541/2; granted to the Carthusians at Sheen, Surrey (Greater London);site is now beneath the sea — a number of locations suggested as being the main siteHalling Priory;Hailing Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: HAYLING PRIORYBritish History Online — Hayling Island — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (pp.129-134)off shore from Hayling Island (approx)Marwell 'Priory'Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 13th century by Henry de Blois, Bishop of Winchester;secular college for four priests, of whom one was titled 'prior';dissolved after 1540; granted to Sir Henry Seymore 1551SS Stephen, Laurence, Vincent and Quintin, Martyrs____________________Merewell Priory;Merewelle Priory |British History Online — Colleges — Marwell — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2 (pp.211-212) (approx)Mottisfont Abbey ^Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1201 (13th century) by William Brimeredissolved 1536; granted to William, Lord Sandys 1536/7;remains now incorporated into a mansion named 'Mottisfont Abbey' built 1538–40The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Mottisfont____________________Mottisfont Priory;Motisfont Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: MOTTISFONT ABBEYPastscape — Detailed Result: MOTTISFONT ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Austin canons — Priory of Mottisfont  — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2 (pp.172-175)Netley AbbeyCistercian monksdaughter of Beaulieufounded 25 July 1239, projected by Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester on land granted by him before 1238; co-founder with Henry III;dissolved 1536; granted to Sir William Paulet 1536/7;(EH)The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Edward the Confessor, Netley____________________Locus Sancti Edwardi(Lieu-Saint-Edward);Nettely Abbey |British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks — Abbey of Netley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2 (pp.146-149)Nursling Monastery ?Benedictine monksfounded 8th century by St Boniface;destroyed in raids by the Danes c.878;'The Walls' reputedly the site of monastery; although argued that the monastery was at RomseyNursling — Hase asserts monastery at Romsey;inconclusive evidence of pre-Conquest foundation from excavations during 1982possibly Redford Monastery;Reodford Monastery |Pastscape — Detailed Result: MONASTERY OF ST BONIFACE (possible)Pamber Priory +Benedictine monksalien house: daughter of St Vigor, Cerisy (Cerisy-le-Forêt);founded 1100 (c.1120-30);dissolved 1135;dissolved 1414; granted to St Julian's Hospital, Southampton;granted to Queen's College, Oxford 1446 and continues in that ownership;priory church extantSt Mary and St John the Baptist____________________Monk Sherborne Priory;Sherborne Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: MONK SHERBORNE PRIORYPortchester Priory +Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1128-9foundation of Portchester according to research(1133traditional foundation of Portchester), by William de Pont de l'Arche(d'Arch), chamberlain and sheriff of Hampshire, with the assistance of Henry I within the walls of the castle;site soon proved unsuitable;transferred to Southwick c.1145;dissolved 7 April 1538; granted to John White 1538/9;priory church in parochial use as the Parish Church of St MarySt Mary____________________Porchester Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CHURCH OF ST MARYBritish History Online — Houses of Austin canons — Priory of Southwick — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2 (pp.164-168)Portsmouth Blackfriarsprojected house for Dominican Friars (1225) establishment never implementedRedbridge Monasteryfounded c.680; possible site of ancient monastery under Abbot Cimberth (Cynebert), though more likely at ElingReodford Monastery source: Bede |Pastscape — Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 226811RedbridgeRomsey Abbey +nunsprobably founded c.907 by Edward the Elder or by Ethelwold, Saxon noblemanBenedictine nunsrefounded 967 by King Edgar;dissolved 1539; granted to John Bellow and R. Pigot 1546/7;church now in parochial useThe Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Elfleda, Romsey____________________Rumesey Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ROMSEY ABBEYHouses of Benedictine nuns — Abbey of Romsey — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2 (pp.126-132)Sapalanda Monasterypossible monastery, possibly from Winchester Cathedral PriorySapalanda — communication and references from Christopher N. L. Brooke considers Winton Domesday to refer to land tenure, possibly monks from the Cathedral|Selborne PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded 1233–34 by Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester (charter dated 20 January 1233/4, confirmed by Pope Gregory IX September 1235);dissolved 1484: house financially and physically dilapidated;annexed by Magdalen College, Oxford 11 September 1484 (confirmed 1485)Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ST MARYS PRIORYHouses of Austin canons — Priory of Selborne — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2 (pp.175-180)Southampton — GreyfriarsFranciscan Friarsfounded before 1235;Observant Franciscan Friarsrefounded 1498;dissolved 1534;Augustinian Friarsfounded 1534;dissolved 1538; granted to John Pollard 1544/5; granted to Arthur Darcy 1551Southampton Austin Friars |British History Online — Friaries — The Franciscans of Southampton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2 (p.193)close to God's House, SouthamptonSouthampton — St Denys's PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded 1127 (1124) by Henry I;dissolved 1536; granted to Francis Dawtrey 1538/9St Denis Priory;St Denys by Southampton Priory |Houses of Austin canons — Priory of St Denis, Southampton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2 (pp.160-164)St Leonard's GrangeCistercian monksgrange and chapelSt Leonard's Grange — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4, p.654 dependent on Beaulieu;founded 13th century|Southwick PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular(community founded at Portchester c.1128-9 (or 1133));transferred here 1145, built 1145-53 (indulgences granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to establish the canons at Southwick);dissolved 7 April 1538Our Lady of Southwick