The following is a list of monastic houses in Lincolnshire, England.
One unusual feature is the large number in the Witham Valley.Abbeys of the Witham Valley
Listing FoundationImageCommunities and provenanceFormal name or dedication and alternative names !width = 10%|References and locationAlkborough Priory +Benedictine monksdependent on Spalding;founded 1052: granted to Spalding by Thorold;granted to Peterborough Cathedral (then Northamptonshire, but from 1974 in county of Cambridgeshire) by Abbot Brand between 1066 and 1069;alien house: cell 1074;dissolved 1220;partly rebuilt after the ReformationSt John the Baptist |British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Spalding — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.118-124)Alvingham Priory ^/$Gilbertine Canons and Canonesses — double housefounded 1148-54 (during the reign of Stephen or Henry II) possibly by William de Friston, Hugh de Scotene, or Hamelin the Dean or Robert Cheiney, Bishop of Lincoln;dissolved 29 September 1538; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton 1551/2;subsequently in parochial use; now redundantSt Mary |British History Online — Houses of the Gilbertine order: The priory of Alvingham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.192-194)Aslackby Preceptory ^Knights Templarfounded c.1164 (early in the reign of Henry II (or Richard I)) by John le Mareschal: church of Aslackby and chapel granted to the Templars by Hubert de Rye 1164;Knights Hospitallertransferred 1308-12, under Temple Bruer;granted to Lord Edward Clinton 1543/4;remains incorporated into 18th century Temple Farmhouse built on site; gatehouse demolished as unsafe 1891Aslakeby Hospital |British History Online — Houses of Knights Templars: Willoughton, Eagle, Aslackby, South Witham and Temple Bruer — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.210-213)Axholme PrioryCarthusian monksfounded 1395-6: projected before 1389 by Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham, Earl Marshall of England; built from 1397 on the site of a Premonstratensian chapel;incorporated into Carthusian order 1432;founded 1397-8;dissolved 18 June 1538; granted to John Candysshe (Candish) of Westbutterwick and converted into manor houseThe House of the Visitation of St Mary Virgin, Axholme____________________Epworth in the Isle of Axholme Priory;Axholme Charterhouse;Low Melwood Priory |British History Online — Houses of Carthusian monks: The priory of Axholme — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.158-160)Bardney monasterySaxon monasteryfounded before 697 by Æthelred, King of Mercia (becoming a monk and abbot here)destroyed in raids by the Danes 870;Benedictine priory built on site (see immediately below)|rowspan=2|British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Bardney — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.97-104)Bardney AbbeyBenedictine monksalien house: dependent on Charroux;priory founded 1087, on site of Saxon monastery (see immediately above);independent: raised to abbey status 1115/6;dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Robert Tirwhit;now in ownership of Bardney Parochial Council, with public accessThe Priory of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint OswaldThe Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint PaulBarlings Abbey, earlier sitePremonstratensian Canonsdaughter house of Newsham;founded 1154-5 by Ralph de Haya;transferred to new site shortly after (see immediately below); earlier site becoming a grange of the new abbeyThe Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Barlings |British History Online — Houses of Premonstratensian canons: The abbey of Barlings — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.202-205) (possible)or (possible)Barlings AbbeyPremonstratensian Canonsdaughter house of Newsham;(community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) 1154-5); transferred here shortly after foundation;dissolved 1537; granted to Charles, Duke of SuffolkThe Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Barlings____________________Oxney Abbey |Barrow MonasteryBenedictine? monksfounded between 669 and 672 by Wulfhere, King of Mercia and St Chad, Bishop of Lichfield;suggested to have been a minster or secular canons' foundationBarrow — minster: Pauline Stafford, 1985, The East Midlands in the early middle ages;destroyed in raids by the Danes c.870Barrow-on-Humber Monastery;Ad Bavuae Monastery |British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The monastery of Barrow — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (p.97)Barton-upon-Humber MinsterSaxon minstermonks or secular canons collegiatefounded 10th century|Belvoir PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in LeicestershireBonby PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: cell/grange, dependent on St Fromond;founded after 1199dissolved before 1403;granted to Beauvale, Nottinghamshire after 1403;became parochial church prior to the dissolution;restored 1894St Andrew |British History Online — Alien houses: The priory of Bonby — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (p.241)Boston Austin FriarsAugustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln)founded 1317/8;dissolved 1539; granted to the Mayor and burgesses of Boston 1545/6Austin Priors |British History Online — Friaries: Boston — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.213-217)Boston BlackfriarsDominican Friars (under the Visitation of York)founded before 1288 (1222);church and other buildings were destroyed by fire during the chamberlain's riot 1287-8;dissolved 1538 (1539); granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1540/1; Shodfriars Hall and Blackfriars Hall (both pictured) incorporate remains of the monastic house|British History Online — Friaries: Boston — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.213-217)Boston GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of York)founded before 1268;dissolved 1539; granted to the Mayor and burgesses of Boston 1545/6|British History Online — Friaries: Boston — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.213-217)Boston Whitefriars, earlier siteCarmelite Friarsfounded 1293 by Sir ____ Orreby, Kt.;transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1307 (1308)Skirbeck Whitefriars |British History Online — Friaries: Boston — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.213-217)Boston WhitefriarsCarmelite Friarstransferred to from earlier site (see immediately above) 1307 (1308);dissolved 1539; granted to the Mayor and burgesses of Boston 1545/6|Boston PrioryBenedictine monksdependent on St Mary's, York;founded 1089 (before 1098): Alan Rufus granted church of St Botolph to St Mary's;dissolved before 1291? (c.1300);Parish Church of St Botolph built on site 1309-c.1520;Knights Hospitaller purchased advowson from St Mary's 1480, church refounded as collegiate;church restored 1845 by George Gilbert Scott, 1851-3 by George Place and by Sir Charles Nicholson in 1929|Bottesford CameraKnights Templardissolved 1308-12;Knights Hospitallerrefounded 1308-12;leased 1338;17th century manor house built on site|Bourne Abbey +Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroaisianfounded 1138 by Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, who invited canons to settle at Bourne and granted St Peter's Church, land and resources;dissolved 1536 (1539); granted to Richard Cotton 1538/9the church, as since modified, in parochial useThe Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bourne____________________Bourn Abbey |British History Online — House of Austin canons (Arrouasian reform): The abbey of Bourne — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.177-178)Bridge End Priory $Gilbertine Canonsfounded before 1199 (during the reign of John) by Godwin, a citizen of Lincoln;burned 1445, becoming a cell of Semprimgham after 1445;dissolved 1538; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton 1541/2;masonry used in construction of Priory Farm (50 m to the north); only cropmarks visible on siteThe Priory Church of Saint Saviour at Bridgend in Horbling____________________Holland Bridge Priory;Hollandbridge Priory |British History Online — Houses of the Gilbertine order: The priory of St Saviour, Bridgend in Horbling — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.198-199)Broadholme Priory $Premonstratensian canonesses (initially with canons and lay brothers)founded before 1154 by Agnes de Camville, land granted by her husband, Peter of Goxhill (or possibly in the reign of Stephen by the abbot and canons of Newsham);dissolved 1536St Mary____________________Brodholm Priory |British History Online — House of Premonstratensian canonesses: The priory of Broadholme — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.138-140)Bullington Priory $Gilbertine Canons and Canonesses — double housefounded 1148-1154 by Simon de Kyme (FitzWilliam);dissolved 26 September 1538; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9;earthworks and cropmarks remainThe Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bullington |British History Online — Houses of the Gilbertine order: The priory of Bullington — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.191-192)Burwell PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: cell, dependent on La Grande-Sauve;founded (before) 1100-7 ("by the Lords of Kyme"): church granted by Ansgot of Burwell;dissolved 1427; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1544/5; parochial church of St Michael (pictured) possibly tied to, and adjacent to the monastic houseSt Michael |British History Online — Alien houses: The priory of Burwell — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.238-239)Bytham AbbeyCistercian monksdaughter house of Fountains, Yorkshire;founded 23 May 1147 by William le Gros, Count of Albemarle;transferred to Vaudey after 1149(?)|Cammeringham PrioryPremonstratensian Canonsalien house: daughter house of Blanchelande (Normandy);founded c.1192 by Richard de Haya and his wife Maud;sold to Cistercians of Hulton, (Staffordshire) in 1396;Cistercian monksrefounded 1396;granted to Robert de Tirwhit 1545/6;18th century manor house built on its cellary rangeSt Michael____________________Cameringham Priory |British History Online — Alien houses: The priory of Cammeringham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (p.243)Catley Priory $Gilbertine Canons and Canonesses — double housefounded 1146/(1148)-1154 by Peter de Belingey (Billinghay);dissolved 1538; granted to Robert Carr, of Sleford 1539/40The Gilbertine priory of St Mary, Catley____________________Catterley Priory |British History Online — Houses of the Gilbertine order: The priory of Catley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.196-197)Covenham PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: cell, dependent on St-Calais;founded c.1082 by William the Conqueror at the instance of William de St Carilef (St Calais), Bishop of Durham;transferred to Kirkstead 1303The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Covenham____________________Coverham St Mary's Priory