List of monastic houses in Lancashire

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

FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationBarnoldswick AbbeyCistercian monksdaughter house of Fountains, Yorkshire;founded 19 May 1147;transferred to Kirkstall, Yorkshire 1152, thereafter retained as a grange;currently located in a field called 'Monk's Royd'Mount St Mary's Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: MOUNT ST MARYS ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: Kirkstall — Victoria County History: A History of the County of York: Volume 3 (pp.142-146)Beaumont GrangeSavignac monksdependent on Furness (Cumbria)founded c.1130: granted by Warine;a 'large and important colony';Cistercian monksorders merged 17 September 1147|Pastscape — Detailed Result: BEAUMONT GRANGEBurscough PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded 1186 (c.1190) by Robert Fitz Henry, Lord of Lathom and Knowsley probably for canons from Norton;dissolved 1536St Nicholas____________________probably Blakesmere PrioryBlakesmere — listed in "Chapters of Augustinian Canons" — probably reference to Burscough |Pastscape — Detailed Result: BURSCOUGH PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Burscough — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2 (pp.148-152)Cartmel PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in CumbriaChapel-le-Wood CellHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in CumbriaCockerham Priory #Augustinian Canons Regularcell of St Mary in the Meadows (de Pratis) at Leicester;founded c.1207 or 1208: granted to Leicester 1153-4 by William de Lancaster;cell 1281–90, secular chaplain appointed — most of the canons withdrawn;dissolved 1477|Pastscape — Detailed Result: COCKERHAM PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Cockerham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2 (pp.152-153)Cockersand Abbeyland granted to Leicester 1153-6 by William I of Lancaster;Hospital of St Maryfounded before 1184 by Hugh Garth, hermit, with benefactions from William of Lancaster II;Premonstratensian Canonscell dependent on Croxton, Leicestershire;priory refounded after 1184 by William of Lancaster (Lancastre)raised to abbey status 1192, continuing as a hospital;dissolved 29 January 1539; granted to John Kechin (Kitchen) 1543/4;now in private ownership of the Dalton familySt Mary____________________Thurnham Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: COCKERSAND ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Premonstratensian canons: The abbey of Cockersand — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2 (pp.154-159)Conishead PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in CumbriaFurness AbbeyHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in CumbriaHawkshead GrangeHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in CumbriaHeysham Monastery(?) #suggested early monastic settlement;14th-15th century church of St Peter built on site, incorporating pre-Conquest remains 800–950|Pastscape — Detailed Result: ST PETERS CHURCHHornby Priory #possible hospital 1160–1172;Premonstratensian Canonscell daughter house of Croxton, Leicestershire;founded c.1172(?) by a member of the Montbegons of Hornby (the ancestors of Sir Thomas Stanley) probably by Roger de Motgebon IIIHorn by Priory — J. Tait, Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2, (1908), p.160;dissolved September 1538; granted to Lord Montegle 1544/5St Wilfrid____________________Horneby Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: HORNBY PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Premonstratensian canons: The priory of Hornby — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2 (pp.160-161)Kersal PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Greater ManchesterLancaster BlackfriarsDominican Friars (under the Visitation of York)founded 1259/60 by Sir Hugh Harrington;dissolved 1539; granted to John Polcroft 1540/1|British History Online — Friaries: Dominican friars, Lancaster — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2 (pp.161-162)Pastscape — Detailed Result: LANCASTER BLACKFRIARSLancaster GreyfriarsFranciscan Friarssome evidence of short-lived houseLancaster Greyfriars — though reference in "Notitia Monastica" is to the Dominican friary, precise site and dates of foundation and dissolution unknown|Pastscape — Detailed Result: LANCASTER GREYFRIARS (approx)Lancaster PrioryBenedictine monksfounded c.1094 by Earl Roger of Poictiers (Roger, Earl of Poitiers);alien house: dependent on Séez;dissolved 1428St Mary |Pastscape — Detailed Result: LANCASTER PRIORYBritish History Online — Alien house: The priory of Lancaster — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2 (pp.167-173)Lytham PrioryBenedictine monkscell dependent on Durham;founded 1189-94Lytham Priory — foundation according to Victoria County History (1191-4Lytham Priory — foundation according to Dr. Diana Greenway: communications and references from Christopher N. L. Brooke) by Richard Fitz Rogers;dissolved 1535 (1534); granted to Sir Thomas Holcroft;demolished;17th century country house built on siteSt Mary and St Cuthbert____________________Lythom Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: LYTHAM PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Lytham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2 (pp.107-111)Marland GrangeHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Greater ManchesterPenwortham PrioryBenedictine monksfounded c.1104 (between 1104 and 1122Penwortham Priory — founded during the tenure of Abbot Robert at Evesham (1104–1122): Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2, p.127 (Chronicle de Evesham) and Florence of Worcester, ii, p.53, and others (communications and references from Christopher N. L. Brooke)) by the bounty of Warine Bussel;dissolved c.1535; granted to John Fleetwood 1542/3|Pastscape — Detailed Result: PENWORTHAM PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Penwortham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2 (pp.104-106)Preston GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester)founded 1256(?) c.1260 by Edmond, Earl of Lancaster;dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Holcroft 1540/1|Pastscape — Detailed Result: PRESTON GREYFRIARSBritish History Online — Friaries: Franciscan friars, Preston — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2 (p.162)A Timeline of PrestonLAS 2009-2010 Programme History of Preston up to 1780 (approx)Sawley AbbeyCistercian monks — from Newminster, Northumberlanddaughter house of Newminster;founded probably 6 January 1147 by William de Percy, monks probably arrived 1 January 1148;dissolved 1536; EHSalley Abbey;Sallay Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: SAWLEY ABBEYStaining GrangeCistercian monksgrange of Stanlow, Cheshire, then of Whalley;founded before 1240|Pastscape — Detailed Result: STAINING HALL AND SITE OF STAINING GRANGETulketh PriorySauvignac monksfounded 4 July 1124 by Stephen, Count of Boulogne;transferred to Furness (Cumbria) 1127|Pastscape — Detailed Result: FURNESS ABBEY (approx)Upholland Priory +chantry and collegiate chapelfounded 1307–10;Benedictine monks/friars?founded 1319 (1318) by Walter Langton, Bishop of Lichfield;dissolved 1536; granted to John Holcroft 1545/6;remains incorporated into the Parish Church of St Thomas the MartyrHoland Friary |British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Upholland — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2 (pp.111-112)Pastscape — Detailed Result: UPHOLLAND PRIORYWarburton PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Greater ManchesterWarrington Austin FriarsHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in MerseysideWhalley AbbeyCistercian monks — from Stanlow, Cheshiredaughter house of Combermere, Cheshire;(community founded at Stanlow 11 November 1172);transferred here 1296, founded 4 April 1296;dissolved 10 March 1537; granted to Richard Assheton and John Braddyll 1553/4;now in ownership of the Anglican Diocese of Blackburn and the Catholic ChurchThe Blessed Virgin Mary____________________Locus Benedictus de Whalley Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: WHALLEY ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Whalley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2 (pp.131-139)Wyresdale AbbeyCistercian monks — from Furness (Cumbria) and Savignyfounded 1193 (c.1196), site possibly granted by Theobald Walter who appropriated a church to the new foundation between 1193 and 1196;transferred to Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, then to Abingdon, Co. Limerick;traditionally the site is below the meeting of the Marshaw Wyre and the Tarnbrook Wyre, on the north bank of the Abbeystead reservoir|British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Wyresdale — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2 (p.131) (approx traditional location)

See also List of monastic houses in England

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