The following is a list of the monastic houses in Shropshire, England.
FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationAlberbury PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — Arroasiandependent on Lilleshall;founded c.1221-6;Grandmontine monksalien house: dependent on Grandmont;refounded c.1230: confirmed by Fulk fitz Warin of Whittington, 1232;dissolved c.1441; bought by Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury;granted to All Souls College, Oxford by Henry VI, in use as a chantry chapel; dissolved 1547;conventual church converted into a farmhouse called 'White Abbey Farm' 1578; alterations 1857–8St Mary____________________White Abbey |British History Online — House of Grandmontine monks: Priory of Alberbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.47-50)Beth centuryoteAugustinian Canons Regulardependent on Haughmond;farm and chapel|Bridgnorth GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester)founded 1244;dissolved 1538|British History Online — Friaries: Franciscan Friars — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.89-91)Bromfield Priory +secular canons collegiatefounded before 1061;Benedictine monkscell dependent on Gloucester, Gloucestershire;founded 1155;dissolved 1540; granted to Charles Fox;church now in parochial useSt Mary, Virgin |British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Bromfield — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp. 27-29)Buildwas AbbeySavignac monks — from Savignydependent on Savigny;founded 8 August 1135;Cistercian monksorders merged 1147;dissolved 1535 (1536)part of monastic buildings incorporated into a private house; (EH)The Abbey Church of St Mary and St Chad, Buildwas____________________Bildewas Abbey |British History Online — House of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Buildwas — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.50-59)Chirbury PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — from Sneadfounded c.1190 by Robert de Buthlers, Lord of Montgomery;canons arrived c.1195;dissolved 1536; granted Edward Hampton 1545/6The Priory Church of Saint Michael, Chirbury |British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: Priory of Chirbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.59-62)Church Preen PrioryCluniac monksalien house: dependent on Wenlock;founded after 1150;cell 1384;dissolved before 1539St John the Baptist____________________Preen Priory |British History Online — Houses of Cluniac monks: Priory of Preen — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (p.38)Donnington Wood AbbeyAugustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian — from Dorchester, Oxfordshire;(community founded at Lizard c.1143);transferred from Lizard c.1144;dissolved c.1148;transferred to new site at Lilleshall|Emstreypossible Saxon minsterEiminstre |Halston Preceptorypossible Knights Templar (evidence lacking)Knights Hospitallerrefounded before 1221 (between 1165 and 1187) by Roger de Powys, Lord of Whittington;dissolved before 1540; granted to William Horne 1562/3|British History Online — House of Knights Hospitallers: Preceptory of Halston — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.87-88)Hatton GrangeCistercian monksgrange, dependent on Buildwas;founded 1227;dissolved before 1540|Haughmond AbbeyAugustinian Canons Regularpriory?founded c.1110 (1130-8) by William fitz Alan of Clun;Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian(?)priory;before 1130–5;purportedly raised to abbey status c.1155?;listed under Augustinian general chapter c.1160-80; dissolved 9 September 1539; granted to Edward Littleton (died 1558) 1540/1; (EH)The Abbey Church of St John the Evangelist, Haughmond____________________Haghmon Priory |British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: Abbey of Haughmond — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.62-70)Lilleshall AbbeyAugustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian — from Dorchester, Oxfordshire, via Lizard (community founded at Lizard c.1143);transferred from Donnington Wood c.1148;dissolved 1538; granted to James Leveson 1539/40; (EH)The Blessed Virgin Mary____________________Lilleshull Priory |British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: Abbey of Lilleshall — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.70-80)Lizard AbbeyAugustinian Canons Regular — from Dorchester, Oxfordshirefounded c.1143;transferred to new site at Donnington Wood c.1144; retained for use as grange|Ludlow Austin FriarsAugustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln)founded 1254; built c.1282;dissolved 1538; granted to George Cotton and William Man|British History Online — Friaries: Austin friars — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.95-98)Ludlow WhitefriarsCarmelite Friarsfounded 1350 (1349) by Lawrence of Ludlow;dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Hacket and Thomas Trentham 1559/60|British History Online — Friaries: Carmelite Friars — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.93-95)Lydley Keys PreceptoryKnights Templarfounded c.1155-60;dissolved 1308–12Lydley Preceptory |British History Online — House of Knights Templars: Preceptory of Lydley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.85-86)Minsterleypossible Saxon minster|Morville Priorycollegiate church before 1066;Benedictine monkspriory cell dependent on Shrewsbury;founded 1138 by the Earl of Shrewsbury, collegiate church granted to Shrewsbury as a cell by Robert, Bishop of Hereford;dissolved 1540; granted to Henry Lord Lisle 1545/6St Gregory____________________Morfield Priory |British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Morville — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.29-30)Ratlinghope PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularpriory cellfounded before 1200;Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorinepriory cell dependent on Wigmore, Herefordshire;before 1209;dissolved 1538; granted to Robert Long 1545/6St Giles____________________Ratlingcope Priory |British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: Priory of Ratlinghope — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (p.80)Shrewsbury Abbey +Benedictine monksfounded 1083-6 (c.1080) by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel;dissolved 1540; granted to Edward Watson and Henry Herdson 1541/2;part of church now in parochial useThe Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Shrewsbury(nave dedicated to The Holy Cross) |British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Shrewsbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.30-37)Shrewsbury Austin Friars, earlier siteAugustinian Friarsfounded c.1255 by the Stafford family: Henry III granted land to 'poor brethren of Cowlane' (possible Austin Friars) June 1254;transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1290–8|Shrewsbury Austin FriarsAugustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln)community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) c.1255;transferred here 1290–1298;dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Andrews and Nicholas Temple 1543/4|British History Online — Houses of Austin Friars: The Austin Friars of Shrewsbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.95-98)Shrewsbury BlackfriarsDominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford)founded before 1232 by Lady Genevile;dissolved 1539; granted to Richard Andrews and Nicholas Temple 1543/4|British History Online — Friaries: Dominican Friars — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.91-93)Shrewsbury GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester)founded 1245-6 by Hawise, Countess of Powys;dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Andrews and Nicholas Temple 1543/4|British History Online — Friaries: Franciscan Friars — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp. 89-91)Snead PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded c.1190;transferred to Chirbury c.1195|Stanton Long CameraKnights Templarcamera or grange;founded c.1221 (before 1228);dissolved 1308–12|Stitt CellAugustinian Canons Regular(?)cell dependent on Haughmond — evidence lacking|Wenlock NunnerySaxon nunsfounded c.680 by Merwald, King of West Mercia (or his daughter St Milburga); ruined; Cluniac house built on site (see immediately below)|rowspan=2|British History Online — Houses of Cluniac monks: Abbey, later Priory, of Wenlock — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp. 38-47)Wenlock Priorypossible secular canons — minsterfounded c.1050: built by Earl Leofric;Cluniac monksalien house: dependent on La Charité: monks invited by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, built on site of ruined Saxon nunnery (see immediately above);became denizen: independent from 1395;dissolved 26 January 1540; granted to Augustino de Augustinis 1544/5; (EH)The Priory Church of Saint Michael and Saint Milburga, Wenlock____________________Much Wenlock PrioryWhitchurchpossibly Saxon minster at Album Monasterium|White Ladies PrioryAugustinian Canonessesfounded c.1199(?);dissolved 1538(?): granted to William Whorwood 1539/40;house built on site (EH)St Leonard____________________Brewood White Ladies Priory;Brewood Priory |White Ladies Priory ImagesBritish History Online — House of Augustinian canonesses: Priory of St Leonard, Brewood — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.83-84)Wombridge PrioryAugustinian Canons Regulartransferred from Dodlinch, Somerset before? 1226;founded 1130-5 by William de Hadley;dissolved 1536; granted to James Leveson 1539/40;conventual church continued in parochial use until mid-17th century when ruinous;Lady Chapel in use until destroyed in a storm 1756;new parish church built, rebuilt 19th century, in use as current parish churchThe Holy Trinity, St Mary Virgin, and St Thomas Martyr____________________Wombride Priory |British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: Priory of Wombridge — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.80-83)Woodhouse Austin FriarsAugustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln)founded c.1250: granted by the Turberviles (Tubervilles);dissolved August 1538; granted to Thomas Reeves and George Cotton|British History Online — Friaries: Austin friars — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (pp.95-98)
See also List of monastic houses in England List of monastic houses in Wales
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