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

Alphabetic listing FoundationImageCommunities and provenanceFormal name or dedication and alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationArthington PrioryCluniac nunsfounded 1154-5 by Peter de Ardington;with regular priests or brethren 1155 to after 1318;dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury 1542/3|British History Online — Houses of Cluniac nuns: Priory of Arthington — Victoria County History: A History of the County of York: Volume 3 (pp.187-190)Barwick-in-Elmete Monastery $?Saxon monasteryfounded before c.730 by Abbot Thrydwulf(?) (before 636);?destroyed 9th century;Saxon remains in church| (traditional)Collingham MonasterySaxon monasteryfounded by Eanfled, daughter of King Edwin;destroyed c.875; identified with Ingetlingum (before 1873 considered to be Gilling)Ingetlingum |Esholt Priory #Cistercian nunsfounded 12th century;with regular priests or brethren to after 1318;dissolved 1539;site now occupied by house named 'Esholt Hall'Esseholt Priory |British History Online — Houses of Cistercians nuns: Priory of Esholt — Victoria County History: A History of the County of York: Volume 3 (pp.161-163)Headley PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: dependent on Marmoutierfounded before 1125, benefacted by Ypolitus de Bram, his charter dated 1125;dissolved 1414; granted to Holy Trinity, YorkSt Mary |Kirklees PrioryCistercian nunsfounded before 1138(?), grant by Reyner (Reynerus) Flandrensis (Flandersis), confirmed by his lord William de Warenne;dissolved November 1539; granted to John Tasburgh and Nicholas Savill 1544/5The Blessed Virgin Mary and St James____________________Kirkleghes Priory |British History Online — Houses of Cistercians nuns: Kirklees Priory — Victoria County History: A History of the County of York: Volume 3 (p.170)Kirkstall Abbeyhermit community(community founded at Barnoldswick 19 May 1147);Cistercian monks — from Fountains (North Yorkshire) via Barnoldswick (Lancashire)founded 20 May 1152: land granted to community from Barnoldswick by William of Poictou, at the instance of their founder Henry de Lacy;some of the hermits joined the new foundation;dissolved 22 November 1540;now in ownership of Leeds Corporation,public access to church exterior and monastic buildings|British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: Kirkstall — Victoria County History: A History of the County of York: Volume 3 (pp.142-146)Kirkstall Abbey — HomepageKirkstall Online — The AbbeyEnglish Abbeys — Kirkstall Abbey Kirkstall Abbey on AboutBritain.comKirkstall Abbey in Leeds — UK AttractionNewland PreceptoryKnights Hospitallerfounded after 1199, manor granted by John;chapel rebuilt 1519;dissolved 1540; granted to Francis Jobson and Andrew Dudley 1546/7;chapel demolished c.1860; possible remains of the preceptory chapel incorporated into 16th/17th century fabric in a barn|British History Online — Houses of Knights Hospitaller — Victoria County History: A History of the County of York: Volume 3 (pp.260-262)Walks in Yorkshire; Wakefield and ... — William Stott Banks — Google BooksKNIGHTS TEMPLAR and KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS, letters, autographs, documents, manuscriptsNostell Priory, earlier siteAugustinian Canons Regularfounded c.1114 by Robert de Lacy;transferred to new site (see immediately below) before 1120|Nostell Priory #Augustinian Canons Regular(community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) c.1114);transferred here before 1120 (possibly not occupied until 1122);dissolved 1539 (1540); granted to Thomas Leigh 1539/40;site now occupied by a mansion named 'Nostell Priory'The Priory Church of Saint Oswald, Nostell |British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Nostell — Victoria County History: A History of the County of York: Volume 3 (pp.231-235)Pontefract Blackfriars #Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York)founded 1256 by Edmund de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (built before 1266 by Simon Pyper);dissolved 26 November 1538; granted to William Clifford and Michael Wildbore 1544/5St Richard |British History Online — Friaries: Black friars of Pontefract — Victoria County History: A History of the County of York: Volume 3 (pp.271-273)Pontefract Greyfriars (?)alleged Franciscan FriarsPontefract Greyfriars  Leland, Itinerary, iv, p.13;disputedPontefract Greyfriars  Tanner, Notitia Monastica, p.692; probably mistaken for Dominican Friars|Pontefract PrioryCluniac monksalien house: dependent on La Charitéfounded c.1090 by Robert de Lacy;became denizen: independent from 1393;dissolved 1539; granted to William, Lord Talbot 1553The Priory Church of Saint John of Pontefract |British History Online — Houses of Cluniac monks: Priory of Pontefract — Victoria County History: A History of the County of York: Volume 3 (pp.184-186)Pontefract Whitefriars (?)alleged college of Carmelite FriarsPontefract Whitefriars  Leland, Itinerary, i, p.39 states Edmund Lacy built collegefounded before 1257 (1258Pontefract Whitefriars  actual date of death of the Earl of Lincoln was 1258) by Edmund Lacy (Earl of Lincoln?)Pontefract Whitefriars  Tanner, Notitia Monastica, and Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum state Edmund Lacy was the Earl of Lincoln, who died 1257 (sic.);disputedPontefract Whitefriars  T. M. Fallow rejected the alleged foundation|Syningthwaite Priory $Cistercian nunsfounded c.1160 by Bertram Haget;apparently with brethren from c.1169 (papal bull of Alexander III 1172), until 14th century(?);dissolved 3 August 1535;granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1550/1;remains incorporated into Priory Farmhouse, built on site St Mary____________________Sinningthwaite Priory |British History Online — Houses of Cistercians nuns: Priory of Sinningthwaite — Victoria County History: A History of the County of York: Volume 3 (pp.176-178)Temple Newsam Preceptory #Knights Templarfounded before 1181 (possibly initially located at Newbond), granted by William de Villiers;dissolved 1308–12;|British History Online — Houses of Knights Templar — Victoria County History: A History of the County of York: Volume 3 (pp.256-260)Wetherby Preceptorymember of Ribstone;Knights Templarfounded after 1240, apparently forming a single preceptory with Ribstone;dissolved 1308–12;Knights Hospitaller camera|British History Online — Houses of Knights Templar — Victoria County History: A History of the County of York: Volume 3 (pp.256-260) (traditional)Woodkirk PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularcell, dependent on Nostell;founded 1138-47 (before 1135) by William de Warenne and others, who granted chapel of St Mary to Nostell;dissolved 1539 (1540); granted to George Talbot and Robert SavillWidkirk Priory |

See also List of monastic houses in England List of monastic houses in Wales List of monastic houses in Scotland List of monastic houses in Ireland

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References Citations

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