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

FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationAlderminsterSaxon minsterAldermannestun |Astley PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: dependent on St-Taurin;founded before 1086 by Ralph de Todeni;dissolved 1414; granted to secular college of Westbury-upon-Trym;granted to Sir Ralph Sadler by Henry VIIIThe Priory Church of Saint Peter, Astley |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ASTLEY PRIORYBritish History Online — Alien house: Priory of Astley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.180-182)Beckford PriorySaxon minstermonks or secular collegiatefounded before 803;probably absorbed into Worcester late-9th century;Augustinian Canons Regularalien house: dependent on Ste-Barbe-en-Auge, Normandyfounded between 1128 and 1135, granted to Ste-Barbe-en-Auge by Henry I Rabellus, the chamberlain of Normandy;dissolved 1414;lands granted to Eton College 1443;granted to Sir Richard Lee 1547;known as 'The Manor';mansion named 'Salesian House' (also known as 'Beckford Hall') built on site 17th century; now in use as Roman Catholic College;crypt alone remains of the monastic foundedSt Barbara____________________Beckford Cell;Beccanford Priory |Alien houses — The priory of Beckford A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 102)Blockley MonasteryFormer county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in GloucestershireBordesley AbbeySavignac monks — from Garendon, Leicestershirefounded 22 November 1138-1147 by Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meuland and Worcester land apparently granted by Queen Matilda 1136;Cistercian monksorders merged 17 September 1147;dissolved 17 July 1538;now in ownership of Borough of Redditch|Pastscape — Detailed Result: BORDESLEY ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Bordesley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.151-154)Bredon Monastery ~Benedictine? monksfounded c.717: land granted to Eanulf (grandfather of King Offa) by King Ethelbald before 717;apparently under Worcester by 844;destroyed in raids by the Danes late-9th century;mansion built 17th century allegedly on siteSt Peter |Pastscape — Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 117896Pastscape — Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 117889or (alleged)Cookhill Priory ^Cistercian nunsfounded c.1180 (before 1198);founded(/rebuilt(?)) purportedly by Isabel, Countess of Warwick;dissolved 1538/9remains incorporated into farmhouse and chapel 15th century|Pastscape — Detailed Result: COOKHILL PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian nuns: Priory of Cookhill — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.156-158)Daylesford MonasteryFormer county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in GloucestershireDodford PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularpriory cellfounded 1184–6;incorporated into Premonstratensian house at Halesowen 1332;dissolved 1464;Premonstratensian Canonsdaughter house of Halesowenfounded 1464, annexed by Halesowen;dissolved 1538Blessed Virgin Mary |Pastscape — Detailed Result: DODFORD PRIORYDroitwich Austin Friars #Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln)founded 1331, licence granted to Thomas Alleyn to build an oratory;dissolved 1538|Pastscape — Detailed Result: DROITWICH AUSTIN FRIARYDudley PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in the West MidlandsEvesham Abbey +Benedictine monksfounded after/c.701 by St Egwyn, Bishop of Worcester;collegiate 941 to c.970;Benedictine monksrestored c.970 to c.975;collegiate c.975 until c.995;Benedictine nuns with regular priests or brethrenattached to the abbeyfrom unknown date until after c.1086;Benedictine monksrestored c.995dissolved 17 November 1539 (January 1540);now within a public parkSt Mary and St Egwin |Pastscape — Detailed Result: EVESHAM ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Evesham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.112-127)Fladbury Monastery #land granted to Oftfor, Bishop of Worcester by King Ethelred between 691 and 693;later under Evesham until 714;under Worcester until early-9th century;parochial c.888?;parish church of St John the Baptist built on site|Great Malvern Priory +Benedictine monkscell traditionally founded c.975 by Werstan;hermit settlement?founded before 1066;Benedictine monksfounded c.1075 (1085);dependent on Westminster, Middlesex;dissolved 1539–40The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael, Great Malvern____________________Malvern Priory;Malvern Major |Pastscape — Detailed Result: GREAT MALVERN PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Great Malvern — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.136-143)Halesowen AbbeyHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in the West MidlandsHanbury MonasterySaxon monasteryland granted to Abbot Colman by King Wulfhere (657-674);merged into Worcester c.888?|Pastscape — Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 118413Kempsey MonasterySaxon monasteryfounded before 799 (?802);under Worcester by 799 (?802);manor granted to the bishop of Worcester 847|KidderminsterSaxon minsterfounded c.735, land granted to Cynebert by Æthelbald, King of Mercia 735;under Worcester by 777;dissolved after 816Stour-in-Usmere Minster;Stourbridge Monastery |Little Malvern PrioryBenedictine monksdependent on Worcester;founded c.1171 by Jocelin and Edred;dissolved c.1537;site now occupied by house named 'Little Malvern Court'The Priory Church of Saint Giles, Little MalvernSt Egidius____________________Malvern Minor Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: LITTLE MALVERN PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Little Malvern — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.143-147)Pershore Abbey +secular canons collegiatefounded c.689 by Oswald, nephew of Æthelred, King of Mercia;then secular canons and nuns;Benedictine monksfounded 972, King Edgar replaced the seculars and nuns with Benedictines c.970, confirmed 972;dissolved 1539 (1539–40); granted to William and Francis Sheldon 1544/5; transepts and choir of conventual church retained for parochial use, continuing as the Parish ChurchThe Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Saint Peter and Saint Paul, PershoreThe Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Eadburga, Pershoreparochial portion also dedicated to the Holy Cross |Pastscape — Detailed Result: PERSHORE ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Pershore — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.127-136)Stanbrook AbbeyBenedictine nunsfounded 1838;transferred to Wass, North Yorkshire 2009The Abbey Church of Our Lady of Consolation, Callow End, Stanbrook |English Benedictine Congregation - Stanbrook Abbey Westwood PrioryFontefralt Benedictine nuns and brothers — double housealien house: cell dependent on Fontévrault;founded after 1154 (early in the reign of Henry II), land and other endowments granted by Osbert FitzHugh and his mother Eustacia de Say;Benedictine nunsappears to have become a regular Benedictine community after c.1374;became denizen: independent from before 1412(?);dissolved 1553; granted to John Pakinton 1538/9The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Westwood |British History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns — Priory of Westwood — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.148-151)Whistones Priory, BarbourneCistercian nunsfounded 1537-40 (before 1255) by Walter de Cantilupe, Bishop of Worcester;dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Callowhile 1543/4; largely demolished soon after dissolutionThe Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Barbourne____________________The White Ladies, AstonHouse of Mary Magdalene;White Ladies Nunnery |Pastscape — Detailed Result: WHISTONES PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian nuns: Priory of Whistones — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.154-156)Witton Priory +(?) DroitwichAugustinian Canons Regularfounded c.1135 (late in the reign of Henry I or early in the reign of Stephen) by Peter Corbezun (later de Studley);transferred to Studley c.1151 by Peter Corbezun;conventual church possibly in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Peter-de-WittonSt Mary the Virgin____________________Witton St Peter by Droitwich Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: WITTON PRIORYWorcester BlackfriarsDominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford)founded 1347 by William Beauchamp, Lord of Emley;dissolved 1538; surrendered to Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover; granted to the bailiffs and citizens of Worcester 1539/40|Pastscape — Detailed Result: WORCESTER BLACKFRIARSBritish History Online — Friaries: Worcester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.167-173)Worcester Friars of the SackFriars of the Sackfounded before 1272;dissolved 1284|Pastscape — Detailed Result: WORCESTER FRIARY OF FRIARS OF THE SACKBritish History Online — Friaries: Worcester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.167-173)Worcester Greyfriars, earlier siteFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester)founded c.1226transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1236/9|Worcester GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester)(community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) c.1226)transferred here 1236/9 by Charles of Warwick;dissolved 4 August 1538, surrendered to Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover; granted to the bailiffs and citizens of Worcester 1539/40; refectory/great hall in use as a gaol 1782|Pastscape — Detailed Result: WORCESTER GREYFRIARSBritish History Online — Friaries: Worcester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.167-173)Worcester Penitent Sisters FriaryPenitent Sistersfounded before 1240–1, oaks granted by Henry III;dissolution unknown|British History Online — Friaries: Worcester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.167-173)Worcester Trinitarians?Trinitariansno evidence for Trinitarians in WorcesterWorcester Trinitarians - cited by W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, vi p.1565; Victoria County Histories, A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2, p. 173 indicates there is no evidence of Trinitarians in the city, Dugdale's reference in appears to be to the chantry of the Holy Trinity|British History Online — Friaries: Worcester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.167-173)Worcester Cathedral Priory +Benedictine? monks and Benedictine? nunsfounded before 743, received a grant from Æthelbald, King of Mercia;secular canons collegiate9th century;Benedictine monksfounded 969;monastic and episcopal diocesan cathedral built 983 by St Oswald; see transferred from St Peter's (see immediately below);dissolved 18 January 1540, monks expelled, replaced by secular canons;episcopal diocesan cathedralfounded 1540; extantThe Cathedral and Priory Church of Saint Mary, WorcesterThe Cathedral and Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint Peter, Saint Oswald and Saint Wulfstan (1218)The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester |Worcester Cathedral welcomes you to their WebsiteRedirecting British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of St Mary, Worcester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (pp.94-112)Worcester Cathedral St Peter's PrioryBenedictine? monks and secular canonsmonastic and episcopal diocesan cathedralfounded 680;secular canons9th century to 969;see transferred to St Mary's (see immediately above) 969;Benedictine monksrefounded 974–7|Pastscape — Detailed Result: WORCESTER CATHEDRAL

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