These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in the dissolution of the monasteries. The list is by no means exhaustive, since over 800 religious houses existed before the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had at least one abbey, priory, convent or friary in it. (Often many small houses of monks, nuns, canons or friars.)
Image Name Location Current county Order Year dissolved Ref(s) Abbotsbury Abbey Abbotsbury Dorset Benedictine 1538 Abingdon Abbey Abingdon Oxfordshire Bardney Abbey Bardney Lincolnshire Bardney Village History : Bardney Abbey Bardsey Abbey Aberdaron Gwynedd Canons Regular 1537 Britannia.com , Ynys Enlli : The Welsh Holy Island Barking Abbey Barking Greater London Benedictine 1539 Basingwerk Abbey Holywell Flintshire Cistercian 1536 Bath Abbey Bath Somerset Benedictine 1539 Battle Abbey Battle East Sussex 1538 Bayham Old Abbey Lamberhurst Kent Premonstratensian 1525 Beauvale Priory Hucknall Nottinghamshire Carthusian 1539 Beaulieu Abbey Beaulieu Hampshire Cistercian 1538 Belvoir Priory Belvoir Leicestershire Benedictine 1539 "Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Belvoir", A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (1906), pp. 124-127. Date accessed: 21 June 2013.Bindon AbbeyWoolDorsetCistercian Binham Priory Binham Norfolk Benedictine Bisham Abbey Bisham Berkshire Augustinian 1538 Blackfriars, Derby Derby Derbyshire Dominican 1539 Blackfriars, Leicester Leicester Leicestershire 1538 Blackfriars, Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear 1536 Bodmin Priory Bodmin Cornwall Augustinian 1539 Bolton Abbey Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire 1540 Bourne Abbey Bourne Lincolnshire Arrouaisian 1536 Boxgrove Priory Boxgrove West Sussex Benedictine Boxley Abbey Boxley Kent Cistercian 1537 Bradley Priory Bradley Leicestershire Augustinian 1536 Breadsall Priory Breadsall Derbyshire Canons Regular Breedon Priory Breedon on the Hill Leicestershire 1539 Bridlington Priory Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire 1538 Brinkburn Priory Brinkburn Northumberland Augustinian 1536 Brooke Priory Brooke Rutland Canons Regular 1535/6 Bruern Abbey Bruern Oxfordshire Cistercian 1536 Bruton Abbey Bruton Somerset Augustinian Canons 1539 'Houses of Augustinian canons: The priories of Bruton and Burtle Moor', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2 (1911), pp. 134–39. Buckfast Abbey Buckfastleigh Devon Cistercian Buckland Abbey Buckland Monachorum Buildwas Abbey Buildwas Shropshire 1536 Burnham Abbey Burnham Buckinghamshire Augustinian canonesses 1539 Byland Abbey Byland with Wass North Yorkshire Cistercian 1538 Calke Priory Calke Derbyshire Augustinian Canons Ashby Priory Canons Ashby Northamptonshire Canons Regular 1536 Cardigan Priory Cardigan Ceredigion Benedictine 1538 Carmarthen Friary Carmarthen Carmarthenshire Franciscan The Carmarthenshire Historian : The Grey Friars of Carmarthen Carmarthen Priory Canons Regular 1536 Carmarthenshire County Council : Carmarthen Cartmel Priory Lower Allithwaite Cumbria Castle Acre Priory Castle Acre Norfolk Cluniac 1537 Cerne AbbeyCerne AbbasDorsetBenedictine1539 Charterhouse London City of London Greater London Carthusian 1537 Christchurch Priory Christchurch Dorset Augustinian 1539 Cirencester Abbey Cirencester Gloucestershire Cleeve Abbey Old Cleeve Somerset Cistercian 1536 Coggeshall AbbeyCoggeshallEssex1538 Colchester Abbey Colchester Benedictine 1539 Colne PrioryEarls Colne1536 Cranborne PrioryCranborneDorset1540 Crowland Abbey Crowland Lincolnshire 1539 Croxden Abbey Croxden Staffordshire Cistercian 1538 Croxton Abbey Croxton Kerrial Leicestershire Premonstratensian Dalby and Heather Preceptory Old Dalby Knights Hospitaller Dale Abbey Dale Abbey Derbyshire Premonstratensian Darley Abbey Darley Abbey Canons Regular 'Houses of Austin canons: The abbey of Darley', A History of the County of Derby: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 46-54. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40122 Date accessed: 23 June 201 Delapré Abbey Northampton Northamptonshire Cluniac Nunnery Dore Abbey Abbey Dore Herefordshire Cistercian 1536 Dudley Priory Dudley West Midlands Cluniac 1539 Dunstable Priory Dunstable Bedfordshire Augustinian 1540 Easby Abbey Easby North Yorkshire Premonstratensian 1537 Egglestone Abbey Barnard Castle County Durham 1540 Ewenny Priory Ewenny Vale of Glamorgan Benedictine 1536 Eye Priory Eye Suffolk 1537 Eynsham Abbey Eynsham Oxfordshire 1538 Finchale Priory Durham County Durham 1535 Folkestone Priory Folkestone Kent Forde Abbey Thorncombe Dorset Cistercian 1539 Fountains Abbey Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains North Yorkshire Furness Abbey Barrow in Furness Cumbria 1537 Garendon Abbey Shepshed Leicestershire 1536 Gisborough Priory Guisborough North Yorkshire Augustinian 1540 Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury Somerset Benedictine 1539 Grace Dieu Priory Thringstone Leicestershire Augustine 1538 Greyfriars, Leicester Leicester Franciscan Great Malvern Priory Malvern Worcestershire Benedictine 1539 Gresley Priory Church Gresley Derbyshire Augustinian 1536 Hailes Abbey Stanway Gloucestershire Cistercian 1539 Halesowen Abbey Halesowen West Midlands Premonstratensian 1538 Haltemprice Priory Willerby East Riding of Yorkshire Augustinian 1536 Haughmond Abbey Uffington Shropshire 1539 Haverholme Priory Ewerby and Evedon Lincolnshire Cistercian Hexham Abbey Hexham Northumberland Benedictine 1537 Holy Trinity Priory Aldgate, City of London Greater London Augustinian 1532 Horton PrioryHortonDorsetBenedictine1539 Jarrow Priory Jarrow Tyne and Wear 1536 Jervaulx Abbey East Witton North Yorkshire Cistercian 1537 Kidwelly Priory Kidwelly Carmarthenshire Benedictine 1539 Kidwelly History : Kidwelly Priory King's Mead Priory Derby Derbyshire 1536 Kirby Bellars Priory Kirby Bellars Leicestershire Canons Regular Kirkstall Abbey Leeds West Yorkshire Cistercian 1539 Lacock Abbey Lacock Wiltshire Augustinian Lanercost Priory Burtholme Cumbria 1538 Langdon Abbey Dover Kent Premonstratensian 1535 Langley Priory Leicestershire Benedictine 1536 Launceston Priory Launceston, Cornwall Cornwall Canons Regular 1538 Launde Priory Leicestershire 1539 Leicester Abbey Leicester 1538 Leicester Austin Friary Austin Friars Lenton Priory Lenton, Nottingham Nottinghamshire Cluniac Leonard Stanley Priory Leonard Stanley Gloucestershire Benedictine Lewes Priory Lewes East Sussex Cluniac 1537 Lindisfarne Priory Holy Island Northumberland Benedictine 1536 Llanthony Priory Crucorney Monmouthshire Canons Regular 1538 Ludlow Austin Friars Ludlow Shropshire Austin Friars Ludlow White Friars Carmelites Maenan Abbey Llanddoged and Maenan Conwy Cistercian 1536 Northwales : Almshouses Museum and St Grwst’s Church, Llanrwst Malmesbury Abbey Malmesbury Wiltshire Benedictine 1539 Margam Abbey Margam Neath Port Talbot Cistercian 1536 Mattersey Priory Mattersey Nottinghamshire Gilbertine 1538 Merton Priory Merton London Augustinian Michelham Priory Arlington East Sussex 1537 Milton Abbey Milton Abbas Dorset Benedictine 1539 Monk Bretton Priory Lundwood South Yorkshire Cluniac 1538 Monkwearmouth Abbey Sunderland Tyne and Wear Benedictine 1536 Mount Grace Priory East Harlsey North Yorkshire Carthusian 1539 Neath Abbey Dyffryn Clydach Neath Port Talbot Cistercian Netley Abbey Hound Hampshire 1536 Newark Priory Ripley Surrey Augustinian 1538 Newbo Abbey Sedgebrook Lincolnshire Premonstratensian 1536 Newminster Abbey Morpeth Northumberland Cistercian 1537 Newstead Abbey Newstead Nottinghamshire Augustinian 1539 Nostell Priory Nostell West Yorkshire 1540 Nuneaton Priory Nuneaton Warwickshire Benedictine 1539 Owston Abbey Leicestershire Canons Regular 1536 ' Pontefract Priory Pontefract West Yorkshire Cluniac 1540 'Houses of Cluniac monks: Priory of Pontefract', in W. Page (ed.), A History of the County of York Vol. 3 (V.C.H., London 1974), pp. 184-86 (British History Online, accessed 14 November 2017). Penmon Priory Llangoed Isle of Anglesey Augustinian 1538 Pershore Abbey Pershore Worcestershire Benedictine 1539 Plympton Priory Plympton Devon Canons Regular Povington Priory Tyneham Dorset Benedictine Prittlewell Priory Prittlewell Essex Cluniac 1536 Quarr Abbey Nr. Fishbourne Isle of Wight Cistercian Ramsey Abbey Ramsey Cambridgeshire Benedictine 1539? Reading Abbey Reading Berkshire Cluniac 1538 Repton Priory Repton Derbyshire Augustinian Revesby Abbey Revesby Lincolnshire Cistercian Rievaulx Abbey Rievaulx North Yorkshire Roche Abbey Maltby South Yorkshire Romsey Abbey Romsey Hampshire Benedictine 1539 Rufford Abbey Rufford Nottinghamshire Cistercian 1536 Rushen Abbey Malew Isle of Man 1540 Sawley Abbey Sawley Lancashire 1536 Selby Abbey Selby North Yorkshire Benedictine 1539 Sempringham Priory Pointon and Sempringham Lincolnshire Gilbertine 1538 Shaftesbury AbbeyShaftesburyDorset? Nunnery1539 Shap Abbey Shap Rural Cumbria Premonstratensian 1540 Sherborne AbbeySherborneDorsetBenedictine1539 Shrewsbury Abbey Shrewsbury Shropshire 1540 Sibton Abbey Yoxford Suffolk Cistercian 1536 St Albans Abbey St Albans Hertfordshire Benedictine 1539 St Augustine's Abbey Canterbury Kent 1538 St Bartholomew's Priory, Smithfield Smithfield, City of London Greater London Augustinian 1539 St Bees Priory St Bees Cumbria Benedictine St Botolph's PrioryColchesterEssexAugustinian1536 St Faith Priory Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith Norfolk Benedictine St Gregory's Priory Canterbury Kent Augustinian 1535 St Helen's Priory, Bishopsgate Bishopsgate, City of London Greater London Benedictine 1538 St. James Priory, Derby Derby Derbyshire Cluniac 1536 St. John the Baptist Priory Andover, Hampshire Hampshire 1538 St Mary's Abbey Kenilworth Warwickshire Augustinian St Mary's Abbey York North Yorkshire Benedictine 1539 St Mary's Priory Coventry West Midlands (county) St Osyth's PriorySt OsythEssexAugustinian St Peter's Abbey Gloucester Gloucestershire Benedictine 1540 St Werburgh's Abbey Chester Cheshire 1538 Strata Florida Abbey Ystrad Fflur Ceredigion Cistercian 1539 Stoneleigh Abbey Stoneleigh Warwickshire Stratford Langthorne Abbey West Ham Greater London 1538 Syon Abbey Heston and Isleworth Bridgettine 1539 Talley Abbey Talley Carmarthenshire Premonstratensian 1536 Tarrant AbbeyTarrant CrawfordDorsetCistercian1539 Tavistock Abbey Tavistock Devon Benedictine Tewkesbury Abbey Tewkesbury Gloucestershire Thetford Priory Thetford Norfolk Cluniac 1540 Thornton Abbey Thornton Curtis Lincolnshire Augustinian 1539 Tintern Abbey Tintern Monmouthshire Cistercian 1536 Titchfield Abbey Fareham Hampshire Premonstratensian 1537 Tynemouth Priory Tynemouth Tyne and Wear Benedictine 1538 Ulverscroft Priory Ulverscroft Leicestershire Canons Regular 1539 Vale Royal Abbey Whitegate and Marton Cheshire Cistercian 1538 Valle Crucis Abbey Llantysilio Denbighshire 1537 Walsingham Priory Walsingham Norfolk Canons Regular 1538 Waltham Abbey Waltham Abbey Essex 1540 Wareham PrioryWarehamDorsetCarthusian1539 Waverley Abbey Farnham Surrey Cistercian 1536 Welbeck Abbey Welbeck Nottinghamshire Premonstratensian 1538 Wenlock Priory Much Wenlock Shropshire Cluniac 1540 Westminster Abbey Westminster Greater London Benedictine 1539 Whalley Abbey Whalley Lancashire Cistercian 1537 Whitby Abbey Whitby North Yorkshire Benedictine 1540 Whitland Abbey Llanboidy Carmarthenshire Cistercian 1539 The Cistercians in Yorkshire : Cistercian Abbeys : Whitland Woburn Abbey Woburn Bedfordshire 1538 Woodspring Priory Kewstoke Somerset Augustinian 1536 Worcester Priory Worcester Worcestershire Benedictine 1540 Yeaveley Preceptory Yeaveley Derbyshire Knights Hospitaller
See also Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act Second Act of Dissolution List of monastic houses in England List of monastic houses in Wales List of monastic houses in Ireland
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