Monastic houses in England include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses. The sites are listed by modern (post-1974) county.

Overview

The list is presented in alphabetical order ceremonial county. Foundations are listed alphabetically within each county. Communities/provenance: shows the status and communities existing at each establishment, together with such dates as have been established as well as the fate of the establishment after dissolution, and the current status of the site. Formal name or dedication is the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated, where known. Some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time; such alternatives in name or spelling have been given. Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templars and Knights Hospitaller). The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundation had, or was purported to have the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptor/commandery. The name of the county is given where there is reference to an establishment in another county. Where the county has changed since the foundation's dissolution the modern county is given in parentheses, and in instances where the referenced foundation ceased to exist before the unification of England, the kingdom is given, followed by the modern county in parentheses.

Abbreviations and key

Locations with names in italics indicate probable duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic appellation but lacking monastic connection.

Alphabetical listing

Bedfordshire

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Berkshire

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Bristol

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Buckinghamshire

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Cambridgeshire

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Cheshire

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Cornwall

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Cumbria

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Derbyshire

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Devon

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Dorset

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County Durham

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Essex

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Gloucestershire

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Greater London

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Greater Manchester

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Hampshire

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Herefordshire

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Hertfordshire

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Isle of Wight

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Kent

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Lancashire

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Leicestershire

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Lincolnshire

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Merseyside

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Norfolk

Northamptonshire

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Northumberland

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Nottinghamshire

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Oxfordshire

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Rutland

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Shropshire

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Somerset

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Staffordshire

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Suffolk

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Surrey

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Sussex

East Sussex

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West Sussex

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Tyne and Wear

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Warwickshire

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West Midlands

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Wiltshire

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Worcestershire

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East Riding of Yorkshire

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North Yorkshire

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South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire was created in 1974 from part of the former West Riding of Yorkshire.

West Yorkshire

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