List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
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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.)
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Image | Name | Location | County | Order | Year dissolved | Ref(s) |
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Abbotsbury Abbey | Abbotsbury | Dorset | Benedictine | 1538 | ||
Abingdon Abbey | Abingdon | Oxfordshire | Benedictine | 1538 | ||
Bardney Abbey | Bardney | Lincolnshire | Benedictine | 1538 | [1] | |
Bardsey Abbey | Aberdaron | Gwynedd | Canons Regular | 1537 | [2] | |
Barking Abbey | Barking | Greater London | Benedictine | 1539 | [3] | |
Basingwerk Abbey | Holywell | Flintshire | Cistercian | 1536 | ||
Bath Abbey | Bath | Somerset | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
Battle Abbey | Battle | East Sussex | Benedictine | 1538 | ||
Beauvale Priory | Hucknall | Nottinghamshire | Carthusian | 1539 | ||
Beaulieu Abbey | Beaulieu | Hampshire | Cistercian | 1538 | ||
Belvoir Priory | Belvoir | Leicestershire | Benedictine | 1539 | [4] | |
Bindon Abbey | Wool | Dorset | Cistercian | 1539 | ||
Binham Priory | Binham | Norfolk | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
Bisham Abbey | Bisham | Berkshire | Augustinian | 1538 | ||
Blackfriars, Derby | Derby | Derbyshire | Dominican | 1539 | [5] | |
Blackfriars, Leicester | Leicester | Leicestershire | Dominican | 1538 | [6] | |
Blackfriars, Newcastle | Newcastle upon Tyne | Tyne and Wear | Dominican | 1536 | ||
Bodmin Priory | Bodmin | Cornwall | Augustinian | 1539 | ||
Bolton Abbey | Bolton Abbey | North Yorkshire | Augustinian | 1540 | ||
Bourne Abbey | Bourne | Lincolnshire | Arrouaisian | 1536 | ||
Boxgrove Priory | Boxgrove | West Sussex | Benedictine | 1536 | ||
Boxley Abbey | Boxley | Kent | Cistercian | 1537 | ||
Bradley Priory | Bradley | Leicestershire | Augustinian | 1536 | [7] | |
Breadsall Priory | Breadsall | Derbyshire | Canons Regular | 1536 | [8] | |
Breedon Priory | Breedon on the Hill | Leicestershire | Canons Regular | 1539 | [9] | |
Bridlington Priory | Bridlington | East Riding of Yorkshire | Canons Regular | 1538 | ||
Brinkburn Priory | Brinkburn | Northumberland | Augustinian | 1536 | ||
Brooke Priory | Brooke | Rutland | Canons Regular | 1535/6 | [10] | |
Bruern Abbey | Bruern | Oxfordshire | Cistercian | 1536 | [11] | |
Bruton Abbey | Bruton | Somerset | Augustinian Canons | 1539 | [12] | |
Buckfast Abbey | Buckfastleigh | Devon | Cistercian | 1539 | ||
Buckland Abbey | Buckland Monachorum | Devon | Cistercian | 1539 | ||
Buildwas Abbey | Buildwas | Shropshire | Cistercian | 1536 | ||
Burnham Abbey | Burnham | Buckinghamshire | Augustinian canonesses | 1539 | ||
Byland Abbey | Byland with Wass | North Yorkshire | Cistercian | 1538 | ||
Calke Priory | Calke | Derbyshire | Augustinian | 1538 | [13] | |
Canons Ashby Priory | Canons Ashby | Northamptonshire | Canons Regular | 1536 | ||
Cardigan Priory | Cardigan | Ceredigion | Benedictine | 1538 | [14] | |
Carmarthen Friary | Carmarthen | Carmarthenshire | Franciscan | 1538 | [15] | |
Carmarthen Priory | Carmarthen | Carmarthenshire | Canons Regular | 1536 | [16] | |
Cartmel Priory | Lower Allithwaite | Cumbria | Canons Regular | 1536 | ||
Castle Acre Priory | Castle Acre | Norfolk | Cluniac | 1537 | ||
Cerne Abbey | Cerne Abbas | Benedictine | 1539 | |||
Charterhouse London | City of London | Greater London | Carthusian | 1537 | ||
Christchurch Priory | Christchurch | Dorset | Augustinian | 1539 | ||
Cirencester Abbey | Cirencester | Gloucestershire | Augustinian | 1539 | ||
Cleeve Abbey | Old Cleeve | Somerset | Cistercian | 1536 | ||
Colchester Abbey | Colchester | Essex | Benedictine | 1539 | [17] | |
Cranborne Priory | Cranborne | Dorset | Benedictine | 1540 | ||
Crowland Abbey | Crowland | Lincolnshire | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
Croxden Abbey | Croxden | Staffordshire | Cistercian | 1538 | ||
Croxton Abbey | Croxton Kerrial | Leicestershire | Premonstratensian | 1538 | [18] | |
Dalby and Heather Preceptory | Old Dalby | Leicestershire | Knights Hospitaller | 1538 | [19] | |
Dale Abbey | Dale Abbey | Derbyshire | Premonstratensian | 1538 | [20] | |
Darley Abbey | Darley Abbey | Derbyshire | Canons Regular | 1538 | [21] | |
Delapré Abbey | Northampton | Northamptonshire | Cluniac Nunnery | 1538 | ||
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 | Premonstratensian | 1540 | ||
Ewenny Priory | Ewenny | Vale of Glamorgan | Benedictine | 1536 | ||
Eye Priory | Eye | Suffolk | Benedictine | 1537 | [22] | |
Eynsham Abbey | Eynsham | Oxfordshire | Benedictine | 1538 | [23] | |
Finchale Priory | Durham | County Durham | Benedictine | 1535 | ||
Folkestone Priory | Folkestone | Kent | Benedictine | 1535 | ||
Forde Abbey | Thorncombe | Dorset | Cistercian | 1539 | ||
Fountains Abbey | Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains | North Yorkshire | Cistercian | 1539 | ||
Furness Abbey | Barrow in Furness | Cumbria | Cistercian | 1537 | ||
Garendon Abbey | Shepshed | Leicestershire | Cistercian | 1536 | [24] | |
Gisborough Priory | Guisborough | North Yorkshire | Augustinian | 1540 | ||
Glastonbury Abbey | Glastonbury | Somerset | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
Grace Dieu Priory | Thringstone | Leicestershire | Augustine | 1538 | [25] | |
Greyfriars, Leicester | Leicester | Leicestershire | Franciscan | 1538 | [26] | |
Great Malvern Priory | Malvern | Worcestershire | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
Gresley Priory | Church Gresley | Derbyshire | Augustinian | 1536 | [27] | |
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 | Augustinian | 1539 | ||
Haverholme Priory | Ewerby and Evedon | Lincolnshire | Cistercian | 1539 | ||
Hexham Abbey | Hexham | Northumberland | Benedictine | 1537 | ||
Holy Trinity Priory | Aldgate, City of London | Greater London | Augustinian | 1532 | [28] | |
Horton Priory | Horton | Dorset | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
Jarrow Priory | Jarrow | Tyne and Wear | Benedictine | 1536 | ||
Jervaulx Abbey | East Witton | North Yorkshire | Cistercian | 1537 | ||
Kidwelly Priory | Kidwelly | Carmarthenshire | Benedictine | 1539 | [29] | |
King's Mead Priory | Derby | Derbyshire | Benedictine | 1536 | [30] | |
Kirby Bellars Priory | Kirby Bellars | Leicestershire | Canons Regular | 1536 | [31] | |
Kirkstall Abbey | Leeds | West Yorkshire | Cistercian | 1539 | ||
Lacock Abbey | Lacock | Wiltshire | Augustinian | 1539 | ||
Lanercost Priory | Burtholme | Cumbria | Augustinian | 1538 | ||
Langdon Abbey | Dover | Kent | Premonstratensian | 1535 | ||
Langley Priory | Leicestershire | Benedictine | 1536 | [32] | ||
Launceston Priory | Launceston, Cornwall | Cornwall | Canons Regular | 1538 | ||
Launde Priory | Leicestershire | Canons Regular | 1539 | [33] | ||
Leicester Abbey | Leicester | Leicestershire | Canons Regular | 1538 | [34] | |
Leicester Austin Friary | Leicester | Leicestershire | Austin Friars | 1538 | [35] | |
Lenton Priory | Lenton, Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | Cluniac | 1538 | ||
Leonard Stanley Priory | Leonard Stanley | Gloucestershire | Benedictine | 1538 | [36] | |
Lewes Priory | Lewes | East Sussex | Cluniac | 1537 | ||
Lindisfarne Priory | Holy Island | Northumberland | Benedictine | 1536 | ||
Llanthony Priory | Crucorney | Monmouthshire | Canons Regular | 1538 | ||
Ludlow | Shropshire | Austin Friars | 1538 | |||
Ludlow | Shropshire | Carmelites | 1538 | |||
Maenan Abbey | Llanddoged and Maenan | Conwy | Cistercian | 1536 | [37] | |
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 | 1538 | ||
Michelham Priory | Arlington | East Sussex | Augustinian | 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 | 1539 | ||
Netley Abbey | Hound | Hampshire | Cistercian | 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 | Augustinian | 1540 | [38] | |
Owston Abbey | Leicestershire | Canons Regular | 1536 | [39] | ||
Pontefract Priory | Pontefract | West Yorkshire | Cluniac | 1540 | [40] | |
Penmon Priory | Llangoed | Isle of Anglesey | Augustinian | 1538 | ||
Pershore Abbey | Pershore | Worcestershire | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
Plympton Priory | Plympton | Devon | Canons Regular | 1539 | ||
Povington Priory | Tyneham | Dorset | Benedictine | |||
Prittlewell Priory | Prittlewell | Essex | Cluniac | 1536 | ||
Quarr Abbey | Nr. Fishbourne | Isle of Wight | Cistercian | 1536 | [41] | |
Reading Abbey | Reading | Berkshire | Cluniac | 1538 | ||
Repton Priory | Repton | Derbyshire | Augustinian | 1538 | [42] | |
Revesby Abbey | Revesby | Lincolnshire | Cistercian | 1538 | ||
Rievaulx Abbey | Rievaulx | North Yorkshire | Cistercian | 1538 | ||
Roche Abbey | Maltby | South Yorkshire | Cistercian | 1538 | ||
Romsey Abbey | Romsey | Hampshire | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
Rufford Abbey | Rufford | Nottinghamshire | Cistercian | 1536 | ||
Rushen Abbey | Malew | Isle of Man | Cistercian | 1540 | ||
Sawley Abbey | Sawley | Lancashire | Cistercian | 1536 | ||
Selby Abbey | Selby | North Yorkshire | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
Sempringham Priory | Pointon and Sempringham | Lincolnshire | Gilbertine | 1538 | ||
Shaftesbury Abbey | Shaftesbury | Dorset | ? Nunnery | 1539 | ||
Shap Abbey | Shap Rural | Cumbria | Premonstratensian | 1540 | ||
Sherborne Abbey | Sherborne | Dorset | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
Shrewsbury Abbey | Shrewsbury | Shropshire | Benedictine | 1540 | ||
Sibton Abbey | Yoxford | Suffolk | Cistercian | 1536 | ||
St Bartholomew's Priory, Smithfield | Smithfield, City of London | Greater London | Augustinian | 1539 | ||
St Albans Abbey | St Albans | Hertfordshire | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
St Augustine's Abbey | Canterbury | Kent | Benedictine | 1538 | ||
St Bees Priory | St Bees | Cumbria | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
St Faith Priory | Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith | Norfolk | Benedictine | 1536 | ||
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 | [43] | |
Andover, Hampshire | Hampshire | 1538 | ||||
St Mary's Abbey | York | North Yorkshire | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
St Mary's Priory | Coventry | Warwickshire | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
St Peter's Abbey | Gloucester | Gloucestershire | Benedictine | 1540 | ||
St Werburgh's Abbey | Chester | Cheshire | Benedictine | 1538 | ||
Strata Florida Abbey | Ystrad Fflur | Ceredigion | Cistercian | 1539 | ||
Stratford Langthorne Abbey | West Ham | Greater London | Cistercian | 1538 | [44] | |
Syon Abbey | Heston and Isleworth | Greater London | Bridgettine | 1539 | ||
Talley Abbey | Talley | Carmarthenshire | Premonstratensian | 1536 | ||
Tarrant Abbey | Tarrant Crawford | Dorset | Cistercian | 1539 | ||
Tavistock Abbey | Tavistock | Devon | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
Tewkesbury Abbey | Tewkesbury | Gloucestershire | Benedictine | 1539 | ||
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 | [45] | |
Vale Royal Abbey | Whitegate and Marton | Cheshire | Cistercian | 1538 | ||
Valle Crucis Abbey | Llantysilio | Denbighshire | Cistercian | 1537 | ||
Walsingham Priory | Walsingham | Norfolk | Canons Regular | 1538 | ||
Waltham Abbey | Waltham Abbey | Essex | Canons Regular | 1540 | [46] | |
Wareham Priory | Wareham | Dorset | Carthusian | 1539 | ||
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 | [47] | |
Woburn Abbey | Woburn | Bedfordshire | Cistercian | 1538 | ||
Woodspring Priory | Kewstoke | Somerset | Augustinian | 1536 | ||
Worcester Priory | Worcester | Worcestershire | Benedictine | 1540 | ||
Yeaveley Preceptory | Yeaveley | Derbyshire | Knights Hospitaller | 1540 | [48] |
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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