Abbeys and Monasteries in England

Most of these medieval marvels are in ruins. For some that aren't, check out Cathedrals.
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Map of all Medieval Monasteries in England

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Name	Town	County	Organisation	Heritage Rating
Abbotsbury Abbey	Abbotsbury	Dorset	English Heritage
Alnwick Abbey Gatehouse	Alnwick	Northumberland
Athelney Abbey	East Lyng	Somerset
Aylesford Priory (The Friars)	Aylesford	Kent
Battle Abbey	Battle	East Sussex	English Heritage
Bayham Abbey	Frant	East Sussex	English Heritage
Binham Priory	Binham	Norfolk	English Heritage
Bishops Waltham Palace	Bishops Waltham	Hampshire	English Heritage
Blackfriars Friary	Hereford	Herefordshire
Blackfriars, Gloucester	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	English Heritage
Bolton Abbey	Bolton Abbey	Yorkshire
Bordesley Abbey	Redditch	Worcestershire
Boxgrove Priory	Boxgrove	West Sussex	English Heritage
Brinkburn Priory	Morpeth	Northumberland	English Heritage
Buckfast Abbey	Buckfastleigh	Devon
Buildwas Abbey	Buildwas	Shropshire	English Heritage
Burnham Norton Friary	Burnham Market	Norfolk	Norfolk Archaeological Trust
Bury St Edmunds Abbey	Bury St Edmunds	Suffolk	English Heritage
Bushmead Priory	Bushmead	Bedfordshire	English Heritage
Byland Abbey	Coxwold	Yorkshire	English Heritage
Cartmel Priory Gatehouse	Cartmel	Cumbria	National Trust
Castle Acre Priory	Castle Acre	Norfolk	English Heritage
Cerne Abbey	Cerne Abbas	Dorset
Clare Priory	Clare	Suffolk
Cleeve Abbey	Washford	Somerset	English Heritage
Cockersand Abbey	Thurnham	Lancashire
Coggeshall Abbey	Coggeshall	Essex	Historic Houses Association
Coventry, Charterhouse	Coventry	West Midlands
Coventry, St Mary's Priory	Coventry	West Midlands
Coventry, Whitefriars Friary	Coventry	West Midlands
Coverham Abbey	Coverham	Yorkshire
Creake Abbey	North Creake	Norfolk	English Heritage
Croxden Abbey	Croxden	Staffordshire	English Heritage
Croyland Abbey	Crowland	Lincolnshire
Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum	Waterbeach	Cambridgeshire	English Heritage
Dore Abbey	Abbey Dore	Herefordshire
Dunwich Greyfriars	Dunwich	Suffolk
Easby Abbey	Richmond	Yorkshire	English Heritage
Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas	Canterbury	Kent
Egglestone Abbey	Barnard Castle	County Durham	English Heritage
Elstow Abbey	Elstow	Bedfordshire
Finchale Priory	Durham	County Durham	English Heritage
Fountains Abbey	Ripon	Yorkshire	National Trust
Furness Abbey	Barrow-in-Furness	Cumbria	English Heritage
Gisborough Priory	Guisborough	Cleveland	English Heritage
Glastonbury Abbey	Glastonbury	Somerset
Godstow Abbey	Oxford	Oxfordshire
Grace Dieu Priory	Thringstone	Leicestershire
Grey Friars Tower	Richmond	Yorkshire
Greyfriar's Tower	King's Lynn	Norfolk
Greyfriars, Gloucester	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	English Heritage
Hailes Abbey	Winchcombe	Gloucestershire	English Heritage
Haughmond Abbey	Shrewsbury	Shropshire	English Heritage
Hulne Priory	Alnwick	Northumberland
Hyde Abbey	Winchester	Hampshire
Jarrow Monastery	Jarrow	Tyne and Wear	English Heritage
Jervaulx Abbey	Jervaulx	Yorkshire
Kingswood Abbey Gatehouse	Kingswood	Gloucestershire	English Heritage
Kirkham Priory	Kirkham	Yorkshire	English Heritage
Kirkstall Abbey	Leeds	Yorkshire
Kirkstead Abbey	Kirkstead	Lincolnshire
Lanercost Priory	Lanercost	Cumbria	English Heritage
Launceston Priory	Launceston	Cornwall
Leicester Abbey	Leicester	Leicestershire
Leiston Abbey	Leiston	Suffolk	English Heritage
Lesnes Abbey	Belvedere	Kent
Lilleshall Abbey	Lilleshall	Shropshire	English Heritage
Lindisfarne Priory	Holy Island	Northumberland	English Heritage
Mattersey Priory	Mattersey	Nottinghamshire	English Heritage
Michelham Priory	Upper Dicker	East Sussex	Historic Houses Association
Minster Abbey	Minster-in-Thanet	Kent
Monk Bretton Priory	Barnsley	Yorkshire	English Heritage
Mount Grace Priory	Osmotherley	Yorkshire	English Heritage
Muchelney Abbey	Muchelney	Somerset	English Heritage
Netley Abbey	Netley	Hampshire	English Heritage
Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse	Ramsey	Cambridgeshire	National Trust
Reading Abbey	Reading	Berkshire
Rievaulx Abbey	Helmsley	Yorkshire	English Heritage
Roche Abbey	Maltby	Yorkshire	English Heritage
Rufford Abbey	Ollerton	Nottinghamshire	English Heritage
Sawley Abbey	Sawley	Lancashire	English Heritage
Shaftesbury Abbey Museum and Garden	Shaftesbury	Dorset
Shap Abbey	Shap	Cumbria	English Heritage
Sopwell Nunnery	St Albans	Hertfordshire
Southwick Priory	Southwick	Hampshire
St Augustine's Abbey	Canterbury	Kent	English Heritage
St Benet's Abbey	Ludham	Norfolk	Norfolk Archaeological Trust
St Botolph's Priory	Colchester	Essex	English Heritage
St Mary's Abbey, York	York	Yorkshire
St Olave's Priory	St Olaves	Norfolk	English Heritage
St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester	Gloucester	Gloucestershire
Stoke-sub-Hamdon Priory	Stoke-sub-Hamdon	Somerset	National Trust
Thetford Church of the Holy Sepulchre	Thetford	Norfolk	English Heritage
Thetford Priory	Thetford	Norfolk	English Heritage
Thornton Abbey and Gatehouse	Ulceby	Lincolnshire	English Heritage
Tilty Church and Abbey	Tilty	Essex
Titchfield Abbey	Titchfield	Hampshire	English Heritage
Torre Abbey	Torquay	Devon
Tynemouth Castle and Priory	Tynemouth	Tyne and Wear	English Heritage
Walsingham Abbey	Little Walsingham	Norfolk	Historic Houses Association
Walsingham Friary	Little Walsingham	Norfolk
Waverley Abbey	Farnham	Surrey	English Heritage
Wenlock Priory	Much Wenlock	Shropshire	English Heritage
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse	Wetheral	Cumbria	English Heritage
Whalley Abbey	Whalley	Lancashire
Whalley Abbey Gatehouse	Whalley	Lancashire	English Heritage
Whitby Abbey	Whitby	Yorkshire	English Heritage
White Ladies Priory	Boscobel	Shropshire	English Heritage
Wymondham Abbey	Wymondham	Norfolk
Name	Town	County	Organisation	Heritage Rating

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