Abbeys and Monasteries in England
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| Wales
Map of all Medieval Monasteries in England
Name | Town | County | Organisation | Heritage Rating |
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Abbotsbury Abbey | Abbotsbury | Dorset | English Heritage | ![]() |
Alnwick Abbey Gatehouse | Alnwick | Northumberland | ![]() |
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Athelney Abbey | East Lyng | Somerset | ![]() |
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Aylesford Priory (The Friars) | Aylesford | Kent | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Blackfriars, Gloucester | Gloucester | Gloucestershire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Bolton Abbey | Bolton Abbey | Yorkshire | ![]() |
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Bordesley Abbey | Redditch | Worcestershire | ![]() |
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Boxgrove Priory | Boxgrove | West Sussex | English Heritage | ![]() |
Brinkburn Priory | Morpeth | Northumberland | English Heritage | ![]() |
Buckfast Abbey | Buckfastleigh | Devon | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Clare Priory | Clare | Suffolk | ![]() |
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Cleeve Abbey | Washford | Somerset | English Heritage | ![]() |
Cockersand Abbey | Thurnham | Lancashire | ![]() |
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Coggeshall Abbey | Coggeshall | Essex | Historic Houses Association | ![]() |
Coventry, Charterhouse | Coventry | West Midlands | ![]() |
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Coventry, St Mary's Priory | Coventry | West Midlands | ![]() |
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Coventry, Whitefriars Friary | Coventry | West Midlands | ![]() |
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Coverham Abbey | Coverham | Yorkshire | ![]() |
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Creake Abbey | North Creake | Norfolk | English Heritage | ![]() |
Croxden Abbey | Croxden | Staffordshire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Croyland Abbey | Crowland | Lincolnshire | ![]() |
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Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum | Waterbeach | Cambridgeshire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Dore Abbey | Abbey Dore | Herefordshire | ![]() |
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Dunwich Greyfriars | Dunwich | Suffolk | ![]() |
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Easby Abbey | Richmond | Yorkshire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas | Canterbury | Kent | ![]() |
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Egglestone Abbey | Barnard Castle | County Durham | English Heritage | ![]() |
Elstow Abbey | Elstow | Bedfordshire | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Godstow Abbey | Oxford | Oxfordshire | ![]() |
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Grace Dieu Priory | Thringstone | Leicestershire | ![]() |
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Grey Friars Tower | Richmond | Yorkshire | ![]() |
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Greyfriar's Tower | King's Lynn | Norfolk | ![]() |
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Greyfriars, Gloucester | Gloucester | Gloucestershire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Hailes Abbey | Winchcombe | Gloucestershire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Haughmond Abbey | Shrewsbury | Shropshire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Hulne Priory | Alnwick | Northumberland | ![]() |
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Hyde Abbey | Winchester | Hampshire | ![]() |
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Jarrow Monastery | Jarrow | Tyne and Wear | English Heritage | ![]() |
Jervaulx Abbey | Jervaulx | Yorkshire | ![]() |
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Kingswood Abbey Gatehouse | Kingswood | Gloucestershire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Kirkham Priory | Kirkham | Yorkshire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Kirkstall Abbey | Leeds | Yorkshire | ![]() |
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Kirkstead Abbey | Kirkstead | Lincolnshire | ![]() |
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Lanercost Priory | Lanercost | Cumbria | English Heritage | ![]() |
Launceston Priory | Launceston | Cornwall | ![]() |
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Leicester Abbey | Leicester | Leicestershire | ![]() |
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Leiston Abbey | Leiston | Suffolk | English Heritage | ![]() |
Lesnes Abbey | Belvedere | Kent | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Shap Abbey | Shap | Cumbria | English Heritage | ![]() |
Sopwell Nunnery | St Albans | Hertfordshire | ![]() |
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Southwick Priory | Southwick | Hampshire | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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St Olave's Priory | St Olaves | Norfolk | English Heritage | ![]() |
St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester | Gloucester | Gloucestershire | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Titchfield Abbey | Titchfield | Hampshire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Torre Abbey | Torquay | Devon | ![]() |
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Tynemouth Castle and Priory | Tynemouth | Tyne and Wear | English Heritage | ![]() |
Walsingham Abbey | Little Walsingham | Norfolk | Historic Houses Association | ![]() |
Walsingham Friary | Little Walsingham | Norfolk | ![]() |
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Waverley Abbey | Farnham | Surrey | English Heritage | ![]() |
Wenlock Priory | Much Wenlock | Shropshire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse | Wetheral | Cumbria | English Heritage | ![]() |
Whalley Abbey | Whalley | Lancashire | ![]() |
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Whalley Abbey Gatehouse | Whalley | Lancashire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Whitby Abbey | Whitby | Yorkshire | English Heritage | ![]() |
White Ladies Priory | Boscobel | Shropshire | English Heritage | ![]() |
Wymondham Abbey | Wymondham | Norfolk | ![]() |
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Name | Town | County | Organisation | Heritage Rating |
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