List of monastic houses in Berkshire
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Berkshire
, England.
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
, England.
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| Abingdon Abbey | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Ascot Priory Ascot Priory Ascot Priory is a priory in Berkshire, England, established in 1861.-Early history:The community was established by Lydia Sellon in 1849 as the Society of the Most Holy Trinity, the second Anglican sisterhood, to minister to the poor in the seafaring community of Devonport, hence their popular... *, Winkfield Winkfield Winkfield is a village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest unitary authority of Berkshire, England.-Geography:According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 15,271... |
Anglican nuns founded 1861; extant |
The Priory Church of Jesus Christ 51.5571358°N 0.7785863°W |
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| Bisham Abbey Bisham Abbey Bisham Abbey is a Grade I listed manor house at Bisham in the English county of Berkshire. The name is taken from the now lost monastery which once stood alongside. Bisham Abbey was previously named Bisham Priory, and was the traditional resting place of many Earls of Salisbury... # |
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Augustinian Canons Regular priory founded 1337 by William Montacute; built to the northeast of the site of the former Knights Templars' preceptory (see immediately below) dissolved 1536 Benedictine monks' abbey, founded 1537 by Henry VIII Henry VIII of England Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France... ; the abbey incorporating parts of the former Knights Templars' structure; (transferred from Chertsey); dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Edward Hoby c.1554; extant preceptory & demolished priory/abbey site now headquarters of the National Sports Council |
The Priory Church of the Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bisham Bisham Bisham is a village and civil parish in the Windsor and Maidenhead district of Berkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,149. The village is on the River Thames, north of which is Marlow in Buckinghamshire... Bustlesham Priory; The Abbey Church of the Holy Trinity, Bisham 51.557016°N 0.779225°W |
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| Bisham Preceptory # | Knights Templar founded before 1139 by Robert de Ferrers; dissolved 1308-12; Augustinian priory later founded to northeast of site (see immediately above); extant preceptory & demolished priory/abbey site now headquarters of the National Sports Council |
51.557016°N 0.779225°W |
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| Bradfield Abbey Bradfield Abbey Bradfield Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon abbey in Berkshire, England.A charter, from Ine of Wessex, of doubtful authenticity, was for a monastery at Bradfield.... ~ |
documented 1066 land granted by King Ine Ine of Wessex Ine was King of Wessex from 688 to 726. He was unable to retain the territorial gains of his predecessor, Cædwalla, who had brought much of southern England under his control and expanded West Saxon territory substantially... to Hean, Abbot of Abingdon, and Ceolswyth 688-90 to found a monastery; community included monks, status and site otherwise unknown |
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| Bradley Priory ~ | Benedictine monks dependent on Abingdon manor, described in 1547 as 'lately a priory'; status and site otherwise unknown |
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| Bromhall Priory Bromhall Priory Bromhall Priory was a nunnery of Benedictine nuns at Sunningdale in the English county of Berkshire.It was established in 1200 and dissolved in 1522.... #, Sunningdale Sunningdale Sunningdale is a large village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.-Location:Sunningdale is located close to the present border with Surrey, and is not far from Ascot, Sunninghill and Virginia Water. It is situated 24 miles west of London and 7... |
Benedictine nuns daughter of Chertsey Chertsey Abbey Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter, was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey.It was founded by Saint Erkenwald, later Bishop of London, in 666 AD and he became the first abbot. In the 9th century it was sacked by the Danes and refounded from Abingdon Abbey... founded before 1200 by Edward, the Black Prince; accidentally burnt 1462; dissolved 1521 when the last prioress died and the remaining sisters left; given to Saint John's College Cambridge remains destroyed or incorporated into farm buildings |
The Priory Church of Saint Margaret Margaret the Virgin Margaret the Virgin, also known as Margaret of Antioch , virgin and martyr, is celebrated as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches on July 20; and on July 17 in the Orthodox Church. Her historical existence has been questioned; she was declared apocryphal by Pope Gelasius I in 494,... , Bromhall Broomhall Priory 51.3896194°N 0.6282806°W (approx.) |
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| Charney Manor | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Cholsey Abbey | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Cookham Abbey Cookham Abbey Cookham Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon nunnery in Berkshire, England. It was established in 726.... ~ |
probable double monastery founded before 726; granted to Canterbury by Ethelbald of Mercia; confiscated by Offa Offa Offa may refer to:Two kings of the Angles, who are often confused:*Offa of Angel , on the continent*Offa of Mercia , in Great BritainA king of Essex:*Offa of Essex A town in Nigeria:* Offa, Nigeria... and Coenwulf; restored before 798; granted by Archbishop Æthelheard Æthelhard Æthelhard was a Bishop of Winchester then an Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England. Appointed by King Offa of Mercia, Æthelhard had difficulties with both the Kentish monarchs and with a rival archiepiscopate in southern England, and was deposed around 796 by King Eadberht III Præn of Kent... to Cynethryth, an abbess; site now occupied by parochial church |
51.5611263°N 0.7075506°W (supposed) |
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| Coxwell Grange | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Donnington Friary Donnington Friary Donnington Friary was a friary of crouched friars at Donnington in the English county of Berkshire.At the time of suppression the establishment was recorded as Triniratian, but this was later corrected to Crossed Friars... ^ |
Crouched Friars founded before 1404 (1392/3), on land granted by Sir Richard Abberbury to the London Friary c.1376; dissolved 1538 (recorded at suppression as Trinitarian, later corrected to Crossed Friars); site now occupied by country house of named 'The Priory' |
Donington Friary 51.414588°N 1.331057°W |
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| Douai Abbey Douai Abbey Douai Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey at Woolhampton, near Thatcham, in the English county of Berkshire, situated within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. Monks from the monastery of St. Edmund's, in Douai, France, came to Woolhampton in 1903 when the community left France as a result of... *, Woolhampton Woolhampton Woolhampton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. The village is situated on the London to Bath road between the towns of Reading and Newbury... |
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Benedictine monks removed from Douai, 1903-present |
The Abbey Church of Saint Edmund, King and Martyr, Upper Woolhampton Upper Woolhampton Upper Woolhampton is a settlement in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated to the north of the parent village of Woolhampton, on higher ground... 51.408715°N 1.171454°W |
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| East Hendred Cell | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Faringdon Abbey | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Greenham Preceptory Greenham Preceptory Greenham Preceptory was a preceptory of Knights Hospitaller in Berkshire, England. It was established in 1199 and dissolved in 1540.-References:... ~ |
Knights Hospitaller founded c.1180 (1199) on estates granted by Matilda Countess of Clare and Gervase Paynell; last preceptor d. 1442; made part of the estate of the prior of England by the grand master of Rhodes 1445 dissolved 1540; briefly restored under Queen Mary Mary I of England Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547... |
51.400946°N 1.319561°W |
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| Hurley Priory Hurley Priory Hurley Priory is a former Benedictine priory in the village of Hurley on the banks of the River Thames in the English county of Berkshire.-History:... + |
Benedictine monks founded before 1087 (1065) granted by Godfrey de Magna Villa (Mandeville) to the Benedictines of Westminster to founded a cell; dissolved 1536; granted to Leonard Chamberleyn c.1544 nave of church now in parochial use |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hurley Hurley Priory Hurley Priory is a former Benedictine priory in the village of Hurley on the banks of the River Thames in the English county of Berkshire.-History:... 51.550922°N 0.808549°W |
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| Kintbury Abbey Kintbury Abbey Kintbury Abbey was a supposed Anglo-Saxon monastery at Kintbury in the English county of Berkshire. It was planned to refound it in 1147, but this never came to fruition.... # |
possible Saxon abbey, minuter or oratory founded before 931, not mentioned in Domesday survey; land granted to Fontevrault Benedictine nuns and brothers 1147 by Robert Le Bossu Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester was Justiciar of England 1155–1168.The surname "de Beaumont" is given him by genealogists. The only known contemporary surname applied to him is "Robert son of Count Robert"... to founded a monastery; transferred to Nuneaton 1155; planned refoundation probably never established |
Saint Mary 51.391735°N 1.4552164°W (approx.) |
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| Poughley Priory Poughley Priory Poughley Priory was a priory of Austin Canons at Chaddleworth in the English county of Berkshire, located between Great Shefford and Leckhampstead.It was established around 1160 and dissolved in 1525.-History:... ^ |
Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1160 by Ralph de Chaddleworth; dissolved 1524 and granted to Cardinal Wolsey's college at Oxford and was occupied by scholars of the college; remains (cellar range) now incorporated into after-dissolution farmhouse without public access |
The Priory Church of Saint Margaret Margaret the Virgin Margaret the Virgin, also known as Margaret of Antioch , virgin and martyr, is celebrated as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches on July 20; and on July 17 in the Orthodox Church. Her historical existence has been questioned; she was declared apocryphal by Pope Gelasius I in 494,... , Poughley 51.4788839°N 1.4016581°W (approx.) |
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| Reading Abbey Reading Abbey Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors... |
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Cluniac monks founded 1121 by Henry I Henry I of England Henry I was the fourth son of William I of England. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106... Benedictine monks refounded c.1210; dissolved 1539; granted to Edward, Duke of Somerset c.1550; quarried and dismantled c.1550-1643 ruins extant |
The Abbey Church of Our Lady and Saint John the Evangelist, Reading Reading, Berkshire Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London.... 51.456367°N 0.965263°W |
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| Reading Nunnery Reading Nunnery Reading Nunnery was a nunnery in Berkshire, England that existed during the Anglo-Saxon period.It was established in 979. The site is now occupied by St Mary's Church.-References:... |
nuns founded 979 dissolved 1016; granted to Battle Abbey Battle Abbey Battle Abbey is a partially ruined abbey complex in the small town of Battle in East Sussex, England. The abbey was built on the scene of the Battle of Hastings and dedicated to St... by William the Conqueror; apparently on the site now occupied by St Mary's Minster Church (restored 1551-1555 with masonry and timbers from the demolished Reading Abbey Reading Abbey Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors... ) |
51.454500°N 0.973690°W |
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| Reading Greyfriars, earlier site | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford) founded 1233 by permission of Adam de Lathbury, abbot of Reading, and the abbey's convent; transferred to new site 1285-6 (see immediately below) |
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| Reading Greyfriars + | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford) transferred from former site (see immediately above) 1285-6 with permission of the abbott of Reading Reading Abbey Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors... ; church built 1311; dissolved 15 September 1538; used as hospital, a poorhouse then a town jail; converted back to a parish church |
Saint Francis 51.4567346°N 0.9766352°W |
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| Sandleford Priory ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1193/1202 by Jeffrey (Geoffrey), Earl of Perch and his wife Maud (Matilda); arrangements made 1274 by Maud de Clare, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford to refound as a double house for Fontevrault Benedictine nuns and brothers, but this did not come about; dissolved 1478 remains converted to a country house; now an Anglican Convent School |
The Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist John the Baptist John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River... , Sandleford Sandleford Sandleford is a hamlet and former parish in the English county of Berkshire.The settlement is now within the civil parish of Greenham, and is located approximately south of the town of Newbury.-Priory:... 51.3774596°N 1.3163853°W |
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| Shalford Preceptory Shalford Preceptory Shalford Preceptory was a preceptory of Knights Hospitaller at Shalford in the civil parish of Brimpton in the English county of Berkshire.In was established in the late 12th century. By 1338, it had merged with the preceptory at Greenham.... |
Knights Templar founded c.1198, apparently granted by Simon de Ovile; Knights Hospitaller dissolved after 1276; by 1338 had become a member of Greenham Greenham Preceptory Greenham Preceptory was a preceptory of Knights Hospitaller in Berkshire, England. It was established in 1199 and dissolved in 1540.-References:... |
Brimpton Commandery; Brimpton Preceptory 51.3781561°N 1.1983681°W (approx.) |
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| Sheffield Lesser Priory ~ | Benedictine monks alien manor-grange dependent on St Martin-de-Noyon, Charleval; founded after 1086, manor granted to Charleval by the Count of Evreux; locally known as a 'priory' dissolved and privately leased c.1166-7; passed to Reading Abbey Reading Abbey Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors... 1270 |
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| Steventon Priory | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Stratfield Saye Priory Stratfield Saye Priory Stratfield Saye Priory was an alien priory belonging to the Abbey of Vallemont, located at Beech Hill in the Berkshire part of the parish of Stratfield Saye .... |
Benedictine monks alien priory, hermitage granted as cell of Valmont Abbey Valmont Abbey Valmont Abbey was a Benedictine abbey in Valmont, Seine-Maritime, France... founded 1169 or 1170 by Nicholas de Stoteville (Nicholas d'Estouteville); dissolved 1399; house named 'The Priory' built on site (Beech Hill in the Berkshire part of Stratfield Saye Stratfield Saye Stratfield Saye is a village and civil parish in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire.The parish includes the hamlets of West End Green, Fair Oak Green and Fair Cross.The name means 'Street-Field of the Saye family'... ) |
St. Leonard Stratfield-Say Priory 51.374315°N 0.984226°W |
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| Templeton Camera | Knights Templar possible small hospice or hostel with chapel; passed to Knights Hospitaller Knights Hospitaller The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta , also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's... s in 1311; in private hands at Dissolution; mansion named 'Templeton House' built on site 1895 |
51.3944931°N 1.4823389°W (approx.) |
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| Wallingford Priory | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Wytham Priory | Historical county location. See entry under |
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