List of monastic houses in Lancashire
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Lancashire
, England.
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, England.
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| Beaumont Grange | Savignac monks dependent on Furness founded c.1130: granted by Warine; a 'large and important colony'; Cistercian monks 17 September 1147 |
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| Burscough Priory Burscough Priory Burscough Priory, at Burscough, Lancashire, England, was founded in c. 1190 by Robert Fitz-Henry, Lord of Lathom for Augustinian canons. It was dissolved c.1536 by Henry VIII although some remains still exist... Burscough Burscough Burscough is a village and civil parish within West Lancashire in North West England, to the north of both Ormskirk and Skelmersdale.-Growth:... |
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Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1186 (c.1190) by Robert Fitz Henry, Lord of Lathom and Knowsley probably for canons from Norton; dissolved 1536 |
St Nicholas probably Blakesmere Priory 53.5830985°N 2.8562897°W |
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| Cartmel Priory | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Chapel-le-Wood Cell | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Cockerham Priory Cockerham Priory Cockerham Priory was a priory served by Austin Canons in Lancashire, England. It was founded in 1207 or 1208 as a cell of the Abbey of St Mary de Pratis in Leicester.... # |
Augustinian Canons Regular cell of St Mary in the Meadows (de Pratis) at Leicester; founded c.1207 or 1208: (granted to Leicester 1153-4 by William de Lancaster) cell 1281-90 (secular chaplain appointed — most of the canons withdrawn; dissolved 1477 |
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| Cockersand Abbey Cockersand Abbey Cockersand Abbey is a former abbey near Cockerham in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. It was founded before 1184 as the Hospital of St Mary on the marsh belonging to Leicester Abbey. It was refounded as a Premonstratensian priory and subsequently elevated to an abbey in 1192... |
Hospital of St Mary before 1184; Premonstratensian Canons - priory refounded after 1184 by William Lancastre raised to abbey status 1192, continuing as a hospital; dissolved 1539; granted to John Kechin (Kitchen) 1543/4 now in private ownership of the Dalton family |
Thurnham Abbey 53.976723°N 2.874581°W |
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| Conishead Priory | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Furness Abbey | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Hawkshead Grange | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Heysham Monastery(?) # | suggested early monastic settlement; 14th-15thC church of St Peter built on site, incorporating pre-Conquest remains 800-950 |
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| Hornby Priory Hornby Priory Hornby Priory was an English Premonstratensian monastic house in Hornby, Lancashire. Dedicated to St Wilfrid, the priory was a dependent cell of Croxton Abbey in Leicestershire... # |
possible hospital 1160-1172; Premonstratensian Canons cell, daughter of Croxton; founded c.1172 by the Montbegons of Hornby, the ancestors of Sir Thomas Stanley dissolved 1538; granted to Lord Montegle 1544/5 |
Horneby Priory 54.1154066°N 2.6481235°W |
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| Kersal Priory | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Lancaster Blackfriars | Dominican Friars founded 1259/60 by Sir Hugh Harrington; dissolved 1539; granted to John Polcroft 1540/1 |
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| Lancaster Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars some evidence of short-lived house |
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| Lancaster Priory Lancaster Priory Lancaster Priory, formerly St Mary's Church, Lancaster, is the parish church of the city of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is located near Lancaster Castle and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of... |
Benedictine monks founded c.1094 by Earl Roger of Poictiers (Roger, Earl of Poitiers); alien house, dependent Séez; dissolved 1428 |
St Mary 54.050739°N 2.805990°W |
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| Lytham Priory | Benedictine monks cell, dependent Durham founded 1189-94 by Richard Fitz Rogers; dissolved 1535 (1534); granted to Sir Thomas Holcroft; demolished; 17thC country house built on site |
Lythom Priory 53.74413°N 2.9768604°W |
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| Marland Grange | Cistercian monks grange of Stanlaw, then of Whalley; founded before 1212 |
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| Penwortham Priory Penwortham Priory Penwortham Priory was a first a Benedictine priory and after the Dissolution a country house the village of Penwortham, near Preston. The house was demolished as the village expanded into a town and a housing estate has replaced the mansion house and its grounds of which no trace... |
Benedictine monks founded c.1140 by the bounty of Warine Bussel; dissolved c.1535; granted to John Fleetwood 1542/3 |
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| Preston Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester) founded 1256(?) c.1260 by Edmond, Earl of Lancaster; dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Holcroft 1540/1 |
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| Sawley Abbey Sawley Abbey Sawley Abbey was an abbey of Cistercian monks in the village of Sawley, Lancashire, in England . Created as a daughter-house of Newminster Abbey, it existed from 1147 until its dissolution in 1536, during the reign of King Henry VIII of all England, Ireland, and France... |
Cistercian monks founded 1147; dissolved 1536 EH English Heritage English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport... |
Salley Abbey 53.913341°N 2.341857°W |
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| Staining Grange | Cistercian monks grange of Stanlaw, then of Whalley; founded before 1240; |
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| Tulketh Priory Tulketh Priory Tulketh Priory was a priory in Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire, England. The priory was the home of a group of Cistercian monks from Savigny Abbey in Normandy until they moved to Furness Abbey in 1127. Tulketh Hall was later built on the site of the priory.... |
Sauvignac monks founded 1124; transferred to Furness 1127 |
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| Upholland Priory Upholland Priory Upholland Priory was a Benedictine priory in Upholland, Lancashire, England. It was founded in 1319. The priory remains have received a Grade II listed building designation from English Heritage and the site is listed as a scheduled monument. The former chancel is now the nave of the Church of St... |
chantry and collegiate chapel 1307-10; Benedictine monks/friars? founded 1318 by Walter, Bishop of Lichfield; dissolved 1536; granted to John Holcroft 1545/6 remains incorporated into parochial church |
Holand Friary 53.5399376°N 2.7204573°W |
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| Warburton Priory | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Whalley Abbey Whalley Abbey Whalley Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Whalley, Lancashire, England. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the abbey was largely demolished and a country house was built on the site. In the 20th century the house was modified and it is now the Retreat and Conference House of the... |
Cistercian monks - from Stanlow Stanlow Abbey Stanlow Abbey was a Cistercian abbey situated on Stanlow Point on the banks of the River Mersey in the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England .... founded c.1172 dissolved 1537; granted to Richard Aston and John Braddyll 1553/4 now in ownership of the Diocese of Blackburn |
Locus Benedictus de Whalley Abbey 53.8204237°N 2.4104771°W |
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| Wyresdale Abbey Wyresdale Abbey -References:... |
Cistercian monks - from Furness Furness Abbey Furness Abbey, or St. Mary of Furness is a former monastery situated on the outskirts of the English town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. The abbey dates back to 1123 and was once the second wealthiest and most powerful Cistercian monastery in the country, behind only Fountains Abbey in North... and Savigny Savigny Abbey Savigny Abbey was a monastery near the village of Savigny-le-Vieux , in northern France. It was founded early in the 12th century. Initially it was the central house of the Congregation of Savigny, who were Benedictines; by 1150 it was Cistercian.-History:It was situated on the confines of... founded c.1196 traditionally the site is below the meeting of the Marshaw Wyre and the Tarnbrook Wyre, on the north bank of the Abbeystead reservoir |
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