List of monastic houses in London
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Greater London
, England.
Greater London
Greater London is the top-level administrative division of England covering London. It was created in 1965 and spans the City of London, including Middle Temple and Inner Temple, and the 32 London boroughs. This territory is coterminate with the London Government Office Region and the London...
, England.
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| Aldgate Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1107-8 by Queen Maud; conventual church rebuilt 1339 onwards; delapidated since 1532; dissolved 1534; granted to Sir Thomas Audley, Speaker of the House of Commons 1531/2; largely demolished thereafter |
Christchurch, Aldgate 51.5136°N 0.0780°W |
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| Aldgate Abbey Holy Trinity, Minories Holy Trinity, Minories was a church outside the eastern boundaries of the City of London; but within the Liberties of the Tower of London. The liberty was incorporated in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney in 1899, and today is within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.The district lay within the... |
Franciscan nuns founded 1293-4 by Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, confirmed by his brother Edward I; dissolved March 1539; |
The Abbey Church of the Grace of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Francis Francis of Assisi Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St... , without Aldgate The Minories, London; Holy Trinity, Minories 51.5115°N 0.0746°W |
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| Barking Abbey Barking Abbey The ruined remains of Barking Abbey are situated in Barking in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in east London, England, and now form a public open space.- History :... |
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Benedictine nuns and monks - double house founded c.666 by Erkinwald son of Anna, King of the East Angles; dissolved 1539; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton 1551/2 |
Berking Abbey; Bedenham Abbey 51°32′8"N 0°4′31"E |
| Bentley Priory Bentley Priory Bentley Priory was a medieval priory or cell of Augustinian Canons in Harrow Weald, then in Middlesex but now in the London Borough of Harrow. There are no remains of the priory, but it probably stood near Priory House, off Clamp Hill.... |
Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1171 by Ranulf de Glanville; dissolved before 1532; house named 'The Priory' possibly built on site: formerly in use as a girls' school, then a hotel; now in ownership of R.A.F. Bentley Priory |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bentley 51.62°N 0.3377974°W |
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| Bermondsey Minster | Saxon monastery founded not earlier than under Pope Constantine I (708-715) nothing further known about its history - possibly destroyed in raids by the Danes 9thC and succeeded by a new minster at Southwark, infra |
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| Bermondsey Abbey Bermondsey Abbey Bermondsey Abbey was an English Benedictine monastery. Most widely known as an 11th-century foundation, it had a precursor mentioned in the early 8th century, and was centred on what is now Bermondsey Square, the site of Bermondsey Market, Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast... |
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Cluniac monks priory founded 1082 by Alvin (Aylwin) Child, citizen of London (first monks arrived 1089); alien house, dependent on La Charité; denizen 1381; raised to abbey status 1399 by order of the Pope; dissolved 1 January 1538; granted to Sir Richard Southwell 1541/2; and demolished soon after |
St Saviour 51.4969099°N 0.0796375°W |
| Brockley Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons daughter of Sulby; founded before 1182 by Countess Juliana and her seneschal Michael of Thornham; dissolved 1199-1208; transferred to Bayham c.1180 |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Brockley 51.4653443°N 0.0298584°W |
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| Bromley-by-Bow Priory | Benedictine nuns founded before 1122; dissolved 1536 |
Bromley Priory; Stratford-at-Bow Priory; Stratford-by-Bow Priory 51.5282668°N 0.0128612°W |
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| Clerkenwell Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller founded c.1144 (or c.1100 by Jordan Briset, Baron, and his wife Muriel dissolved 1540; the tower was blown up by Protector Somerset, much of the material used to build Somerset House |
St John's Clerkenwell 51.5225262°N 0.1030988°W |
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| Clerkenwell Priory Clerkenwell Priory Clerkenwell Priory was a priory of the Monastic Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, located in Clerkenwell, London. Run according to the Augustinian rule, it was the residence of the Hospitallers' Grand Prior in England, and was thus their English... |
Augustinian Canonesses founded 1100 by Robert, Priest, or c.1144 by Jordan FitzRalph (Briset); also given as Benedictine nuns dissolved c. 1539; granted to Walter Hanley and John Williams, Knight 1545/6 |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary de Fonte The Priory Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption 51.5238813°N 0.1066393°W |
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| Ealing Abbey Ealing Abbey Ealing Abbey is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastic foundation in West London, England, and part of the English Benedictine Congregation.-History:... * |
Benedictine monks - from Downside Downside Abbey The Basilica of St Gregory the Great at Downside, commonly known as Downside Abbey, is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery and the Senior House of the English Benedictine Congregation. One of its main apostolates is a school for children aged nine to eighteen... 1897; priory 1916; raised to abbey status 1955; extant |
The Abbey Church of Saint Benedict Benedict of Nursia Saint Benedict of Nursia is a Christian saint, honored by the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, about to the east of Rome, before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. There is no... , Ealing Ealing Abbey Ealing Abbey is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastic foundation in West London, England, and part of the English Benedictine Congregation.-History:... 51.5198192°N 0.3089583°W |
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| Eastminster Abbey Eastminster Eastminster was a Cistercian abbey on Tower Hill in London, founded by Edward III in 1350. The abbey was dissolved in 1538, and the site is now occupied by the Royal Mint.... |
Cistercian monks daughter of Beaulieu; founded 20 March 1350 by Edward III; dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Arthur Darcy 1542/3 |
New Abbey; The Abbey of St Mary de Graciis; St Mary Graces Abbey 51.5092967°N 0.0720549°W |
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| Elsing Spital Priory | college founded 1329 by William Elsing, nuns transferred from London within Cripplegate, infra; hospital founded 1331; chapel for priory and hospital built 1332; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1340; granted to John Williams, Master of the King's Jewels 1539/40; destroyed by fire 24 December 1539/40; priory church in parochial use from dissolution; demolished 1923 |
Elsing Spittle Priory; Priory and Hospital of St Mary-within-Cripplegate Church of St Alphage, London Wall 51.5176286°N 0.0928742°W |
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| Feltham Priory | Anglican Benedictine nuns founded 24 June 1868 by Father Ignatius transferred to Twickenham |
SS Mary and Scholastica Feltham Nunnery |
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| Greenwich Blackfriars | Dominican Friars founded 1376 by Edward III and Sir John Norbury; dissolved; refounded by Queen Mary; dissolved by Elizabeth I |
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| Greenwich Greyfriars # | Observant Franciscan Friars founded 1482: permission granted by the Pope to Edward IV, established 1485; suppressed for rejection of papal authority 1534; Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London) refounded 1534; dissolved 1538; Observant Franciscan Friars refounded 1555; dissolved 1559; demolished; north-west wing of hospital currently stands on site |
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| Haliwell Priory | Augustinian Canonesses founded before 1127 (before1150) by Robert fitz Gelran (Fitzmore), canon of St Paul's; benefacted by Richard Belmeis, Bishop of London; also given as Benedictine nuns dissolved c.1539; granted to William Webb 1544/5 |
The Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Holywell Holywell Priory; Holywell Nunnery, Shorditch 51.5239615°N 0.07892°W |
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| Hampton Cell | Sisters of St John of Jerusalem founded before 1180; transferred to Buckland c.1180 |
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| Hampton Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller founded before 1180(?); manor procured by Hospitallers 1237; referred to as a camera 1338 later guest house; leased out 1505; dissolved 1338; lands were leased to the royal courtier Giles Daubeney 1494, who built private house; demolished 1514; 99-year lease obtained from the Hospitallers by Wolsey June 1514; Hampton Court built on site |
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| Harmondsworth Priory | Benedictine monks founded between 1066 and 1087 (during the reign of William the Conqueror); alien cell(?), dependent on St-Catherine-du-Mont, Rouen; dissolved ?before 1391; granted to Winchester College; granted to Sir William Paget 1547/8 |
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alien cell, dependent on the Hospice of St Bernard Montjoux (St Bernard, Monte Jovis) in Savoy; founded probably early-1159 by Henry II; dissolved November 1390; granted to New College, Oxford 1391; site now occupied by St. Andrews C.E. parish church |
The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas and Saint Bernard Bernard of Clairvaux Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian order.After the death of his mother, Bernard sought admission into the Cistercian order. Three years later, he was sent to found a new abbey at an isolated clearing in a glen known as the Val... , Hornchurch Monasterium Cornutum; Havering Priory 51.560491°N 0.2262282°W |
| Hounslow Priory | hospital founded before 1200; Trinitarians founded after1224 (possibly 1252); dissolved 1538; granted to William, Lord Windsor; Parish Church of the Holy Trinity built on site 1828 |
The Holy Trinity Hounslow Friary 51.4686126°N 0.3638363°W |
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| Kilburn Priory Kilburn Priory Kilburn Priory was a small monastic community of nuns established around 1130–1134 three miles north-east of the medieval City of London, where Watling Street met the stream now known as the Westbourne, but variously known as Cuneburna, Keneburna, Keeleburne, Coldburne, or Caleburn, meaning either... |
anchoresses cell founded ante/c.1130; Benedictine nuns founded 1139 (in the reign of Henry I) by the Convent of Westminster; possibly Augustinian Canonesses during existence — but began and ended as Benedictine; dissolved 1537 (1536); granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1547/8 |
Kylburn Nunnery 51.5410663°N 0.198922°W |
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| Lesnes Abbey Lesnes Abbey Lesnes Abbey is a former abbey, now ruined, in Abbey Wood, in the London Borough of Bexley. It is a scheduled ancient monument and the adjacent park and heath are a Site of Special Scientific Interest... |
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Augustinian Canons Regular — Arrouasian founded June 1178 by Richard de Luci, Justiciar of England; dissolved 1525; granted to Cardinal Wolsey's college at Oxford; granted to Sir Ralph Sadler 1536/7 |
The Abbey Church of Saint Thomas the Martyr, Lesnes Westwood Abbey 51.4887588°N 0.1289284°W |
| Lewisham Priory Lewisham Priory Lewisham Priory was a priory in London, England.The history of the manor of Lewisham dates back to the middle of the 10th century, when it was granted to St Peter's Abbey in Ghent... |
Benedictine monks alien cell, dependent on St Peter, Gent; founded 11 September 918: granted by Elstrudis, Countess of Flanders and her sons Arnulf and Adelulf (confirmed by King Edgar August 964); confiscated; restored 1044 by Edward the Confessor; dissolved 1414; granted to Sheen Priory by Henry V 1415 |
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| London Areno Friars | Friars of St Mary de Areno founded 1267 by William Arnand, a knight of Henry III; ceased 1317 with the death of the last brother, Hugh of York (appears to be the same establishment as the London Pied Friars, infra, and Westminster Pied Friars, infra) |
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| London Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars founded 1253 by Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex; dissolved 1538; granted to John a Losco 1550, who founded preaching house for congregation of Walloon refugees; nave used as church, quire, transepts and tower demolished 1600; church destroyed by fire 1862; rebuilt 1863; bombed in 1940 during World War II; rebuilt 1950-6 as the Dutch Church |
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| London Charterhouse London Charterhouse The London Charterhouse is a historic complex of buildings in Smithfield, London dating back to the 14th century. It occupies land to the north of Charterhouse Square. The Charterhouse began as a Carthusian priory, founded in 1371 and dissolved in 1537... ^, Charterhouse Square Charterhouse Square Charterhouse Square is a historic square in Smithfield, between Charterhouse Street and Clerkenwell Road. It lies in the extreme south of the London Borough of Islington, just north of the City of London.... |
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secular college intended 1348; chapel built; founded by Sir Walter de Manny; Carthusian monks founded 1371; dissolved 1537; granted to Sir Thomas Audley 1544/5; almshouse and Charterhouse School Charterhouse School Charterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian... founded by Thomas Sutton Thomas Sutton Thomas Sutton was an English civil servant and businessman as well as being the founder of Charterhouse School. He was the son of an official of the city of Lincoln, and was educated at Eton College and probably at Cambridge... on the site 1622; which transferred to Godalming Godalming Godalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France... 1872; and that part of the site is now research facilities for the Barts and The London medical school |
House of the Salutation of the Mother of God 51°31′17"N 0°05′59"W |
| London, Cornhill Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London) founded 1224: hired a house here after living for a number of days with the Dominicans at Holborn upon arriving in London; transferred to Newgate 1225, infra |
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| London Crutched Friars | Crutched Friars founded before 1269; dissolved 1538 |
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| London, Friars of the Sack, Aldersgate | Friars of the Sack founded 1257; transferred to Lothbury, infra, before 1271-2 |
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| London, Friars of the Sack, Lothbury | Friars of the Sack transferred from Aldersgate, supra, before 1271-1; abandoned 1305; chapel became a chantry |
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| London, Holborn Blackfriars | Dominican Friars founded before 1224 (probably 1221); transferred to Ludgate, infra, after 1275 |
Monumenta Conventus Londinensis |
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| London, Ludgate Blackfriars | Dominican Friars transferred from Holborn, supra, 1275; dissolved 12 November 1538; briefly refounded under Queen Mary at Smithfield, infra |
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| London, Newgate Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of London) transferred from Cornhill, supra, 1225: John Iwyn, citizen of London, allowed them the use of land and property; school founded church completed 1327; dissolved 12 November 1538; granted to the City of London 1546/7; reused as Christ Hospital |
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Knights Templar transferred from old site (see immediately below) 1161; dissolved 1308-12; Knights Hospitaller transferred 1324; part leased to lawyers for use as a hostel; dissolved after 1540; leased by James I to the Benches of the Inner and Middle Temple 1609; restorations 19thC; church serverely damaged in World War II in 1941; restored 1947-57 |
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| London, Old Temple | Knights Templar founded 1121; transferred to new site (see immediately above) 1161 |
Camden Preceptory 51.5177621°N 0.1126313°W |
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| London Pied Friars | Pied Friars (appears to be the same as London Areno Friars, infra, and Westminster Pied Friars, supra) |
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| London, St Dominic's Priory | Dominican Friars opened 1867, church completed 1882 |
The Priory of Our Holy Father St Dominic 51.5507484°N 0.1572311°W |
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| London - St Helen's, Bishopsgate + | Benedictine nuns founded before 1216 by William fitz William(s), goldsmith; dissolved 25 November 1538; granted to Sir Richard Cromwell 1541/2; conventual buildings were acquired by the Leathersellers' Company 1543; conventual church now in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Helen, Bishopsgate; church restored 18th, 19th, 20thC; damaged by IRA Ira IRA most commonly refers to:*Irish Republican Army, which has existed in various forms since 1916**List of organisations known as the Irish Republican Army**Provisional Irish Republican Army... bomb 10 April 1992; restored 1995-7 |
St Helen 51.5148°N 0.0818°W |
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| London, St Mary Spital | hospital or priory founded 1197 by Walter Fitz Ealdred land granted by Walter Brunus, citizen of London, and his wife Roisia; granted to Stephen Vaughan who made his home in the precinct |
St Mary the Virgin St Mary Spittle, without Bishopsgate |
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| London, St Mary of Bethlehem Friary | St Mary of Bethlehem Sisters founded 1247, land granted by Simon Fitz Mary to Godfrey, bishop of Bethlehem to founded a house of canons, brothers and sisters; hospital became attached to the founded before 1329; dissolved; hospital but was moved to Moorfields 1675-6 and then to the South side of the Thames in 1814 (see Bethlem Royal Hospital Bethlem Royal Hospital The Bethlem Royal Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in London, United Kingdom and part of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Although no longer based at its original location, it is recognised as the world's first and oldest institution to specialise in mental illnesses.... ) |
The Bethlehem Hospital; Bedlam 51.5174359°N 0.0867695°W |
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| London, Smithfield Blackfriars | Dominican Friars briefly founded under Queen Mary |
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| London Whitefriars | Carmelite Friars founded 1247 by Sir Richard Grey; church built 1253; rebuilt mid-14thC dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Moresyne and William Butts 1540/1; frater, library and kitchen granted to the King's Armourer; Michael Drayton and Thomas Woodford converted the former refectory for use as The Whitefriars Theatre 1608 (or possibly 1606); theatre closed 1629 |
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| London within Cripplegate (?)Priory | nunnery(?) foundation unknown; became delapidated; abandoned 1329; transferred to Elsing, supra |
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| Merton Priory Merton Priory Merton Priory was founded in 1114 by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey under Henry I. It was located in Merton, Surrey, England at the point where the Roman Stane Street crossed the River Wandle.... |
Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1114 (1117) by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey; dissolved 1538; Merton Abbey Station built on site 19thC; site now occupied by shopping centre with purpose-built basement from which remains are visible |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Merton Merton Priory Merton Priory was founded in 1114 by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey under Henry I. It was located in Merton, Surrey, England at the point where the Roman Stane Street crossed the River Wandle.... The Priory Church of Saint Mary of Merton Merton Abbey St Mary's Priory; St Mary of Merton 51.4142839°N 0.1819181°W |
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| Moor Hall Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller founded apparently c.1176, granted by Beatrice de Bollers, widdow; apparently became a camera by 1338; dissolved 1338; chapel demolished 1960 |
Harefield Preceptory; Harefield Camera; Moor Hall Camera 51.5892462°N 0.4832777°W |
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| Richmond Greyfriars # | Observant Franciscan Friars founded 1499 or 1500; dissolved 1534; probably passed to the Austin Friars; probably Augustinian Friars refounded 1534; dissolved 1536? |
Richmond Austin Friars (1534-6) 51.4603227°N 0.3078921°W |
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| Ruislip Priory | Benedictine monks alien house, dependent Bec-Hellouin; founded (in the reign of William the Conqueror) land granted by Ernulph de Heding; conventual until after? c.1250; parcel of Ogbourne 1291; dissolved 1404; granted to Ralph Sadler 1540/1; Manor Farm House built 16thC |
Riselipp Priory 51.5787964°N 0.4273295°W |
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| St Bartholomew's Priory St Bartholomew's Hospital St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as Barts, is a hospital in Smithfield in the City of London, England.-Early history:It was founded in 1123 by Raherus or Rahere , a favourite courtier of King Henry I... + |
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Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1123, land obtained from Henry I by Roahere, formerly a minstrel at court; became a priory with a separate hospital; dissolved October 1539; granted to Lord Rich 1558/9; now St Bartholomew's Hospital St Bartholomew's Hospital St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as Barts, is a hospital in Smithfield in the City of London, England.-Early history:It was founded in 1123 by Raherus or Rahere , a favourite courtier of King Henry I... , and priory church in parochial use |
The Priory Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great St Bartholomew-the-Great The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great is an Anglican church located at West Smithfield in the City of London, founded as an Augustinian priory in 1123 -History:... , Smithfield Smithfield, London Smithfield is an area of the City of London, in the ward of Farringdon Without. It is located in the north-west part of the City, and is mostly known for its centuries-old meat market, today the last surviving historical wholesale market in Central London... 51°31′7.92"N 0°05′58.77"W |
| Sheen Priory Sheen Priory Sheen Priory in Sheen, now Richmond, London was a former Carthusian monastery founded in 1414 within the royal manor of Sheen, on the south bank of the Thames, upstream and approximately 9 miles southwest of the Palace of Westminster... |
Carthusian monks founded c.1414 by Henry V; dissolved 1539; granted to Edward, Earl of Hertford 1540/1; restored 26 January 1557 by Queen Mary, under Maurice Chauncy of London (who became prior) dissolved by Elizabeth I |
The Priory Church of Jesus of Bethlehem Richmond Priory; Shene Priory |
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| Sheen Whitefriars | Carmelite Friars founded c.1315; dissolved c.1318; community transferred by Edward II to his manor called the 'Palace of Beaufort' at Oxford 1317-8 |
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| Southwark Cathedral Priory Southwark Cathedral Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge.... + |
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Saxon minster church pre-1066, allegedly built on the remains of an earlier nunnery; probably founded as a burghal minster either late in the reign of Alfred or earlier in the reign of Edward the Elder; probably succeeded the minster at Bermondsey; Augustinian Canons Regular (re)founded 1106; largely destroyed by fire 1212; subsequently rebuilt; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Antony Brown 1544/5; in use as episcopal diocesan cathedral 1905-present |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Overie, Southwark Southwark Cathedral Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge.... 51.506118°N 0.089660°W |
| Stratford Langthorne Abbey Stratford Langthorne Abbey Stratford Langthorne Abbey, or the Abbey of St Mary's, Stratford Langthorne was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1135 at Stratford Langthorne — then Essex but now Stratford in the London Borough of Newham... |
Savignac monks founded 1135; Cistercian monks 1147; dissolved 1538 |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Stratford Langthorne West Ham Abbey 51°32′00"N 00°00′00"W |
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| Syon Abbey Syon Abbey Syon Monastery , was a monastery of the Bridgettine Order founded in 1415 which stood until its demolition in the 16th c. on the left bank of the River Thames within the parish of Isleworth, in the county of Middlesex on or near the site of the present Georgian mansion of Syon House... |
Bridgetine nuns founded 1431; dissolved 1539; 18thC house acquired |
Charterhouse at Sheen 51.4767456°N 0.3124881°W |
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| Tooting Priory | Benedictine monks alien house, dependent on Bec-Hellouin; manor held by Bec-Hellouin at the Domesday Survey; founded before 1086: granted by Richard de Tonbridge, Lord of Clare; dissolved ante1315(?); parcel of Ogbourne 1315;dissolved by Henry V 1414 and granted to his brother John, Duke of Bedford; on his death 14 September 1436, it passed to Henry VI who granted to John Ardern for ten years; granted to Eton College 1440 |
Tooting Bec Priory 51.4323338°N 0.1456654°W |
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| Twickenham Abbey | Bridgetine nuns founded 1415 by Henry V (who laid the first stone 22 February and signed charter 3 March); transferred to Syon 1431 |
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| Twickenham Priory | Anglican Benedictine nuns transferred from Feltham, supra; transferred to West Malling |
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| Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,... + |
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legendary very early founded possibly monastery founded c.616 (probably just a chapel or church) by Sebert on instruction by Bishop Mellitus; some evidence of monastery, possibly secular, founded before 785, dstr by the Danes 9thC, restored Benedictine monks founded c.960 (959) dissolved 16 January 1540; episcopal cathedral 1540-1550; restored 1556; dissolved 1559; collegiate church 1560; now in use as a royal peculiar Royal Peculiar A Royal Peculiar is a place of worship that falls directly under the jurisdiction of the British monarch, rather than under a bishop. The concept dates from Anglo-Saxon times, when a church could ally itself with the monarch and therefore not be subject to the bishop of the area... |
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter in Westminster Westminster Abbey The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,... 51.4992743°N 0.12748°W |
| Westminster Pied Friars | Pied Friars (appears to be the same establishment as the London Areno Friars, infra, and London Pied Friars, infra) |