List of monastic houses in Merseyside
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Merseyside
, England.
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
, England.
| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names |
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| Birkenhead Priory Birkenhead Priory Birkenhead Priory is in Priory Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It is the oldest standing building on Merseyside. The remains of the priory are a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument... |
Benedictine monks founded c.1150 by Hamon de Masci, Baron of Dunham Massey; dissolved 1536 |
St James the Great 53°23′22"N 3°0′41"W |
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| Bromborough Monastery | built by Aethelflaed, apparently incorporating an earlier founded; granted to the Abbey of St Werburgh 1152; irrevokably delapidated before 1827; demolished 1827; successor church built on site from monastic material; demolished 1863-4; new church built just to the south of the site |
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| Hilbre Island Monastery | Benedictine monks cell of Our Lady of monks, Chester; chapel (built before 1081) granted to Chester; apparently merely a hermitage, although a prior is attributed |
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| Stanlow Abbey 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 .... |
Cistercian monks founded 11 November 1172 by John, Constable and Baron Holton of Chester; daughter of Combermere; transferred to Whalley 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... ; dissolved 1296; cell, dependent on Whalley 1296; grange, dependent on Whalley c.1350(?); granted to Sir Robert Cotton, Knight 1553 |
Stanlow Abbey; Stanlawe Abbey 53.2900108°N 2.8599724°W |
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| Warrington Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln) founded before 1272? (built 1379?) on the site of an earlier hospital; dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Holcroft 1540/1; church continued in use until 17thC |