List of monastic houses in Staffordshire
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Staffordshire
, England.
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, England.
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| Baswich Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1174 (1173-5); land granted by Gerard de Stafford; dissolved 1538; remains incorporated into Priory Farm built on site |
The Priory Church of Saint Thomas the Martyr Thomas Becket Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion... by Stafford 52.8037181°N 2.074855°W |
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| Blithbury Priory Blithbury Blithbury is a small village in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. Part of the civil parish of Mavesyn Ridware, it lies near the River Blithe, about north of Handsacre, 3 miles north-east of Rugeley, and 3 miles south of Abbots Bromley.... # |
Benedictine monks priory cell, dependent on Burton; founded after 1129 by Hugh Malveysin; dissolved 1158-65; Benedictine nuns founded after 1129; apparently merged with Black Ladies, Brewood 1158-65; dissolved before 1315(?); alleged chapel demolished 1795 |
The Priory Church of Saint Giles, Blithbury Blithbury Blithbury is a small village in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. Part of the civil parish of Mavesyn Ridware, it lies near the River Blithe, about north of Handsacre, 3 miles north-east of Rugeley, and 3 miles south of Abbots Bromley.... St Egidius (St Giles) Blythbury Priory 52.7858128°N 1.8669516°W |
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| Brewood Priory Brewood Priory Brewood Priory could be:* Black Ladies Priory, a Benedictine priory in Brewood, Staffordshire, England, dedicated to St. Mary.*White Ladies Priory, once called the Priory of St Leonard at Brewood, in Shropshire, near to the Staffordshire county border.... |
Benedictine nuns founded before 1150; dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Gifford 1538/9; late-16th/early-17thC country house built on site |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Brewood Brewood Priory Brewood Priory could be:* Black Ladies Priory, a Benedictine priory in Brewood, Staffordshire, England, dedicated to St. Mary.*White Ladies Priory, once called the Priory of St Leonard at Brewood, in Shropshire, near to the Staffordshire county border.... St Mary Black Ladies Priory; Briwerne Priory; Black Ladies of Brewood Priory 52.6816314°N 2.2269952°W |
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| Burton Abbey Burton-on-Trent Abbey Burton Abbey at Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, England, was originally founded in the 7th or 9th century by St Modwen or Modwenna; and later refounded in 1003 as a Benedictine abbey by Wulfric Spott, a thegn possibly descended from King Alfred... |
Benedictine monks founded 1002 by Wulfric Spott, confirmed by charter of King Ethelred 1004; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir William Paget by Henry VIII; refounded as a college 1541; dissolved 1545 |
St Mary, Virgin and St Modwen, Virgin Modwennestow Abbey; Burton upon Trent Abbey 52.8002066°N 1.6306221°W |
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| Calwich Priory | hermitage (hermetorium de Calwich) Augustinian Canons Regular priory cell, dependent on Kenilworth founded between c.1125 and 1149: hermitage granted to Kenilworth by Nicholas de Gresley alias fitzNiel and his wife Margery; independent 1349; granted to Merton 1535-6; Georgian-style house built on site 1849-50, now derelict |
St Margaret Calwick Priory 52.9868179°N 1.8096462°W |
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| Canwell Priory | Benedictine monks founded c.1142 (1131-48) by Geva, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Chester; dissolved 1524-6, suppressed to found Cardinal Wolsey's college Cardinal College, Oxford Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church or house of Christ, and thus sometimes known as The House), is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England... |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint Giles, and All Saints All Saints All Saints' Day , often shortened to All Saints, is a solemnity celebrated on 1 November by parts of Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honour of all the saints, known and unknown... , Canwell; reverted to the Crown; much of the property passed briefly to St George's Chapel, Windsor 1532 52.6029091°N 1.7849511°W |
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| Colwich Abbey Colwich Abbey Colwich Abbey is a community of Roman Catholic nuns of the English Benedictine Congregation founded in 1623 at Cambrai, Flanders, in the Spanish Netherlands... * |
Benedictine nuns - from Cannington founded 1836; raised to abbey Abbey An abbey is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey,... status 1928 |
The Abbey Church of Our Lady of Good Hope, Colwich 52.79°N 1.9895°W |
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| Cotton Abbey ~ | Cistercian monks - from Aulnay-sur-Odon founded 1176, granted to Aulnay by Bertram de Verdun transferred to new site at Croxden, infra, 1178; granted to Jeffrey Foljamb 1544/5 |
Chotes Abbey Chotene Abbey 53.0022886°N 1.9120342°W 52.9753149°N 1.8971948°W |
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| Croxden Abbey Croxden Abbey Croxden Abbey was a Cistercian abbey at Croxden, Staffordshire, England.In 1179, Bertram de Verdun, the lord of the manor of Croxden, endowed a site for a new abbey, and 12 monks arrived from the Savigniac Cistercian mother house of Aunay-sur-Odon in Normandy to build the new abbey over the next 50... |
Cistercian monks - from Cotton (community founded at Cotton, supra, 1176); transferred here 17 May 1178; dissolved 17 September 1538; (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... ) |
The Abbey Church of the Vale of Saint Mary at Croxden 52.9548562°N 1.9039017°W |
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| Dieulacres Abbey Dieulacres Abbey Dieulacres Abbey was a Cistercian monastery established by Ranulf, Earl of Chester at Poulton in Cheshire. It moved to the present site in Staffordshire in 1214, possibly in part as a result from raids at the former site by the Welsh.- History :... |
Cistercian monks transferred from Poulton founded 1214, site granted by Randal de Blunderville, Earl of Chester after 1199; dissolved 20 October 1539; granted to Ralph Bagnall 1552/3; site now in private ownership at Abbey Green |
St Mary, Virgin and St Benedict 53.1177589°N 2.0268595°W |
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| Dudley Priory | Cluniac monks alien house, dependent on Much Wenlock; founded 1161 by Ralph Painell, lord of the manor; denizen 1395; dissolved; granted to the Bishop of Lichfield 1540/1 |
St James |
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| Farewell Priory | hermits Benedictine nuns founded before 1148 (c.1140) by Roger de Clinton; raised to abbey status between 1154 and 1189 (during the reign of Henry II); reduced to priory status before 1210; dissolved 1527; site now occupied by St Bartholomew's Church |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Farewell Fairwell Priory 52.7022191°N 1.8783188°W |
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| Hulton Abbey | Cistercian monks daughter of Combermere; founded 26 July 1219 by Henry de Audley; dissolved 18 September 1538; granted to Sir Edward Aston 1542/3 |
Hilton Abbey 53.0394875°N 2.1425056°W |
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| Keele Preceptory | Knights Templar land granted by Henry II 1168-9; dissolved 1308 granted to the Earl of Gloucester; Knights Hospitaller founded 1324; dissolved after 1338; Country house named 'Keele Hall' built on site c.1580, rebuilt 1856-61 |
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| Lapley Priory Lapley Priory Lapley Priory was a priory in Staffordshire, England. It was a satellite house of the Benedictine monastery of Saint Remigius or Saint-Rémy at Reims in Northern France.-Origins:The origins of the priory lie in the period around the Norman Conquest.... |
Benedictine monks alien house, dependent on St Remi, Riems; founded by Ælfgar (Algar), Earl of Chester; dissolved 1415; granted to Tong College; granted to Sir Richard Mannors 1547/8 |
Lappele Priory 52.713832°N 2.1902007°W |
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| Lichfield Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester) founded c.1237 (1229) by Alexander, Bishop of Lichfield; dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Crumbilthorn 1544/5 |
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| Little Haywood Abbey * | Benedictine nuns | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Little Haywood Little Haywood Little Haywood is a village in Staffordshire, England. It lies beside a main arterial highway, the A51 but traffic through the village is mainly light, owing to this bypass. Nearby also is the West Coast Main Line railway, the Trent and Mersey Canal and beside it, the river Trent... 52.790139°N 1.989668°W |
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| Newcastle-under-Lyme Blackfriars | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford) founded before 1277; dissolved 1538; cattlemarket built on site 1871; superstore built on site before 2005 |
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| Oulton Abbey Oulton Abbey Oulton Abbey is a benedictine abbey in Staffordshire, England.There is still a religious community there. The Roman Catholic nuns run a playgroup and a nursing home.... * |
Benedictine nuns founded 1853; (with girls' boarding school, then playgroup 1968, then care home, St.Benedict's Nursing and Residential Home 1989 |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Oulton 52.9181052°N 2.1352074°W |
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| Radmore Abbey | hermitage Cistercian monks founded c.1143/7-1155 monks transferred to Stoneleigh Stoneleigh Abbey Stoneleigh Abbey is a large country mansion situated to the southwest of the village of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.The Abbey was founded by the Cistercians in 1154... 1155 converted to a royal hunting lodge |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Radmore Red Moor Priory 52.7041076°N 1.9404548°W |
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| Ranton Priory Ranton Abbey Ranton Abbey or Ranton Priory was an Augustinian Priory in Ranton, Staffordshire, England, built c.1150 by Robert fitz Noel of Ellenhall. Ranton was dissolved by the Act of 1536. Only the 14th century tower and part of the south wall remain, although the cloisters and other parts are known to have... |
Augustinian Canons Regular - (?)Arroasian priory cell, dependent on Haughmond; founded between 1135 and 1166 by Robert fitz Noel (Noeli); independent 1246-7; granted to Robert Wiseman 1538/9 |
St Mary Ronton Abbey; de Sartis 52.8158°N 2.2412512°W |
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| Rocester Abbey $(?) | Augustinian Canons Regular founded by Richard Bacon (Bacoun); dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Trentham 1539/40 |
The Blessed Virgin Mary Roucester Abbey 52.951243°N 1.8352962°W |
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| Sandwell Priory Sandwell Priory Sandwell Priory was a medieval monastic house in Staffordshire, England. Although records of the establishment of the priory are sparse it is reported that the priory was founded by William Fitz-Anculf in the 1100s... |
Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Stafford Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln) founded 1344 by Ralph de Stafford, permission granted by the pope 1343; dissolved August 1538, surrendered to Ingworth; granted to Thomas Neve and Giles Isam |
Austin Friars, Stafford 52.8027128°N 2.1145463°W |
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| Stafford Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester) founded before 1274; dissolved 10 August 1538, surrendered to Ingworth; granted to James Leverson 1539/40; house called 'Grey Friars' built on site before 1610 |
52.8129566°N 2.121461°W |
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| Stone Priory Stone Priory Stone Priory was a priory at Stone in Staffordshire, England, built circa 670AD.The priory's church was dedicated to Mary and a local seventh century martyr Saint Wulfad.... |
secular canons founded c.670 by Wulfhere, King of Mercia destroyed in raids by the Danes 9thC, canons dispersed; nuns apparently founded before 1066; Augustinian Canons Regular priory cell, dependent on Kenilworth; founded c.1135 by Enisan de Waleron; independent after 1260; dissolved 1536; granted to George Harper 1538/9 |
St Wulfad and St Rufin St Wulfad 52.9010236°N 2.1447346°W |
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| Trentham Priory | possible minster before 1066 possible Benedictine monks possibly founded c.1087-1100 subsequently lapsing; Augustinian Canons Regular (re)founded before 1153 by Ranuph II, Earl of Chester; |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and All Saints, Trentham Trickingham Priory(?) 52.9653743°N 2.2018602°W |
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| Tutbury Priory + | Benedictine monks founded 1080 by Henry de Ferrers; granted to Sir William Cavendish 1552/3 part of church now in parochial use |
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