List of monastic houses in Surrey
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Surrey
, England.
The following establishments have no monastic connection:
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, England.
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| Aldebury Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded in the reign of Richard I, by Rual de Calva; dissolved; granted to Sir Antony Brown 1544/5 |
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| Almners Priory | 17thC priory | |||
| Bermondsey Abbey | Historical county location. See |
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| Bermondsey Minster | Historical county location. See |
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| Chertsey Abbey 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... |
Saxon Benedictine? monks founded 666; destroyed in raids by the Danes c.872 secular Benedictine monks refounded before 964; dissolved 1537 |
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, 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... 51.3935216°N 0.5015463°W |
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| Guildford Blackfriars Guildford Black Friary -History:A house of Dominican friars was founded in Guildford by Queen Eleanor of Provence, at some time after the death of her husband Henry III. The friary was on the east bank of the river, north of the current High Street in Guildford at the end of the present Friary Street, In 1275 on 6th... |
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Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London) founded 1275 by Queen Eleanor of Provence, widow of Henry III; proposal by Edward III to refound as a Dominican nunnery never transpired; dissolved 1538; site now occupied by 'The Friary' shopping centre |
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| Guildford Friars de Ordine Martyrum | Friars de Ordine Martyrum founded 1260; possible Polish congregation of Crutched Friars; dissolution unknown |
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| Horne Priory | Carthusian monks projected: king's license granted to Mary de St Paul, Countess of Pembroke c.1345 to endow and build a house for Carthusians, appears not to have been completed |
Hourne Priory |
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| Horsley Priory | Benedictine nuns possibly founded before c.1199; supposedly at Rowbarnes, East Horseley; dissolution unknown |
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| Laleham Abbey * | Benedictine monks founded 13thC; The Community of St Peter the Apostle (Westminster) |
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| Leatherhead Priory (?) | Cistercian monks alleged monastery, founded 1263; incorporated into house called 'The Priory'; evidence lacking |
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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.... |
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| Newark Priory Newark Priory Newark Priory is a ruined priory located near the village of Pyrford in Surrey, England- History :Newark Priory was established in the late 12th Century by Rauld de Calva and his wife Beatrice de Sandes for Augustian canons. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Thomas Beckett and originally, the... |
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Augustinian Canons Regular fd late 12thC |
The Priory Church of The Virgin Mary and Saint Thomas a Becket 51.308937°N 0.506810°W |
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| Oxenford Priory (?) | Benedictine nuns foundation unknown; manor belonged to Waverley (from before 1147), "no trace of separate foundation" dissolved after 1305(?) |
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| Reigate Priory | hospital founded 1217-1235 by William de Warren, Earl of Surrey; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1235; also given as Crutched Friars (possibly Flemish branch, or earlier Fratres Cruciferi 'Augustinian Hospitallers') dissolved 1535; granted to William Lord Howard 1541/2; conventual buildings largely demolished and a house replacing it in 1541; rebuilt as a Palladian mansion 1771; since 1948 in use as a school located in public Priory Park |
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| Richmond Friary (Greyfriars and Austin Friars) | Historical county location. See |
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| Sheen Priory | Historical county location. See |
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| Sheen Friary | Historical county location. See |
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| Syon Priory | Historical county location. See |
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| Southwark Priory | Historical county location. See |
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| Tandridge Priory | hospital founded 1189 by Odo de Dammartin, possibly ceasing to exist 1218-22; Augustinian Canons Regular founded after(?) 1218 (c.1200); dissolved 1538 (1537); granted to John Rede 1537/8 |
The Priory Church of Saint James, Tandridge Tandridge Tandridge is a local government district in Surrey, England. Its council offices are based in Oxted. It is named for an ancient Tandridge hundred of Surrey that covered roughly the same area.... Tanregge Priory 51.2537687°N 0.0271627°W |
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| Tooting Bec Priory | Historical county location. See |
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| Waverley Abbey Waverley Abbey Waverley Abbey was the first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128 by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester. It is situated about one mile south of Farnham, Surrey, in a bend of the River Wey.-History:... |
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Cistercian monks dependent on L'Aumône; founded 24 November 1128 (or 28 October 1129, possibly when functional for full regular life) by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester William Giffard William Giffard was the Lord Chancellor of England of William II and Henry I, from 1093 to 1101.Giffard was the brother of Walter Giffard earl of Buckingham. He also held the office of Dean of Rouen prior to his election as bishop. On 3 August 1100 he became bishop of Winchester by nomination of... ; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir William Fitz William 1536/7; (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 Saint Mary, Waverley Waverley Abbey Waverley Abbey was the first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128 by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester. It is situated about one mile south of Farnham, Surrey, in a bend of the River Wey.-History:... 51.199996°N 0.759269°W |
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| Woking Monastery | Saxon monastery purported dependency of Peterborough founded c.690 (in the time of Abbot Cuthbert) granted to Peterborough by Brordar, and ealdorman, with the consent of Offa; thought to have been destroyed in raids by the Danes 871 |
St Peter Wockingas Monastery; Wocingas Minster; Old Woking Monastery 51.3123389°N 0.5666059°W |
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The following establishments have no monastic connection:
- Nutfield Priory — hotel in Nutfield, SurreyNutfield, SurreyNutfield is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey. It has a population of 2,728The village lay within the Reigate hundred....