List of monastic houses in Shropshire
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Shropshire
, England.
Shropshire
Shropshire is a 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. It borders Wales to the west...
, England.
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| Alberbury Priory | secular collegiate founded before 1066; Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian dependent on Lilleshall; founded c.1221-6; Grandmontine monks alien house, dependent on Grandmont; refounded c.1230: confirmed by Fulk fitz Warin of Whittington, 1232; dissolved c.1441; bought by Archbishop Chicheley granted to All Souls College, Oxford by Henry VI, in use as a chantry chapel; dissolved 1547; conventual church converted into a farmhouse called 'White Abbey Farm' 1578; alterations 1857-8 |
St Mary White Abbey 52.7308078°N 2.9269673°W |
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| Bethcote | Augustinian Canons Regular dependent on Haughmond; farm and chapel |
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| Bridgnorth Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester) founded 1244; dissolved 1538 |
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| Bromfield Priory + | secular founded before 1061; Benedictine monks cell, dependent on Gloucester; founded 1155; dissolved 1540; granted to Charles Fox; church now in parochial use |
St Mary, Virgin 52.3866292°N 2.7623601°W |
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| Buildwas Abbey Buildwas Abbey Buildwas Abbey is located along the banks of the River Severn in Buildwas, Shropshire, England, about two miles west of Ironbridge.-Early history:... |
Savignac monks - from 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... dependent on Savigny; founded 8 August 1135 Cistercian monks 1147; dissolved 1535 (1536) part of monastic buildings incorporated into a private house (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 St Mary and St Chad, Buildwas Bildewas Abbey 52.6353874°N 2.5286472°W |
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| Chirbury Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular - from Snead, infra founded c.1190 by Robert de Buthlers, Lord of Montgomery; canons arrived c.1195; dissolved 1536; granted Edward Hapmton 1545/6 |
The Priory Church of Saint Michael, Chirbury 52.5795609°N 3.0911332°W |
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| Church Preen Priory | Cluniac monks alien house, dependent on Much Wenlock; founded after 1150; cell 1384; dissolved before 1539 |
St John the Baptist Preen Priory 52.5788788°N 2.6753815°W |
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| Donnington Wood Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian - from Dorchester; transferred from Lizard founded c.1144; dissolved c.1148; transferred to Lilleshall |
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| Halston Preceptory | possible Knights Templar (evidence lacking) Knights Hospitaller refounded before 1221 (between 1165 and 1187) by Roger de Powys, Lord of Whittington; dissolved before 1540; granted to William Horne 1562/3 |
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| Hatton Grange | Cistercian monks grange, dependent on Buildwas; founded 1227; dissolved before 1540 |
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| Haughmond Abbey Haughmond Abbey Haughmond Abbey at Haughmond Hill in Shropshire, otherwise known as the Abbey of Saint John the Evangelist, was founded in about 1100 AD. A statue of St John with his emblem can be found carved into the arches of the chapter house. His image also appeared on the Abbey's great seal.-History:The... |
Augustinian Canons Regular priory? founded c.1110 (1130-8) by William fitz Alan of Clun; Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian(?) priory; before 1130-5; purportedly raised to abbey status c.1155?; listed under Augustinian general chapter c.1160-80; dissolved 9 September 1539; granted to Edmund Littleton 1540/1; (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 St John the Evangelist John the Apostle John the Apostle, John the Apostle, John the Apostle, (Aramaic Yoħanna, (c. 6 - c. 100) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James, another of the Twelve Apostles... , Haughmond Haghmon Priory 52.7327787°N 2.6797897°W |
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| Lilleshall Abbey Lilleshall Abbey Lilleshall Abbey was an abbey in Shropshire, England.The religious order was originally founded in 1143 moved to Lilleshall from Dorchester Abbey in 1148.The Abbey was founded by Richard de Belmeis for canons of the Augustinian Order of Aras... |
Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian - from Dorchester, via Lizard and (transferred from) Donnington Wood founded (c.1143 at Lizard) c.1148; dissolved 1538; granted to James Leveson 1539/40; (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 Blessed Virgin Mary Lilleshull Priory 52.7282877°N 2.3978198°W |
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| Lizard Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular - from Dorchester founded c.1143; transferred to Donnington Wood c.1144; reduced to grange status |
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| Ludlow Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln) founded 1254; built c.1282; dissolved 1538; granted to George Cotton and William Man |
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| Ludlow Whitefriars | Carmelite Friars founded 1350 (1349) by Lawrence of Ludlow; dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Hacket and Thomas Trentham 1559/60 |
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| Lydley Keys Preceptory | Knights Templar founded c.1155-60; dissolved 1308-12 |
Lydley Preceptory |
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| Morville Priory | collegiate church before 1066; Benedictine monks priory cell, dependent on Shrewsbury; founded 1138 by the Earl of Shrewsbury, collegiate church granted to Shrewsbury as a cell by Robert, Bishop of Hereford; dissolved 1540; granted to Henry Lord Lisle 1545/6 |
St Gregory Morfield Priory |
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| Ratlinghope Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular priory cell founded before 1200; Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine priory cell, dependent on Wigmore; before 1209; dissolved 1538; granted to Robert Long 1545/6 |
St Giles Ratlingcope Priory 52.5666382°N 2.8826331°W |
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| Shrewsbury Abbey Shrewsbury Abbey The Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Shrewsbury Abbey, was a Benedictine monastery founded in 1083 by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery, in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.-Background:... + |
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Benedictine monks founded 1083-6 (c.1080) by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel; dissolved 1540; granted to Edward Watson and Henry Herdson 1541/2; part of church now in parochial use |
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Paul of Tarsus Paul the Apostle , also known as Saul of Tarsus, is described in the Christian New Testament as one of the most influential early Christian missionaries, with the writings ascribed to him by the church forming a considerable portion of the New Testament... , Shrewsbury (nave dedicated to The Holy Cross) 52.707579°N 2.7436209°W |
| Shrewsbury Austin Friars, earlier site | Augustinian Friars founded c.1255 by the Stafford family: Henry III granted land to 'poor brethren of Cowlane' (possible Austin Friars) June 1254; transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1290-8 |
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| Shrewsbury Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln) transferred from earlier site (see immediately above) 1290-8; dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Andrews and Nicholas Temple 1543/4 |
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| Shrewsbury Blackfriars | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford) founded before 1232 by Lady Genevile; dissolved 1539; granted to Richard Andrews and Nicholas Temple 1543/4 |
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| Shrewsbury Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester) founded 1245-6 by Hawise, Countess of Powys; dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Andrews and Nicholas Temple 1543/4 |
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| Snead Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1190; transferred to Chirbury, supra, c.1195 |
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| Stanton Long Camera | Knights Templar camera or grange; founded c.1221 (before 1228); dissolved 1308-12 |
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| Stitt Cell | Augustinian Canons Regular (?)cell, dependent on Haughmond - evidence lacking |
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| Wenlock Nunnery | Saxon nuns founded c.680 by Merwald, King of West Mercia (or his daughter St Milburga); ruined; Cluniac house built on site (see immediately below) |
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| Wenlock Priory | possible secular canons - minster founded c.1050: built by Earl Leofric; Cluniac monks alien house, dependent on La Charité: monks invited by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, built on site of ruined Saxon nunnery (see immediately above); denizen 1395; dissolved 26 January 1540; granted to Augustino de Augustinis 1544/5; (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 Priory Church of Saint Michael and Saint Milburga, Wenlock Much Wenlock Priory |
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| White Ladies Priory White Ladies Priory White Ladies Priory , once the Priory of St Leonard at Brewood, was an English priory of Augustinian canonesses, now in ruins, in Shropshire, in the parish of Boscobel, some eight miles northwest of Wolverhampton, near Junction 3 of the M54 motorway... |
Augustinian Canonesses founded c.1199(?); dissolved 1538(?): granted to William Whorwood 1539/40; house built on site (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... ) |
St Leonard Brewood White Ladies Priory; Brewood Priory 52.665771°N 2.25842°W |
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| Wombridge Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular transferred from Dodlinch, supra, before?1226 by William Fitz Alan; founded 1130-5; dissolved 1536; granted to James Leveson 1539/40 |
The Holy Trinity, St Mary Virgin, and St Thomas Martyr Wombride Priory |
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| Woodhouse Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln) founded c.1250: granted by the Turberviles (Tubervilles); dissolved August 1538; granted to Thomas Reeves and George Cotton |