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List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England

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These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in the dissolution of the monasteries. The list is by no means exhaustive, since over 800 religious houses existed before the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had at least one abbey, priory, convent or friary in it. (Often many small houses of monks, nuns, canons or friars.)

Image Name Location Current county Order Year dissolved Ref(s)
Abbotsbury Abbey Abbotsbury Dorset Benedictine 1538
Abingdon Abbey Abingdon Oxfordshire
Bardney Abbey Bardney Lincolnshire [1]
Bardsey Abbey Aberdaron Gwynedd Canons Regular 1537 [2]
Barking Abbey Barking Greater London Benedictine 1539 [3]
Basingwerk Abbey Holywell Flintshire Cistercian 1536
Bath Abbey Bath Somerset Benedictine 1539
Battle Abbey Battle East Sussex 1538
Bayham Old Abbey Lamberhurst Kent Premonstratensian 1525
Beauvale Priory Hucknall Nottinghamshire Carthusian 1539
Beaulieu Abbey Beaulieu Hampshire Cistercian 1538
Belvoir Priory Belvoir Leicestershire Benedictine 1539 [4]
Bindon Abbey Wool Dorset Cistercian
Binham Priory Binham Norfolk Benedictine
Bisham Abbey Bisham Berkshire Augustinian 1538
Blackfriars, Derby Derby Derbyshire Dominican 1539 [5]
Blackfriars, Leicester Leicester Leicestershire 1538 [6]
Blackfriars, Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear 1536
Bodmin Priory Bodmin Cornwall Augustinian 1539
Bolton Abbey Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire 1540
Bourne Abbey Bourne Lincolnshire Arrouaisian 1536
Boxgrove Priory Boxgrove West Sussex Benedictine
Boxley Abbey Boxley Kent Cistercian 1537
Bradley Priory Bradley Leicestershire Augustinian 1536 [7]
Breadsall Priory Breadsall Derbyshire Canons Regular [8]
Breedon Priory Breedon on the Hill Leicestershire 1539 [9]
Bridlington Priory Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire 1538
Brinkburn Priory Brinkburn Northumberland Augustinian 1536
Brooke Priory Brooke Rutland Canons Regular 1535/6 [10]
Bruern Abbey Bruern Oxfordshire Cistercian 1536 [11]
Bruton Abbey Bruton Somerset Augustinian Canons 1539 [12]
Buckfast Abbey Buckfastleigh Devon Cistercian
Buckland Abbey Buckland Monachorum
Buildwas Abbey Buildwas Shropshire 1536
Burnham Abbey Burnham Buckinghamshire Augustinian canonesses 1539
Byland Abbey Byland with Wass North Yorkshire Cistercian 1538
Calke Priory Calke Derbyshire Augustinian [13]
Canons Ashby Priory Canons Ashby Northamptonshire Canons Regular 1536
Cardigan Priory Cardigan Ceredigion Benedictine 1538 [14]
Carmarthen Friary Carmarthen Carmarthenshire Franciscan [15]
Carmarthen Priory Canons Regular 1536 [16]
Cartmel Priory Lower Allithwaite Cumbria
Castle Acre Priory Castle Acre Norfolk Cluniac 1537
Cerne Abbey Cerne Abbas Dorset Benedictine 1539
Charterhouse London City of London Greater London Carthusian 1537
Christchurch Priory Christchurch Dorset Augustinian 1539
Cirencester Abbey Cirencester Gloucestershire
Cleeve Abbey Old Cleeve Somerset Cistercian 1536
Coggeshall Abbey Coggeshall Essex 1538 [17]
Colchester Abbey Colchester Benedictine 1539 [18]
Colne Priory Earls Colne 1536 [19]
Cranborne Priory Cranborne Dorset 1540
Crowland Abbey Crowland Lincolnshire 1539
Croxden Abbey Croxden Staffordshire Cistercian 1538
Croxton Abbey Croxton Kerrial Leicestershire Premonstratensian [20]
Dalby and Heather Preceptory Old Dalby Knights Hospitaller [21]
Dale Abbey Dale Abbey Derbyshire Premonstratensian [22]
Darley Abbey Darley Abbey Canons Regular [23]
Delapré Abbey Northampton Northamptonshire Cluniac Nunnery
Dore Abbey Abbey Dore Herefordshire Cistercian 1536
Dudley Priory Dudley West Midlands Cluniac 1539
Dunstable Priory Dunstable Bedfordshire Augustinian 1540
Easby Abbey Easby North Yorkshire Premonstratensian 1537
Egglestone Abbey Barnard Castle County Durham 1540
Ewenny Priory Ewenny Vale of Glamorgan Benedictine 1536
Eye Priory Eye Suffolk 1537 [24]
Eynsham Abbey Eynsham Oxfordshire 1538 [25]
Finchale Priory Durham County Durham 1535
Folkestone Priory Folkestone Kent
Forde Abbey Thorncombe Dorset Cistercian 1539
Fountains Abbey Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains North Yorkshire
Furness Abbey Barrow in Furness Cumbria 1537
Garendon Abbey Shepshed Leicestershire 1536 [26]
Gisborough Priory Guisborough North Yorkshire Augustinian 1540
Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury Somerset Benedictine 1539
Grace Dieu Priory Thringstone Leicestershire Augustine 1538 [27]
Greyfriars, Leicester Leicester Franciscan [28]
Great Malvern Priory Malvern Worcestershire Benedictine 1539
Gresley Priory Church Gresley Derbyshire Augustinian 1536 [29]
Hailes Abbey Stanway Gloucestershire Cistercian 1539
Halesowen Abbey Halesowen West Midlands Premonstratensian 1538
Haltemprice Priory Willerby East Riding of Yorkshire Augustinian 1536
Haughmond Abbey Uffington Shropshire 1539
Haverholme Priory Ewerby and Evedon Lincolnshire Cistercian
Hexham Abbey Hexham Northumberland Benedictine 1537
Holy Trinity Priory Aldgate, City of London Greater London Augustinian 1532 [30]
Horton Priory Horton Dorset Benedictine 1539
Jarrow Priory Jarrow Tyne and Wear 1536
Jervaulx Abbey East Witton North Yorkshire Cistercian 1537
Kidwelly Priory Kidwelly Carmarthenshire Benedictine 1539 [31]
King's Mead Priory Derby Derbyshire 1536 [32]
Kirby Bellars Priory Kirby Bellars Leicestershire Canons Regular [33]
Kirkstall Abbey Leeds West Yorkshire Cistercian 1539
Lacock Abbey Lacock Wiltshire Augustinian
Lanercost Priory Burtholme Cumbria 1538
Langdon Abbey Dover Kent Premonstratensian 1535
Langley Priory Leicestershire Benedictine 1536 [34]
Launceston Priory Launceston, Cornwall Cornwall Canons Regular 1538
Launde Priory Leicestershire 1539 [35]
Leicester Abbey Leicester 1538 [36]
Leicester Austin Friary Austin Friars [37]
Lenton Priory Lenton, Nottingham Nottinghamshire Cluniac
Leonard Stanley Priory Leonard Stanley Gloucestershire Benedictine [38]
Lewes Priory Lewes East Sussex Cluniac 1537
Lindisfarne Priory Holy Island Northumberland Benedictine 1536
Llanthony Priory Crucorney Monmouthshire Canons Regular 1538
Ludlow Austin Friars Ludlow Shropshire Austin Friars
Ludlow White Friars Carmelites
Maenan Abbey Llanddoged and Maenan Conwy Cistercian 1536 [39]
Malmesbury Abbey Malmesbury Wiltshire Benedictine 1539
Margam Abbey Margam Neath Port Talbot Cistercian 1536
Mattersey Priory Mattersey Nottinghamshire Gilbertine 1538
Merton Priory Merton London Augustinian
Michelham Priory Arlington East Sussex 1537
Milton Abbey Milton Abbas Dorset Benedictine 1539
File:MonkBrettonPriory.jpg Monk Bretton Priory Lundwood South Yorkshire Cluniac 1538
File:St peters tower.jpg Monkwearmouth Abbey Sunderland Tyne and Wear Benedictine 1536
File:Mount Grace Priory.jpg Mount Grace Priory East Harlsey North Yorkshire Carthusian 1539
File:NeathAbbey.JPG Neath Abbey Dyffryn Clydach Neath Port Talbot Cistercian
File:Eastrange.jpg Netley Abbey Hound Hampshire 1536
File:Newark Priory - geograph.org.uk - 642708.jpg Newark Priory Ripley Surrey Augustinian 1538
Newbo Abbey Sedgebrook Lincolnshire Premonstratensian 1536
File:Newminster Abbey ruins.jpg Newminster Abbey Morpeth Northumberland Cistercian 1537
File:Newstead Abbey 02.jpg Newstead Abbey Newstead Nottinghamshire Augustinian 1539
Nostell Priory Nostell West Yorkshire 1540 [40]
File:Nuneaton Priory.JPG Nuneaton Priory Nuneaton Warwickshire Benedictine 1539
File:St Andrew's Church, Owston.jpg Owston Abbey Leicestershire Canons Regular 1536 [41]
Pontefract Priory Pontefract West Yorkshire Cluniac 1540 [42]
File:Dovecot Penmon Anglesey.JPG Penmon Priory Llangoed Isle of Anglesey Augustinian 1538
File:Pershore Abbey 1.jpg Pershore Abbey Pershore Worcestershire Benedictine 1539
Plympton Priory Plympton Devon Canons Regular
Povington Priory Tyneham Dorset Benedictine
Prittlewell Priory Prittlewell Essex Cluniac 1536
File:QuarrAbbeyFarm.JPG Quarr Abbey Nr. Fishbourne Isle of Wight Cistercian [43]
Ramsey Abbey Ramsey Cambridgeshire Benedictine 1539?
File:ReadingAbbey.JPG Reading Abbey Reading Berkshire Cluniac 1538
File:A Plan of Repton Priory.jpg Repton Priory Repton Derbyshire Augustinian [44]
File:Revesby Abbey 01.jpg Revesby Abbey Revesby Lincolnshire Cistercian
File:Rievaulx Abbey-001.jpg Rievaulx Abbey Rievaulx North Yorkshire
File:Roche-abbey.jpg Roche Abbey Maltby South Yorkshire
File:Romsey Abbey 03.jpg Romsey Abbey Romsey Hampshire Benedictine 1539
File:RuffordAbbey.jpg Rufford Abbey Rufford Nottinghamshire Cistercian 1536
File:Rushen Abbey.jpg Rushen Abbey Malew Isle of Man 1540
File:Sawley Abbey 2.jpg Sawley Abbey Sawley Lancashire 1536
File:Selby abbey.jpg Selby Abbey Selby North Yorkshire Benedictine 1539
File:Gwenllian memorial Sempringham.jpg Sempringham Priory Pointon and Sempringham Lincolnshire Gilbertine 1538
Shaftesbury Abbey Shaftesbury Dorset ? Nunnery 1539
File:ShapAbbey(SimonLedingham)Aug2004.jpg Shap Abbey Shap Rural Cumbria Premonstratensian 1540
File:Sherborne abbey image.jpg Sherborne Abbey Sherborne Dorset Benedictine 1539
File:ShrewsburyAbbeyCB.jpg Shrewsbury Abbey Shrewsbury Shropshire 1540
File:Remains of Sibton Abbey.jpg Sibton Abbey Yoxford Suffolk Cistercian 1536
File:St Albans Cathedral 031.jpg St Albans Abbey St Albans Hertfordshire Benedictine 1539
File:Augustine Abbey.jpg St Augustine's Abbey Canterbury Kent 1538
File:St Bartholomew's Church from Middle Street.jpg St Bartholomew's Priory, Smithfield Smithfield, City of London Greater London Augustinian 1539
File:St Bees Priory west autumn sun.jpg St Bees Priory St Bees Cumbria Benedictine
File:St Botolph's Priory.jpg St Botolph's Priory Colchester Essex Augustinian 1536 [45]
File:Horsham St Faith - Parish Church.jpg St Faith Priory Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith Norfolk Benedictine
St Gregory's Priory Canterbury Kent Augustinian 1535
File:St Helens Bishopsgate.jpg St Helen's Priory, Bishopsgate Bishopsgate, City of London Greater London Benedictine 1538
St. James Priory, Derby Derby Derbyshire Cluniac 1536 [46]
St. John the Baptist Priory Andover, Hampshire Hampshire 1538
File:Ancient gate house kenilworth 9l07.JPG St Mary's Abbey Kenilworth Warwickshire Augustinian
File:St Marys Abbey Church York.jpg St Mary's Abbey York North Yorkshire Benedictine 1539
File:Coventry Cathedral -old and new-5July2008.jpg St Mary's Priory Coventry West Midlands (county)
File:The Gatehouse of St. Osyth Priory - geograph.org.uk - 3406940.jpg St Osyth's Priory St Osyth Essex Augustinian [47]
File:Gloucester Cathedral - 2004-11-02.jpg St Peter's Abbey Gloucester Gloucestershire Benedictine 1540
File:Chester Cathedral ext Hamilton 001.JPG St Werburgh's Abbey Chester Cheshire 1538
File:Strata Florida - walls 2.jpg Strata Florida Abbey Ystrad Fflur Ceredigion Cistercian 1539
File:Stoneleigh Abbey Courtyard.jpg Stoneleigh Abbey Stoneleigh Warwickshire
File:Stratford Langthorne - Charnel stone.jpg Stratford Langthorne Abbey West Ham Greater London 1538 [48]
File:File-observatory syonpark.jpg Syon Abbey Heston and Isleworth Bridgettine 1539
File:Talley Abbey 1.jpg Talley Abbey Talley Carmarthenshire Premonstratensian 1536
Tarrant Abbey Tarrant Crawford Dorset Cistercian 1539
File:Tavistock Abbey.jpg Tavistock Abbey Tavistock Devon Benedictine
File:Tewkesbury Abbey 02.jpg Tewkesbury Abbey Tewkesbury Gloucestershire
File:2004 thetford 02.JPG Thetford Priory Thetford Norfolk Cluniac 1540
File:Thornton Abbey Gatehouse1.jpg Thornton Abbey Thornton Curtis Lincolnshire Augustinian 1539
File:Tintern Abbey east end columns.JPG Tintern Abbey Tintern Monmouthshire Cistercian 1536
File:Titchfield Abbey.jpg Titchfield Abbey Fareham Hampshire Premonstratensian 1537
File:Tynemouth Priory3.jpg Tynemouth Priory Tynemouth Tyne and Wear Benedictine 1538
File:Ulverscroft Priory - geograph.org.uk - 172533.jpg Ulverscroft Priory Ulverscroft Leicestershire Canons Regular 1539 [49]
File:Vale-Royal-Abbey-Douglas.jpg Vale Royal Abbey Whitegate and Marton Cheshire Cistercian 1538
File:ValeCrucisAbbey ChapterHouse.JPG Valle Crucis Abbey Llantysilio Denbighshire 1537
File:WalsinghamAbbeyRemains.jpg Walsingham Priory Walsingham Norfolk Canons Regular 1538
File:Waltham Abbey -21Oct2007 (2).jpg Waltham Abbey Waltham Abbey Essex 1540 [50]
Wareham Priory Wareham Dorset Carthusian 1539
File:Waverley Abbey 02.jpg Waverley Abbey Farnham Surrey Cistercian 1536
File:WelbeckAbbeyJonesViews1829.jpg Welbeck Abbey Welbeck Nottinghamshire Premonstratensian 1538
File:Wenlock priory.JPG Wenlock Priory Much Wenlock Shropshire Cluniac 1540
File:Henry7Chapel 13.jpg Westminster Abbey Westminster Greater London Benedictine 1539
File:Whalley Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1923754.jpg Whalley Abbey Whalley Lancashire Cistercian 1537
File:Whitby Abbey image.jpg Whitby Abbey Whitby North Yorkshire Benedictine 1540
File:Whitland Abbey (473001).jpg Whitland Abbey Llanboidy Carmarthenshire Cistercian 1539 [51]
File:Woburn Abbey.jpg Woburn Abbey Woburn Bedfordshire 1538
File:WoodspringPrioryFront081006.jpg Woodspring Priory Kewstoke Somerset Augustinian 1536
File:Worcester cathedral.jpg Worcester Priory Worcester Worcestershire Benedictine 1540
File:Preceptory near Stydd Hall-geograph.org.uk-4148932.jpg Yeaveley Preceptory Yeaveley Derbyshire Knights Hospitaller [52]

See also

  • Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act
  • Second Act of Dissolution
  • List of monastic houses in England
  • List of monastic houses in Wales
  • List of monastic houses in Ireland

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