List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England:0 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 |
County |
Order |
Year dissolved |
Ref(s) |
| Abingdon Abbey | Abingdon | Oxfordshire | Benedictine | 1538 | |
| Bardney Abbey | Bardney | Lincolnshire | Benedictine | 1538 | [1] |
| Bardsey Abbey | Aberdaron | Gwynedd | Canon 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 | Benedictine | 1538 | |
| Beauvale Charterhouse | Hucknall | Nottinghamshire | Carthusian | 1539 | |
| Beaulieu Abbey | Beaulieu | Hampshire | Cistercian | 1538 | |
| Belvoir Priory | Belvoir | Leicestershire | Benedictine | 1539 | [4] |
| Binham Priory | Binham | Norfolk | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| Bisham Abbey | Bisham | Berkshire | Augustinian | 1538 | |
| Blackfriars, Derby | Derby | Derbyshire | Dominican | 1539 | [5] |
| Blackfriars, Leicester | Leicester | Leicestershire | Dominican | 1538 | [6] |
| Blackfriars, Newcastle | Newcastle upon Tyne | Tyne and Wear | Dominican | 1536 | |
| Bolton Abbey | Bolton Abbey | North Yorkshire | Augustinian | 1540 | |
| Bourne Abbey | Bourne | Lincolnshire | Arrouaisian | 1536 | |
| Boxgrove Priory | Boxgrove | West Sussex | Benedictine | 1536 | |
| Boxley Abbey | Boxley | Kent | Cistercian | 1537 | |
| Bradley Priory | Bradley | Leicestershire | Augustinian | 1536 | [7] |
| Breadsall Priory | Breadsall | Derbyshire | Canon Regular | 1536 | [8] |
| Breedon Priory | Breedon on the Hill | Leicestershire | Canon Regular | 1539 | [9] |
| Bridlington Priory | Bridlington | East Riding of Yorkshire | Canon Regular | 1538 | |
| Brinkburn Priory | Brinkburn | Northumberland | Augustinian | 1536 | |
| Brooke Priory | Brooke | Rutland | Canons Regular | 1535/6 | [10] |
| Bruton Abbey | Bruton | Somerset | Augustinian Canons | 1539 | [11] |
| Buckfast Abbey | Buckfastleigh | Devon | Cistercian | 1539 | |
| Buckland Abbey | Buckland Monachorum | Devon | Cistercian | 1539 | |
| Buildwas Abbey | Buildwas | Shropshire | Cistercian | 1536 | |
| Byland Abbey | Byland with Wass | North Yorkshire | Cistercian | 1538 | |
| Calke Priory | Calke | Derbyshire | Augustinian | 1538 | [12] |
| Canons Ashby Priory | Canons Ashby | Northamptonshire | Canon Regular | 1536 | |
| Cardigan Priory | Cardigan | Ceredigion | Benedictine | 1538 | [13] |
| Carmarthen Friary | Carmarthen | Carmarthenshire | Franciscan | 1538 | [14] |
| Carmarthen Priory | Carmarthen | Carmarthenshire | Canon Regular | 1536 | [15] |
| Cartmel Priory | Lower Allithwaite | Cumbria | Canon Regular | 1536 | |
| Castle Acre Priory | Castle Acre | Norfolk | Cluniac | 1537 | |
| Charterhouse London | City of London | Greater London | Carthusian | 1537 | |
| Christchurch Priory | Christchurch | Dorset | Augustinian | 1539 | |
| Cirencester Abbey | Cirencester | Gloucestershire | Augustinian | 1539 | |
| Cleeve Abbey | Old Cleeve | Somerset | Cistercian | 1536 | |
| Colchester Abbey | Colchester | Essex | Benedictine | 1539 | [16] |
| Croyland Abbey | Crowland | Lincolnshire | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| Croxden Abbey | Croxden | Staffordshire | Cistercian | 1538 | |
| Croxton Abbey | Croxton Kerrial | Leicestershire | Premonstratensian | 1538 | [17] |
| Dalby and Heather Preceptory | Old Dalby | Leicestershire | Knights Hospitaller | 1538 | [18] |
| Dale Abbey | Dale Abbey | Derbyshire | Premonstratensian | 1538 | [19] |
| Darley Abbey | Darley Abbey | Derbyshire | Canons Regular | 1538 | [20] |
| Delapré Abbey | Northampton | Northamptonshire | Cluniac Nunnery | 1538 | |
| 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 | Premonstratensian | 1540 | |
| Ewenny Priory | Ewenny | Vale of Glamorgan | Benedictine | 1536 | |
| Eye Priory | Eye | Suffolk | Benedictine | 1537 | [21] |
| Finchale Abbey | Durham | County Durham | Benedictine | 1535 | |
| Folkestone Priory | Folkestone | Kent | Benedictine | 1535 | |
| Forde Abbey | Thorncombe | Dorset | Cistercian | 1539 | |
| Fountains Abbey | Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains | North Yorkshire | Cistercian | 1539 | |
| Furness Abbey | Barrow in Furness | Cumbria | Cistercian | 1537 | |
| Garendon Abbey | Shepshed | Leicestershire | Cistercian | 1536 | [22] |
| Gisborough Priory | Guisborough | North Yorkshire | Augustinian | 1540 | |
| Glastonbury Abbey | Glastonbury | Somerset | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| Grace Dieu Priory | Thringstone | Leicestershire | Augustine | 1538 | [23] |
| Greyfriars, Leicester | Leicester | Leicestershire | Franciscan | 1538 | [24] |
| Great Malvern Priory | Malvern | Worcestershire | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| Gresley Priory | Church Gresley | Derbyshire | Augustinian | 1536 | [25] |
| 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 | Augustinian | 1539 | |
| Haverholme Priory | Ewerby and Evedon | Lincolnshire | Cistercian | 1539 | |
| Hexham Abbey | Hexham | Northumberland | Benedictine | 1537 | |
| Holy Trinity Priory | Aldgate, City of London | Greater London | Augustinian | 1532 | [26] |
| Jarrow Priory | Jarrow | Tyne and Wear | Benedictine | 1536 | |
| Jervaulx Abbey | East Witton | North Yorkshire | Cistercian | 1537 | |
| Kidwelly Priory | Kidwelly | Carmarthenshire | Benedictine | 1539 | [27] |
| King's Mead Priory | Derby | Derbyshire | Benedictine | 1536 | [28] |
| Kirby Bellars Priory | Kirby Bellars | Leicestershire | Canons Regular | 1536 | [29] |
| Kirkstall Abbey | Leeds | West Yorkshire | Cistercian | 1539 | |
| Lacock Abbey | Lacock | Wiltshire | Augustinian | 1539 | |
| Lanercost Priory | Burtholme | Cumbria | Augustinian | 1538 | |
| Langdon Abbey | Dover | Kent | Premonstratensian | 1535 | |
| Langley Priory | | Leicestershire | Benedictine | 1536 | [30] |
| Launde Priory | | Leicestershire | Canons Regular | 1539 | [31] |
| Leicester Abbey | Leicester | Leicestershire | Canons Regular | 1538 | [32] |
| Leicester Austin Friary | Leicester | Leicestershire | Austin Friars | 1538 | [33] |
| Lenton Priory | Lenton, Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | Cluniac | 1538 | |
| Leonard Stanley Priory | Leonard Stanley | Gloucestershire | Benedictine | 1538 | [34] |
| Lewes Priory | Lewes | East Sussex | Cluniac | 1537 | |
| Lindisfarne Priory | Holy Island | Northumberland | Benedictine | 1536 | |
| Llanthony Priory | Crucorney | Monmouthshire | Canon Regular | 1538 | |
| Ludlow Austin Friars | Ludlow | Shropshire | Austin Friars | 1538 | |
| Ludlow White Friars | Ludlow | Shropshire | Carmelites | 1538 | |
| Maenan Abbey | Llanddoged and Maenan | Conwy | Cistercian | 1536 | [35] |
| 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 | 1538 | |
| Michelham Priory | Arlington | East Sussex | Augustinian | 1537 | |
| Milton Abbey | Milton Abbas | Dorset | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| Monkwearmouth Abbey | Sunderland | Tyne and Wear | Benedictine | 1536 | |
| Mount Grace Priory | East Harlsey | North Yorkshire | Carthusian | 1539 | |
| Neath Abbey | Dyffryn Clydach | Neath Port Talbot | Cistercian | 1539 | |
| Netley Abbey | Hound | Hampshire | Cistercian | 1536 | |
| Newark Priory | Ripley | Surrey | Augustinian | 1538 | |
| Newbo Abbey | Sedgebrook | Lincolnshire | Premonstratensian | 1536 | |
| Newminster Abbey | Morpeth | Northumberland | Cistercian | 1537 | |
| Newstead Abbey | Newstead | Nottinghamshire | Augustinian | 1539 | |
| Owston Abbey | | Leicestershire | Canons Regular | 1536 | [36] |
| Pontefract Priory | Pontefract | West Yorkshire | Cluniac | 1540 | |
| Penmon Priory | Llangoed | Isle of Anglesey | Augustinian | 1538 | |
| Pershore Abbey | Pershore | Worcestershire | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| Prittlewell Priory | Prittlewell | Essex | Cluniac | 1536 | |
| Quarr Abbey | Nr. Fishbourne | Isle of Wight | Cistercian | 1536 | [37] |
| Reading Abbey | Reading | Berkshire | Cluniac | 1538 | |
| Repton Priory | Repton | Derbyshire | Augustinian | 1538 | [38] |
| Revesby Abbey | Revesby | Lincolnshire | Cistercian | 1538 | |
| Rievaulx Abbey | Rievaulx | North Yorkshire | Cistercian | 1538 | |
| Roche Abbey | Maltby | South Yorkshire | Cistercian | 1538 | |
| Romsey Abbey | Romsey | Hampshire | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| Rufford Abbey | Rufford | Nottinghamshire | Cistercian | 1536 | |
| Rushen Abbey | Malew | Isle of Man | Cistercian | 1540 | |
| Sawley Abbey | Sawley | Lancashire | Cistercian | 1536 | |
| Selby Abbey | Selby | North Yorkshire | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| Sempringham Priory | Pointon and Sempringham | Lincolnshire | Gilbertine | 1538 | |
| Shap Abbey | Shap Rural | Cumbria | Premonstratensian | 1540 | |
| Shrewsbury Abbey | Shrewsbury | Shropshire | Benedictine | 1540 | |
| Sibton Abbey | Yoxford | Suffolk | Cistercian | 1536 | |
| St Bartholomew's Priory, Smithfield | Smithfield, City of London | Greater London | Augustinian | 1539 | |
| St Albans Abbey | St Albans | Hertfordshire | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| St Augustine's Abbey | Canterbury | Kent | Benedictine | 1538 | |
| St Bees Priory | St Bees | Cumbria | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| St Faith Priory | Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith | Norfolk | Benedictine | 1536 | |
| St Gregory's Priory | Canterbury | Kent | Augustinian | 1535 | |
| St Helen's Priory, Bishopsgate | Bishopsgate, City of London | Greater London | Benedictine | 1538 | |
| St. James Priory, Derby | Derby | Derbyshire | Cluniac | 1536 | [39] |
| St. John the Baptist Priory | Andover, Hampshire | Hampshire | | 1538 | |
| St Mary's Abbey | York | North Yorkshire | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| St Mary's Priory | Coventry | Warwickshire | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| St Peter's Abbey | Gloucester | Gloucestershire | Benedictine | 1540 | |
| St Werburgh's Abbey | Chester | Cheshire | Benedictine | 1538 | |
| Strata Florida Abbey | Ystrad Fflur | Ceredigion | Cistercian | 1539 | |
| Stratford Langthorne Abbey | West Ham | Greater London | Cistercian | 1538 | [40] |
| Syon Abbey | Heston and Isleworth | Greater London | Bridgettine | 1539 | |
| Talley Abbey | Talley | Carmarthenshire | Premonstratensian | 1536 | |
| Tavistock Abbey | Tavistock | Devon | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| Tewkesbury Abbey | Tewkesbury | Gloucestershire | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| Thetford Priory | Thetford | Norfolk | Cluniac | 1540 | |
| Thornton Abbey | Thornton Curtis | Lincolnshire | Augustinian | 1539 | |
| Tintern Abbey | Tintern | Monmouthshire | Cistercian | 1536 | |
| Titchfield Abbey | Fareham | Hampshire | Premonstratensian | 1537 | |
| Tynemouth Priory | Tynemouth | Tyne and Wear | Benedictine | 1538 | |
| Ulverscroft Priory | Ulverscroft | Leicestershire | Canons Regular | 1539 | [41] |
| Vale Royal Abbey | Whitegate and Marton | Cheshire | Cistercian | 1538 | |
| Valle Crucis Abbey | Llantysilio | Denbighshire | Cistercian | 1537 | |
| Walsingham Priory | Walsingham | Norfolk | Canon Regular | 1538 | |
| Waltham Abbey | Waltham Abbey | Essex | Canon Regular | 1540 | [42] |
| Waverley Abbey | Farnham | Surrey | Cistercian | 1536 | |
| Welbeck Abbey | Welbeck | Nottinghamshire | Premonstratensian | 1538 | |
| Wenlock Priory | Much Wenlock | Shropshire | Cluniac | 1540 | |
| Westminster Abbey | Westminster | Greater London | Benedictine | 1539 | |
| Whalley Abbey | Whalley | Lancashire | Cistercian | 1537 | |
| Whitby Abbey | Whitby | North Yorkshire | Benedictine | 1540 | |
| Whitland Abbey | Llanboidy | Carmarthenshire | Cistercian | 1539 | [43] |
| Woburn Abbey | Woburn | Bedfordshire | Cistercian | 1538 | |
| Woodspring Priory | Kewstoke | Somerset | Augustinian | 1536 | |
| Worcester Priory | Worcester | Worcestershire | Benedictine | 1540 | |
| Yeaveley Preceptory | Yeaveley | Derbyshire | Knights Hospitaller | 1540 | [44] |
See also
References
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