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.)

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Image Name Location Order Year dissolved Ref(s)
Langdon Abbey,
Langdon		 Dover, Kent Premonstratensian 1535
Abingdon Abbey, geograph.jpg Abingdon Abbey,
Abingdon		 Abingdon, Oxfordshire Benedictine 1538
Rippers-corner.jpg Holy Trinity Priory,
Aldgate		 City of London Augustinian 1532 [1]
Bardney - Abbey Remains.jpg Bardney Abbey Bardney,
Lincolnshire		 Benedictine 1538 [2]
Bardsey-island.jpg Bardsey Abbey Aberdaron,
Gwynedd		 Canon Regular 1537 [3]
Barking abbey ruins london.jpg Barking Abbey Barking,
Greater London		 Benedictine 1539 [4]
BasingwerkPriory.JPG Basingwerk Abbey Holywell,
Flintshire		 Cistercian 1536
Bath abbey and roman baths arp.jpg Bath Abbey Bath,
Somerset		 Benedictine 1539
Battle England.jpg Battle Abbey Battle,
East Sussex		 Benedictine 1538
Beauvale Priory Remains.jpg Beauvale Charterhouse Hucknall,
Nottinghamshire		 Carthusian 1539
BeaulieuAbbey7.JPG Beaulieu Abbey Beaulieu,
Hampshire		 Cistercian 1538
BinhamPriory(DavidWilliams)Sep2004.jpg Binham Priory Binham,
Norfolk		 Benedictine 1539
Bisham - geograph.org.uk - 1155.jpg Bisham Abbey Bisham,
Berkshire		 Augustinian 1538
St Helens Bishopsgate.jpg St Helen's Priory,
Bishopsgate		 City of London Benedictine 1538
Blackfriars1.JPG Blackfriars Newcastle upon Tyne,
Tyne and Wear		 Dominican 1536
BoltonPriory.jpg Bolton Abbey Bolton Abbey,
North Yorkshire		 Augustinian 1539
BourneAbbeyInterior.jpg Bourne Abbey Bourne,
Lincolnshire		 Arrouaisian 1536
Boxgrove Priory Ruins.jpg Boxgrove Priory Boxgrove,
West Sussex		 Benedictine 1536
Bridlington Priory.jpg Bridlington Priory Bridlington,
East Riding of Yorkshire		 Canon Regular 1538
Brinkburn priory and hall taken from Brinkburn Mill - geograph.org.uk - 934247.jpg Brinkburn Priory Brinkburn,
Northumberland		 Augustinian 1536
Abadia buckfast.jpg Buckfast Abbey Buckfastleigh,
Devon		 Cistercian 1539
Buckland Abbey.jpg Buckland Abbey Buckland Monachorum,
Devon		 Cistercian 1539
Buildwas Abbey 3.jpg Buildwas Abbey Buildwas,
Shropshire		 Cistercian 1536
BylandAbbey-7Je11-24105.jpg Byland Abbey Byland with Wass,
North Yorkshire		 Cistercian 1538
Canonsashbypriory.jpg Canons Ashby Priory Canons Ashby,
Northamptonshire		 Canon Regular 1536
Augustine Abbey.jpg St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury Canterbury,
Kent		 Benedictine 1538
St Gregory's Priory,
Canterbury		 Canterbury,
Kent		 Augustinian 1535
CardiganPriory.JPG Cardigan Priory Cardigan,
Ceredigion		 Benedictine 1538 [5]
Carmarthen.1610.Speed.map.jpg Carmarthen Friary Carmarthen,
Carmarthenshire		 Franciscan 1538 [6]
Carmarthen.1610.Speed.map.jpg Carmarthen Priory Carmarthen,
Carmarthenshire		 Canon Regular 1536 [7]
Cartmel Priory, geograph.jpg Cartmel Priory Lower Allithwaite,
Cumbria		 Canon Regular 1536
Castle Acre Priory.jpg Castle Acre Priory Castle Acre,
Norfolk		 Cluniac 1537
CharterhouseEC1.jpg Charterhouse London City of London Carthusian 1537
ChristchurchPriory.jpg Christchurch Priory Christchurch,
Dorset		 Augustinian 1539
Cirencester - St John's Church Entrance Porch.jpg Cirencester Abbey Cirencester,
Gloucestershire		 Augustinian 1539
CleeveAbbeyDormitoryC.jpg Cleeve Abbey Old Cleeve,
Somerset		 Cistercian 1536
St Johns Abbey Gatehouse.jpg Colchester Abbey Colchester,
Essex		 Benedictine 1539 [8]
Coventry Cathedral -old and new-5July2008.jpg St Mary's Priory,
Coventry		 Coventry,
West Midlands		 Benedictine 1539
Crowland abbey.jpg Croyland Abbey Crowland,
Lincolnshire		 Benedictine 1539
CroxdenAbbey(LindaBailey)Aug2006.jpg Croxden Abbey Croxden,
Staffordshire		 Cistercian 1538
Dale Abbey snow.jpg Dale Abbey Dale Abbey,
Derbyshire		 Premonstratensian 1539
DelapreAbbey.jpg Delapré Abbey Northampton,
Northamptonshire		 Cluniac Nunnery 1538
Dore Abbey, Hampshire.jpg Dore Abbey Abbey Dore,
Herefordshire		 Cistercian 1536
Dudley Priory.JPG Dudley Priory Dudley,
West Midlands		 Cluniac 1539
DunstablePriory.JPG Dunstable Priory Dunstable,
Bedfordshire		 Augustinian 1540
Easby abbey 2.JPG Easby Abbey Easby,
North Yorkshire		 Premonstratensian 1537
Egglestone Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 382192.jpg Egglestone Abbey County Durham Premonstratensian 1540
Turner, J. M. W. - Transept of Ewenny Priory, Glamorganshire.jpg Ewenny Priory Ewenny,
Vale of Glamorgan		 Benedictine 1536
Folkestone Priory Folkestone,
Kent		 Benedictine 1535
Forde Abbey 06.jpg Forde Abbey Thorncombe,
Dorset		 Cistercian 1539
Fountains Abbey view02 2005-08-27.jpg Fountains Abbey Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains,
North Yorkshire		 Cistercian 1539
Furness Abbey Cumbria UK.jpg Furness Abbey Barrow in Furness,
Cumbria		 Cistercian 1537
Gisborough Priory (nez202).jpg Gisborough Priory Guisborough,
North Yorkshire		 Augustinian 1540
Glastonburyabbey.jpg Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury,
Somerset		 Benedictine 1539
Gloucester Cathedral - 2004-11-02.jpg St Peter's Abbey,
Gloucester		 Gloucester,
Gloucestershire		 Benedictine 1540
Great Malvern Priory.JPG Great Malvern Priory Malvern,
Worcestershire		 Benedictine 1539
Hailes Abbey.jpg Hailes Abbey Stanway,
Gloucestershire		 Cistercian 1539
Halesowen - Saint Mary's Abbey.jpg Halesowen Abbey Halesowen,
West Midlands		 Premonstratensian 1538
Haltpriside.jpg Haltemprice Priory Willerby,
East Riding of Yorkshire		 Augustinian 1536
Haughmond Abbey ruins.jpg Haughmond Abbey Uffington,
Shropshire		 Augustinian 1539
Ewerby and Evedon - Haverholme Priory.jpg Haverholme Priory Ewerby and Evedon,
Lincolnshire		 Cistercian 1539
Hexham Abbey outside 2.jpg Hexham Abbey Hexham,
Northumberland		 Benedictine 1537
Jarrow.jpg Jarrow Priory Jarrow,
Tyne and Wear		 Benedictine 1536
Jervaulx Abbey, geograph.jpg Jervaulx Abbey East Witton,
North Yorkshire		 Cistercian 1537
Kidwelly.jpg Kidwelly Priory Kidwelly,
Carmarthenshire		 Benedictine 1539 [9]
KirkstallAbbey.JPG Kirkstall Abbey Leeds,
West Yorkshire		 Cistercian 1539
Lacock abbey GB.jpg Lacock Abbey Lacock,
Wiltshire		 Augustinian 1539
Lanercost Priory 2.jpg Lanercost Priory Burtholme,
Cumbria		 Augustinian 1538
Lenton Priory.jpg Lenton Priory Lenton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Holy Trinity 1538
Lewes Priory reredorter.jpg Lewes Priory Lewes,
East Sussex		 Cluniac 1537
Saint Cuthbert Monument (Holy Island).jpg Lindisfarne Priory Holy Island,
Northumberland		 Benedictine 1536
LlanthonyPriory.JPG Llanthony Priory Crucorney,
Monmouthshire		 Canon Regular 1538
MaenanAbbey.JPG Maenan Abbey Llanddoged and Maenan,
Conwy		 Cistercian 1536 [10]
Malmesbury.abbey.exterior.arp.jpg Malmesbury Abbey Malmesbury,
Wiltshire		 Benedictine 1539
MargamAbbey.JPG Margam Abbey Margam,
Neath Port Talbot		 Cistercian 1536
Mattersey Priory ruins.jpg Mattersey Priory Mattersey,
Nottinghamshire		 Gilbertine 1538
Michelham-mh1.JPG Michelham Priory Arlington,
East Sussex		 Augustinian 1537
Milton Abbey 447286953.jpg Milton Abbey Milton Abbas,
Dorset		 Benedictine 1539
St peters tower.jpg Monkwearmouth Abbey Sunderland,
Tyne and Wear		 Benedictine 1536
Mount Grace Priory.jpg Mount Grace Priory East Harlsey,
North Yorkshire		 Carthusian 1539
Wenlock Priory 2.jpg Much Wenlock Priory Much Wenlock,
Shropshire		 Cluniac 1540
NeathAbbey.JPG Neath Abbey Dyffryn Clydach,
Neath Port Talbot		 Cistercian 1539
Eastrange.jpg Netley Abbey Hound,
Hampshire		 Cistercian 1536
Newark Priory - geograph.org.uk - 642708.jpg Newark Priory Ripley,
Surrey		 Augustinian 1538
Newbo Abbey Sedgebrook,
Lincolnshire		 1536
Newminster Abbey ruins.jpg Newminster Abbey Morpeth,
Northumberland		 Cistercian 1537
Newstead Abbey 02.jpg Newstead Abbey Newstead,
Nottinghamshire		 Augustinian 1539
Dovecot Penmon Anglesey.JPG Penmon Priory Llangoed,
Isle of Anglesey		 Augustinian 1538
Pershore Abbey 1.jpg Pershore Abbey Pershore,
Worcestershire		 Benedictine 1539
ReadingAbbey.JPG Reading Abbey Reading,
Berkshire		 Cluniac 1538
Revesby Abbey 01.jpg Revesby Abbey Revesby,
Lincolnshire		 Cistercian 1538
Rievaulx Abbey-001.jpg Rievaulx Abbey Rievaulx,
North Yorkshire		 Cistercian 1538
Roche-abbey.jpg Roche Abbey Maltby,
South Yorkshire		 Cistercian 1538
Romsey Abbey 03.jpg Romsey Abbey Romsey,
Hampshire		 Benedictine 1539
RuffordAbbey.jpg Rufford Abbey Rufford,
Nottinghamshire		 Cistercian 1536
Rushen Abbey.jpg Rushen Abbey Malew,
Isle of Man		 Cistercian 1540
Sawley Abbey 2.jpg Sawley Abbey Sawley,
Lancashire		 Cistercian 1536
Selby abbey.jpg Selby Abbey Selby,
North Yorkshire		 Benedictine 1539
Gwenllian memorial Sempringham.jpg Sempringham Priory Pointon and Sempringham,
Lincolnshire		 Gilbertine 1538
ShapAbbey(SimonLedingham)Aug2004.jpg Shap Abbey Shap Rural,
Cumbria		 Premonstratensian 1540
ShrewsburyAbbeyCB.jpg Shrewsbury Abbey Shrewsbury,
Shropshire		 Benedictine 1540
Remains of Sibton Abbey.jpg Sibton Abbey Yoxford, Suffolk Cistercian 1536
St Bartholomew's Church from Middle Street.jpg St Bartholomew's Priory,
Smithfield		 City of London Augustinian 1539
St Albans Cathedral 031.jpg St Albans Abbey St Albans,
Hertfordshire		 Benedictine 1539
St Bees Priory west autumn sun.jpg St Bees Priory St Bees,
Cumbria		 Benedictine 1539
Horsham St Faith - Parish Church.jpg St Faith Priory Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith,
Norfolk		 Benedictine 1536
Strata Florida - walls 2.jpg Strata Florida Abbey Ystrad Fflur,
Ceredigion		 Cistercian 1539
Stratford Langthorne - Charnel stone.jpg Stratford Langthorne Abbey West Ham,
Greater London		 Cistercian 1538 [11]
File-observatory syonpark.jpg Syon Abbey Heston and Isleworth,
Greater London		 Bridgettine 1539
Talley Abbey 1.jpg Talley Abbey Talley,
Carmarthenshire		 Premonstratensian 1536
Tavistock Abbey.jpg Tavistock Abbey Tavistock,
Devon		 Benedictine 1539
Tewkesbury Abbey 02.jpg Tewkesbury Abbey Tewkesbury,
Gloucestershire		 Benedictine 1539
2004 thetford 02.JPG Thetford Priory Thetford,
Norfolk		 Cluniac 1536
Thornton Abbey Gatehouse1.jpg Thornton Abbey Thornton Curtis,
Lincolnshire		 Augustinian 1539
Tintern Abbey east end columns.JPG Tintern Abbey Tintern,
Monmouthshire		 Cistercian 1536
Titchfield Abbey.jpg Titchfield Abbey Fareham,
Hampshire		 Premonstratensian 1537
Tynemouth Priory3.jpg Tynemouth Priory Tynemouth,
Tyne and Wear		 Benedictine 1538
Vale-Royal-Abbey-Douglas.jpg Vale Royal Abbey Whitegate and Marton,
Cheshire		 Cistercian 1538
ValeCrucisAbbey ChapterHouse.JPG Valle Crucis Abbey Llantysilio,
Denbighshire		 Cistercian 1537
WalsinghamAbbeyRemains.jpg Walsingham Priory Walsingham,
Norfolk		 Canon Regular 1538
Waltham Abbey -21Oct2007 (2).jpg Waltham Abbey Waltham Abbey,
Essex		 Canon Regular 1540 [12]
Waverley Abbey 02.jpg Waverley Abbey Farnham,
Surrey		 Cistercian 1536
WelbeckAbbeyJonesViews1829.jpg Welbeck Abbey Welbeck,
Nottinghamshire		 Premonstratensian 1538
Henry7Chapel 13.jpg Westminster Abbey Westminster,
Greater London		 Benedictine 1539
Whitby Abbey image.jpg Whitby Abbey Whitby,
North Yorkshire		 Benedictine 1540
Whitland Abbey (473001).jpg Whitland Abbey Llanboidy,
Carmarthenshire		 Cistercian 1539 [13]
Woburn Abbey.jpg Woburn Abbey Woburn,
Bedfordshire		 Cistercian 1538
WoodspringPrioryFront081006.jpg Woodspring Priory Kewstoke,
Somerset		 Augustinian 1536
Worcester cathedral.jpg Worcester Priory Worcester,
Worcestershire		 Benedictine 1540
St Marys Abbey Church York.jpg St Mary's Abbey,
York		 York,
North Yorkshire		 Benedictine 1539

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Austin canons: Priory of Holy Trinity or Christchurch, Aldgate". A History of the County of London: Volume 1: London within the Bars, Westminster and Southwark. 1909. pp. 465–475. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35357. Retrieved 1 May 2008. 
  2. ^ Bardney Village History : Bardney Abbey
  3. ^ Britannia.com, Ynys Enlli : The Welsh Holy Island
  4. ^ "Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey of Barking". A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2. 1907. pp. 115–122. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39832. Retrieved 1 May 2008. 
  5. ^ Our Lady of Cardigan : National Shrine of Wales : Story of the Shrine
  6. ^ The Carmarthenshire Historian : The Grey Friars of Carmarthen
  7. ^ Carmarthenshire County Council : Carmarthen
  8. ^ "Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Colchester". A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2. 1907. pp. 93–102. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39827. Retrieved 1 May 2008. 
  9. ^ Kidwelly History : Kidwelly Priory
  10. ^ Northwales : Almshouses Museum and St Grwst’s Church, Llanrwst
  11. ^ "Houses of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Stratford Langthorne". A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2. 1907. pp. 129–133. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39836. Retrieved 30 April 2008. 
  12. ^ "Houses of Austin canons: Abbey of Waltham Holy Cross". A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2. 1907. pp. 166–172. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39852. Retrieved 1 May 2008. 
  13. ^ The Cistercians in Yorkshire : Cistercian Abbeys : Whitland
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