List of monastic houses in Norfolk
The following is a list of monastic houses in Norfolk, England.
Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller). Monastic hospitals are included where they had the status or function of an abbey, priory, or preceptor/commandery.
- Abbreviations and key
Symbol | Status |
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None | Ruins |
* | Current monastic function |
+ | Current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) |
^ | Current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure |
$ | Remains limited to earthworks etc. |
# | No identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains |
~ | Exact site of monastic foundation unknown |
โ | Identification ambiguous or confused |
Locations with names in italics indicate possible duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic name but lacking actual monastic connection.
EH | English Heritage |
LT | Landmark Trust |
NT | National Trust |
List
[edit]Foundation | Image | Communities and provenance | Formal name or dedication and alternative names | References and location |
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Aldeby Priory ^(+) | Benedictine monks dependent on Norwich; founded c.1100-1119 (during the reign of Henry I) by Herbert de Losinga, Bishop of Norwich; lack of evidence for a conventual church infers[1] that the monks officiated at the parochial church of St Mary which was granted to the priory; granted to the Dean and Prebendary of Norwich |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Aldeby Priory | [1][2][3]52ยฐ28โฒ43โณN 1ยฐ35โฒ56โณE / 52.4785591ยฐN 1.5989614ยฐE | |
Beeston Regis Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1216 (about the end of the reign of King John) by Lady Margery de Cressy; Carmelite Friars refounded 1400; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Edmond Windham and Giles Seafoule 1545/6 |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Beeston Regis ____________________ Beeston Priory |
[4][5] 52ยฐ56โฒ19โณN 1ยฐ13โฒ27โณE / 52.9387429ยฐN 1.2241763ยฐE | |
Binham Priory + | Benedictine monks priory cell dependent on St Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire; founded c.1091 (before 1093) by Peter de Valoines, manor granted by William the Conqueror; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Thomas Paston; demolition ensued but the plan to build a mansion was abandoned; nave of conventual church in parochial use as the Priory Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross. Owned by Norfolk Archaeological Trust and English Heritage |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Binham Priory The Priory Church of St Peter and St Paul, Binham? |
[6][7][8]52ยฐ55โฒ12โณN 0ยฐ56โฒ48โณE / 52.920026ยฐN 0.94667ยฐE | |
Blackborough Priory ^ | Benedictine monks founded c.1150 by Roger de Scales and his wife Muriel; Benedictine monks and nuns granted extended for use as a double house by Robert de Scales, son of the founders c.1170(?); Benedictine nuns alone 1200; dissolved 1537; granted to the Bishop of Norwich 1550/1; remains incorporated into a private house |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Catherine, Blackborough | [9][10] 52ยฐ41โฒ54โณN 0ยฐ28โฒ30โณE / 52.6982645ยฐN 0.4749656ยฐE | |
Blakeney Friary | Carmelite Friars land granted 1295/6 by Richard Stomer and others with the consent of their lord Sir William Roos; founded 1304-16; buildings completed 1321; dissolved 1538; granted to William Rede 1541/2; granted to Lady Anne Calthorpe; passed to the local Pepys family; remains incorporated into Friarage Farmhouse |
Snitterley Whitefriars; Sniterley Whitefriars |
Blakeney[11][12]52ยฐ57โฒ19โณN 1ยฐ01โฒ24โณE / 52.9553103ยฐN 1.0234076ยฐE | |
Bradmer Friary | Carmelite Friars founded c.1241 (1242-7) by Ralph Hempnale (Hemenhale) and Sir William de Calthrop; transferred to new site at Burnham Norton c.1253 |
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Bromehill Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1224 by Sir Hugh de Plaiz; dissolved 14 May 1528 for Cardinal Wolsey's college at Ipswich; priory demolished; granted to the Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge by Edward VI |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Thomas the Martyr, Bromehill | [14][15]52ยฐ27โฒ26โณN 0ยฐ37โฒ59โณE / 52.4572156ยฐN 0.6331784ยฐE | |
Bromholm Priory | Cluniac monks alien house: dependent on Castle Acre Priory; founded 1113 by William de Glanville; direct Cluniac rule c.1195;became denizen: independent from 1390; dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Woodhouse 1545/6 |
The Priory Church of St Andrew, Bromholm ____________________ Broomholm Priory |
[16][17] 52ยฐ50โฒ46โณN 1ยฐ28โฒ57โณE / 52.8460646ยฐN 1.4823765ยฐE | |
Burnham Norton Friary | Carmelite Friars (community founded at Bradmer c.1241 (1242-7)); transferred from Bradmer 1253 (1252); dissolved 1538; granted to William, Lord Cobham 1541/2 |
[13][18]52ยฐ57โฒ04โณN 0ยฐ44โฒ06โณE / 52.9510297ยฐN 0.7349038ยฐE | ||
Carbrooke Preceptory | possibly Knights Templar possibly founded before 1173 by granted by the husband of Maud, Countess of Clare, with preceptory unfinished; Knights Hospitaller founded c.1182: Maud, Countess of Clare granted churches of St Peter, Great Carbrook and St John the Baptist, Little Carbrook and manor of Carbrook; dissolved 1540; granted to Sir Richard Gresham and Sir Richard Southwell 1543/4 |
Carbroke Preceptory
[19][20]52ยฐ34โฒ54โณN 0ยฐ52โฒ42โณE / 52.5816927ยฐN 0.878225ยฐE | ||
Carbrook Cell | Sisters of the Order of St John of Jerusalem cell founded unknown, transferred to Buckland c.1180 |
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Carrow Priory | Benedictine nuns (community founded at Norwich between 1100 and 1135); transferred here 1146, founded by two sisters of the earlier site which was granted land by King Stephen; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir John Shelton 1538; prioress's house incorporated into later residence; remains situated within the grounds of Reckitt & Colman's works |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary of Carhowe | [21][22][23][24] 52ยฐ37โฒ06โณN 1ยฐ18โฒ41โณE / 52.6182939ยฐN 1.3114795ยฐE | |
Castle Acre Priory | Cluniac monks alien house: dependent on Lewes, Sussex; founded 1089 (or before 1085) by William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey;became denizen: independent from sometime between 1351 and 1374; dissolved 22 November 1537; granted to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk 1537/8; priors lodgings retained as a residence; passed into ownership of Sir Edward Coke, and remains in that family; in guardianship of Ministry of Works 1929; (EH) |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Castle Acre Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint Peter and Saint Paul ____________________ Castleacre Priory |
[25][26] 52ยฐ42โฒ00โณN 0ยฐ41โฒ06โณE / 52.7000346ยฐN 0.6850147ยฐE | |
Choseley Monastery | Lazarites founded before 1273 (before the reign of Edward I) by the Earl of Gifford; dissolved 1544/5; granted Sir John Dudley, Viscount Lisle |
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Coxford Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular (community founded at the church of St Mary, Rudham (East) c.1140); transferred to new site c.1216 (early in the reign of Henry III); dissolved 22 January 1536; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1537 |
Cokesford Priory | [27][28][29]52ยฐ49โฒ37โณN 0ยฐ44โฒ30โณE / 52.82698ยฐN 0.74172ยฐE | |
Crabhouse Priory | Augustinian Canonesses founded c.1181 by Roger, prior, and canons of Ranham (Norman's Burrow) with the consent of their founder William de Lesewis (Leseurs) for the anchoress Lena; flooded and temporarily abandoned c.1200; church and many buildings partly rebuilt 1402-4; rebuilt 1420-4; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir John Gage; house named 'Crabb's Abbey' built on site |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist St Mary, St John and St Thomas |
[30][31] 52ยฐ38โฒ40โณN 0ยฐ21โฒ55โณE / 52.6444045ยฐN 0.3653544ยฐE | |
Creake Abbey | chapel hospital founded before 1189 (during the reign of Henry II) by Lady Alice de Nerford and her husband Sir Robert who used the chapel to found a hospital; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1206, the master becoming a canon, changing the hospital to a priory with the consent of the widowed Alice; hospital dedicated to St Bartholomew after(?)1217; raised to abbey status 1231 by Henry III; canons wiped out by plague 1506, abbot survived to 12 December 1506; passed to the Crown 1506; (EH) |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary de Pratis ____________________ North Creake Abbey; Creek Abbey |
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Custhorpe Cell(?) | Augustinian Canons Regular cell(?)[note 1] dependent on West Acre; possibly a chapel intermittently served by a canon |
[34] 52ยฐ42โฒ05โณN 0ยฐ38โฒ41โณE / 52.701421ยฐN 0.6448487ยฐE | ||
Docking Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: cell or grange dependent on Ivry-la-Bataille; founded 12th century; dissolved 1455; granted as a 'priory' to Eton College 1436?[note 2] |
[35][36] 52ยฐ53โฒ34โณN 0ยฐ36โฒ53โณE / 52.8926583ยฐN 0.6147945ยฐE | ||
East Dereham Monastery | Saxon nuns nunnery and probable minster founded before 743 by St Withburga; ?destroyed in raids by the Danes c.870; sole remains are a holy well, reputedly associated with the monastery |
[37]52ยฐ40โฒ51โณN 0ยฐ56โฒ14โณE / 52.6809578ยฐN 0.937132ยฐE | ||
Field Dalling Grange | Savignac monks alien house founded 1138 by Maud de Harscolye: James de Sancto Hylario granted land to the abbey of the Holy Trinity, Savigny; Cistercian monks orders merged 17 September 1147; (referred to as a priory cell, but believed to be a grange); dissolved 1414; granted by the Crown to Epworth Priory; granted to the Spittle-on-the-Street, Lincolnshire; granted to the Carthusians of St. Anne's Priory, Coventry, Warwickshire (West Midlands); granted to the Carthusian priory of Mount Grace 1462; granted to Martyng Hastings and James Borne |
Dallingfield Priory; Field-Dalling Priory; Fieldallyng Priory |
[38][39] 52ยฐ54โฒ17โณN 0ยฐ59โฒ09โณE / 52.9045926ยฐN 0.9858727ยฐE | |
Flitcham Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1217 (early in the reign of Henry III) by Sir Robert Aguillon (granted to Dametta de Flitcham); in decay by 1528; dissolved 1538; granted to Edward Lord Clinton 1538/9; house built on site 16th century |
St Mary ad Fontes | [40][41] 52ยฐ48โฒ32โณN 0ยฐ34โฒ20โณE / 52.8088678ยฐN 0.5723405ยฐE | |
Gorleston Friary | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Cambridge) founded before 1267; William Woderove given as founder 14th century; dissolved 1538, surrendered to Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover |
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Great Massingham Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded before/c.1260 probably by Nicholas le (/de) Syre (originally termed a hospital, with a prior as master); dilapidated 1475-6; refounded as a cell of West Acre; dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Gresham |
St Mary and St Nicholas ____________________ Massingham Magna |
[42][43] 52ยฐ46โฒ30โณN 0ยฐ39โฒ43โณE / 52.7748649ยฐN 0.6618565ยฐE | |
Great Witchingham Grange | Cluniac monks alien house: dependent on Longueville; founded after 1093: manor and other endowments granted by Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham; possibly directly supervised by monks from time-to-time dissolved after 1414 |
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Great Yarmouth โ St Nicholas's Priory | Benedictine monks cell dependent on Norwich; founded 1101 by Herbert de Losinga, Bishop of Norwich; Church of St Nicholas was associated with the priory; dissolved 1539; granted to Norwich Cathedral; restored 1835; destroyed by bombing in World War II; restored, currently in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Nicholas; the conventual Great Hall currently in use as Priory School |
The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Great Yarmouth; | [44][45] 52ยฐ36โฒ39โณN 1ยฐ43โฒ38โณE / 52.610967ยฐN 1.7273158ยฐE | |
Great Yarmouth Austin Friary | Augustinian Friars cell? under Gorleston founded 1339?: royal permission granted; existence purported by old tradition dissolution unknown[note 3] |
[46][47] 52ยฐ35โฒ11โณN 1ยฐ43โฒ29โณE / 52.5864042ยฐN 1.724622ยฐE | ||
Great Yarmouth Blackfriars | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded before 1267 by Sir William Garbridge; inundated by the sea 1287, and sea wall constructed; church destroyed by fire 1525; dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Andrews and Sir Leonard Chamberlain.1542/3 |
[48][49] 52ยฐ36โฒ01โณN 1ยฐ43โฒ43โณE / 52.6002293ยฐN 1.7287427ยฐE | ||
Great Yarmouth Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Cambridge) founded after 1226(?)-1271 by Sir William Garbridge; dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Richard Williams, alias Cromwell 1541/2; leased 1582 as a lodging for important visitors, and part used by local civilian militia; site sold to John Woodroffe 1657; later divided and sold; monastic remains incorporated into 17th century and later buildings; remains of the cloister were opened up late 19th century, with other remains restored 1945 and thereafter |
[50][51] 52ยฐ36โฒ19โณN 1ยฐ43โฒ34โณE / 52.6051815ยฐN 1.7262161ยฐE | ||
Great Yarmouth Whitefriars | Carmelite Friars founded before 1277 by Edward I; destroyed by fire 1 April 1509; dissolved 1538 by Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover; granted to Thomas Denton and Richard Nottingham 1544/5; house built on site 17th century |
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Haddiscoe Preceptory | Knights Templar founded before 1218; dissolved 1308-12 |
[54] 52ยฐ30โฒ58โณN 1ยฐ35โฒ41โณE / 52.5162065ยฐN 1.5948173ยฐE | ||
Heacham Grange | Cluniac monks alien house: grange(?) dependent on Lewes, Sussex; founded before 1088: endowments including mansion and estates granted to Lewes by William de Warenne; cell purported to have existed (evidence disputed) โ possibly directly supervised by monks from time-to-time; dissolution unknown |
[55] 52ยฐ54โฒ16โณN 0ยฐ28โฒ54โณE / 52.9045214ยฐN 0.481655ยฐE | ||
Hempton Priory | hospital founded before 1135 (during the reign of Henry I) by Roger de St Martin (St Martins), with Richard Ward (who became the first prior when the hospital became a priory) Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1135; hospital continued to after 1200; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir William Fermer 1545/6 |
The Priory Church of Saint Stephen, Hempton ____________________ Fakenham Priory; Hampton Priory |
[56][57] 52ยฐ49โฒ25โณN 0ยฐ50โฒ34โณE / 52.8235448ยฐN 0.8428064ยฐE | |
Hickling Priory # | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1185 by Theobald de Valentia, son of Robert de Valoines; dissolved 1536; granted to the Bishop of Norwich |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint Augustine and All Saints, Hickling 1545/6 | [58][59] 52ยฐ46โฒ03โณN 1ยฐ35โฒ01โณE / 52.7674128ยฐN 1.5834769ยฐE | |
Hitcham Cell | Cluniac monks founded during the reign of William II by William Warren, Earl of Surrey; dissolved; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1537/8 |
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Horsham St Faith Priory | Benedictine monks (community founded at Kirkscroft 1105); alien house: dependent on Conches; transferred here after 1105; became denizen: independent from 1390; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Edward Elrington 1543/4 |
The Priory Church of Saint Faith, Horsham | [60][61] 52ยฐ41โฒ17โณN 1ยฐ16โฒ39โณE / 52.6881677ยฐN 1.2774611ยฐE | |
Horstead Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: priory or grange? dependent on La Trinitรจ, Caen; founded c.1090 by William II to nunnery at Caen; nuns appear not to have resided here; probably run by a monk using the title 'prior' dissolved 1414; granted to King's College, Cambridge 1291 |
Horestead Grange; Horstead Priory |
[62][63] 52ยฐ43โฒ17โณN 1ยฐ20โฒ42โณE / 52.7214974ยฐN 1.3451278ยฐE | |
Ingham Priory + | secular canons collegiate founded c.1355 by Sir Miles Stapleton who was granted licence to enlarge church 1355; Trinitarian Canons founded 1360 abandoned between 1534 and 1536; dissolved 1536; prospective purchaser falsely asserted the house to be of Crutched Friars; granted to the Bishop of Norwich 1544/5; The Swan Inn public house, adjacent to the church, also stands on the site of the priory |
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity and All Saints, Ingham | [64][65] 52ยฐ46โฒ45โณN 1ยฐ32โฒ38โณE / 52.7790672ยฐN 1.5437937ยฐE | |
King's Lynn Benedictine Priory | Benedictine monks founded 1095; dissolved 1538; granted to the Dean and Chapter of Norwich; site of the prior's house consecrated and incorporated into St Margaret's churchyard early 17th century; demolished apart from small section incorporated into later building |
The Priory & Parish Church of Saint Margaret with Saint Mary Magdalen and All the Virgin Saints, King's Lynn The Priory & Parish Church of Saint Margaret with St Nicholas, King's Lynn (from 1101) |
[66][67] 52ยฐ45โฒ05โณN 0ยฐ23โฒ43โณE / 52.7514867ยฐN 0.3953362ยฐE | |
King's Lynn Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars (under the Custody of Cambridge) founded before 1295; dissolved 30 September 1538; granted to John Eyer 1544/5 |
[68][69] 52ยฐ45โฒ23โณN 0ยฐ23โฒ49โณE / 52.7563277ยฐN 0.3970152ยฐE | ||
King's Lynn Blackfriars | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded before 1256 by Thomas Gedney; dissolved 1539 (1538); granted to John Eyer 1544/5 |
[70][71] 52ยฐ45โฒ13โณN 0ยฐ23โฒ59โณE / 52.75349ยฐN 0.3997242ยฐE | ||
King's Lynn Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Cambridge) founded c.1230, purportedly by Thomas Feltham; dissolved 1538 |
[72][73] 52ยฐ45โฒ04โณN 0ยฐ23โฒ58โณE / 52.7511068ยฐN 0.3993326ยฐE | ||
King's Lynn Sack Friary | Friars of the Sack founded before 1266; dissolved after 1307 |
[74][75] 52ยฐ44โฒ59โณN 0ยฐ23โฒ50โณE / 52.7497821ยฐN 0.3972834ยฐE | ||
King's Lynn Whitefriars | Carmelite Friars founded before c.1260, possibly by Lord Bardolph; dissolved 30 September 1538; granted to John Eyer |
White Friars, King's Lynn | [76][77] 52ยฐ44โฒ56โณN 0ยฐ23โฒ49โณE / 52.7488859ยฐN 0.3969616ยฐE | |
Kirkscroft Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on Conches; founded c.1105 by Robert FitzWalter and his wife Sybil; transferred to new site at Horsham St Faith shortly afterwards |
The Blessed Virgin Mary | [60] | |
Langley Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons daughter house of Alnwick, Northumberland; founded 1198 by Robert Fitz Roger; dissolved 1536; granted to John Berney 1546/7 |
[78][79][80][81] 52ยฐ34โฒ20โณN 1ยฐ29โฒ08โณE / 52.572177ยฐN 1.4856005ยฐE | ||
Lessingham Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: cell or grange dependent on Bec-Hellouin founded c.1090; dissolved c.1414 |
[82] 52ยฐ48โฒ04โณN 1ยฐ32โฒ49โณE / 52.8010377ยฐN 1.5470606ยฐE | ||
Ling Priory | Benedictine nuns foundation unknown; dissolved c.1160 |
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Ludham, St Benet's Abbey | hermits founded c.800 by Saxon monks under Suneman (or Prince Horn); destroyed in raids by Danes 870 monks or secular canons collegiate rebuilt c.960 by Wulfric; Benedictine monks refounded by Cnut; never suppressed, granted to the Bishop of Norwich 1536; probably abandoned before 1539 |
St Benet of Holm Abbey; St Benet's of Hulme Abbey |
[83][84] 52ยฐ41โฒ09โณN 1ยฐ31โฒ30โณE / 52.6859386ยฐN 1.525088ยฐE | |
Marham Abbey | Cistercian nuns founded 1249 (1251), endowed by the Countess of Arundel; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Nicholas Hare and Robert Hare 1546/7 |
The Blessed Virgin Mary, St Barbara and St Edmund, Marham | [85][86] 52ยฐ39โฒ33โณN 0ยฐ31โฒ22โณE / 52.6592ยฐN 0.5227ยฐE | |
Modeney Priory | Benedictine monks founded before 1291; dissolved c.1536; granted to Robert Hogan 1543/4 |
Modney Priory | [87][88] 52ยฐ32โฒ24โณN 0ยฐ22โฒ06โณE / 52.5400383ยฐN 0.3682941ยฐE | |
Molycourt Priory | Benedictine monks foundation unknown (pre-Conquest); cell dependent on Ely; granted to Ely 1446; dissolved with Ely 1539; site partly occupied by farmhouse |
St Mary Bello Loco ____________________ Mullicourt Priory |
[89][90] 52ยฐ36โฒ09โณN 0ยฐ15โฒ39โณE / 52.6023699ยฐN 0.2607536ยฐE | |
Mountjoy Priory | Benedictine monks cell dependent on Wymondham; founded after 1189; Augustinian Canons Regular granted to Augustinians after 1199 (early in the reign of John) by William de Gyney (Gisnetto/Gisneto); dissolved 1 April 1529 for Cardinal Wolsey's colleges |
St Laurence St Mary the Virgin, St Michael and St Laurence ____________________ Monte Jovis Priory |
[91][92] 52ยฐ43โฒ31โณN 1ยฐ11โฒ40โณE / 52.7253868ยฐN 1.1943475ยฐE | |
Narford Cell | Augustinian Canons Regular purported cell dependent on West Acre; officiating in the Chapel of St Thomas a Becket |
[93] 52ยฐ41โฒ10โณN 0ยฐ36โฒ09โณE / 52.6860866ยฐN 0.6024671ยฐE | ||
Newbridge Hermitage | hermit's chapel founded 1094[note 4] |
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Normansburgh Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1160 Cluniac monks alien house: cell dependent on Castle Acre; refounded c.1200; became denizen: independent from sometime between 1351 and 1374; dissolved 1537 |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist ____________________ Norman's Burrow Priory |
[94][95] 52ยฐ46โฒ50โณN 0ยฐ48โฒ03โณE / 52.7805015ยฐN 0.8008325ยฐE | |
Norwich Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Cambridge) founded after 1277 (apparently)/before 1289; dissolved 29 August 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Henneage and William Lord Willoughby 1548/9 |
[96][97] 52ยฐ37โฒ35โณN 1ยฐ18โฒ02โณE / 52.6265183ยฐN 1.3006675ยฐE | ||
Norwich Blackfriars, earlier site | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded 1226 by Sir Thomas Gelham; transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1307; property retained by friars; friars retired from new site when destroyed by fire 1413; returned to St Andrew's Hall 1449 |
Black Hall; Old House |
[98][99] 52ยฐ38โฒ02โณN 1ยฐ17โฒ45โณE / 52.6340005ยฐN 1.2957054ยฐE | |
Blackfriars, Norwich | Dominican Friars (community founded at earlier site (see immediately above ) 1226); licence for acquisition of site granted by Edward II by 1307; transferred here before 1307 destroyed by fire 1413; friars retired to Old Hall (see above); rebuilt; friars returned 1449; dissolved 1538; granted to the Mayor and citizens of Norwich 1540/1; now Blackfriars Hall |
[99][100][101] 52ยฐ38โฒ00โณN 1ยฐ17โฒ41โณE / 52.6333364ยฐN 1.2946969ยฐE | ||
Norwich, Friary de Domina | Friars of St Mary (actually Pied Friars) founded before c.1290 from a legacy granted by Roger de Tybenham; founded before 1274-5; community perished in the Black Death 1349, house becoming private property |
[102][103] 52ยฐ37โฒ29โณN 1ยฐ18โฒ05โณE / 52.6246219ยฐN 1.3014735ยฐE | ||
Norwich Friars of the Sack | Friars of the Sack founded c.1258: site secured for the friars in the parish of St Peter Hungate; dissolved before 1307; granted to Dominicans |
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Norwich Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Cambridge) founded 1226 by John de Hastingford in a house in Ciningsford (modern Conisford); dissolved 1538 |
[105][106] 52ยฐ37โฒ45โณN 1ยฐ17โฒ58โณE / 52.6292079ยฐN 1.2994766ยฐE | ||
Norwich Pied Friars | Pied Friars founded before 1290; dissolved c.1307; granted to the hospital of Beck in Billingford and converted into a chantry and collegiate 14th century which continued until the dissolution |
[13][107] 52ยฐ37โฒ38โณN 1ยฐ17โฒ58โณE / 52.6273609ยฐN 1.2994605ยฐE | ||
Norwich Priory | Benedictine nuns founded between 1100 and 1135 (during the reign of Henry I); transferred c.1146 to Carrow |
St Mary and St John | ||
White Friars, Norwich | Carmelite Friars founded 1256 by Philip Cougate of Norwich; dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Andrews and Leonard Chamberlain 1542/3; few visible remains |
[108][109] 52ยฐ38โฒ09โณN 1ยฐ18โฒ04โณE / 52.6357195ยฐN 1.3010216ยฐE | ||
Great Hospital, Norwich St Giles Hospital ^ |
hospital founded 1249; Augustinian Canons Regular from 1310 the master and brothers wore the Austin canons' habit; much of the medieval fabric survives in the establishment which has been in continual use since foundation |
The Great Hospital; Hospital of St Giles |
[110] 52ยฐ37โฒ58โณN 1ยฐ18โฒ16โณE / 52.6328187ยฐN 1.3045782ยฐE | |
St. Leonard's Priory, Norwich | Benedictine monks founded c.1095 (1096), built by Herbert Losinga, Bishop of Norwich for accommodation of monks whilst the Cathedral and Priory were being constructed; >continued as a cell of Norwich Cathedral 1101; dissolved 1539 |
The Priory Church of Saint Leonard, Norwich | [111][112] 52ยฐ37โฒ52โณN 1ยฐ18โฒ43โณE / 52.6311615ยฐN 1.3118684ยฐE | |
Norwich โ St William's Cell | Benedictine monks cell dependent on Norwich[note 5]; founded before(?)1150; |
St Catherine St William |
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Norwich Cathedral Priory + | Benedictine monks founded 1096-1101 by Bishop Herbert Losinga; dissolved 1539; in use as episcopal diocesan cathedral 1096-present |
The Cathedral and Priory Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Norwich | [113][114][115]52ยฐ37โฒ55โณN 1ยฐ18โฒ04โณE / 52.6318648ยฐN 1.3012469ยฐE | |
Norwich, Christ Church Priory | Benedictine monks foundation unknown (before 1076) by Ingulf;[note 6] dissolved before 1076(?) |
[116] 52ยฐ37โฒ26โณN 1ยฐ17โฒ36โณE / 52.6239214ยฐN 1.2932968ยฐE | ||
Old Buckenham Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1146 by William de Albini (William d'Aubigny), Earl of Chichester; dissolved September 1536; granted to Sir Thomas Lovell |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint James and All Saints, Buckenham ____________________ Oldbuckenham Priory; Buckenham Priory |
[117][118] 52ยฐ29โฒ28โณN 1ยฐ02โฒ58โณE / 52.4909795ยฐN 1.0495202ยฐE | |
Pentney Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1130 (or during the reign of William the Conqueror) by Robert de Vallileus; annexed by Wormegay 1468; dissolved 1537; granted to Thomas Mildmay 1538/9; remains incorporated into Abbey Farm and outbuildings which now occupy the site |
[119][120] 52ยฐ40โฒ45โณN 0ยฐ30โฒ57โณE / 52.6792442ยฐN 0.5158639ยฐE 52ยฐ40โฒ49โณN 0ยฐ30โฒ53โณE / 52.6803913ยฐN 0.5147531ยฐE | ||
Peterstone Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1200; flooded 1378 and 1387; dilapidated; annexed to Walsingham 1449, ceasing to function as a priory; granted 1550/1 to ?; remains incorporated into Peterstone farmhouse |
St Peter's Priory and Hospital | [121][122] 52ยฐ57โฒ07โณN 0ยฐ46โฒ11โณE / 52.9520057ยฐN 0.7696652ยฐE | |
Rudham Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1140 by William Cheney; transferred to Coxford 1216 |
St Mary ____________________ East Rudham Priory |
52ยฐ49โฒ16โณN 0ยฐ42โฒ38โณE / 52.8210098ยฐN 0.7105386ยฐE | |
Sheringham Cell | Augustinian Canons Regular โ Arroasian cell dependent on Notley Abbey, Buckinghamshire; founded before 1164; dissolved before 1345(?) |
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Shouldham Priory | Gilbertine Canons and nuns โ double house founded after 1193 by Geoffrey Fitx Peters (Jeffery Fitz Piers) (later Earl of Essex); dissolved 15 October 1538; granted to Thomas Mildmay 1553; standing remains demolished c.1831; farmhouse and garden occupy the site |
The Priory Church of the Holy Cross and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Shouldham | [123][124] 52ยฐ39โฒ23โณN 0ยฐ28โฒ56โณE / 52.6562866ยฐN 0.4823524ยฐE | |
Slevesholm Priory # | Cluniac monks alien house: dependent on Castle Acre; founded before 1290, either granted by William de Warenne in 1222-6 or established during the reign of Stephen; became denizen: independent from between 1351 and 1374; dissolved 1537 |
The Blessed Virgin Mary and St Giles Slevesholm Priory |
[125] 52ยฐ32โฒ07โณN 0ยฐ30โฒ31โณE / 52.5353451ยฐN 0.5086863ยฐE | |
Sporle Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: cell dependent on St Florent-de-Saumur; founded before 1123; church of St Mary and other endowments granted by Alan son of Flaald: papal confirmation 1123; vacant for a time after the Black Death; dissolved c.1414; granted to Eaton College 1440 (1558/9, according to Cobbett) |
[126][127] 52ยฐ40โฒ08โณN 0ยฐ44โฒ05โณE / 52.6688242ยฐN 0.7347161ยฐE | ||
Stove Cell | Cluniac monks alleged cell dependent on Castle Acre, no record of monks in residence |
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Thetford Austin Friars # | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Cambridge) founded c.1387 by John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, who made a benefaction: land granted by Sir Thomas Morley and Simon Barbour, apparently established 1389; dissolved September 1538; granted to Sir Richard Fulmerestoone 1540/1; nothing of the founded currently visible, remains of the foundations are believed to exist beneath the ground southeast of Thetford castle |
[128][129] 52ยฐ24โฒ37โณN 0ยฐ45โฒ21โณE / 52.4101643ยฐN 0.7558411ยฐE | ||
Thetford Blackfriars | episcopal diocesan cathedral for the diocese of East Anglia founded 1072; see transferred to Norwich 9 April 1094-1096; (converted for use as Cluniac Priory until 1114 (v. Thetford Priory, earlier site, infra), after which it lain waste for over 200 years); Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded 1335: church of St Mary the Great granted by Henry, Earl of Lancaster, confirmed by the King 20 July 1335; the Church of the Holy Trinity (founded 1072) made the friary church; dissolved 1538; remains of friary church, now incorporated into school buildings |
[130][131] 52ยฐ24โฒ49โณN 0ยฐ44โฒ40โณE / 52.4136533ยฐN 0.7444364ยฐE | ||
Thetford โ Holy Sepulchre Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular โ Holy Sepulchre founded after 1139 by William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey on land granted by King Stephen Augustinian Canons Regular (independent) before c.1260; dissolved 1536 |
The Canon's Priory; The Canons |
[132][133] 52ยฐ24โฒ49โณN 0ยฐ44โฒ26โณE / 52.4137285ยฐN 0.7406223ยฐE | |
Thetford Priory, earlier site | episcopal diocesan cathedral for East Anglia founded 1072; see transferred to Norwich 9 April 1094-1096; Cluniac monks alien house: dependent on Lewes, Sussex; founded 1103-4, built by Robert Bigot; transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1114; site granted to Dominican Friars 1335 (v. Thetford Blackfriars, supra) |
[56] 52ยฐ24โฒ49โณN 0ยฐ44โฒ40โณE / 52.4136ยฐN 0.7444ยฐE | ||
Thetford Priory | Cluniac monks alien house: dependent on Lewes, Sussex; (community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) 1103-4); transferred here 1114; became denizen: independent from 1376; dissolved 16 February 1540; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1540/1; (EH) |
St Mary | [134][135] 52ยฐ25โฒ00โณN 0ยฐ44โฒ33โณE / 52.4166798ยฐN 0.7426232ยฐE | |
Thetford โ St George's Priory | Benedictine monks cell dependent on Bury St Edmunds; founded after 1020 (during the reign of Cnut) by Abbot Uvius; abandoned 1160; Benedictine nuns โ from Ling refounded c.1160 by Abbot Hugh de Norwold; dissolved February 1537; granted to Richard Fulmerstone Esq. 1538/9 |
The Priory Church of Saint George, Thetford | [136] 52ยฐ24โฒ21โณN 0ยฐ45โฒ08โณE / 52.4059273ยฐN 0.7521987ยฐE | |
Toft Monks Priory # | Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on St-Pierre, Preaux; founded between 1087 and 1100 (during the reign of William II) Church of St Margaret and its endowments granted to the Abbey of St-Pierre, Preaux dissolved 1414; granted to Witham, Somerset; transferred to King's College, Cambridge 1462 |
[137] 52ยฐ29โฒ57โณN 1ยฐ33โฒ50โณE / 52.4991249ยฐN 1.5639853ยฐE | ||
Walsingham Friary | Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of Cambridge) founded 1 February 1347 by Elizabeth de Burgh (Burgo), Countess of Clare: licence granted by Edward III; dissolved 1538; granted to John Eyer 1544/5 |
Walsginham Greyfriars | [138][139] 52ยฐ53โฒ31โณN 0ยฐ52โฒ19โณE / 52.8920758ยฐN 0.8719057ยฐE | |
Walsingham Priory | secular chapel founded before 1066; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1153 by Geoffrey de Favarches (or the widow of Richoldis de Favarches) incorporating the Chapel of Our Lady of Walsingham (founded before 1066); dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Sidney 1539/40; now in private ownership with public access |
Little Walsingham Priory | [140][141][142] 52ยฐ53โฒ37โณN 0ยฐ52โฒ31โณE / 52.8936066ยฐN 0.8754033ยฐE | |
Welle Priory, in Gayton | Benedictine monks alien house: cell dependent on St-Etienne, Caen; founded c.1081 (during the reign of William the Conqueror) by William de Streis, who granted the manor of Well and the church of Gayton; united with Panfield c.1275; dissolved 1415; granted to St Stephen's, Westminster 1469; granted to the Bishops of Ely 1548/9; site currently occupied by house named 'Well Hall' built on site 18th century (c.1700) |
Well Hall Priory; Welles Priory |
[143][144] 52ยฐ45โฒ09โณN 0ยฐ33โฒ19โณE / 52.7523764ยฐN 0.555169ยฐE | |
Wendling Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons daughter house of Langley; founded c.1267 by Rev. William of Wendling; due to be suppressed 1528 for Wolsey's Colleges, but delayed; dissolved 1536-7; granted to Edward Dyer and H. Cressener 1573/4 |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wendling | [145][146] 52ยฐ40โฒ42โณN 0ยฐ52โฒ01โณE / 52.6783742ยฐN 0.8668095ยฐE | |
Wereham, Priory of St. Winwaloe | Benedictine monks alien house: cell dependent on Montreuil; founded before 1199 by the Earl of Clare; dissolved c.1321: sold 1321; granted to West Dereham 1336; granted to Thomas Guibon and William Mynn; conventual remains appear to be incorporated into Winnold House built on site |
St Winwaloe ____________________ Wirham Priory |
[147][148] 52ยฐ36โฒ26โณN 0ยฐ29โฒ28โณE / 52.6072029ยฐN 0.4910964ยฐE | |
West Acre Priory | Black canons probably founded before 1100 (during the reign of William II) by Oliver, parish priest; brothers joined the Augustinian order c.1135 (possibly late in the reign of Henry I); Augustinian Canons Regular transferred c.1135; dissolved 15 January 1538; granted to Thomas Gresham 1553 |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and All Saints, West Acre Westacre Priory |
[149][150] 52ยฐ42โฒ11โณN 0ยฐ38โฒ01โณE / 52.7031715ยฐN 0.6337202ยฐE | |
West Dereham Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons โ from Welbeck, Nottinghamshire daughter house of Welbeck; founded 1188 by Hubert Walter, Dean of York (later Bishop of Salisbury); dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Dereham 1539/40 |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary | [151][152] 52ยฐ34โฒ41โณN 0ยฐ27โฒ01โณE / 52.5780915ยฐN 0.4502356ยฐE | |
Weybourne Priory | Augustine Canons Regular dependent on West Acre; founded 1199 by Sir Ralph Mainwaring (Meyngaryn); independent from 1314; dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Heydon 1545/6 |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and All Saints, Weybourne ____________________ Waburn Priory |
[153][154] 52ยฐ56โฒ37โณN 1ยฐ08โฒ29โณE / 52.9435323ยฐN 1.1414033ยฐE | |
Weybridge Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular priory cell; founded 1272 (before 1225) by Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk; dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Fulmerstone 1538/9 |
St Mary | [155][156] 52ยฐ38โฒ52โณN 1ยฐ34โฒ05โณE / 52.6477585ยฐN 1.5680623ยฐE | |
Witchingham Priory | Cluniac monks alien house: cell or grange dependent on Longueville; founded c.1093 by Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham who granted churches, manors and land to the priory of St Faith, Longueville, Rouen; dissolved 1414, reverting to the Crown; granted to New College, Oxford 1460 |
[157][158] 52ยฐ44โฒ10โณN 1ยฐ05โฒ59โณE / 52.7361138ยฐN 1.0996923ยฐE | ||
Wormegay Priory $ | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1189-99 (during the reign of Richard I or of John) by William de Warenne; cell dependent on Pentney 1468; dissolved 1537; granted to the Bishop of Norwich 1550/1 |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Cross and Saint John the Evangelist, Wormegay | [159][160] 52ยฐ41โฒ12โณN 0ยฐ26โฒ36โณE / 52.6867101ยฐN 0.4433249ยฐE | |
Wretham Grange | Benedictine monks alien house: grange(?) dependent on Conches; founded c.1260(?): granted by Roger de Tony, son of Radulph โ charter witnessed by Richard de Rom; a parcel of Wootton Wawen, with possibly a single monk, if any; dissolution unknown; church was rebuilt mid-14th and 15th century granted to Sir Roland Lenthall for life 1415; possessed by the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge 1443; church in parochial use after suppression; abandoned 1793; now in ruins |
West Wretham Grange; Werteham Grange |
[161] 52ยฐ29โฒ17โณN 0ยฐ47โฒ49โณE / 52.4880593ยฐN 0.7968441ยฐE | |
Wymondham Abbey + | Benedictine monks dependent on St Albans, Hertfordshire; priory founded 1107 (in the tenure of Abbot Richard de Albini) by William de Albini: charter witnessed by Roger Bigod; raised to abbey status 1449; dissolved 1538; granted to Sir William Hadden 1545/6; church, partly ruined, now in parochial use |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Wymondham ____________________ Wymondham Priory |
[162][163] 52ยฐ34โฒ14โณN 1ยฐ06โฒ27โณE / 52.5704359ยฐN 1.1074305ยฐE |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Custhorpe โ given as a cell by F. A. Gasquet, English Monastic Life, (1924), p.313, possibly citing M. E. C. Walcott, English Minsters (1879), Volume 2, p.106
- ^ Docking โ granted to Eton in 1436: Dugdale, (1486) Monasticon Anglicanum vi:
- ^ Great Yarmouth โ Messent, C.J.W., in Monastic Remains of Norfolk and Suffolk p.100, is dubious about the existence of such a cell
- ^ Newbridge โ hermitage, cited by Cobbett
- ^ Norwich St William's โ M. E. C. Walcott, English Minsters (1879), Volume 2, p.180, ref R. C. Taylor, Index Monasticus, (1821), p.8
- ^ "Among the monks, which Ingulph found in his church of Crowaland A.D. 1076. there were fourteen from Christ Church in Norwich; of which Religious house nothing else hath yet occurr'd" โ T. Tanner (1744 ed.) Notitia Monastica p.338
References
[edit]Citations
- ^ a b "Aldeby Priory", Pastscape, Historic England, 2000
- ^ W Page, ed. (1906), "Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Aldeby", A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2, London: Victoria County History, p. 328 – via British History Online
- ^ Aldeby norfolkchurches.co.uk
- ^ "Beeston Priory", Pastscape, Historic England
- ^ W Page, ed. (1906), "Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Beeston", A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2, London: Victoria County History, pp. 372โ374 – via British History Online
- ^ "Binham Priory", Pastscape, Historic England
- ^ Church Of St Mary pastscape.org.uk
- ^ "Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Binham", A History of the County of Norfolk, vol. 2, Victoria County History, pp. 343โ346
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: BLACKBOROUGH PRIORY
- ^ W Page, ed. (1906), "Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Blackborough", A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2, London: Victoria County History, pp. 350โ351 – via British History Online
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: BLAKENEY WHITEFRIARS
- ^ W Page, ed. (1906), "Friaries: The Carmelite friars of Blakeney", A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2, London: Victoria County History, p. 425 – via British History Online
- ^ a b c Pastscape โ Detailed Result: BURNHAM NORTON WHITEFRIARS
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: BROMEHILL PRIORY
- ^ W Page, ed. (1906), "Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Bromehill", A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2, London: Victoria County History, pp. 374โ375 – via British History Online
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: BROOMHOLM PRIORY
- ^ Houses of Cluniac monks: The priory of Bromholm โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.359-363)
- ^ ST MARYS FRIARY GATEHOUSE PastScape
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: CARBROOKE HOSPITALLERS PRECEPTORY
- ^ House of Knights Hospitallers: The preceptory of Carbrooke โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.423-425)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: ST MARY OF CARROW PRIORY
- ^ Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Carrow โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.351-354)
- ^ Carrow Abbey โ Norwich โ Norfolk โ England | British Listed Buildings
- ^ "Carrow Priory". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: Castle Acre Priory
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Cluniac monks: The priory of Castle Acre โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.356-358)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: ST MARYS CHURCH
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Coxford โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.378-380)
- ^ House: Religious House: Coxford or Rudham priory Norf. Augustinian canons
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: CRABHOUSE PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ House of Austin nuns: The priory of Crabhouse โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.408-410)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: CREAKE ABBEY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The abbey of Creake โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.370-372)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: ST THOMAS A BECKETS CHAPEL
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 357474
- ^ British History Online โ Alien houses: The priory of Docking โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (p.462)
- ^ St Withburgas Nunnery and Holy Well Pastscape
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: FIELD DALLING GRANGE
- ^ British History Online โ Alien houses: The priory of Dallingfield โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.462-463)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: FLITCHAM PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Flitcham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.380-381)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: GREAT MASSINGHAM PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Great Massingham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.386-387)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: GREAT YARMOUTH PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Yarmouth โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (p.330)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: YARMOUTH AUSTIN FRIARY
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Friaries in Yarmouth โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.435-438)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: YARMOUTH BLACKFRIARS
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Friaries in Yarmouth โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.435-438)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: GREYFRIARS FRANCISCAN FRIARY
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Friaries in Yarmouth โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.435-438)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: YARMOUTH WHITEFRIARS
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Friaries in Yarmouth โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.435-438)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: HADDISCOE TEMPLARS PRECEPTORY
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 356599
- ^ a b Pastscape โ Detailed Result: HEMPTON PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Hempton โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.381-383)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: HICKLING PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Hickling โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.383-386)
- ^ a b Pastscape โ Detailed Result: ABBEY FARM
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of St Faith, Horsham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.346-349)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: HORESTEAD GRANGE
- ^ British History Online โ Alien houses: The priory of Horestead โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.463)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: HOLY TRINITY CHURCH AND INGHAM PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ House of Trinitarian canons: The priory of Ingham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.410-412)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: KINGS LYNN PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Lynn โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.328-329)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: KINGS LYNN AUSTIN FRIARY
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Lynn โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.426-428)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: KINGS LYNN BLACKFRIARS
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Lynn โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.426-428)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: KINGS LYNN GREYFRIARS
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Lynn โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.426-428)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: KINGS LYNN FRIARY OF FRIARS OF THE SACK
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Lynn โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.426-428)
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Lynn โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.426-428)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: KINGS LYNN WHITEFRIARS
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Premonstratensian canons: The abbey of Langley โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.418-421)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: LANGLEY ABBEY
- ^ Norfolk Polo Club at the Langley Abbey Estate โ Welcome to the Langley Abbey Estate Archived 10 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Langley Abbey Remains โ Langley With Hardley โ Norfolk โ England | British Listed Buildings
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 133551
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: ST BENETS ABBEY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of St Benet of Holm โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.330-336)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: MARHAM ABBEY
- ^ British History Online โ House of Cistercian nuns: The abbey of Marham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.369-370)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: MODNEY PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Modeney โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (p.349)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: MULLICOURT PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Molycourt โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.349-350)
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Mountjoy โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.387-388)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: MOUNTJOY PRIORY
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: CHAPEL OF ST THOMAS A BECKET
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Cluniac monks: The priory of Normansburgh โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.358-359)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: NORMANSBURGH PRIORY
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: NORWICH AUSTIN FRIARY
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Norwich โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.428-433)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: BLACK HALL
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 January 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: ST ANDREWS AND BLACKFRIARS HALLS
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Norwich โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.428-433)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: FRIARY DE DOMINA
- ^ a b British History Online โ Friaries: Norwich โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.428-433)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: NORWICH FRIARY OF FRIARS OF THE SACK
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: NORWICH GREYFRIARS
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Norwich โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.428-433)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: NORWICH FRIARY OF PIED FRIARS
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: NORWICH WHITEFRIARS
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Norwich โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.428-433)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: ST GILES HOSPITAL
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: ST LEONARDS PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of St Leonard, Norwich โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (p.329)
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Benedictine monks: The cathedral priory of the Holy Trinity, Norwich โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.317-328)
- ^ "Norwich Cathedral", Pastscape.org.uk
- ^ "Norwich Priory", Pastscape.org.uk
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: CHRIST CHURCH PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Old Buckenham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.376-378)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: BUCKENHAM PRIORY
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: PENTNEY PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Pentney โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.388-391)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: PETERSTONE PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Peterstone โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (p.391)
- ^ British History Online โ House of Gilbertines: The priory of Shouldham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.412-414)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: SHOULDHAM PRIORY
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: SLEVESHOLM PRIORY
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: SPORLE PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Alien houses: The priory of Sporle โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.463-464)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: THETFORD AUSTIN FRIARY
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Thetford โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.433-435)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: ST MARY AND HOLY TRINITY PRIORY AND CATHEDRAL
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Thetford โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.433-435)
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of the Holy Sepulchre, Thetford โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.391-393)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: PRIORY OF THE CANONS OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Cluniac monks: The priory of St Mary, Thetford โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.363-369)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: THETFORD PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Benedictine nuns: The nunnery of St George, Thetford โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.354-356)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: TOFT MONKS PRIORY
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: WALSINGHAM GREYFRIARS
- ^ British History Online โ Friaries: Franciscan friars of Walsingham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (p.435)
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Walsingham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.394-401)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: WALSINGHAM PRIORY
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: ABBEY HOUSE
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: WELL PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Alien houses: The priory of Welle or Well Hall in Gayton โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (p.465)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: WENDLING ABBEY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Premonstratensian canons: The abbey of Wendling โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.421-423)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: ST WINWALOES PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Alien houses: The priory of St Winwalloe, Wereham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.465-466)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: WEST ACRE PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of West Acre โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.402-404)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: WEST DEREHAM ABBEY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Premonstratensian canons: The abbey of West Dereham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.414-418)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: WEYBOURNE PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Weybourne โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.404-406)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: WEYBRIDGE PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Weybridge โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.406-407)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 130682
- ^ British History Online โ Alien houses: The priory of Witchingham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (p.466)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: WORMEGAY PRIORY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Wormegay โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (p.407)
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: ST LAWRENCES CHURCH
- ^ Pastscape โ Detailed Result: WYMONDHAM ABBEY
- ^ British History Online โ Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Wymondham โ Victoria County History: A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (pp.336-343)
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- Cobbett, William (1868) List of Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals, And Other Religious Foundations in England and Wales and in Ireland, Confiscated, Seized On, or Alienated by the Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns and Parliaments
- Knowles, David & Hadcock, R. Neville (1971) Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales. Longman
- Morris, Richard (1979) Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
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