This list of the monastic houses in Bristol includes abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in Bristol.
| Foundation | Image | Communities and provenance[1] | Formal name or dedication and alternative names | width=10% | References and location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedminster Monastery | possible Saxon monastic or secular foundation parochial church of St John probably built on site, rebuilt 1854, destroyed by bombing in World War II | 51.4399°N -2.5985°W (probable) | |||
| Bristol Austin Friars # | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Oxford) founded 1313 by Sir Simon and Sir William Montacute; vacation house for alien students 1362; dissolved September 1538; granted to Maurice Dennis c.1543 | 51.4503°N -2.5841°W | |||
| Bristol Blackfriars ^ | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London) founded 1227/8 by Sir Maurice [de] Gaunt; dissolved 10 September 1528 (1538?); granted to William Chester; subsequently The Friars Quaker meeting house; then Bristol Register Office; currently in use as a restaurant | 51.4573°N -2.5877°W | |||
| Bristol Eremites Friars # | Friars Eremites | 51.4478°N -2.5861°W | |||
| Bristol Friars of the Sack # | Friars of the Sack founded before 1266; dissolved after 1286; friars had left before 1322, though church continued in use | [2] 51.4547°N -2.5983°W | |||
| Bristol Greyfriars # | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Bristol) founded before 1230/34; dissolved 10 September 1538; granted to Mayor and citizens of Bristol c.1541 | Saint Francis | [3] 51.4581°N -2.5956°W | ||
| Bristol Whitefriars # | Carmelite Friars founded 1256/1267 by Edward, Prince of Wales (the future Edward I); dissolved 1538; site successively occupied by a mansion and a boys' school; site now occupied by Colston Hall | The Blessed Virgin Mary | [4] 51.4547°N -2.5983°W | ||
| St James's Priory, Bristol + | Benedictine monks founded 1120s, built by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, son of Henry I; dissolved 1539; granted to Henry Brayne c.1543; nave in parochial use 1374; fell into disuse 1980s; in custodianship of the Little Brothers of Nazareth since 1996 | The Priory Church of Saint James, Bristol | [5] [6] 51.4586°N -2.593°W | ||
| Bristol — St Mary Magdalen Nunnery # | Augustinian Canonesses founded 1173 by Eva, widow of Robert Fitzharding; also given as Benedictine dissolved 1536; granted to Henry Brayne and John Marsh; King David Inn built on site | St Mary Magdalene | [7] 51.4572°N -2.5978°W | ||
| Bristol — St Philip's Priory | Benedictine monks founded c.900 | The Church of Saint Philip and Saint Jacob, Bristol | 51.455°N -2.585°W | ||
| Bristol — St Stephen's Priory | Benedictine monks recorded as a cell dependent on Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset | ||||
| Bristol Cathedral Abbey: St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol + | Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine founded 1140-2 by Robert Fitzharding; first canons transferred from Shobdon Priory, Herefordshire (1120 or) 1148; dissolved 9 December 1539; episcopal diocesan cathedral founded 1542; extant | The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bristol The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol | [8] [9] [10] 51.4516°N -2.6005°W | ||
| Bristol Preceptory | Knights Templar church built on site of templar church, now in ruins | 51.4521°N -2.5867°W | |||
| Westbury Priory | Saxon minster, college of secular priests founded 716; granted to Worcester Cathedral 824; probably destroyed in Danish raids 9th century; Benedictine monks refounded c.963–964 by Bishop Oswald; 12 monks transferred to new site at Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdonshire 972; priory lapsed thereafter; refounded c.1093, cell dependent on Worcester; lapsed before c.1112; refounded 1125; college of secular priests 1194; parochial church built on site | The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Westbury on Trym ____________________ Westbury on Trym Priory; Westbury Minster | 51.4945°N -2.6172°W |