The following is a list of the monastic houses in Buckinghamshire, England.
| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | Online References & Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylesbury Greyfriars # | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford) founded 1387 by James Butler, Earl of Ormond; dissolved 1 October 1538 | [1] 51.815°N -0.8131°W | |||
| Aylesbury Monastery # | possible nuns order and period unknown said to have been a nunnery or Trinitarian house — probably only a holding | 51.8097°N -0.812°W (possible) | |||
| Biddlesden Abbey # | Cistercian monks — from Garendon, Leicestershire founded 10 July 1147 by Ernald de Bosco, seneschal of the Earl of Leicester; dissolved 29 September 1538; granted to Thomas Wriothesley 1540/1; remains demolished c.1727; site now occupied by private house named 'Biddlesden Park' | Saint Mary ____________________ Biddlesdon Abbey; Bittlesden Abbey | [2] [3] 52.0477°N -1.0785°W | ||
| Bradwell Priory | Benedictine monks cell, dependent on Luffield; founded before 1136-44 (before/c.1155) by Meinfelin, Lord of Wolverton; dissolved 1524-5 (or 1526) by Cardinal Wolsey for Christ Church, Oxford; granted to Arthur Longfield 1542/3; now in private ownership; currently an urban studies centre | Saint Mary ____________________ Bradewell Priory | [4] [5] 52.0482°N -0.7951°W | ||
| Bulstrode Preceptory $ | Knights Templar founded before 1276; dissolved 1308–1312; land passed to and leased on behalf of the Knights Hospitaller, though they had no commandery here; site identified through earthworks | [6] 51.5851°N -0.5914°W | |||
| Burnham Abbey * | Augustinian canonesses founded 1265/66 by Richard, King of the Romans; dissolved 19 September 1539; granted to William Tyldesly 1544/5; Anglican Augustinian Society of the Precious Blood transferred from Birmingham 1916; extant | Saint Mary | [7] [8] 51.5155°N -0.6604°W | ||
| Chetwode Priory + | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1244 or 1245 by Ralph de Norwich; dissolved, being reduced to the status of a cell, annexed to Notley 1460–1; dissolved 1535; priory church became parochial c.1480 as the Parish Church of St Mary and St Nicholas | Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas ____________________ Chetwode Cell | [9] [10] 51.9631°N -1.0695°W | ||
| Crawley Monastery | founded before 1042; (ref. as monasterium 1086) | St Firmin ____________________ North Crawley Monastery | [11] [12] 52.0867°N -0.6587°W | ||
| Gare Nunnery | Benedictine nuns founded 1163 in Stoke Goldington by Robert de Salcey, Peter de Goldington and Richard de Besseville; granted to Delapré, Northamptonshire, late 12th/early 13th centuries; apparently reduced to status of a grange by 1438; subsequently recorded as destroyed | Gore Nunnery; Gorefields Nunnery Prioratus Gore, Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae, Moniales Nigrae | [13] [14] [15] | ||
| Hogshaw Nunnery # | St John of Jerusalem nuns cell foundation unknown transferred to Sisters of St John Priory, Buckland, Somerset c.1180; site occupied by Knights Hospitaller commandery (see immediately below) | 51.8958°N -0.9288°W | |||
| Hogshaw Commandery # | Knights Hospitaller founded c.1180 on site of earlier nunnery (see immediately above), granted by William Peverel; dissolved 1470 becoming prior's possession; granted to Matilda Lane c.1543; church in use until 1650; ruined by 1700 | [16] 51.8958°N -0.9288°W | |||
| Lavendon Abbey $ | Premonstratensian Canons founded c.1154/5-1158 by John de Bidun, sheriff of Buckinghamshire; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Edmund Peckham 1543; site now occupied by house named 'Lavendon Grange' (once the home of relatives of Sir Isaac Newton) | The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Lavendon ____________________ Lavinden Abbey | [17] 52.1726°N -0.6807°W | ||
| Little Marlow Priory | Benedictine nuns founded c.1195 or before 1218 (or 1244 by Jeffrey, Lord Spensar); dissolved in, or before 1536; granted to John Tiltey and E. Restwold 1540 | Saint Mary ____________________ Little Merlow Priory; Minchin Marlow Priory | [18] 51.5814°N -0.7181°W | ||
| Luffield Priory | Benedictine monks founded after 1118 (c.1123 or 1124, or 1133) by Robert II le Bossu, Earl of Leicester; suppression authorised by the Pope 1494; dissolution stayed until 1504, after the death of the serving prior | The Blessed Virgin Mary | [19] 52.071°N -1.026°W | ||
| Medmenham Abbey | Cistercian monks — from Woburn, Bedfordshire founded 1201/4, or in 1202 by Hugh de Bolbec; house built 1213; dissolved before 8 July 1536 (delayed from 1524); granted to Robert Mone and others 1547; converted into a manor house | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Medmenham ____________________ Mendham Abbey | [20] 51.5477°N -0.8381°W | ||
| Missenden Abbey ^ | Augustinian/Arroasian Canons alien house: daughter house of St Mary de Bosco, or de Nemore, Ruisseauville, France; founded 1133 by William de Missenden; the house acknowledged royal supremacy 1536; dissolved 1538; granted to the Duke of Northumberland; now a residential college rarely open to general public | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Great Missenden ____________________ Great Missenden Abbey | [21] [22] 51.7006°N -0.7027°W | ||
| Newton Longville Priory | Cluniac monks alien house: daughter house of Longville Ste Foi Abbey founded c.1150 or before 1102 by Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham; dissolved 1414; granted to New College, Oxford 1441; Manor House purportedly built on site 1550; St Faith's Church incorporates 12th-century church remains, possibly originally part of the priory church and may have been the conventual church of the priory | St Faith ____________________ Newington-Longaville Priory; Newton-Longville Cell | [23] 51.9743°N -0.7676°W | ||
| Notley Abbey ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1162 by Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham, and Lady Ermgard; dissolved 9 December 1538; granted to Sir William Paget 1547; site now occupied by a private house without public access | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin and Saint John the Baptist, Notley ____________________ abbey de parco Crendon; Crendon Parc Abbey abbey de parco super Thamam; Nuctele Abbey; Noctele Abbey; Nuttley Abbey; Nutley Abbey | [24] 51.777°N -0.9642°W | ||
| Ravenstone Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1255 by Peter de Chaseport (Chaceport), Keeper of the Royal Wardrobe; dissolved 1525 (or 1544); granted to Sir Francis Byran 1548; site now occupied by 19th century 'Abbey Farm' | The Priory Church of St Mary ____________________ Ravinston Priory | [25] [26] 52.1502°N -0.759°W | ||
| Risborough Priory (?) | Benedictine monks — doubtful establishment; reputedly pre-Conquest cell of Canterbury Cathedral | Monks Risborough Priory | 51.7324°N -0.8249°W | ||
| Snelshall Priory $ | Premonstratensian Canons cell, dependent on Lavendon; founded before 1166, granted to Lavendon by Sybil de Aungervill (Dangerville); abandoned after 1203-4 Benedictine monks founded 1203/4-1219 by Ralph Mortel (grandson of Sybil de Aungervill); dissolved 1535; granted to Francis Piggot 1538; site currently comprises earthworks | St Leonard ____________________ Snellshall Priory | [27] 52.0028°N -0.8128°W | ||
| Tickford Priory | Benedictine-Cluniac monks alien house: cell of Marmoutier founded 1140 or c.1100 by Fulk Paynell; dissolved 1524; sold to Henry Atkins, MD by James I | Blessed Virgin Mary ____________________ Newport Pagnel Priory; Tyxford Priory | [28] [29] 52.0862°N -0.7149°W | ||
| Widmere Commandery | Knights Hospitaller founded before 1248; dissolved before 1338 | Widmere Camera; Widmere Preceptory | [30] 51.5953°N -0.8008°W | ||
| Wing Priory # | Saxon monastery 7th century Benedictine monks alien house: cell, dependent on St Nicholas, Angers founded before 1086; granted by Empress Matilda to Angers; land and later, chapel, granted to Angers by Bodin de Ver; in ownership of the Crown 1342-1361 and 1393–1423; dissolved 1416; granted to St Mary de Pré, Hertfordshire by St Albans, Hertfordshire; granted to Sir Robert Dormer by King Henry VIII | Wenge Priory | [31] [32] 51.8891°N -0.7205°W |
The following location in Buckinghamshire lacks known monastic connection:
Independent girls' school