The following is a list of the monastic houses in Derbyshire, England.
| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | Online References & Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Camera ^? | Knights Hospitaller founded before 1189: church granted by Robert de Bakepuze; probably not inhabited by brothers for long periods; annexed to Yeaveley before 1433; remains possibly incorporated into Arleston House built on site 16th/17th century | 52.8633°N -1.5008°W | |||
| Beauchief Abbey | Historical county location. See entry under | ||||
| Bradbourne Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular cell? dependent on Dunstable, Bedfordshire founded 1238: granted by Geoffrey de Cauceis; dissolved ? | Church of All Saints, Bradbourne | [1] 53.0717°N -1.6909°W | ||
| Breadsall Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded between 1220 and 1266; (erroneous ref. to Friars Eremites (Austin Friars) in records of 1266) dissolved 1536; granted to Henry, Duke of Suffolk 1552; 13th-century arch retained in the basement of Elizabethan mansion built on site, became hotel and golf club 'Marriott Breadsall Priory Hotel' 1980 | The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Breadsall ____________________ Brisoll Priory; Bredsall Park | [3] 52.9688°N -1.4339°W | ||
| Calke Priory # | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1131/before 1129-39 or 1130-6/before 1161 by Maud, widow of the Earl of Chester; transferred to Repton 1153–1172; dissolved 1538; granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1547; mansion named 'Calke Abbey' built on site | The Priory Church of Saint Giles, Calke ____________________ Calke Cell | [4] [5] &</sup>[6] 52.8006°N -1.4572°W | ||
| Dale (Stanley Park) Abbey, Deepdale | hermitage 12th century Augustinian Canons Regular dependent on Calke; cell founded 1153-8 by Serlo de Grendon; canons recalled to Calke c.1184; Premonstratensian Canons from Tupholme, Lincolnshire; founded ?c.1185; canons recalled to Tupholme c.1192; canons transferred from Welbeck, Nottinghamshire c.1196; canons transferred from Newsham (Newhouse), Lincolnshire c.1200; avoided suppression 1536 by payment of substantial fine; dissolved 24 October 1538 | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dale ____________________ Stanley Park Abbey; (De Parco Stanley); Le Dale Abbey | [7] 52.9442°N -1.3505°W | ||
| Darley Priory ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular daughter house of St Helen's, Derby; founded c.1146 by Robert de Ferraris (Ferrers), Earl of Derby: transferred from St Helen's; dissolved 22 October 1538; granted to Sir William West 1540/1; house named 'Darley Park' built on site 18th century, demolished 1962; a monastic building (probably the priory guest house) is now 15th century Darley Abbey public house — 'Old Abbey Inn'; partly 15th-century cottage at 7 Abbey Lane may incorporate monastic remains | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Darley ____________________ Darley Abbey; Little Derby Friary; Little Dirby Friary | 52.941°N -1.4783°W | ||
| Derby Blackfriars | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford) founded before 1239; dissolved 3 January 1539; occupied by an 18th-century Friary Hotel built on site; converted into a public house 1996; currently in use as a nightclub | The Annunciation | [8] 52.9231°N -1.4839°W | ||
| Derby — King's Mead Priory | Benedictine nuns founded 1149-59 (c.1160) by the abbess of Derby; dissolved 1536; granted to Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury 1543/4; site now occupied by a 16th/17th-century building | St Mary ____________________ De Pratis Priory | [9] 52.9265°N -1.4893°W | ||
| Derby Priory (Augustinian) | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1137 by Towyne, a burgess of Derby; most of the monks transferred to Darley c.1146; reduced to cell 1154; became a hospital 1160; ceased before 1360 | The Priory Church of Saint Helen, Derby | 52.9271°N -1.4812°W | ||
| Derby Priory (Cluniac) | Cluniac monks alien house: priory cell dependent on Bermondsey, Surrey (Greater London); founded before 1140; granted to Bermondsey by Waltheof, son of Sweyn; accidentally destroyed by fire; rebuilt c.1335; became denizen: independent from 1395; dissolved 1536; | The Priory Church of Saint James, Derby | [10] 52.9225°N -1.4782°W | ||
| Gresley Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1135-40 by William de Greisley (or Fitz-Nigel); dissolved 1536; granted to Henry Cruche 1543/4; nave of the priory church in use as parochial church of Church Gresley | The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint George, Gresley ____________________ Church Gresley Priory; Greisley Priory | [11] [12] 52.7598°N -1.5669°W | ||
| Lees Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular ?cell dependent on Rocester, Staffordshire; founded before c.1160?; dissolved after 1517? | Leyes Priory | 53.2085°N -1.6272°W | ||
| Locko Preceptory | St. Lazarus Hospitallers and Leper Hospital founded c.1297; dissolved 1375 | The Hospital of Saint Mary Magdalene ____________________ Lockhay Preceptory | [13] [14] 52.9378°N -1.3913°W | ||
| Repton Priory ^+ | Anglo-Saxon monks and nuns — double monastery founded before 660 traditionally by St David; destroyed in raids by the Danes 874; Augustinian Canons Regular — from Calke founded c.1153-9; rebuilt 1172 by Maud, widow of Ranulph, Earl of Chester; dissolved 25 October 1538; remains incorporated into Repton School buildings (founded 1557); St Wystan's Church on site incorporates substantial remains of the Anglo-Saxon foundation | St Wystan The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Repton ____________________ Repingdon Priory | 52.8411°N -1.5506°W 52.8411°N -1.5515°W | ||
| Yeaveley Preceptory, Stydd | Knights Hospitaller founded c.1136 (or c.1190 or 1268?) by Ralph de Fun and Sir William Meynill; dissolved 1535 (1540); granted to Charles, Lord Montjoy 1543/4; remains incorporated into farmhouse; the Church of St Saviour was part of the Hospitallers' possessions | St Mary and St John the Baptist ____________________ Yeaveley and Barrow Preceptory; Stydd Preceptory; Stede Preceptory; Yeveley Preceptory; Yeaveley and Stydd Preceptory | [15] [16] 52.9573°N -1.7454°W 52.9573°N -1.7454°W | ||
The following location in Derbyshire lacks monastic connection:
Beightonfields Priory: a 17th- to 19th-century country house http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-79193-walls-enclosing-burial-ground-at-beighton