The following is a list of the monastic houses in Hampshire, England.
| Foundation | Image | Communities and provenance | Formal name or dedication and alternative names | Online References & Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton Abbey * | Anglican Benedictine monks founded 1895; extant | The Abbey of Our Lady and Saint John | [1] [2] 51.1331°N -1.0282°W | ||
| Andover Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on St-Florent-de-Saumur; founded before 1087, church of St Mary granted to St-Florent by William the Conqueror, confirmed by the Pope 1146; dissolved c.1414; alienated to Winchester College | St Peter Blessed Virgin Mary | [3] [4] 51.2101°N -1.4783°W | ||
| Andwell Priory | Tironensian monks alien house: daughter of Tiron founded between 1100 and 1135 (during the reign of Henry I) by Adam de Port of Maplederwell; dedicated 1215/38 by John, Bishop of Ardfert (officiating for Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester); dissolved 1391; granted to Winchester College | The Blessed Virgin Mary (or St John the Baptist?) | [5] 51.2683°N -1.0142°W | ||
| Baddesley Preceptory # | Knights Hospitaller transferred from Godsfield Preceptory; Hospitallers manor and estate of Godsfield here before 1167; transferred here before/c.1355; dissolved 1540; granted to Sir Nicolas Trockmorton 1539/40; house named 'Baddesley Manor' built on site | North Baddesley Preceptory; South Badeisley Preceptory | [6] [7] 50.9851°N -1.4285°W North Baddesley, Southampton | ||
| Beaulieu Abbey ^ | Cistercian monks transferred from Faringdon Abbey, Berkshire daughter of Citeaux; founded 2 November 1203 (1204) by John; dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Wriothesley Esq. 1538/9; now part of Beaulieu Palace House, in private ownership with public access | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Beaulieu ____________________ Bellus Locus Regis; De Bello Loco Regis; (Royal Beaulieu); abbatia quae vocitatur Bellus Locus | [8] [9] [10] 50.8219°N -1.4499°W | ||
| Breamore Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1128-33 by Baldwin de Reveriis and his uncle Hugh; dissolved 1536; granted to Henry, Marquis of Exeter 1536/7; Elizabethan manor house (1536) on site | The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Mary and Saint Michael, Breamore ____________________ Bromere Priory | [11] [12] 50.9708°N -1.7842°W | ||
| Breamore Minster ? | large pre-Conquest church suggested to have been a minster 10th century — evidence lacking | St Mary | [13] [14] | ||
| Damerham Monastery | Saxon monastery founded before 880–5; community mentioned in Alfred the Great's will; land granted to Glastonbury, Wessex (Somerset) after 944–6 | ||||
| Eling Monastery ? | possible site of ancient monastery under Abbot Cimberth (Cynebert), (alternatively at Redbridge); founded c.680; strong evidence that the current Parish Church of St Mary, substantially restored 1863, was the pre-conquest minster, possibly Reodford/Redbridge | possibly Reodford Monastery; possibly Nursling Monastery | [15] 50.9105°N -1.4795°W (possible) | ||
| Ellingham Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: cell, dependent on St-Sauveur-le-Vicomte founded 1160, church of St Mary and land granted by William de Solariis to build a cell; dissolved 1414; granted to Eton College 1462 | Church of Saint Mary Church of All Saints | [16] [17] 50.8742°N -1.7962°W | ||
| Farnborough Abbey * | Premonstratensian Canons cell founded 1887; French Benedictine 1895; raised to abbey status 1903; English Benedictine cell of Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire 1947; priory 1969; independent community 1980; extant | The Abbey Church of Saint Michael the Archangel, Farnborough | [18] [19] [20] 51.297°N -0.7495°W | ||
| Fordingbridge Preceptory ? | Knights Templar built 12th century on site of Saxon church; church owned by Templars, possible preceptory — lacking positive identification; transferred to Knights Hospitallers 1308–12; intact non-parochial chapel incorporated into present parochial church | [21] 50.9237°N -1.7949°W | |||
| Godsfield Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller founded before/c.1171; transferred to North Baddesley 1355; chapel on site c.1360-70 | [22] 51.1295°N -1.1378°W | |||
| Hamble Priory | Tironensian monks alien house: daughter of Tiron founded between 1109 and 1140 by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester; dissolved 1391; granted to Winchester College | Priory of St Andrew, Hamble ____________________ Hamble-en-le-rys; Hamblerice; Hamble-le-Rice | [23] 50.8588°N -1.3176°W | ||
| Hayling Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: daughter of Jumièges founded after/c.1067 ("by King William, and afterwards by King Henry I"), land granted by William the Conqueror; part of estate (possibly including church and conventual buildings) inundated by the sea 1324-5 and 1340; dissolved 1413; granted to Arundel College 1541/2; granted to the Carthusians at Sheen, Surrey (Greater London); site is now beneath the sea — a number of locations suggested as being the main site | Halling Priory; Hailing Priory | [24] [25] off shore from Hayling Island 50.8039°N -0.9671°W (approx) | ||
| Marwell 'Priory' | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 13th century by Henry de Blois, Bishop of Winchester; secular college for four priests, of whom one was titled 'prior'; dissolved after 1540; granted to Sir Henry Seymore 1551 | SS Stephen, Laurence, Vincent and Quintin, Martyrs ____________________ Merewell Priory; Merewelle Priory | [26] 51.0044°N -1.2855°W (approx) | ||
| Mottisfont Abbey ^ | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1201 (13th century) by William Brimere dissolved 1536; granted to William, Lord Sandys 1536/7; remains now incorporated into a mansion named 'Mottisfont Abbey' built 1538–40 | The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Mottisfont ____________________ Mottisfont Priory; Motisfont Priory | [27] [28] [29] 51.041°N -1.5349°W | ||
| Netley Abbey | Cistercian monks daughter of Beaulieu founded 25 July 1239, projected by Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester on land granted by him before 1238; co-founder with Henry III; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir William Paulet 1536/7; (EH) | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Edward the Confessor, Netley ____________________ Locus Sancti Edwardi (Lieu-Saint-Edward); Nettely Abbey | [30] [31] 50.879°N -1.3574°W | ||
| Nursling Monastery ? | Benedictine monks founded 8th century by St Boniface; destroyed in raids by the Danes c.878; 'The Walls' reputedly the site of monastery; although argued that the monastery was at Romsey inconclusive evidence of pre-Conquest foundation from excavations during 1982 | possibly Redford Monastery; Reodford Monastery | [33] 50.9467°N -1.476°W (possible) | ||
| Pamber Priory + | Benedictine monks alien house: daughter of St Vigor, Cerisy (Cerisy-le-Forêt); founded 1100 (c.1120-30); dissolved 1135; dissolved 1414; granted to St Julian's Hospital, Southampton; granted to Queen's College, Oxford 1446 and continues in that ownership; priory church extant | St Mary and St John the Baptist ____________________ Monk Sherborne Priory; Sherborne Priory | [34] 51.3217°N -1.1339°W | ||
| Portchester Priory + | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1128-9 site soon proved unsuitable; transferred to Southwick c.1145; dissolved 7 April 1538; granted to John White 1538/9; priory church in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary | St Mary ____________________ Porchester Priory | [37] [38] 50.8366°N -1.1134°W | ||
| Portsmouth Blackfriars | projected house for Dominican Friars (1225) establishment never implemented | ||||
| Redbridge Monastery | founded c.680; possible site of ancient monastery under Abbot Cimberth (Cynebert), though more likely at Eling | Reodford Monastery | [40] [41] Redbridge | ||
| Romsey Abbey + | nuns probably founded c.907 by Edward the Elder or by Ethelwold, Saxon nobleman Benedictine nuns refounded 967 by King Edgar; dissolved 1539; granted to John Bellow and R. Pigot 1546/7; church now in parochial use | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Elfleda, Romsey ____________________ Rumesey Abbey | [42] [43] [44] 50.9896°N -1.5013°W | ||
| Sapalanda Monastery | possible monastery, possibly from Winchester Cathedral Priory | ||||
| Selborne Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1233–34 by Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester (charter dated 20 January 1233/4, confirmed by Pope Gregory IX September 1235); dissolved 1484: house financially and physically dilapidated; annexed by Magdalen College, Oxford 11 September 1484 (confirmed 1485) | Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary | [46] [47] 51.1039°N -0.9226°W | ||
| Southampton — Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars founded before 1235; Observant Franciscan Friars refounded 1498; dissolved 1534; Augustinian Friars founded 1534; dissolved 1538; granted to John Pollard 1544/5; granted to Arthur Darcy 1551 | Southampton Austin Friars | [48] [49] 50.8976°N -1.403°W close to God's House, Southampton | ||
| Southampton — St Denys's Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1127 (1124) by Henry I; dissolved 1536; granted to Francis Dawtrey 1538/9 | St Denis Priory; St Denys by Southampton Priory | [50] 50.924°N -1.3812°W | ||
| St Leonard's Grange | Cistercian monks grange and chapel founded 13th century | ||||
| Southwick Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular (community founded at Portchester c.1128-9 (or 1133)); transferred here 1145, built 1145-53 (indulgences granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to establish the canons at Southwick); dissolved 7 April 1538 | Our Lady of Southwick | [52] 50.8739°N -1.1118°W | ||
| Temple Southington Preceptory | Knights Templar founded before 1240 dissolved before 1308 | Temple Preceptory; Sotherington Preceptory | |||
| Titchfield Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons — from Halesowen, Worcestershire (West Midlands) daughter of Halesowen; founded 1232-3 by Peter des Roches (Peter de Rupibis), Bishop of Winchester; dissolved December 1537; granted to Thomas Wriothesley 1537; converted into a mansion named 'Palace House' by 1542, much of which demolished 1781; (EH) | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist, Titchfield ____________________ Tychfield Abbey | [54] [55] 50.8568°N -1.2314°W | ||
| Ventnor Priory | Historical county location. See entry under | ||||
| Wherwell Abbey # | Benedictine nuns founded c.986 by Elfrida, widow of King Edgar, probably on site of Saxon minster; dissolved 21 November 1539; country house named 'The Priory' built on site mid-18th century, immediately to the south-east of the abbey church | The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross and Saint Peter, Wherwell ____________________ Whrewell Abbey | [56] [57] [58] 51.1654°N -1.4415°W | ||
| Winchester — St Augustine's Friary, possible earlier site ~ | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Oxford) founded before 1300 possibly on a site outside the city wall; in 1342 the Pope instructed the Bishop of Winchester to allow the friars to move from their premises to a site they had procured within the city wall 1341; the Pope sanctioned the move in 1346 (see immediately below) | [59] [60] | |||
| Austin Friary, Winchester ~ | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Oxford) (community founded before 1300 possibly on a site outside the city wall (see immediately above)) transfer sanctioned by the Pope 1346; dissolved 1538; house named 'The Friary' built in the vicinity of the site | 51.059°N -1.3182°W | |||
| Winchester Blackfriars | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London) founded c.1231 (before 1235); dissolved 1538 | [61] [62] 51.0614°N -1.3084°W | |||
| Winchester Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of London) founded 1237; dissolved 1538; granted 1543/4 | St Francis | [63] [64] 51.0642°N -1.3102°W | ||
| Carmelite Friary, Winchester | Carmelite Friars founded before 1268 (1278) by Peter, rector of St Helen's, Winchester; dissolved 1538 | [65] [66] 51.057°N -1.315°W | |||
| Hyde Abbey | Benedictine monks (community founded at New Minster 901); transferred from New Minster, (see immediately below), 1110 (1109); dissolved 30 April 1539; granted to Richard Bethel 1545/6 | New Minster | [67] [68] 51.0686°N -1.3144°W | ||
| New Minster, Winchester | secular canons founded 901 by Edward the Elder, site granted by Alfred the Great; Benedictine monks refounded 964; transferred to new site at Hyde (see immediately above) 1110 (1109) | The New Minster | [69] 51.0614°N -1.3135°W | ||
| St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester # | Benedictine nuns founded c.902 (c.900 / 9th century) by Alfred the Great and his queen Ealhswith; completed before 908 by Edward the Elder refounded and rededicated 963 by Bishop Ethelwold; rededicated 1108; destroyed in the siege of Winchester; rebuilt 1141; dissolved 15 November 1539; granted to John Bello and John Broxholme 1546/7 | St Mary ____________________ Nunnaminster Abbey; St Mary's Abbey | [70] [71] 51.0607°N -1.3106°W | ||
| Priory of Saint Swithun | fictitious accounts of very early foundation; Saxon monastery built before 642-3 by King Cenwealh; Benedictine monks founded 648; episcopal diocesan cathedral founded c.662/3: see split from Dorchester; damaged in raids by the Danes 860 and 879; repaired; demolished 1093-4 when the East end of the new cathedral church was completed (see immediately below) | The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Winchester The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Swithun in Winchester ____________________ Old Minster | [72] [73] 51.0611°N -1.3138°W | ||
| Winchester Cathedral Priory + | secular canons founded c.942–1064: built 1079-1094 by Wakelin, Bishop of Winchester; Benedictine monks founded 964; dissolved 1539; episcopal diocesan cathedral founded 8 April 1093; extant | The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Swithun in Winchester | [74] [75] [76] 51.0607°N -1.3131°W | ||
| Wintney Priory | Cistercian nuns founded before 1200 (during the reign of William the Conqueror) by the son of Peter Jeffrey; dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Hill, Esq., Sergeant of the King's Cellar 1538/9; 18th-century Wintney Farmhouse on site | Priory of the Blessed Virgin and St Mary Magdalene, Wintney ____________________ Winteney Priory | [77] [78] 51.2909°N -0.8875°W | ||