List of monastic houses in Merseyside explained

The following is a list of the monastic houses in Merseyside, England.

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Birkenhead Priory		Benedictine monks founded c.1150 by Hamon de Masci, Baron of Dunham Massey; dissolved 1536; granted to Ralph Worseley 1544/5	St James the Great ____________________ Birkenhedde Priory; Bircheved Priory; Byrkett Priory; Birket-wood Priory	^[1] 53.3894°N -3.0114°W
Bromborough Monastery ^+		built by Aethelflaed, apparently incorporating an earlier foundation; (also given as located in Devon^[2] ) granted to the Abbey of St Werburgh 1152; irrevokably dilapidated before 1827; demolished 1827; successor church built on site from monastic material; demolished 1863–4; new church built just to the south of the site		53.333°N -2.9788°W
Hilbre Island Monastery		Benedictine monks founded after 1093; cell of Our Lady of monks, Chester; chapel (built before 1081) granted to Chester; apparently merely a hermitage, although a prior is attributed dissolved 1539	St Mary ____________________ Ilbre Monastery; Hilbury Monastery; Holburgh Monastery	^[3] 53.381°N -3.2229°W

See also

• List of monastic houses in England

Notes and References

1. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39974 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Birkenhead — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Chester: Volume 3 (pp.128-132)
2. Bromborough Monastery - Devon location given by J. Leland, Collectanea; W. M. Gallichan, Cheshire (1905), p.81 identifies location as Bromborough, Cheshire
3. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39973 British History Online  - Religious houses: Introduction - Victoria County History: A History of the County of Chester: Volume 3 (pp.124-127)