The following is a list of the monastic houses in West Yorkshire, England.
| width = 15% | Foundation | width = 5% | Image | width = 30% | Communities and provenance | width = 20% | Formal name or dedication and alternative names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Arthington Priory | Cluniac nuns founded 1154-5 by Peter de Ardington; with regular priests or brethren 1155 to after 1318; dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury 1542/3 | [1] 53.9017°N -1.562°W | ||||||
| Barwick-in-Elmete Monastery $? | Saxon monastery founded before c.730 by Abbot Thrydwulf(?) (before 636); ?destroyed 9th century; Saxon remains in church | 53.9017°N -1.562°W (traditional) | ||||||
| Collingham Monastery | Saxon monastery founded by Eanfled, daughter of King Edwin; destroyed c.875; identified with Ingetlingum (before 1873 considered to be Gilling) | Ingetlingum | 53.9087°N -1.4078°W | |||||
| Esholt Priory # | Cistercian nuns founded 12th century; with regular priests or brethren to after 1318; dissolved 1539; site now occupied by house named 'Esholt Hall' | Esseholt Priory | [2] 53.8529°N -1.7146°W | |||||
| Headley Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on Marmoutier founded before 1125, benefacted by Ypolitus de Bram, his charter dated 1125; dissolved 1414; granted to Holy Trinity, York | St Mary | 53.8634°N -1.3324°W | |||||
| Kirklees Priory | Cistercian nuns founded before 1138(?), grant by Reyner (Reynerus) Flandrensis (Flandersis), confirmed by his lord William de Warenne; dissolved November 1539; granted to John Tasburgh and Nicholas Savill 1544/5 | The Blessed Virgin Mary and St James ____________________ Kirkleghes Priory | [3] 53.695°N -1.7366°W | |||||
| Kirkstall Abbey | hermit community (community founded at Barnoldswick 19 May 1147); Cistercian monks — from Fountains (North Yorkshire) via Barnoldswick (Lancashire) founded 20 May 1152: land granted to community from Barnoldswick by William of Poictou, at the instance of their founder Henry de Lacy; some of the hermits joined the new foundation; dissolved 22 November 1540; now in ownership of Leeds Corporation, public access to church exterior and monastic buildings | [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] 53.8209°N -1.6063°W | ||||||
| Newland Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller founded after 1199, manor granted by John; chapel rebuilt 1519; dissolved 1540; granted to Francis Jobson and Andrew Dudley 1546/7; chapel demolished c.1860; possible remains of the preceptory chapel incorporated into 16th/17th century fabric in a barn | [10] [11] [12] [13] 53.697°N -1.4471°W | ||||||
| Nostell Priory, earlier site | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1114 by Robert de Lacy; transferred to new site (see immediately below) before 1120 | |||||||
| Nostell Priory # | Augustinian Canons Regular (community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) c.1114); transferred here before 1120 (possibly not occupied until 1122); dissolved 1539 (1540); granted to Thomas Leigh 1539/40; site now occupied by a mansion named 'Nostell Priory' | The Priory Church of Saint Oswald, Nostell | [14] 53.6553°N -1.3834°W | |||||
| Pontefract Blackfriars # | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York) founded 1256 by Edmund de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (built before 1266 by Simon Pyper); dissolved 26 November 1538; granted to William Clifford and Michael Wildbore 1544/5 | St Richard | [15] 53.6896°N -1.3099°W | |||||
| Pontefract Greyfriars (?) | alleged Franciscan Friars disputed | |||||||
| Pontefract Priory | Cluniac monks alien house: dependent on La Charité founded c.1090 by Robert de Lacy; became denizen: independent from 1393; dissolved 1539; granted to William, Lord Talbot 1553 | The Priory Church of Saint John of Pontefract | [18] 53.6979°N -1.3006°W | |||||
| Pontefract Whitefriars (?) | alleged college of Carmelite Friars founded before 1257 (1258 disputed | |||||||
| Syningthwaite Priory $ | Cistercian nuns founded c.1160 by Bertram Haget; apparently with brethren from c.1169 (papal bull of Alexander III 1172), until 14th century(?); dissolved 3 August 1535; granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1550/1; remains incorporated into Priory Farmhouse, built on site | St Mary ____________________ Sinningthwaite Priory | [23] 53.9323°N -1.2986°W | |||||
| Temple Newsam Preceptory # | Knights Templar founded before 1181 (possibly initially located at Newbond), granted by William de Villiers; dissolved 1308–12; | [24] | ||||||
| Wetherby Preceptory | member of Ribstone; Knights Templar founded after 1240, apparently forming a single preceptory with Ribstone; dissolved 1308–12; Knights Hospitaller camera | [25] 53.9266°N -1.3923°W (traditional) | ||||||
| Woodkirk Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular cell, dependent on Nostell; founded 1138-47 (before 1135) by William de Warenne and others, who granted chapel of St Mary to Nostell; dissolved 1539 (1540); granted to George Talbot and Robert Savill | Widkirk Priory | 53.7213°N -1.5896°W |
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