The following is a list of the monastic houses in Gloucestershire, England.
| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | Online References & Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckford Priory | Historical county location. See entry under | ||||
| Berkeley Abbey | nuns founded before 807; destroyed before 1051 secular collegiate founded before 1066 (1019–1053) by Earl Godwin; dissolved c.1135 or later (after 1338); granted to Reading, Berkshire; current parochial church of St Mary possibly on site of minster or a property of the minster | Berkeley Minster ____________________ possibly Oldminster | [1] [2] 51.7158°N -2.4747°W | ||
| Bishop's Cleeve | minster and church of St Michael granted by Offa and Ealdred 768–79; apparently annexed to the bishop or church of Worcester before 888 | ||||
| Blockley Monastery | Saxon monastery founded before?855; granted to Ealhun, Bishop of Worcester by Burhred, King of Mercia 855 | [3] | |||
| Boxwell Priory | Benedictine nuns possibly destroyed in raids by the Danes | ||||
| Brimpsfield Priory | Benedictine monks founded before 1100; alien house: (non-conventual: grange?), dependent on St Wandrille, Fontenay; dissolved 1414 (before 1441); granted to Eton College, then to Windsor | Brimpsfield Grange | [5] [6] 51.8144°N -2.0862°W | ||
| Cheltenham Minster | Anglo-Saxon minster here from 8th century onwards which was a monasterium or collegiate church as opposed to a monastery. Not to be confused with the more recent Cheltenham Minster, where St Mary's Parish Church was redesignated a Minster by the Bishop of Gloucester on Sunday 3 February 2013. Reference to minster 803 founded before 803 (c.770: apparently extant for 30 years); | [7] 51.8965°N -2.0739°W | |||
| Cirencester Abbey | Saxon minster — secular college founded before 839 (during the reign of Egbert, King of Wessex) by Alwin; Augustinian Canons Regular founded (1117 dissolved 19 December 1539; granted to Sir Thomas Seymour 1547; granted to Richard Masters 1563/4; site now within a public park; house named 'Abbey House' built on site | The Blessed Virgin Mary | [10] [11] 51.7188°N -1.9693°W | ||
| Daylesford Monastery | founded 718 (? 727) by Begia (Baegia), land granted by Æthelbald, King of Mercia; granted to Worcester by Beorhtwulf 841; later claimed by Evesham dissolved | Daeglesford Priory | [12] 51.9299°N -1.6487°W (approx) | ||
| Deerhurst Abbey + | Saxon minster founded late-7th century; Benedictine? monks founded after 715 purportedly by Dodo (co-founder of Tewkesbury); destroyed? c.878; Benedictine monks rebuilt/(re)founded c.970 by St Oswald; destroyed c.975; alien house: dependent on St-Denis rebuilt before 1056, purportedly by Edward the Confessor, who granted it to St-Denis c.1059 — alien priory; became denizen: independent from 1443; granted to Eton College c.1447; restored to St Denis, for English monks 1461; secular chaplain without monks 1467; granted as cell to Tewkesbury; dissolved 1540; conventual church in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary | St Mary the Virgin St Mary the Virgin and St Denis ____________________ Derehures Abbey | [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] 51.968°N -2.1899°W | ||
| Farmcote Grange | Cistercian monks grange of Hailes Abbey | [18] [19] 51.9599°N -1.9129°W &<br />51.9597°N -1.912°W | |||
| Flaxley Abbey + | Cistercian monks daughter house of Bordesley, Worcestershire founded 30 September 1151 by Roger, Earl of Hereford; dissolved 1536–7; granted to Sir Anthony Kingston 1544/5; remains now incorporated into a private house without public access | The Blessed Virgin Mary ____________________ Flexley Abbey; Dene Abbey | [20] [21] 51.8361°N -2.4519°W | ||
| Gloucester Blackfriars | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford) founded 1239 (before 1241) by Sir Stephen de Hermshall (or by Henry III) and consecrated 1284; dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Bell 1539/40, who made it a drapering house | [22] [23] 51.8641°N -2.2487°W | |||
| Gloucester Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Bristol) founded before 1230 (1231), granted by Lord Berkley, under the guidance of Agnellus of Pisa, with timber provided by Henry III; dissolved 1538; granted to John Jennings 1543/4; church converted into a brewery | [24] [25] 51.8636°N -2.2463°W | |||
| Gloucester Whitefriars # | Carmelite Friars founded before 1268 (during the reign of Henry III) purportedly by Queen Eleanor, Sir Thomas Gifford and Sir Thomas Berkley; dissolved c.25 July 1538; granted to Richard Andrews and Nicholas Temple 1543/4 | [26] [27] 51.8655°N -2.2398°W | |||
| Gloucester Cathedral Abbey + | Benedictine monks and nuns — double house founded before 679 (c.681) by Wulfhere, King of Mercia and his brother and successor Æthelred; destroyed in raids by the Danes after 767; secular canons minster founded before 823 (c.823-5); Benedictine monks founded c1022; Benedictine monks refounded c.1058; dissolved 2 January 1540; granted to the Bishop and officers of Gloucester; conventual church becoming an episcopal diocesan cathedral founded 1541; extant | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Gloucester The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity in Gloucester (1541) | [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] 51.8675°N -2.2466°W | ||
| St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester | church of secular canons traditionally founded 660 by a son of Penda of Mercia; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 890s/refounded 909 by Æthelflæd/Æthelflæda and her husband Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia; founded before 1153 as a priory by Henry Murdac, Archbishop of York; granted to John Jennings 1539/40; subsequently in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Catherine; destroyed 1643 | St Oswald, King and Martyr | [33] [34] 51.8693°N -2.2477°W | ||
| Hailes Abbey | Cistercian monks — from Beaulieu, Hampshire founded 17 July 1246 (1245) by Richard, Earl of Cornwall; dissolved 24 December 1539; granted to Sir Thomas Seymour 1547; granted to William, Marquis of Northampton 1550; (NT) | The Blessed Virgin Mary ____________________ Hayles Abbey; Tray Abbey | [35] [36] 51.9683°N -1.9281°W | ||
| Hatherop Priory | Carthusian Monks founded 1222 transferred to Hinton 1227–32 | ||||
| Hazleton Abbey | Cistercian monks daughter house of Tintern, Monmouthshire; (community founded at Kingswood earlier site 7 September 1139); transferred from Kingswood c.1149-50; dissolved c.1150-4; transferred to Tetbury; (EH) | The Blessed Virgin Mary | [37] 51.684°N -2.1039°W | ||
| Horsley Priory ^ | Benedictine monks alien house: cell dependent on Troarn; founded between 1066 and 1087 (during the reign of William the Conqueror) by Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury; Augustinian Canons Regular became denizen: cell granted to Bruton 1260; vicarage 1380; dissolved; granted to Sir Walter Denys of Dyrham 1553; a prison late-18th century; 19th century parish church of St Mary now occupies the site or an area to the north; other monastic buildings possibly currently in use as a hotel | dedication unknown ____________________ Horkeslegh Priory | [38] [39] 51.6805°N -2.2358°W | ||
| Kingswood Abbey, earlier site | Cistercian Monks — from Tintern, Monmouthshire daughter house of Tintern; founded 7 September 1139 by William de Berkeley; refounded 1164-70 on new site; transferred to Hazleton 1149–50; this site retained as a grange; dissolved 1 February 1538 and demolished; gatehouse remains; (EH) | Kingswood Grange | [40] [41] 51.6148°N -2.3742°W or 51.6274°N -2.3727°W (possible) | ||
| Kingswood Abbey | Cistercian Monks — from Tintern, Monmouthshire (community founded at Kingswood earlier site 7 September 1139); transferred from Tetbury c.1164-70; dissolved 1 February 1538 | [42] 51.6266°N -2.3668°W | |||
| Kinley Priory | purportedly an ancient priory, lands seized by William the Conqueror | Kinline Priory | |||
| Lechlade Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 13th century by Richard, Earl of Cornwall | The Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Lechlade ____________________ Lechelade Priory | [44] 51.6918°N -1.6934°W (approx) | ||
| Leonard Stanley Priory + | Benedictine monks founded c.1130 by Roger de Berkeley II; Augustinian Canons Regular confirmed to Gloucester Abbey 1146; dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Anthony Kingston church now in parochial use | The Priory Church of Saint Leonard of Stanley ____________________ Stanley St Leonard Priory; Stanley Priory | [45] [46] [47] [48] 51.7272°N -2.288°W | ||
| Llanthony Secunda Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular — from Llanthony, Wales daughter house of Llanthony founded 1136 at the instance of Robert, Bishop of Gloucester on a site granted by Miles (Milo) of Gloucester, Earl of Hereford; built by the prior and canons at Llanthony Priory; dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Arthur Porter 1540/1 | The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lantony Priory; Lanthony Priory | [49] [50] 51.8604°N -2.2569°W | ||
| Minchinhampton Priory | Benedictine nuns alien house: dependent on Holy Trinity, Caen; probably a grange: no evidence of nuns resident; granted to the nuns (or minchins) of Holy Trinity, Caen 1082 by William the Conqueror; leased before 1192; forfeit 14th century; reverted to the Crown 1414; granted to Syon Abbey 1424; granted to Andrews, Lord Windsor 1542/3; | Minchin Hampton Priory | [51] [52] 51.7058°N -2.1881°W | ||
| Minsterworth | Saxon minster | ||||
| Newent Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on Cormeilles Priory, Normandy; founded before 1086 by William fitz Osbern; dissolved 1411 by Henry IV; granted to Fotheringay College; granted to Sir Richard Lee 1547; St Mary's Parish church possibly the Priory Church | The Blessed Virgin Mary ____________________ Noent Priory; Newenton Priory | [53] [54] 51.9314°N -2.4041°W | ||
| Poulton Priory | chantry chapel founded 1348 by Sir Thomas Seymour; Gilbertine Canons founded 1350; dissolved 1539; conventual church becoming the parish church demolished and replaced 1873; monastic remains incorporated into a wall at Priory Farm on site | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Poulton | [55] [56] 51.699°N -1.8639°W | ||
| Prinknash Abbey * | Benedictine monks founded 1928 at St Peter's Grange; transferred to new abbey 1972 (see immediately below); transferred back to St Peter's Grange 29 June 2008; extant | [57] 51.8175°N -2.1779°W | |||
| Prinknash Abbey — former site | Benedictine monks (community founded 1928 at St Peter's Grange); transferred here 1972; transferred back to St Peter's Grange 29 June 2008 (see immediately above) | [58] 51.8225°N -2.1762°W | |||
| Quenington Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller founded between 1144 and 1162 by Walter, the first Prior of the Order in England by the bounty of Agnes de Lacy and her daughter; dissolved 1540; granted to Sir Richard Morisine and Sir Anthony Kingston 1545/6; demolished 17th century; site now occupied by Quenington House | Queinington Preceptory | [59] [60] 51.7343°N -1.787°W | ||
| St Briavels Chantry | hermitage Cistercian monks chantry dependent on Grace Dieu; founded c.1361, granted to Grace Dieu | ||||
| Temple Guiting Preceptory | Knights Templar founded c.1150, lands granted by Gilbert de Lacy and Roger de Waterville; benefactors included Roger, Earl of Hereford, and Roger d'Oilly; dissolved 1308–1311; possibly in ownership of Knights Hospitallers after 1338, but neither used as preceptory or camera | Guiting Preceptory | [62] [63] 51.9413°N -1.8705°W | ||
| Temple Guiting Grange | possible Knights Templars grange of Temple Guiting Preceptory | [64] 51.935°N -1.8161°W | |||
| Tetbury Monastery | Saxon monastery founded before 680; land granted by King Æthelred of Mercia; site possibly near current after-medieval parish church of St Mary Magdalene (built on the site of a medieval church) | Tettan Monastery | [65] [66] 51.6358°N -2.1603°W | ||
| Tetbury Abbey | Cistercian monks (community founded at Kingswood earlier site 7 September 1139); transferred from Hazleton c.1150-4 (1148–54); site found to be unsuitable; transferred to Kingswood c.1164-70; monastic remains apparently incorporated into current residences in Tetbury | The Blessed Virgin Mary | [67] 51.6357°N -2.1603°W | ||
| Tewkesbury Abbey + | hermitage of Theokus Benedictine? monks cell dependent on Cranborne; founded c.715 by Dodo, Saxon lord; destroyed? in raids by the Danes 9th century; cell refounded c.980; enlarged by Robert RitzHaimon 1102; transferred from Cranborne 1102; raised to abbey status 1102; dissolved 9 January 1540; granted to Thomas Strowde, Walter Erie and James Paget 1544/5; now in parochial use | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tewkesbury ____________________ Theokesbury Abbey | [68] [69] 51.9903°N -2.1606°W | ||
| Twyinging Monastery | Saxon monastery founded before c.770 (during(?) the tenure of Mildred, Bishop of Worcester); granted to Worcester c.800 or 814 | Bituinaeum Monastery; Ad Tuueoneaam | |||
| Winchcombe Nunnery | nuns founded 787 by Offa; Benedictine foundation built on site (see immediately below) | [70] 51.9531°N -1.9667°W | |||
| Winchcombe Abbey | Benedictine monks founded 798 by King Ranulph on site of a nunnery (see immediately above); secular founded 9th century?; raised to abbey status c.969; destroyed by fire 1151; rebuilt and rededicated 1239; dissolved 1540; granted to Sir Thomas Seymour 1547/8; abbot's house used as parish workhouse; demolished 1815 | The Abbey Church of St Mary and St Kenelm, Winchcombe ____________________ Winchcombe Priory Winchelcombe Abbey | [71] 51.9529°N -1.9666°W | ||
| Withington Monastery | Saxon monastery founded between 674 and 704?: site granted to Abbess Dunna and her daughter Bucga for monastery by viceroy Oshere, with the consent of King Æthelred of Mercia dissolved after early-9th century | ||||
| Woodchester Monastery | religious house purportedly built by Gueta, wife of Earl Godwin | ||||
| Wotton under Edge Friary | Crutched Friars founded 1349(?) (1347): licence for foundation granted by Edward III 1349; dissolution unknown, probably after only a few years | [73] [74] 51.638°N -2.3525°W | |||
| Yate Monastery | Saxon monastery founded 777-9?: land granted to St Mary's, Worcester between 777 and 779; dissolved after early-9th century; absorbed by Worcester c.888? | ||||