List of monastic houses in Nottinghamshire

Beauvale Priory

Blyth Priory

Felley Priory

Fiskerton Cell

Lenton Priory

Mattersey Priory

Newark Greyfriars

Newstead Priory

Nottingham Greyfriars

Nottingham Greyfriars

Nottingham Whitefriars

Ossington Preceptory (probable site)

Rufford Abbey

Shelford Priory

Thurgarton Priory

Wallingwells Priory

Welbeck Abbey

Worksop Priory

Locations of monastic houses in Nottinghamshire

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

In this article alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Templars and Hospitallers). The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundation had, or was purported to have the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptory/commandery.

The name of the county is given where there is reference to an establishment in another county. Where the county has changed since the foundation's dissolution the modern county is given in parentheses, and in instances where the referenced foundation ceased to exist before the unification of England, the kingdom is given, followed by the modern county in parentheses.

The geographical co-ordinates provided are sourced from the details provided by Historic England PastScape and Ordnance Survey publications.

A Monastic Glossary follows the listing, which provides links to articles on the particular monastic orders as well as other terms which appear in the listing.

Abbreviations and key

Alphabetical listing of establishments

Foundation	Image	Communities & Provenance	Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names	OnLine References & Location
Beauvale Charterhouse		Carthusian monks founded 1343 by Nicholas de Cauntlow (Cantilupo), Lord of Ilkeston: licence granted 1343; dissolved 18 July 1539; granted to Richard Morison 1550/1	The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Beauvale The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity and Saint Mary the Virgin with All Saints ____________________ Beauvale Priory	[1][2] 53°02′11″N 1°16′02″W / 53.0363825°N 1.26727°W / 53.0363825; -1.26727 (Beauvale Priory)
Blyth Priory +		Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on St Holy Trinity, Rouen; founded 1088 by Roger de Builly; became denizen: independent from c.1409; dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Andrews and William Ramesden 1543/4; church now in parochial use	The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Blyth	[3][4] 53°22′44″N 1°03′48″W / 53.3788262°N 1.0634583°W / 53.3788262; -1.0634583 (Blyth Priory)
Broadholme Priory$	Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Lincolnshire
Felley Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular dependent on Worksop; founded 1152: church and hermitage granted to Worksop by Ralph Britto of Annesley; independent from 1260; dissolved 1536	St Mary	[5][6] 53°03′23″N 1°16′50″W / 53.0564564°N 1.2804517°W / 53.0564564; -1.2804517 (Felley Priory)
Fiskerton Cell		Augustinian Canons Regular possible cell dependent on Thurgarton (more likely a chapel served by Canons from Thurgarton); founded c.1139 by Ralph de Ayncourt; granted to Edward Fynes, Lord Clinton and Thomas Morrison	Fiskarton Cell	[7] 53°03′05″N 0°54′45″W / 53.0512942°N 0.9123963°W / 53.0512942; -0.9123963 (Fiskerton Cell)
Lenton Priory		Cluniac monks alien house: dependent on Cluny; founded 1102-8 by William Peverell; became denizen: independent from 1392; dissolved 1538; granted to John Harrington 1562/3	The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity ____________________ St Anthony's Hospital	[8][9] 52°56′35″N 1°10′42″W / 52.943007°N 1.1782891°W / 52.943007; -1.1782891 (Lenton Priory)
Marske Cell (?)		Benedictine monks cell? dependent on York; existence disputed	Marshe Cell
Mattersey Priory		Gilbertine Canons founded c.1185 by Roger FitzRalph, son of Ranulf de Mattersey; destroyed by fire 1279; dissolved 3 October 1538; granted to Antony Neville, Esq. 1539/40; (EH)	The Priory Church of Saint Helen, Mattersey	[10][11] 53°23′53″N 0°56′37″W / 53.398193°N 0.94369°W / 53.398193; -0.94369 (Mattersey Priory)
Newark Greyfriars #		Observant Franciscan Friars founded 1507 (or c.1499 by Henry VII); dissolved 1534; Augustinian Friars refounded; dissolved 1539; granted to John Andrews; house built on site named 'The Friary'	Newark Greyfriars; Newark Austin Friars	[12][13] 53°04′40″N 0°48′15″W / 53.0776629°N 0.804255°W / 53.0776629; -0.804255 (Newark Greyfriars)
Newstead Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1163 by Henry II; dissolved 21 July 1539; granted to Sir John Byron 1541/2; converted into a mansion named 'Newstead Abbey'; restored by George Gordon Byron, poet, c.1800; restored by John Shaw for Col. Wildman 1819; further altered c.1862 for William Frederick Webb, African explorer, upon whose death, 1899, estate passed via his surviving children to his grandson Charles Ian Fraser who sold Newstead to philanthropist Sir Julien Cahn, who presented it to Nottingham Corporation 1931; now in ownership of Nottingham City Council	St Mary	[14][15] 53°04′42″N 1°11′33″W / 53.0783332°N 1.1925745°W / 53.0783332; -1.1925745 (Newstead Priory)
Nottingham Basford Cell		Cluniac monks cell dependent on Lenton?; founded before c.1200; dissolved after 1300
Nottingham Friary *		Franciscan Friars Minor extant	Friary and Parish of Our Lady and St Edward	[16] 52°57′47″N 1°07′41″W / 52.9631061°N 1.1280245°W / 52.9631061; -1.1280245 (Nottingham Greyfriars)
Nottingham Greyfriars		Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford) founded before 1230; dissolved 1539		[17][18] 52°56′59″N 1°09′00″W / 52.9498419°N 1.1501125°W / 52.9498419; -1.1501125 (Nottingham Greyfriars)
Nottingham — Holy Sepulchre Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular — Holy Sepulchre founded c.1170; dissolved after 1188
Nottingham Roche Cell		Cluniac monks cell dependent on Lenton; foundation unknown; dissolved after 1405
Nottingham Whitefriars		Carmelite Friars founded before 1271, site granted by Reginald de Grey; dissolved 5 February 1539; granted to Thomas Henneage 1548/9		[19][20] 52°57′09″N 1°09′07″W / 52.9526311°N 1.1518398°W / 52.9526311; -1.1518398 (Nottingham Whitefriars)
Ossington Preceptory		Knights Hospitaller founded before 1154, granted by William, Archbishop of York; merged with Newland, Yorkshire 1382; church of the Holy Rood built 1782, probably stands on or near site		[21][22] 53°10′41″N 0°51′57″W / 53.1780964°N 0.8657259°W / 53.1780964; -0.8657259 (Ossington Preceptory (probable site)) (probable)
Rufford Abbey		Cistercian monks founded 13 July 1136 by Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln; dissolved 1536; granted to George, Earl of Shrewsbury; now in ownership of Nottinghamshire County Council		[23][24] 53°10′35″N 1°02′08″W / 53.1763538°N 1.0356385°W / 53.1763538; -1.0356385 (Rufford Abbey)
Shelford Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular founded (in the reign of Henry II) by Ralph Hanselyn; dissolved 1536; granted to Michael Stanhope 1539/40; remains incorporated into house named 'Shelford House' built c.1600, destroyed by fire 1645, rebuilt c.1678		[25][26] 52°59′02″N 1°00′00″W / 52.9839162°N 1.0000348°W / 52.9839162; -1.0000348 (Shelford Priory)
Thurgarton Priory +		Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1119-39 by Ralph Deincourt, with the influence of Archbishop Thurstan; dissolved 12 June 1538; fortified for Charles I 1643; in use as Bishop's Palace 1884-1904; part of church now in parochial use	The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Thurgarton	[27][28] 53°02′07″N 0°58′12″W / 53.0353257°N 0.9699498°W / 53.0353257; -0.9699498 (Thurgarton Priory)
Wallingwells Priory ^		Benedictine nuns founded 1130 (probably c.1140-4) by Ralph de Chevrolcourt (Cheurolcourt); also given as Augustinian dissolved 14 December 1539; granted to Richard Pype and Francis Boyer 1563/4; granted to Richard Whalley 1548/9; remains possibly partly incorporated into country house named Wallingwells Hall, built 18th/19th century	St Mary de Parco	[29][30] 53°21′03″N 1°08′29″W / 53.3509676°N 1.1413993°W / 53.3509676; -1.1413993 (Wallingwells Priory)
Welbeck Abbey		Premonstratensian Canons — from Newsham, Lincolnshire founded 1153 by Thomas of Cuckney (Thomas Jocei); canons in residence by October 1134; dissolved 20 June 1538; remains incorporated into private residence, under the ownership of Sir Charles Cavendish before 1607; since altered and remodelled	The Abbey Church of Saint James, Welbeck	[31][32] 53°15′44″N 1°09′22″W / 53.2621776°N 1.1559892°W / 53.2621776; -1.1559892 (Welbeck Abbey)
Winkburn Preceptory		Knights Hospitaller founded 1189-99, church granted by Henry Hosat and vill by Adam Tysun; serving as a camera of Ossington; dissolved 1382
Worksop Priory +		Augustinian Canons Regular — probably from Huntingdon founded after 1119 by William de Lovetot; dissolved 15 November 1538; granted to Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury 1541/2 church now in parochial use	The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert, Worksop ____________________ Wirksop Priory; formerly known as Radford Priory	[33][34] 53°18′13″N 1°06′55″W / 53.3036786°N 1.1153269°W / 53.3036786; -1.1153269 (Worksop Priory)

The following location lacks monastic connections:

• Hodsock Priory — stately home

Glossary

Map link to lists of monastic houses in England by county

Northumberland Durham Lancashire Cheshire Derbs. Notts. Lincolnshire Leics. Staffs. Shropshire Warks. Northants. Norfolk Suffolk Essex Herts. Beds. Bucks. Oxon. Glos. Somerset Wiltshire Berkshire Kent Surrey Hampshire Dorset Devon Cornwall Heref. Worcs. Bristol East Riding of Yorkshire Rutland Cambs. Greater London Tyne & Wear Cumbria North Yorkshire South Yorks. West Yorkshire Greater Manc. Merseyside East Sussex West Sussex Isle of Wight West Midlands

Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset County Durham Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Merseyside Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex, East Sussex, West Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire, East Riding Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West

See also

• List of monastic houses in England

Notes

References

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• Cobbett, William (1868) List of Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals, And Other Religious Foundations in England and Wales and in Ireland, Confiscated, Seized On, or Alienated by the Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns and Parliaments
• Knowles, David & Hadcock, R. Neville (1971) Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales. Longman
• Morris, Richard (1979) Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
• Thorold, Henry (1986) Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales, Collins
• Thorold, Henry (1993) Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland, Collins
• Wright, Geoffrey N., (2004) Discovering Abbeys and Priories, Shire Publications Ltd.
• English Cathedrals and Abbeys, Illustrated, Odhams Press Ltd.
• Map of Monastic Britain, South Sheet, Ordnance Survey, 2nd edition, 1954