Template:MonasticHouses Cambridgeshire England
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| Foundation | Image | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name/dedication | References | Location |
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| Anglesey Priory, Lode |
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Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1135 by Henry I; dis. 1535; granted to John Hynde c.1538; remains incorporated into private house named 'Anglesey Abbey' 1591 (NT) |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin and Saint Nicholas | British History Online:[1] Sacred Destinations:[2] The Heritage Trail:[3] |
[4] | |
| Barham Friary | Crutched Friars fd. ante1272; dis.; granted to Philip Paris c.1539, and later to John Millecent, Esq. |
Barkham Priory; Bercham Priory |
LintonHistory.org:[5] | [6] | ||
| Barnwell Priory, Cambridge |
Augustinian Canons Regular (from St. Giles, Castle Hill, Lode) fd. 1092 or c.1112 by Picot, a Norman lord, and his wife; dis. 1538; granted to Anthony Brown c.1546; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton c.1552 ruins underwent thorough destruction 1810 |
British History Online:[7] | [8] | |||
| Cambridge - Austin Friary | Augustinian Friars fd. 1092; trns to Barnwell 1112 |
British History Online:[9] | ||||
| Cambridge Blackfriars | Dominican Friars fd. c.1258; dis.; granted to Edward Erlington and Humphrey Metcalf c.1543 Emmanuel College, Cambridge University |
British History Online:[10] | ||||
| Blackfriars, Cambridge* | Dominican Friars fd. 1938; -present | Blackfriars Cambridge:[11] | [12] | |||
| Cambridge Grey Friars | Franciscan Friars | British History Online:[13] | ||||
| Cambridge White Friars | Carmelite Friars fd. by Edward I and other nobles; dis.; granted to John Eyer c.1544 |
British History Online:[14] | ||||
| Cambridge - Friary of the Sack | Friars of the Sack; | British History Online:[15] | ||||
| Cambridge - St Mary's Friars | Friars of St Mary 13thC | British History Online:[16] | ||||
| Cambridge - St Edmund's Priory | Gilbertine Canons fd. ante1291 by 'the bounty or gift of' B. fil. Walteri dis.; granted to Edward Ebrington (Erlington?) and Humphrey Metcalf c.1543 |
The Priory Church of Saint Edmund, Cambridge | British History Online:[17] | |||
| Cambridge - St Radegund's Priory |  |
Benedictine nuns, cell fd. by John de Cranden, Prior of Ely site now occupied by Jesus College, Cambridge |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Radegund | British History Online:[18] Janus:[19] Jesus College, University of Cambridge:[20] |
[21] | |
| Chatteris Abbey | Benedictine nuns fd. 1016 (or 980 by Alfwen, wife of Ethelstan, Earl of the East Angles); dis. 1536; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton c.1551 |
Chateris Abbey | British History Online:[22] JStor:[23] |
[24] | ||
| Chippenham Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller (under Clerkenwell) fd. 1184 by William de Mandevill; dis.; granted to Sir Edward North c.1540 |
British History Online:[25] Chippenham Village:[26] |
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| Denny Abbey |  |
Benedictine monks, cell of Ely fd. 1159; Knights Templar preceptory fd. 1169 Franciscan nuns 1308; dis. 1536; granted to Edward Erlington c.1539, currently part of the Farmland Museum (EH) |
Denney Abbey; Denney Preceptory |
The Abbey Church of Saint James and Saint Leonard, Denny | Denny Farmland Museum:[27] | [28] |
| Duxford Preceptory | Knights Templar 1273 | British History Online:[29] | ||||
| Ely Cathedral Priory+ |  |
?nuns/double monastery fd. c.673 secular canons 9thC Benedictine monks fd. 970; dis. 1540 episcopal diocesan cathedral 1109-present |
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Etheldreda
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity and Saint Etheldreda |
British History Online:[30] Ely Cathedral:[31] |
[32] | |
| Fordham Priory# | Gilbertine Canons fd. ante1227 site now occupied by private house named 'Fordham Abbey' |
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Mary Magdalene, Fordham | British History Online:[33] | [34] | ||
| Great Wilbraham Preceptory | Knights Templar 13thC | Wilbraham Temple | British History Online:[35] | [36] | ||
| Hinchinbrook Priory | Benedictine nuns site now occupied by Hinchinbrooke House |
British History Online:[37] | ||||
| Ickleton Abbey | Cistercian monks remains now part of Abbey Farm |
CRSBI:[38] | ||||
| Ickleton Priory | Benedictine nuns 1190 now on site of Abbey Farm |
Ikelington Priory | British History Online:[39] CRSBI:[40] |
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| Isleham Priory | Benedictine monks fd. 1086, alien priory; dis. 1414 granted to Pembroke College, Cambridge which converted the church into a barn and demolished monastery (EH) |
Linton Priory | The Priory Church of Saint Margaret, Isleham | English Heritage:[41] & [42] English Heritage Pastscape:[43] CRSBI:[44] |
[45] | |
| Marmont Priory | Gilbertine Canons | Mirmaud Priory; Marmonde Priory; Welle Priory |
National Register of Archives:[46] | |||
| Peterborough Cathedral Abbey+ |  |
c.655 Benedictine monks c.966; dis. 1539 episcopal diocesan cathedral 1540-present |
Medeshamstede Abbey | The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, Peterborough | British History Online:[47] Peterborough Cathedral:[48] Cathedrals in the East of England:[49] |
[50] |
| Ramsey Abbey | Benedictine monks fd. 969; dis. 1539 (NT) | Ramsey Abbey:[51] Catholic Encyclopedia:[52] National Trust:[53] |
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| St Ives Priory | Benedictine monks (from Ramsay Abbey) fd. 1017- dis. house built on site |
British History Online:[55] | ||||
| St Neots Priory | Benedictine monks, cell of Ely 974 cell of Bec 1113-dissolution |
The Priory Church of Saint Neot, St Neots | British History Online:[56] English Heritage Pastscape:[57] |
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| Sawtry Abbey | Cistercian monks (from Warden Abbey) 1147-1536 | Sawtrey Abbey | British History Online:[58] The County of Huntingdonshire UK:[59] |
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| Shingay Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller | Shengay Preceptory fd. 1140 | British History Online:[61] | |||
| Spinney Abbey |  |
Augustinian Canons Regular, fd. between 1216 and 1228 absorbed into Ely 1449 site now occupied by a house and farm |
Spinney Priory | Priory of St Mary and the Holy Cross | British History Online:[62] | [63] |
| Stonely Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular c.1180 | The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stonely | British History Online:[64] | |||
| Swaffham Bulbeck Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. probably late 12thC | Swaffham Nunnery Swafam Nunnery |
The Nunnery of Saint Mary, Swaffham | British History Online:[65] Cambridgeshire Collection:[66] GenUKI:[67] |
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| Swavesey Priory | Benedictine monks, alien house a private residence named 'The Priory' is supposedly situated on or near the site |
British History Online:[68] | ||||
| Thorney Abbey+ | anchorites or hermits -ante972 Benedictine monks fd. 972; dis. 1539 church now in parochial use |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Botulph, Thorney | British History Online:[69] Welcome to Thorney:[70] Thorney Abbey:[71] Cambridge Collection:[72] Catholic Encyclopedia:[73] Archives Hub:[74] |
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| Waterbeach Abbey | Benedictine minoresses | British History Online:[75] |
The following locations in Cambridgeshire lack known monastic connections:-
- Barnwell Priory Abbey: (The Church of Saint Andrew-the-Less, Barnwell), built adjacent to former Priory Church, called 'The Abbey Church'
- Buckden Abbey: Elizabethan mansion
