Template:MonasticHouses Devon England
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| Foundation | Image | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | References | Location |
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| Axmouth Priory | Benedictine monks, alien priory | Monastic Matxix:[1] | ||||
| Barnstaple Priory | Cluniac monks dis. 1535 |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Barnstaple | ||||
| Bodmiscombe Preceptory | Knights Templar | |||||
| Brightley Priory | Cistercian monks | |||||
| Buckfast monastery | Benedictine monks, Buckfast Abbey (see immediately below) built on site | |||||
| Buckfast Abbey* | Savignac from Savigny fd. 1136 built on site of Benedictine monastery (see immediately above) merged with Cistercian order 1148 Cistercian monks 1148; dis. 1539 Benedictine 1882-present |
The Abbey Church of Our Lady, Buckfast | Buckfast Abbey:[2] | |||
| Buckland Abbey | Cistercian monks from Quarr 1278 dis. 1539 (NT) | |||||
| Canonsleigh Abbey^ | Augustinian Canons Regular priory 12thC Augustinian nuns abbey fd. 1284; dis. 1539 remains now incorporated into farm buildings |
Leigh Abbey | ||||
| Chudleigh Abbey* | Brigittine nuns | The Abbey Church of Saint Bridget of Syon, Chudleigh | ||||
| Churchill monastery | uncertain order and foundation | |||||
| Cornworthy Priory | Augustinian nuns fd. 1205/1238 |
Court Prior | ||||
| Cowick Priory | Benedictine monks, cell of Bec | |||||
| Dartmouth Friary | Augustinian Friars | |||||
| Denbury Grange | ||||||
| Dunkeswell Abbey | Cistercian monks fd. 1301; dis. 1539 site now occupied by Holy Trinity Church 1842 |
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| Exeter Cathedral Priory+ | fd. ?ante c.690 'Benedictine' monks 932 secular canons 1050 diocesan cathedral 1050-present |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Peter The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter |
Exeter Cathedral:[3] | [4] | ||
| Exeter Black Friary | Dominican Friars | |||||
| Exeter Grey Friary | Franciscan Friars | |||||
| Exeter Priory | Cluniac monks | |||||
| Exeter - Polsloe Priory | Benedictine nuns fd. c.1160; dis. 1536 largely demolished, remaining range converted into country house |
The Priory Church of Saint Katherine, Polsloe, Exeter | ||||
| Exeter - St Nicolas Priory | Benedictine monks fd. 1087 from Battle; dis. 1536 private houses built on site 1820 monastic architecture restored in ownership of Exeter Corporation 1913 open to public as a museum 1916; (closed for repair until 2008) |
St Nicholas Priory | The Priory Church of Saint Nicolas, Exeter | English Heritage Pastscape:[5] Exeter City Council:[6] Exeter Memories:[7] Sacred Destinations:[8] Britannia.com:[9] |
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| Frithelstock Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. c.1220; dis. 1536 |
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| Hartland Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular | |||||
| Indio monastery | uncertain order and foundation | |||||
| Ipplepen Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | |||||
| Ivybridge Priory* | Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary (from St. Quay) 1910 Augustinian (Augustinian Recollect) 1932-present, originally 'Cadleigh House' |
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| Kerswell Priory | Cluniac monks | |||||
| Marsh Barton Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | |||||
| Modbury Priory | Benedictine monks | |||||
| Newenham Priory | Cistercian monks | |||||
| Otterton Priory | Benedictine monks | |||||
| Pilton Priory | Benedictine monks | |||||
| Plymouth Black Friary | Dominican Friars 1431 site now occupied by the Black Friars Distillery |
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| Plymouth Grey Friary | Carmelite Friars | |||||
| Plymouth White Friary | Carmelite Friars | |||||
| Plympton Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 904; dis. 1539 |
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Plympton | ||||
| Sidmouth Priory | Benedictine monks | |||||
| Tavistock Abbey | Benedictine monks fd. 961/974; dis. 1539 mansion built on site, now 'The Bedford Hotel' |
Catholic Encyclopedia:[12] Devon Online:[13] Devon County Council:[14] Britannia.com:[15] |
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| Teignmouth Abbey* | Benedictine nuns | The Abbey Church of Saint Scholastica, Teignmouth (fd. Dunkirk, Flanders 1662, daughter house of Ghent) moved from Hammersmith 1862 | [17] | |||
| Torre Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck fd. 1196 dis. 1539 country house built on site, now in ownership of Torbay Corporation |
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| Totnes Priory | Benedictine monks | |||||
| Totnes Priory | Cluniac monks |

