The following is a list of the monastic houses in Surrey, England.
Almners Priory
Chertsey Abbey
GUILDFORD
(see below)
(see below)
Horsley Priory
Leatherhead Priory (alleged)
Newark Priory
Reigate Priory
Tandridge Priory
Wanborough Grange
Waverley Abbey
Woking Monastery
Locations of monastic houses in Surrey
Blackfriars (site)
Friars de Ordine Martyrum
Crutched Friars
Locations of monastic houses in Guildford
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 (Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller). Monastic hospitals are included where they had the status or function of an abbey, priory, or preceptor/commandery.
- Abbreviations and key
| Symbol | Status |
|---|---|
| None | Ruins |
| * | Current monastic function |
| + | Current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) |
| ^ | Current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure |
| $ | Remains limited to earthworks etc. |
| # | No identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains |
| ~ | Exact site of monastic foundation unknown |
| ≈ | Identification ambiguous or confused |
Locations with names in italics indicate possible duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic name but lacking actual monastic connection.
| EH | English Heritage |
| LT | Landmark Trust |
| NT | National Trust |
| Foundation | Image | Communities & provenance | Formal name or dedication & Alternative names |
OnLine references & location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almners Priory | 
|
17th century priory | [1] 51°23′25″N 0°31′53″W / 51.3902085°N 0.5314744°W | |
| Bermondsey Abbey | Historical county location. See List of monastic houses in London | |||
| Bermondsey Minster | Historical county location. See List of monastic houses in London | |||
| Chertsey Abbey |  
|
Saxon Benedictine? monks founded 666; destroyed in raids by the Danes c.872 secular Benedictine monks refounded before 964; dissolved 1537 |
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Chertsey | [2][3] 51°23′37″N 0°30′06″W / 51.3935216°N 0.5015463°W |
| Guildford Blackfriars | 
|
Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London) founded 1275 by Queen Eleanor of Provence, widow of Henry III; proposal by Edward III to refound as a Dominican nunnery never transpired; dissolved 1538; site now occupied by 'The Friary' shopping centre |
St Dominic? | [4][5] 51°14′12″N 0°34′35″W / 51.236559°N 0.576297°W |
| Guildford Friars de Ordine Martyrum | Friars de Ordine Martyrum founded 1260; possible Polish congregation of Crutched Friars; dissolution unknown |
[6][7] 51°13′54″N 0°35′00″W / 51.2316194°N 0.5834609°W | ||
| Guildford Crutched Friars (?) | alleged house of Crutched Friars[note 1] possibly identical with Polish Crutched Friars house (see immediately above)[note 2] |
St Cross? | [8] 51°13′54″N 0°35′00″W / 51.2316190°N 0.5834600°W | |
| Horne Priory | Carthusian monks projected: king's licence granted to Mary de St Paul, Countess of Pembroke c.1345 to endow and build a house for Carthusians, appears not to have been completed |
Hourne Priory | ||
| Horsley Priory ≈ | Benedictine nuns supposedly at Rowbarnes, East Horseley; dissolution unknown |
[9] 51°15′25″N 0°27′13″W / 51.2569532°N 0.4536742°W | ||
| Laleham Abbey * | 
|
Benedictine monks founded 13th century; The Community of St Peter the Apostle (Westminster) |
[10] | |
| Leatherhead Priory (?)≈ | 
|
Cistercian monks alleged monastery, founded 1263; incorporated into house called 'The Priory'; evidence lacking |
[11] 51°17′31″N 0°19′41″W / 51.2919203°N 0.3281763°W | |
| Merton Priory | Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in London | |||
| Newark Priory | 
|
possible hospital Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1189 (during or before the reign of Richard I) by Ruald de Calva and his wife Beatrice; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Antony Brown 1544/5 |
The Priory Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Thomas a Becket, Newark ____________________ Adbury Priory; Aldebury Priory |
[12][13][14] 51°18′32″N 0°30′25″W / 51.308937°N 0.506810°W |
| Oxenford Priory (?) | Benedictine nuns foundation unknown; manor belonged to Waverley (from before 1147), "no trace of separate foundation"[note 3], dissolved after 1305(?) |
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| Reigate Priory | 
|
hospital founded 1217-1235 by William de Warren, Earl of Surrey; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1235; also given as Crutched Friars (possibly Flemish branch, or earlier Fratres Cruciferi 'Augustinian Hospitallers') dissolved 1535; granted to William Lord Howard 1541/2; conventual buildings largely demolished and replaced by a house 1541; rebuilt as a Palladian mansion 1771; since 1948 in use as a school located in public Priory Park, with a public museum |
[15][16] 51°14′08″N 0°12′23″W / 51.2354268°N 0.2064523°W | |
| Richmond Friary (Greyfriars and Austin Friars) | Historical county location. See List of monastic houses in London | |||
| Sheen Priory | Historical county location. See List of monastic houses in London | |||
| Sheen Friary | Historical county location. See List of monastic houses in London | |||
| Syon Priory | Historical county location. See List of monastic houses in London | |||
| Southwark Priory | Historical county location. See List of monastic houses in London | |||
| Tandridge Priory | 
|
hospital founded 1189 by Odo de Dammartin, possibly ceasing to exist 1218-22; Augustinian Canons Regular founded after(?) 1218 (c.1200); dissolved 1538 (1537); granted to John Rede 1537/8 |
The Priory Church of Saint James, Tandridge ____________________ Tanregge Priory |
[17][18][19][20] 51°15′14″N 0°01′38″W / 51.2537687°N 0.0271627°W |
| Tooting Bec Priory | Historical county location. See List of monastic houses in London | |||
| Wanborough Grange | 
|
Cistercian monks grange of Waverley, founded 1130; dissolved 1536; barn restored 1997, owned by Guildford Borough Council, maintained by the Guildford Museum |
51°13′54″N 0°39′48″W / 51.23157°N 0.6632°W | |
| Waverley Abbey | 
|
Cistercian monks dependent on L'Aumône; founded 24 November 1128 (or 28 October 1129, possibly when functional for full regular life) by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir William Fitz William 1536/7; (EH) |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Waverley | [21][22][23] [24][25] 51°12′00″N 0°45′33″W / 51.199996°N 0.759269°W |
| Woking Monastery | 
|
Saxon monastery purported dependency of Peterborough founded c.690 (in the time of Abbot Cuthbert) granted to Peterborough by Brordar, and ealdorman, with the consent of Offa; thought to have been destroyed in raids by the Danes 871 |
St Peter ____________________ Wockingas Monastery; Wocingas Minster; Old Woking Monastery; Woking Minster |
[26] 51°18′44″N 0°34′00″W / 51.3123389°N 0.5666059°W |
The following establishments have no monastic connection:
- Nutfield Priory — hotel in Nutfield, Surrey
See also
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editReferences
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- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: ALMNERS PRIORY
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: CHERTSEY ABBEY
- ^ British History Online — House of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Chertsey — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (pp.55-64)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: GUILDFORD BLACKFRIARS
- ^ British History Online — Friaries: Dominican Friars of Guildford — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (pp.114-116)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: GUILDFORD FRIARY
- ^ Pastscape — Detailed Result: GUILDFORD FRIARY OF FRIARS DE ORDINE MARTYRUM
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: GUILDFORD FRIARY
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 394181
- ^ Laleham Abbey
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 397199
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: NEWARK PRIORY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Newark — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (pp.102-105)
- ^ Cobbett, William (1827). History of the Protestant Reformation. William Cobbett.
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: REIGATE PRIORY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Reigate — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (pp.105-107)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: TANDRIDGE PRIORY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Tandridge — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (pp.112-113)
- ^ Tandridge Priory - Tandridge - Surrey - England | British Listed Buildings
- ^ The history of Tanridge priory, Surrey : and some account of the Canons Regular of the Order of St. Augustine, commonly called the Austin canons : Heales, Alfred, 1827-1898 : ...
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: WAVERLEY ABBEY
- ^ British History Online — House of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Waverley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (pp.77-89)
- ^ English Abbeys - Waverley Abbey
- ^ "WAVERLEY ABBEY, Investigation History". Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
- ^ A history of Waverly Abbey, in the county of Surrey : Kerry, Charles : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: OLD WOKING MONASTERY
Bibliography
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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
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- 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
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