Template:MonasticHouses Bedfordshire England

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Foundation	Image	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name/dedication	References	Location
Beadlow Priory		Benedictine monks (from Milbrook) fd. 1140/6; abandoned 1435 cell of St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire reverted to the Crown, the buildings falling into decay thereafter	Beaulieu Priory		Bedford County Council:[1] English Heritage Pastscape:[2] &[3] Centre for Metropolitan History:[4]	[5]
Greyfriars, Bedford		Franciscan Friars fd. 1238 by Mabilea de Plateshull; dis. c.1539 and granted to John Gostwyke			British History Online:[6] Bedfordshire Libraries:[7]	[8]
Bushmead Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1195 by Hugh Beauchamp; dis. 1536 and granted to Sir William Gascoign mansion built on site (EH)	Bissemede Priory	The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bushmead	English Heritage:[9],[10] English Heritage Pastscape:[11] British History Online:[12] Britain Express:[13] Bedford Borough Council:[14] Visit Britain:[15] Hertsdirect.org:[16] National Register of Archives:[17]	[18]
Caldwell Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1153 by Robert of Houghton; dis. 1536; granted to Thomas Leigh c.1562	Cauldwell Priory		British History Online:[19]	[20]
Chicksands Priory		Gilbertine monks and nuns fd. 1147 by Pain de Beauchamp and his wife; dis. 1538 and granted to R. Snow private house now in grounds of Military base	Chicksand Priory		British History Online:[21] The British Army:[22] Bedfordshire Libraries:[23] National Register of Archives:[24]	[25]
Dunstable Priory+		Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1131 (or ante1125?) by King Henry I; dis. 1540 and granted to Sir Leonard Chamberlayne part of church now in parochial use	Dunstaple Priory	The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Dunstable	British History Online:[26] Britain Express:[27] Church of England - A Church Near You:[28]	[29]
Dunstable Friary		Dominican Friars fd. 1259; dis. 1539			British History Online:[30] Britain Express:[31] Bedfordshire Libraries:[32]	[33]
Elstow Abbey+		Benedictine nuns fd. 1078 by Judith, neice of William the Conqueror; dis. 1539; granted c.1553 to Sir Humphrey Radcliff part now in use as parish church		The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Helena, Elstow	British History Online:[34] Elstow Abbey:[35]	[36]
Grovebury Priory, Leighton Buzzard		Alien priory (a cell of Fontévrault) Benedictine monks fd. post1189; dis. 1414 farmhouse built on site	La Grave Priory; Leighton Buzzard Priory; Grovesbury Priory		British History Online:[37] National Register of Archives:[38]
Hardwick		Knights Hospitaller
Harrold Priory		Augustinian nuns fd. 1138 by Sampson le Forte; dis. 1536 and granted to William Lord Parr site occupied by farmhouse and a mansion named 'Harrold Hall'	Harwood Priory		British History Online: [39] National Register of Archives:[40] Bedfordshire Libraries:[41]
Markyate Priory		Benedictine nuns fd. 1145 by Ralph, Dean and Chapter of St Paul's; dis. 1566; granted to George Ferrers site now occupied by a manor house named 'Markyate Cell' built on priory remains	Mergate Priory; Market-Street Priory		British History Online:[42]
Melchbourne Preceptory		Knights Hospitaller fd. 12thC by Lady Alice de Claremonte, Countess of Pembroke; dis. c.1550 and granted to John, Earl of Bedford	Melchbourne Priory; Melchburn Preceptory; Mechelburn Preceptory		British History Online:[43]	[44]
Milbrook Priory		Benedictine monks moved to Beadlow
Newnham Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular (from the collegiate church of St. Paul, Bedford) fd. 1247 by Simon Beauchamp; dis. 1539/41 and granted to Urian Brereton	Newenham Priory		British History Online:[45]
Pulloxhill Grange		Augustinian Canons Regular; grange of Dunstable Priory				[46]
Ruxox Cell		Augustinian Canons Regular cell for retired brothers from Dunstable chapel dedicated to St Nicholas				[47]
Turvey Abbey*		Benedictine nuns As of 2005 in use adjacent to Benedictine monastery (see immediately below)		Priory of Our Lady of Peace	Turvey Abbey:[48] Bedfordshire Libraries:[49]	[50]
Turvey monastery*		Benedictine monks fd. 1980 in use As of 2005 adjacent to Benedictine Abbey (see immediately above)		Monastery of Christ our Saviour	Turvey Abbey:[51] Bedfordshire Libraries:[52]	[53]
Warden Abbey		Cistercian monks fd. 1136 by Walter Espec; dis. (surrendered by the abbot and monks) 4 December 1538 Elizabethan house built on site (of which exist only remnants) renovated 1974 (LT)	Old Warden Abbey	The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Old Warden	British History Online:[54] Bedfordshire County Council:[55] Cistercians in Yorkshire Project:[56]	[57]
Woburn Abbey#		Cistercian monks (from Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire) fd. 1145 by Hugh de Bolebec; dis. 1538 and granted to John Lord Russell site now occupied by a mansion, estate and safari park		The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Woburn	British History Online:[58] Woburn Abbey:[59]	[60]