Template:MonasticHouses Berkshire England

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Foundation	Image	Communities/provenance	Alt. Name	Formal Name/dedication	References	Location
Ascot Priory, Winkfield		Anglican nuns fd. 1861-present			Ascot Priory:[1] National Register of Archives:[2]	[3]
Bisham Abbey		Knights Templar preceptory fd. 1260; dis. 1307 Augustinian Canons Regular priory fd. 1337; dis. 1536 Benedictine monks abbey fd. 1537; dis. 1538 Extant preceptory & demolished priory/abbey site now headquarters of the National Sports Council	Bustlesham Priory	The Abbey Church of the Holy Trinity, Bisham	British History Online:[4] Royal Berkshire History:[5]	[6]
Bradfield Abbey~		Documented 1066, included monks, status and site otherwise unknown
Brimpton Preceptory		Knights Hospitaller
Bromhall Priory#, Sunningdale		Benedictine nuns fd. ante1200; dis. 1535	Broomhall Priory	The Priory Church of Saint Margaret, Bromhall	British History Online:[7]
Bustlesham Priory		Knights Templar fd. by Hugh de Spencer, jr Augustinian Canons Regular dis.; granted to Sir Edward Hoby c.1554
Charney Grange
Cholsey Grange		fd. 986 by King Ethelred dis.; granted to Sir Francis Englefield
Cookham Abbey		8th century, probably double monastery site now occupied by parish church
Coxwell Grange
Donnington Friary		Crouched Friars fd. ante1404; dis. 1538 site now occupied by country house of named The Priory	Donington Friary		British History Online:[8] Royal Berkshire History:[9]	[10]
Douai Abbey*, Woolhampton		Benedictine monks (rmv from Douai), 1903-present		The Abbey Church of Saint Edmund, King and Martyr, Upper Woolhampton	Douai Abbey:[11]	[12]
East Hendred Grange
Faringdon Priory		Cistercian monks' grange settled 1203 became a cell of Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire early 13thC; dis.; granted to Sir Francis Englefield	Farendon Priory		British History Online:[13]
Greenham Preceptory~		Knights Hospitaller fd. 1199; dis. 1540			British History Online:[14]
Hurley Priory+		Benedictine monks fd. 1065 by Godfrey de Magna Villa; dis. 1536; granted to Leonard Chamberleyn c.1544 part of church now in parochial use		The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hurley	British History Online:[15]	[16]
Kintbury 'Holy Place'		Probable monastery, documented 931, site and status unknown
Poughley Priory^		Augustinian Canons Regular fd. c.1160 by Ralph de Chaddleworth; dis. 1524 remains now incorporated into farmhouse		The Priory Church of Saint Margaret, Poughley	British History Online:[17]
Reading Abbey		Cluniac monks fd. 1121 Benedictine monks c. 1210; dis. 1539; granted to Edward, Duke of Somerset c.1550 quarried and dismantled c.1550-1643 ruins extant		The Abbey Church of Our Lady and Saint John the Evangelist, Reading	British History Online:[18] Royal Berkshire History:[19] CRSBI:[20]	[21]
Reading Nunnery		979-1016 apparently on the site now occupied by St. Mary's Minster Church			CRSBI:[22]	[23]
Reading - Greyfriars		Franciscan Friars fd. 1233; dis. 1538			British History Online:[24]
Sandleford Priory^		Augustinian Canons Regular fd. c.1200 by Jeffrey, Earl of Perch and his wife Maud; dis. 1478 remains converted to a country house now an Anglican Convent School		The Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Sandleford	British History Online:[25]
Steventon Priory		Benedictine monks, Alien priory, daughter house of Bec, Normandy fd. 12th century; dis. 1400 officially a priory but actually a grange no monastic church prior's house now in private ownership with public access by appointment (NT)	Stenington Priory		British History Online:[26] Britain Express:[27] JSTOR:[28]
Stratfield Saye Priory		Benedictine monks, Alien priory fd. 1170 by Nicholas de Stoteville; dis. 1399 site now occupied by 'The Priory' at Beech Hill in the Berkshire part of Stratfield Saye			British History Online:[29]	[30]
Templeton Camera		Knights Templar
Wallingford Cell		Benedictine monks fd. 11thC by Gilfrid, Abbot of St Albans; dis.; granted to John Norres c.1546	Waring Cell
Westcot Camera		Knights