Template:MonasticHouses Cheshire England

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Foundation Image Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name References Location
Chester Cathedral Priory+ ?Nuns -875
secular canons post907
Benedictine 1092; dis. 1540
episcopal diocesan cathedral 1541-present		 The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Chester (-875)

The Abbey Church of Saint Werburgh, Chester The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chester (1541)

 British History Online:[1]
Chester Cathedral:[2]
Cheshire Tourist:[3]
Britain Express:[4]		 [5]
Chester Abbey c.906?
secular canons; dis. 1547
episcopal diocesan cathedral 1072/5-1102		 The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Chester

The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Baptist, Chester 1072/5-1102

 [6]
Chester Carmelite Friary Carmelite Friars fd. 1279 British History Online:[7]
Chester Dominican Friary Dominican Friars British History Online:[8]
Chester Franciscan Friary Franciscan Friars fd. 1237/8; dis. 1537 British History Online:[9] [10]
Chester Friary of the Sack Friars of the Sack British History Online:[11]
Chester Priory Benedictine nuns fd. ante12thC; dis. 1537 The Priory Church of Saint Mary British History Online:[12]
Combermere Abbey Savignac monks from Savigny fd. 1133
Cistercian monks 1147; dis. 1538		 The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael, Combermere British History Online:[13] [14]
Curzon Park Abbey*,
Chester		 Benedictine nuns trns from Talacre 1988 The Abbey Church of Our Lady Help of Christians, Curzon Park, Chester Curzon Park:[15]
Benedictines.org:[16]
 [17]
Darnhall Priory Cistercian monks fd. January 1271 to February 1274
trns to Vale Royal		 The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Darnhall British History Online:[18]
Hilbre Island Monastic cell British History Online:[19] [20]
Mobberley Priory Augustinian Canons Regular The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Wilfrid British History Online:[21] [22]
Norton Priory Augustinian Canons Regular trns from Runcorn 1134; dis. 1536
(raised to abbey status 1391)
part converted into private mansion 1545
demolished 1828
now in ownership of Norton Priory Museum Trust open to public as a museum		 Norton Abbey The Priory Church of Saint Mary at Norton British History Online:[23]
Norton Priory:[24]		 [25]
Poulton Priory Cistercian monks British History Online:[26]
Runcorn Priory Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1115
trns to Norton 1134
poss. on site now occupied by All Saints parish church		 British History Online:[27]
Stanlaw Abbey Cistercian monks fd. 1172
trns to Whalley 1296 apparently continued to be maintained until 1442 as a grange under Whalley
no substantial remains, site inaccessible		 Stanlow Abbey British History Online:[28]
Vale Royal Abbey Cistercian monks trns from Darnhall fd. ?1277; dis. 1545
Never completed; a project of King Edward I		 British History Online:[29]