Template:MonasticHouses Cumbria England
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| Foundation | Image | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name | References | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleby Friary | Carmelite Friars | British History Online:[1] | ||||
| Armathwaite Nunnery | Benedictine nuns 6 January 1089 (dubiously purported) | Armethwaite Nunnery | (church dedicated to Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary) | British History Online:[2] | ||
| Calder Abbey |  |
Savignac monks from Furness 1135-1137 trns to Hood Savignac monks (refounded) from Furness c.1143-1147 Cistercian monks 1147; dis. 1536 now in private ownership without public access |
Caldre Abbey | British History Online:[3] English Heritage Pastscape:[4] Visit Cumbria:[5] |
[6] | |
| Carlisle Cathedral Priory+ |  |
secular canons -1092 Augustinian Canons Regular 1122; dis. 1540 episcopal diocesan cathedral 1133-present |
Carlilse Priory | The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Carlisle
The Cathedral Church of The Holy and Undivided Trinity, Carlisle 1133 |
British History Online:[7] Carlisle Cathedral:[8] |
[9] |
| Carlisle Dominican Friary | Dominican Friars | British History Online:[10] | ||||
| Carlisle Franciscan Friary | Franciscan Friars | British History Online:[11] | ||||
| Cartmel Priory+ |  |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1189/94; dis. 1536/7 church now in parochial use |
British History Online:[12] | |||
| Conishead Priory^, Ulverston |
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Augustinian Canons Regular 1188 originally a hospital 1160 site now occupied by country house named 'Conishead Priory' and presently the home of the Buddhist Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre |
The Priory Church of the Virgin Mary, Conishead | British History Online:[13] | ||
| Furness Abbey |  |
Savignac monks -1147/8 Cistercian monks (The second richest and most powerful Cistercian Abbey in England after Fountains Abbey) -1124/7; dis. 1537 (EH) |
British History Online:[14] Visit Cumbria:[15] Britain Express:[16] Catholic Encyclopedia:[17] Cistercians in Yorkshire:[18] Cumbria & the Lake District:[19] |
[20] | ||
| Holmcultram Abbey+, Abbeytown |
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Cistercian monks from Melrose fd. 1150; dis. 1538 church in parochial use until destroyed in an arson attack 9 June 2006; roofless boarded-up shell remains; restoration awaited |
Holm Cultram Abbey; Holme Cultram Abbey |
British History Online:[21] | ||
| Holme Eden Abbey | Benedictine nuns rmv from Fort Augustus 1921; dis. 1983 formerly Holme Eden Hall altered for use as a nursing home |
Priory of Saint Scholastica | [22] | |||
| Lanercost Priory+ |  |
Augustinian Canons Regular (poss. from Pentney Priory) fd. c.1166; dis. 1537 part converted into private house named 'Dacre Hall' church now in parochial use (EH) |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Lanercost | British History Online:[23] | [24] | |
| Nunnery near Kirkoswald | Benedictine nuns house named Nunnery House built on site |
[25] | ||||
| Penrith Friary | Augustinian Friars | British History Online:[26] | ||||
| Ravenstonedale Priory | Gilbertine Canons | GenUKI:[27] The Cumbria Directory:[28] Lake District Tourist & Cumbria Tourism Information:[29] |
[30] | |||
| St Bees Priory |  |
Benedictine monks fd. c.1120; dis. 1539, on the site of an earlier nunnery c.650/900? church now in parochial use |
St Bee's Priory | The Priory Church of Saint Bees, Saint Bees | St Bees:[31] St Bees Priory:[32] Visit Cumbria:[33] |
[34] |
| Seaton Priory |  |
Benedictine nuns early 13thC site now occupied by farmhouse named 'Seaton Hall' |
Nunnery of Leakly, in Seaton; Seton Priory; Lekeley Priory |
British History Online:[35] | [36] | |
| Shap Abbey |  |
Premonstratensian Canons fd. 1199; dis. 1540 (EH) | British History Online:[37] | [38] | ||
| Wetheral Priory |  |
Benedictine monks (from St. Mary's Abbey, York) fd. 1106; dis. 1542 | Wetherall Priory | British History Online:[39] | [40] |
