Template:MonasticHouses Devon England

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Foundation Image Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name References Location
Axmouth Priory Benedictine monks, alien priory Monastic Matxix:[1]
Barnstaple Priory Cluniac monks
dis. 1535
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Barnstaple
Bodmiscombe Preceptory Knights Templar
Brightley Priory Cistercian monks
Buckfast monastery Benedictine monks, Buckfast Abbey (see immediately below) built on site
Buckfast Abbey* Savignac from Savigny
fd. 1136
built on site of Benedictine monastery (see immediately above)
merged with Cistercian order 1148
Cistercian monks 1148;
dis. 1539
Benedictine 1882-present
The Abbey Church of Our Lady, Buckfast Buckfast Abbey:[2]
Buckland Abbey Cistercian monks from Quarr 1278 dis. 1539 (NT)
Canonsleigh Abbey^ Augustinian Canons Regular priory 12thC
Augustinian nuns abbey
fd.
1284;
dis. 1539
remains now incorporated into farm buildings
Leigh Abbey
Chudleigh Abbey* Brigittine nuns The Abbey Church of Saint Bridget of Syon, Chudleigh
Churchill monastery uncertain order and foundation
Cornworthy Priory Augustinian nuns
fd. 1205/1238
Court Prior
Cowick Priory Benedictine monks, cell of Bec
Dartmouth Friary Augustinian Friars
Denbury Grange
Dunkeswell Abbey Cistercian monks
fd. 1301; dis. 1539
site now occupied by Holy Trinity Church 1842
Exeter Cathedral Priory+ fd. ?ante c.690
'Benedictine' monks 932
secular canons 1050
diocesan cathedral 1050-present
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Peter
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter
Exeter Cathedral:[3] [4]
Exeter Black Friary Dominican Friars
Exeter Grey Friary Franciscan Friars
Exeter Priory Cluniac monks
Exeter - Polsloe Priory Benedictine nuns
fd. c.1160;
dis. 1536
largely demolished, remaining range converted into country house
The Priory Church of Saint Katherine, Polsloe, Exeter
Exeter - St Nicolas Priory Benedictine monks
fd. 1087 from Battle;
dis. 1536
private houses built on site 1820
monastic architecture restored
in ownership of Exeter Corporation 1913
open to public as a museum 1916;
(closed for repair until 2008)
St Nicholas Priory The Priory Church of Saint Nicolas, Exeter English Heritage Pastscape:[5]
Exeter City Council:[6]
Exeter Memories:[7]
Sacred Destinations:[8]
Britannia.com:[9]
[10]
Frithelstock Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
fd. c.1220;
dis. 1536
[11]
Hartland Abbey Augustinian Canons Regular
Indio monastery uncertain order and foundation
Ipplepen Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
Ivybridge Priory* Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary (from St. Quay) 1910
Augustinian (Augustinian Recollect) 1932-present, originally 'Cadleigh House'
Kerswell Priory Cluniac monks
Marsh Barton Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
Modbury Priory Benedictine monks
Newenham Priory Cistercian monks
Otterton Priory Benedictine monks
Pilton Priory Benedictine monks
Plymouth Black Friary Dominican Friars 1431
site now occupied by the Black Friars Distillery
Plymouth Grey Friary Carmelite Friars
Plymouth White Friary Carmelite Friars
Plympton Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
fd. 904;
dis. 1539
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Plympton
Sidmouth Priory Benedictine monks
Tavistock Abbey Benedictine monks
fd. 961/974;
dis. 1539
mansion built on site, now 'The Bedford Hotel'
Catholic Encyclopedia:[12]
Devon Online:[13]
Devon County Council:[14]
Britannia.com:[15]
[16]
Teignmouth Abbey* Benedictine nuns The Abbey Church of Saint Scholastica, Teignmouth (fd. Dunkirk, Flanders 1662, daughter house of Ghent) moved from Hammersmith 1862 [17]
Torre Abbey Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck
fd. 1196 dis. 1539
country house built on site, now in ownership of Torbay Corporation
Totnes Priory Benedictine monks
Totnes Priory Cluniac monks