Template:MonasticHouses Dorset England

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Foundation Image Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name References Location
Abbotsbury Abbey+ Benedictine monks fd. c.1026;
dis. 1539
much in private ownership, partly in parochial use
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter
Barlynch Priory fd. 12thC;
dis. 1536
mansion built on site
now in ownership of Working for Wildlife, 1969
The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Barlynch
Bindon Abbey Cistercian monks (from Little Bindon) fd. 1172;
dis. 1539
now in private ownership
Blackmoor Priory Hermitage
Bridport Friary Carmelite Friars
Bridport Priory order uncertain 13thC
Cerne Abbey^,
Cerne Abbas
Benedictine monks 987
remains now incorporated into private house
Christchurch Priory+ secular canons -1150
Augustinian Canons Regular 1150-1539
on site of earlier church demolished 1094
priory church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Christ, Christchurch
Cranborne Priory Benedictine monks, dependent on Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire
Dorchester Friary Franciscan Friars
Forde Abbey^ Cistercian monks 1146/8?, 1136-1539
claustral remains now incorporated a mansion with public access
Frampton Priory Benedictine monks
Friar Mayne Preceptory Knights Hospitaller Freyer Mayne Preceptory
Gillingham Friary Dominican British History Online:[1]
Holme Priory Cluniac monks
fd. 1142
parish church -1746
mansion built on site of remains
East Holme Priory
Horton Priory Benedictine monks, dependent on Sherborne Abbey
Little Bindon Abbey Cistercian monks (from Forde)
fd. 1171-1172
trns to Bindon 1172
Loders Priory Benedictine monks (under St Mary de Montebourg Abbey, Normandy)
Carthusian monks under the monastery of St Anne at Coventry 1399-1414
Brigetine nuns (under Syon, Isleworth) 1414
British History Online:[2]
Lulworth Abbey Trappist monastery (from Val Sainte, Switzerland) 1795, Abbey 1813-1817
returned to Melleray 1817
Milton Abbey^,
Milton Abbas
Benedictine monks fd. 938/964;
dis. 1539
remains incorporated into a mansion 1771
now in use as a school without public access
The Priory Church of Saint Michael and Saint Mary, Milton Abbas
Muckleford Grange Possible cell on estate granted to Tiron Abbey, Normandy, though estate was controlled by Andwell in Hampshire
Piddletrenthide Priory Benedictine monks
Povington Priory
Shaftesbury Abbey Benedictine nuns
fd. c.888;
dis. 1539
remains now within a walled garden
Sherborne Abbey^ Benedictine monks
fd. 998;
dis. 1536
church now in parochial use
monastic buildings now incorporated into a public school
Shapwick Grange
Spettisbury Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
Spettisbury Priory Benedictine nuns
Stour Provost Grange
Tarrant Abbey Cistercian nuns
fd. c.1100;
dis. 1540s
site now occupied by Abbey Farm, Abbey Hall may incorporate abbey remains
Tarrant Crawford Abbey
Tarrant Kains Abbey
possibly 'Camesterne'
Wareham Nunnery Benedictine nuns, said to have been destroyed by the Danes 876
Wareham Priory Benedictine, cell of Tire Abbey, Normandy, built on site of earlier nunnery (see immediately above)
West Lulworth Priory Cistercian monks
trns to Bindon
Wilcheswood monastery order and foundation uncertain Wilkswood
Wimborn Minster Benedictine nuns
converted into a college of secular canons
Winterborn Monkton Grange Winterborn Grange