List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England

These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The list is by no means exhaustive, since over 800 religious houses existed before the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had at least one abbey, priory, convent or friary in it. (Often many small houses of monks, nuns, canons or friars.)

Image Name Location Order Year dissolved Ref(s)
Langdon Abbey,
Langdon		 Dover, Kent Premonstratensian 1535
Abingdon Abbey,
Abingdon		 Abingdon, Oxfordshire Benedictine 1538
Holy Trinity Priory,
Aldgate		 City of London Augustinian 1532 [1]
Bardney Abbey Bardney,
Lincolnshire		 Benedictine 1538 [2]
Bardsey Abbey Aberdaron,
Gwynedd		 Canon Regular 1537 [3]
Barking Abbey Barking,
Greater London		 Benedictine 1539 [4]
Basingwerk Abbey Holywell,
Flintshire		 Cistercian 1536
Bath Abbey Bath,
Somerset		 Benedictine 1539
Battle Abbey Battle,
East Sussex		 Benedictine 1538
Beauvale Charterhouse Hucknall,
Nottinghamshire		 Carthusian 1539
Beaulieu Abbey Beaulieu,
Hampshire		 Cistercian 1538
Binham Priory Binham,
Norfolk		 Benedictine 1539
Bisham Abbey Bisham,
Berkshire		 Augustinian 1538
St Helen's Priory,
Bishopsgate		 City of London Benedictine 1538
Blackfriars Newcastle upon Tyne,
Tyne and Wear		 Dominican 1536
Bolton Abbey Bolton Abbey,
North Yorkshire		 Augustinian 1539
Bourne Abbey Bourne,
Lincolnshire		 Arrouaisian 1536
Boxgrove Priory Boxgrove,
West Sussex		 Benedictine 1536
Bridlington Priory Bridlington,
East Riding of Yorkshire		 Canon Regular 1538
Brinkburn Priory Brinkburn,
Northumberland		 Augustinian 1536
Buckfast Abbey Buckfastleigh,
Devon		 Cistercian 1539
Buckland Abbey Buckland Monachorum,
Devon		 Cistercian 1539
Buildwas Abbey Buildwas,
Shropshire		 Cistercian 1536
Byland Abbey Byland with Wass,
North Yorkshire		 Cistercian 1538
Canons Ashby Priory Canons Ashby,
Northamptonshire		 Canon Regular 1536
St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury Canterbury,
Kent		 Benedictine 1538
St Gregory's Priory,
Canterbury		 Canterbury,
Kent		 Augustinian 1535
Cardigan Priory Cardigan,
Ceredigion		 Benedictine 1538 [5]
Carmarthen Friary Carmarthen,
Carmarthenshire		 Franciscan 1538 [6]
Carmarthen Priory Carmarthen,
Carmarthenshire		 Canon Regular 1536 [7]
Cartmel Priory Lower Allithwaite,
Cumbria		 Canon Regular 1536
Castle Acre Priory Castle Acre,
Norfolk		 Cluniac 1537
Charterhouse London City of London Carthusian 1537
Christchurch Priory Christchurch,
Dorset		 Augustinian 1539
Cirencester Abbey Cirencester,
Gloucestershire		 Augustinian 1539
Cleeve Abbey Old Cleeve,
Somerset		 Cistercian 1536
Colchester Abbey Colchester,
Essex		 Benedictine 1539 [8]
St Mary's Priory,
Coventry		 Coventry,
West Midlands		 Benedictine 1539
Croyland Abbey Crowland,
Lincolnshire		 Benedictine 1539
Croxden Abbey Croxden,
Staffordshire		 Cistercian 1538
Dale Abbey Dale Abbey,
Derbyshire		 Premonstratensian 1539
Delapré Abbey Northampton,
Northamptonshire		 Cluniac Nunnery 1538
Dore Abbey Abbey Dore,
Herefordshire		 Cistercian 1536
Dudley Priory Dudley,
West Midlands		 Cluniac 1539
Dunstable Priory Dunstable,
Bedfordshire		 Augustinian 1540
Easby Abbey Easby,
North Yorkshire		 Premonstratensian 1537
Egglestone Abbey County Durham Premonstratensian 1540
Ewenny Priory Ewenny,
Vale of Glamorgan		 Benedictine 1536
Folkestone Priory Folkestone,
Kent		 Benedictine 1535
Forde Abbey Thorncombe,
Dorset		 Cistercian 1539
Fountains Abbey Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains,
North Yorkshire		 Cistercian 1539
Furness Abbey Barrow in Furness,
Cumbria		 Cistercian 1537
Gisborough Priory Guisborough,
North Yorkshire		 Augustinian 1540
Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury,
Somerset		 Benedictine 1539
St Peter's Abbey,
Gloucester		 Gloucester,
Gloucestershire		 Benedictine 1540
Great Malvern Priory Malvern,
Worcestershire		 Benedictine 1539
Hailes Abbey Stanway,
Gloucestershire		 Cistercian 1539
Halesowen Abbey Halesowen,
West Midlands		 Premonstratensian 1538
Haltemprice Priory Willerby,
East Riding of Yorkshire		 Augustinian 1536
Haughmond Abbey Uffington,
Shropshire		 Augustinian 1539
Haverholme Priory Ewerby and Evedon,
Lincolnshire		 Cistercian 1539
Hexham Abbey Hexham,
Northumberland		 Benedictine 1537
Jarrow Priory Jarrow,
Tyne and Wear		 Benedictine 1536
Jervaulx Abbey East Witton,
North Yorkshire		 Cistercian 1537
Kidwelly Priory Kidwelly,
Carmarthenshire		 Benedictine 1539 [9]
Kirkstall Abbey Leeds,
West Yorkshire		 Cistercian 1539
Lacock Abbey Lacock,
Wiltshire		 Augustinian 1539
Lanercost Priory Burtholme,
Cumbria		 Augustinian 1538
Lenton Priory Lenton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Holy Trinity 1538
Lewes Priory Lewes,
East Sussex		 Cluniac 1537
Lindisfarne Priory Holy Island,
Northumberland		 Benedictine 1536
Llanthony Priory Crucorney,
Monmouthshire		 Canon Regular 1538
Maenan Abbey Llanddoged and Maenan,
Conwy		 Cistercian 1536 [10]
Malmesbury Abbey Malmesbury,
Wiltshire		 Benedictine 1539
Margam Abbey Margam,
Neath Port Talbot		 Cistercian 1536
Mattersey Priory Mattersey,
Nottinghamshire		 Gilbertine 1538
Michelham Priory Arlington,
East Sussex		 Augustinian 1537
Milton Abbey Milton Abbas,
Dorset		 Benedictine 1539
Monkwearmouth Abbey Sunderland,
Tyne and Wear		 Benedictine 1536
Mount Grace Priory East Harlsey,
North Yorkshire		 Carthusian 1539
Much Wenlock Priory Much Wenlock,
Shropshire		 Cluniac 1540
Neath Abbey Dyffryn Clydach,
Neath Port Talbot		 Cistercian 1539
Netley Abbey Hound,
Hampshire		 Cistercian 1536
Newark Priory Ripley,
Surrey		 Augustinian 1538
Newbo Abbey Sedgebrook,
Lincolnshire		 1536
Newminster Abbey Morpeth,
Northumberland		 Cistercian 1537
Newstead Abbey Newstead,
Nottinghamshire		 Augustinian 1539
Penmon Priory Llangoed,
Isle of Anglesey		 Augustinian 1538
Pershore Abbey Pershore,
Worcestershire		 Benedictine 1539
Reading Abbey Reading,
Berkshire		 Cluniac 1538
Revesby Abbey Revesby,
Lincolnshire		 Cistercian 1538
Rievaulx Abbey Rievaulx,
North Yorkshire		 Cistercian 1538
Roche Abbey Maltby,
South Yorkshire		 Cistercian 1538
Romsey Abbey Romsey,
Hampshire		 Benedictine 1539
Rufford Abbey Rufford,
Nottinghamshire		 Cistercian 1536
Rushen Abbey Malew,
Isle of Man		 Cistercian 1540
Sawley Abbey Sawley,
Lancashire		 Cistercian 1536
Selby Abbey Selby,
North Yorkshire		 Benedictine 1539
Sempringham Priory Pointon and Sempringham,
Lincolnshire		 Gilbertine 1538
Shap Abbey Shap Rural,
Cumbria		 Premonstratensian 1540
Shrewsbury Abbey Shrewsbury,
Shropshire		 Benedictine 1540
Sibton Abbey Yoxford, Suffolk Cistercian 1536
St Bartholomew's Priory,
Smithfield		 City of London Augustinian 1539
St Albans Abbey St Albans,
Hertfordshire		 Benedictine 1539
St Bees Priory St Bees,
Cumbria		 Benedictine 1539
St Faith Priory Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith,
Norfolk		 Benedictine 1536
Strata Florida Abbey Ystrad Fflur,
Ceredigion		 Cistercian 1539
Stratford Langthorne Abbey West Ham,
Greater London		 Cistercian 1538 [11]
Syon Abbey Heston and Isleworth,
Greater London		 Bridgettine 1539
Talley Abbey Talley,
Carmarthenshire		 Premonstratensian 1536
Tavistock Abbey Tavistock,
Devon		 Benedictine 1539
Tewkesbury Abbey Tewkesbury,
Gloucestershire		 Benedictine 1539
Thetford Priory Thetford,
Norfolk		 Cluniac 1536
Thornton Abbey Thornton Curtis,
Lincolnshire		 Augustinian 1539
Tintern Abbey Tintern,
Monmouthshire		 Cistercian 1536
Titchfield Abbey Fareham,
Hampshire		 Premonstratensian 1537
Tynemouth Priory Tynemouth,
Tyne and Wear		 Benedictine 1538
Vale Royal Abbey Whitegate and Marton,
Cheshire		 Cistercian 1538
Valle Crucis Abbey Llantysilio,
Denbighshire		 Cistercian 1537
Walsingham Priory Walsingham,
Norfolk		 Canon Regular 1538
Waltham Abbey Waltham Abbey,
Essex		 Canon Regular 1540 [12]
Waverley Abbey Farnham,
Surrey		 Cistercian 1536
Welbeck Abbey Welbeck,
Nottinghamshire		 Premonstratensian 1538
Westminster Abbey Westminster,
Greater London		 Benedictine 1539
Whitby Abbey Whitby,
North Yorkshire		 Benedictine 1540
Whitland Abbey Llanboidy,
Carmarthenshire		 Cistercian 1539 [13]
Woburn Abbey Woburn,
Bedfordshire		 Cistercian 1538
Woodspring Priory Kewstoke,
Somerset		 Augustinian 1536
Worcester Priory Worcester,
Worcestershire		 Benedictine 1540
St Mary's Abbey,
York		 York,
North Yorkshire		 Benedictine 1539

See also

References

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  2. ^ Bardney Village History : Bardney Abbey
  3. ^ Britannia.com, Ynys Enlli : The Welsh Holy Island
  4. ^ "Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey of Barking". A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2. 1907. pp. 115–122. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39832. Retrieved 1 May 2008. 
  5. ^ Our Lady of Cardigan : National Shrine of Wales : Story of the Shrine
  6. ^ The Carmarthenshire Historian : The Grey Friars of Carmarthen
  7. ^ Carmarthenshire County Council : Carmarthen
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  9. ^ Kidwelly History : Kidwelly Priory
  10. ^ Northwales : Almshouses Museum and St Grwst’s Church, Llanrwst
  11. ^ "Houses of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Stratford Langthorne". A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2. 1907. pp. 129–133. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39836. Retrieved 30 April 2008. 
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  13. ^ The Cistercians in Yorkshire : Cistercian Abbeys : Whitland