The following is a list of monastic houses on the Isle of Wight in England.
In this article alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Templars and Hospitallers). The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundation had the status of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptory/commandery.
The name of the county is given where there is reference to an establishment in another county. Where the county has changed since the foundation's dissolution the modern county is given in parentheses, and in instances where the referenced foundation ceased to exist prior to the unification of England, the kingdom is given, followed by the modern county in parentheses.
A Monastic Glossary follows the listing, which provides links to articles on the particular monastic orders as well as other terms which appear in the listing.
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names |
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| Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall |
Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on Montebourg; founded c.1100: manor granted by Richard de Redvers to Montebourg Abbey before 1090; dissolved 1414; 16th century Elizabethan house built on site; hotel 1859; leased for use as a college for young gentlemen 1867-1890s; Benedictine monks founded 1901-1908; virtually abandoned 1909; used to accomodate troops in the two World Wars; damaged by a mine 1943; currently a shell internally in ruins; (EH) |
St Mary | [1] |
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| Barton Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular — from Cambridge priory(?) founded 1275 by John Insula, Rector of Shalfleet and Thomas de Winton, Rector of Godshill; dissolved 1439; granted to Winchester College |
The Holy Trinity ____________________ Barton Oratory; Burton College |
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| Carisbrooke — St Mary's Priory # | Cistercian monks alien house: priory cell dependent on Lire Abbey; founded c.1156 by Baldwin de Redvers: granted to Lire by William fitz Osbern, Marshall of William the Conqueror; granted to Mount Grace, Yorkshire, by Richard II; Benedictine monks restored by Henry IV; dissolved 1414; granted to the Carthusians at Sheen, Surrey by Henry V |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Carisbrooke | [4] |
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| Carisbrooke Priory * | extant | The Open Door | [5] |
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| Quarr Abbey (Cistercian) | Savignac monks founded 27 April 1132 by Baldwin de Redvers (Redveriis); Cistercian monks orders merged 17 September 1147; dissolved 1536; granted to John and George Mills 1544/5 |
The Abbey Church of Our Lady of the Quarry ____________________ Quarrer Abbey |
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| Quarr Abbey *, Binsted |
Benedictine monks founded 24 May 1907 from Appuldurcombe House current house constructed from the ruined masonry of the former abbey; extant |
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| Ryde — St Cecilia's Abbey * Appley House, Ryde |
Solesmes nuns returned to France from exile Benedictine nuns daughter of Liege Abbey; founded at Ventnor 1882; transferred to Appley House 1922; priory attained abbey status 1926; aggregated into the Solesmes Community 1950; extant |
Priory of the Peace of the Heart of Jesus Abbey of the Peace of the Heart of Jesus (1926) |
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| St Cross Priory | Tironensian monks alien house: cell dependent Tiron; founded after 1132 (c.1120): church founded (in the tenure of Gervase, Abbot de Insula (Quarr)) by Robert Colaws; dissolved 1391; granted to Winchester College |
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| St Helen's Priory | Cluniac monks alien house: dependent on Much Wenlock; founded c.1090 (before 1155); dissolved 1414 |
[12][13] |
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| Ventnor Priory, Steephill View |
Benedictine nuns daughter of Liege Abbey, Belgium, founded 1882; transferred to Appley House, Ryde 1922; Steephill View house now demolished; Priory Lodge, built 1970, now occupies the site |
Pax Cordis Jesu |
The following location on the Isle of Wight lacks monastic connection:
Chale Abbey: a farm