List of monastic houses in Lancashire

Barnoldswick Abbey

Beaumont Grange

Burscough Priory

Cockerham Priory

Cockersand Abbey

Heysham Monastery(?)

Hornby Priory

LANCASTER (see below)

Lytham Priory

Penwortham Priory

Preston Friary (approx.)

Sawley Abbey

Staining Grange

Tulketh Priory (approx.)

Upholland Priory

Whalley Abbey

Wyresdale Abbey (approx. traditionally)

Locations of monastic houses in Lancashire

Blackfriars

Greyfriars (approx.)

Lancaster Priory

Locations of monastic houses in Lancaster

The following is a list of monastic houses in Lancashire, 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, or was purported to have the status or function 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 before the unification of England, the kingdom is given, followed by the modern county in parentheses.

The geographical co-ordinates provided are sourced from the details provided by Historic England PastScape and Ordnance Survey publications.

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.

Abbreviations and key

The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:
*	indicates current monastic function
⁺	indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure)
^	indicates current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure
^$	indicates remains limited to earthworks etc.
^#	indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
^~	indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown
^≈	identification ambiguous or confused

Locations with names in italics indicate probable duplication (misidentification with another location)
or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented)
or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic appellation but lacking monastic connection.

Trusteeship denoted as follows:
EH	English Heritage
LT	Landmark Trust
NT	National Trust

Alphabetical listing of establishments

Foundation	Image	Communities & Provenance	Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names	OnLine References & Location
Barnoldswick Abbey		Cistercian monks daughter of Fountains, Yorkshire; founded 19 May 1147; transferred to Kirkstall, Yorkshire 1152, thereafter retained as a grange; currently located in a field called 'Monk's Royd'	Mount St Mary's Abbey	^[1]^[2] 53°55′00″N 2°11′45″W / 53.9167534°N 2.1957421°W / 53.9167534; -2.1957421 (Barnoldswick Abbey)
Beaumont Grange		Savignac monks dependent on Furness (Cumbria) founded c.1130: granted by Warine; a 'large and important colony'; Cistercian monks orders merged 17 September 1147		^[3] 54°04′47″N 2°47′13″W / 54.0796255°N 2.7869385°W / 54.0796255; -2.7869385 (Beaumont Grange)
Burscough Priory Burscough		Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1186 (c.1190) by Robert Fitz Henry, Lord of Lathom and Knowsley probably for canons from Norton; dissolved 1536	St Nicholas ____________________ probably Blakesmere Priory^{[note 1]}	^[4]^[5] 53°34′59″N 2°51′23″W / 53.5830985°N 2.8562897°W / 53.5830985; -2.8562897 (Burscough Priory)
Cartmel Priory	Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Cumbria
Chapel-le-Wood Cell	Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Cumbria
Cockerham Priory ^#		Augustinian Canons Regular cell of St Mary in the Meadows (de Pratis) at Leicester; founded c.1207 or 1208: granted to Leicester 1153-4 by William de Lancaster; cell 1281-90, secular chaplain appointed — most of the canons withdrawn; dissolved 1477		^[6]^[7] 53°57′36″N 2°49′14″W / 53.9599583°N 2.8204769°W / 53.9599583; -2.8204769 (Cockerham Priory)
Cockersand Abbey		land granted to Leicester 1153-6 by William I of Lancaster; Hospital of St Mary founded before 1184 by Hugh Garth, hermit, with benefactions from William of Lancaster II; Premonstratensian Canons cell dependent on Croxton, Leicestershire; priory refounded after 1184 by William of Lancaster (Lancastre) raised to abbey status 1192, continuing as a hospital; dissolved 29 January 1539; granted to John Kechin (Kitchen) 1543/4; now in private ownership of the Dalton family	St Mary ____________________ Thurnham Abbey	^[8]^[9] 53°58′36″N 2°52′28″W / 53.976723°N 2.874581°W / 53.976723; -2.874581 (Cockersand Abbey)
Conishead Priory	Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Cumbria
Furness Abbey	Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Cumbria
Hawkshead Grange	Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Cumbria
Heysham Monastery(?) ^#		suggested early monastic settlement; 14th-15th century church of St Peter built on site, incorporating pre-Conquest remains 800-950		^[10] 54°02′51″N 2°54′07″W / 54.047434°N 2.9018819°W / 54.047434; -2.9018819 (Heysham Monastery(?))
Hornby Priory ^#		possible hospital 1160-1172; Premonstratensian Canons cell daughter of Croxton, Leicestershire; founded c.1172(?) by a member of the Montbegons of Hornby (the ancestors of Sir Thomas Stanley) probably by Roger de Motgebon III^{[note 2]}; dissolved September 1538; granted to Lord Montegle 1544/5	St Wilfrid ____________________ Horneby Priory	^[11]^[12] 54°06′55″N 2°38′53″W / 54.1154066°N 2.6481235°W / 54.1154066; -2.6481235 (Hornby Priory)
Kersal Priory	Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Greater Manchester
Lancaster Blackfriars		Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York) founded 1259/60 by Sir Hugh Harrington; dissolved 1539; granted to John Polcroft 1540/1		^[13]^[14] 54°02′53″N 2°47′48″W / 54.0481867°N 2.7967232°W / 54.0481867; -2.7967232 (Lancaster Blackfriars)
Lancaster Greyfriars		Franciscan Friars some evidence of short-lived house^{[note 3]}, precise site and dates of foundation and dissolution unknown		^[15] 54°03′04″N 2°48′39″W / 54.0512353°N 2.8109282°W / 54.0512353; -2.8109282 (approx)
Lancaster Priory		Benedictine monks founded c.1094 by Earl Roger of Poictiers (Roger, Earl of Poitiers); alien house: dependent on Séez; dissolved 1428	St Mary	^[16]^[17] 54°03′03″N 2°48′22″W / 54.050739°N 2.805990°W / 54.050739; -2.805990 (Lancaster Priory)
Lytham Priory		Benedictine monks cell dependent on Durham; founded 1189-94^{[note 4]} (1191-4^{[note 5]}) by Richard Fitz Rogers; dissolved 1535 (1534); granted to Sir Thomas Holcroft; demolished; 17th century country house built on site	St Mary and St Cuthbert ____________________ Lythom Priory	^[18]^[19] 53°44′39″N 2°58′37″W / 53.74413°N 2.9768604°W / 53.74413; -2.9768604 (Lytham Priory)
Marland Grange	Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Greater Manchester
Penwortham Priory		Benedictine monks founded c.1104 (between 1104 and 1122^{[note 6]}) by the bounty of Warine Bussel; dissolved c.1535; granted to John Fleetwood 1542/3		^[20]^[21] 53°45′14″N 2°43′33″W / 53.7538085°N 2.7257875°W / 53.7538085; -2.7257875 (Penwortham Priory)
Preston Greyfriars		Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester) founded 1256(?) c.1260 by Edmond, Earl of Lancaster; dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Holcroft 1540/1		^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26] 53°45′35″N 2°42′11″W / 53.7598498°N 2.703108°W / 53.7598498; -2.703108 (Preston Friary (approx.)) (approx)
Sawley Abbey		Cistercian monks — from Newminster, Northumberland daughter of Newminster; founded probably 6 January 1147 by William de Percy, monks probably arrived 1 January 1148; dissolved 1536; EH	Salley Abbey; Sallay Abbey	^[27] 53°54′48″N 2°20′31″W / 53.913341°N 2.341857°W / 53.913341; -2.341857 (Sawley Abbey)
Staining Grange		Cistercian monks grange of Stanlow, Cheshire, then of Whalley; founded before 1240		^[28] 53°49′04″N 2°59′10″W / 53.8176733°N 2.986055°W / 53.8176733; -2.986055 (Staining Grange)
Tulketh Priory		Sauvignac monks founded 4 July 1124 by Stephen, Count of Boulogne; transferred to Furness (Cumbria) 1127		^[29] 53°45′56″N 2°46′19″W / 53.7654563°N 2.7719879°W / 53.7654563; -2.7719879 (Tulketh Priory (approx.)) (approx)
Upholland Priory⁺		chantry and collegiate chapel founded 1307-10; Benedictine monks/friars? founded 1319 (1318) by Walter Langton, Bishop of Lichfield; dissolved 1536; granted to John Holcroft 1545/6; remains incorporated into the Parish Church of St Thomas the Martyr	Holand Friary	^[30]^[31] 53°32′24″N 2°43′14″W / 53.5399376°N 2.7204573°W / 53.5399376; -2.7204573 (Upholland Priory)
Warburton Priory	Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Greater Manchester
Warrington Austin Friars	Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Merseyside
Whalley Abbey		Cistercian monks — from Stanlow, Cheshire daughter of Combermere, Cheshire; (community founded at Stanlow 11 November 1172); transferred here 1296, founded 4 April 1296; dissolved 10 March 1537; granted to Richard Assheton and John Braddyll 1553/4; now in ownership of the Diocese of Blackburn	The Blessed Virgin Mary ____________________ Locus Benedictus de Whalley Abbey	^[32]^[33] 53°49′14″N 2°24′38″W / 53.8204237°N 2.4104771°W / 53.8204237; -2.4104771 (Whalley Abbey)
Wyresdale Abbey		Cistercian monks — from Furness (Cumbria) and Savigny founded 1193 (c.1196), site possibly granted by Theobald Walter who appropriated a church to the new foundation between 1193 and 1196; transferred to Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, then to Abingdon, Co. Limerick; traditionally the site is below the meeting of the Marshaw Wyre and the Tarnbrook Wyre, on the north bank of the Abbeystead reservoir		^[34] 53°58′53″N 2°40′25″W / 53.9814178°N 2.6735401°W / 53.9814178; -2.6735401 (approx traditional location)

Glossary

Orders:
- Augustinian
  - Augustinian Canons Regular / Austin Canons / Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.)
    - - Arrouasian / (Arroasian)
    - - Victorine
    - - Holy Sepulchre
  - Austin Friars (Augustinian Friars)
  - Augustinian Recollects
- Benedictine / Order of St Benedict (O.S.B.)
- Bonshommes
- Bridgettine / Briggittine
- Carmelites Carmelites (White Friars)
- Carthusians
- Cistercian
- Cluniac
- Crutched Friars / (Crouched Friars / Crossed Friars / Fratres Cruciferi / Brethren of the Holy Cross)
- Culdee
- Dominican (Black Friars) / Ordinis Praedicatorum (Order of Preachers) (O.P.) / Friars Preachers
- Franciscan (Grey Friars)
  - Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (The Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) / Ordo Fratrum Minorum)
  - Capuchin (Order of Friars Minor Capuchin)
  - Franciscan Observants
  - Franciscan, Third Order Regular
  - Franciscan Recollects
  - Minoresses (Poor Clares)
- Friars of the Order of Blessed Mary (Friars of St Mary / Fratres Beatae Mariae)
- Friars of Penitence of Jesus Christ (Friars of the Sack)
- Gilbertine
- Grandmontine
- Military Orders

- St. Lazarus Hospitallers
- Premonstratensian
- Savignac
- Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
- Sisters of St John of Jerusalem
- Tironensian
- Trappist
- Trinitarian (Maturines)
- Valliscaulian
General terms:
- Abbots / Abbesses / Abbey
- Alien House
- Anchorites
- Camera (pl. Cameræ)
- Canons
- Canons Regular
- cell
- Commandery
- Double monastery
- Friars / Friary
- Friars Eremites / anchorites
- Hermits
- Mendicants
- Monks
- Nuns / Nunnery
- Preceptor / Preceptory
- Priors / Prioresses / Priory
- Secular canons

Map link to lists of monastic houses in England by county

Northumberland Durham Lancashire Cheshire Derbs. Notts. Lincolnshire Leics. Staffs. Shropshire Warks. Northants. Norfolk Suffolk Essex Herts. Beds. Bucks. Oxon. Glos. Somerset Wiltshire Berkshire Kent Surrey Hampshire Dorset Devon Cornwall Heref. Worcs. Bristol East Riding of Yorkshire Rutland Cambs. Greater London Tyne & Wear Cumbria North Yorkshire South Yorks. West Yorkshire Greater Manc. Merseyside East Sussex West Sussex Isle of Wight West Midlands	Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset County Durham Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Merseyside Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex, East Sussex, West Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire, East Riding Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West

Notes

↑ Blakesmere — listed in "Chapters of Augustinian Canons" — probably reference to Burscough
↑ Horn by Priory — J. Tait, Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2, (1908), p.160
↑ Lancaster Greyfriars — though reference in "Notitia Monastica" is to the Dominican friary
↑ Lytham Priory — foundation according to Victoria County History
↑ Lytham Priory — foundation according to Dr. Diana Greenway: communications and references from Christopher N. L. Brooke
↑ Penwortham Priory — founded during the tenure of Abbot Robert at Evesham (1104-1122): Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2, p.127 (Chronicle de Evesham) and Florence of Worcester, ii, p.53, and others (communications and references from Christopher N. L. Brooke)

References

Bibliography

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Morris, Richard (1979) Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
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Monastic houses of England

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