The following is a list of the monastic houses in Oxfordshire, England.
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| Abingdon Abbey ^ | Saxon (Benedictine?) monks probably minster and abbey; (community supposedly founded by Hean, at Bagley Wood, near Sunningwell 675); transferred here 695; destroyed c.872 in raids by the Danes; Benedictine monks founded c.954 (950); dissolved 9 February 1538; remains incorporated into town buildings; in local authority and trust ownership with public access to church | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Abingdon | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 51.6706°N -1.2753°W | |||||
| Barton Cell | Augustinian Canons Regular ?cell, dependent on Oseney; possibly an estate without resident canons | [6] | ||||||
| Bicester Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1182-5, endowed by Gilbert Basset, Baron of Hedington; dissolved 1536; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9 | St Edburga ____________________ Burchester Priory | [7] 51.895°N -1.1526°W | |||||
| Bruern Abbey # | Cistercian monks — from Waverley, Surrey; founded 1147; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Antony Coke 1610/1; site now occupied by 18th century private house named 'Bruern Abbey' | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary of the Heath of Tretone, Bruern ____________________ Brueria Abbey; Bruerne Abbey | [8] 51.8574°N -1.6461°W | |||||
| Burford Priory ^ | Hospital of St John the Evangelist founded 13th century dissolved 1538; restored 1637; Anglican Benedictine founded 1901; sold off 2008; now in use as a country house, incorporating remains of the medieval hospital | Priory of Our Lady, Burford ____________________ The Priory | [9] [10] 51.8093°N -1.6388°W | |||||
| Caversham Cell | Augustinian Canons Regular status unknown, dependent on Notley, Buckinghamshire; founded 1162; dissolved c.1538 | |||||||
| Charlton on Otmoor Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: grange dependent on St Evroul; founded 1086 (1081) by Hugh Grentemoisnil; dissolved 1414; granted to Sir Thomas White and others | Charleton Priory | ||||||
| Charney Manor ~ | Benedictine Monks residential manor, chapel and farm; granted to Abingdon before 1066; range c.1280; leased as a manor house from 1494; remodelled/rebuilt 16th, 17th and 19th century; converted and in use as a hotel 20th century | [11] 51.6479°N -1.4503°W | ||||||
| Cholsey Abbey | Benedictine monks founded 986 by King Ethelred II probably destroyed in raids by the Danes 1006; dissolved; granted to Sir Francis Englefield; probable slight remains incorporated into medieval parish church | Cholsey Grange | [12] [13] 51.5788°N -1.159°W | |||||
| Clanfield Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller founded before 1279; united to Quenington before 1433 | [14] [15] [16] 51.716°N -1.5961°W | ||||||
| Clanfield Cell | Sisters of the Order of St John of Jerusalem cell foundation unknown dissolved c.1180: transferred to Buckland, Somerset | |||||||
| Clattercote Priory | Gilbertine canons hospital founded 1148-66, possibly by Robert de Chesney; hospital ceased before 1262; priory, refounded 1251-62; dissolved 1538(?); granted to Thomas Lee c.1559; site now occupied by a private house | St Leonard | [17] [18] 52.1392°N -1.3322°W | |||||
| Cogges Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on Fécamp; founded 1103 by Manasses Arsic; dissolved 1414; granted to Eton College | St Mary | [19] [20] 51.7844°N -1.4778°W | |||||
| Cold Norton Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular hospital of St George and church of St John the Evangelist founded 1148-58 by Avelina de Norton; dissolved 1507: no canons remaining; granted to St Stephen's, Westminster | The Priory Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Cold Norton | [21] [22] 51.9504°N -1.5125°W | |||||
| Coxwell Grange # | Cistercian Monks probably grange with chapel; founded 1205 (1204); dependent on Beaulieu, Hampshire; Court House Farm built on site 16th century; (NT) | [23] 51.644°N -1.6126°W | ||||||
| Dorchester Abbey + | secular cathedral founded 634, new see of the West Saxons created; see transferred to Winchester 663 see of Mercia 670s; see restored after 869 (875); see transferred to Lincoln 1072; secular canons collegiate founded 1072: built on site of episcopal diocesan cathedral; dissolved c.1140 by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln; Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian (?) founded c.1140 by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln; dissolved 1536; granted to Edmond Ashfield 1544/5; restored by James Cranston c.1845, William Butterfield 1846-53, and George Gilbert Scott 1859-74; church continues in parochial use as the Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Birinus | [24] [25] 51.6702°N -1.2806°W | |||||
| East Hendred Cell | Carthusian monks grange: manor and chapel dependent on Sheen, Surrey, (Greater London), but apparently grange status, possibly without resident monks | [26] 51.589°N -1.3374°W | ||||||
| Eynsham Abbey | Benedictine monks founded 1005 by Æthelmar (Ailmer), Earl of Cornwall, on the site of 9th century church; destroyed and monks dispersed at the Norman Conquest, after 1066; restored before 1086 by Remigius, Bishop of Lincoln transferred to Stow, Lincolnshire 1091; returned c.1094-5; dissolved December 1539; granted to Sir Edward North and William Darcey 1543/4 | St Mary (also St Andrew and St Eadburgh given) ____________________ Egnesham Abbey | [27] [28] 51.778°N -1.3753°W | |||||
| Faringdon Abbey | Cistercian monks — from Cîteaux founded before 2 November 1203: manor granted to Citeaux by King John; transferred to Beaulieu, Hampshire 1204; monastic cell or grange early 13th century; probably merged with Coxford Grange; privately leased 1351; granted to Sir Francis Englefield | Saint Mary Farendon Priory; Faringdon Minster | [29] [30] 51.6596°N -1.584°W | |||||
| Godstow Abbey | Benedictine nuns with small community of Benedictine monks under a master attached to the nunnery founded by Easter 1133 by Ediva (Editha), widow of Sir William Launcelene, assisted by Henry I, built on land granted by John de St John; dissolved 17 November 1539; granted by Henry VIII to his physician, Dr George Owen before 1547 | St Mary and St John the Baptist ____________________ Godeston Abbey | [31] [32] 51.7784°N -1.2997°W | |||||
| Goring Priory | Augustinian Canonesses founded 12th century (during the reign of Henry I) by Thomas de Druval who granted a church and land; dissolved 1539(?); granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk c.1531; later granted to Sir Thomas Pope; part of conventual church in parochial use | The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Goring | [33] [34] [35] 51.5222°N -1.1401°W | |||||
| Gosford Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller foundation unknown, land granted by Robert d'Oilly; dissolved c.1180(?); hospitallers' oratory/chapel built c.1234; united to Quenington before 1433; granted to Antony Stringer and John Williams 1542/3 | |||||||
| Gosford Cell | Sisters of the Order of St John of Jerusalem cell; foundation unknown dissolved c.1180: transferred to Buckland | |||||||
| Helenstowe Nunnery, Abingdon | nuns founded c.675; site now occupied by St Helen's Church | The Church of the Holy Cross and Saint Helen, Helenstowe | ||||||
| Littlemore Priory | Benedictine nuns founded before 1154 by Robert de Sandford; dissolved 1525, suppressed for Wolsey's college; granted to William Owen and John Bridges c.1539 | St Mary, St Nicholas and St Edmund | [36] [37] 51.7163°N -1.2118°W | |||||
| Merton Preceptory | Knights Templar founded c.1156, granted by Simon, Earl of Northampton; dissolved c.1240(?), became a limb of Sandford | |||||||
| Milton Cell | Benedictine monks purported cell dependent on Abingdon — evidence lacking | |||||||
| Minchery Priory | Benedictine nuns site now occupied by Minchery Farm, also called 'The Priory and...?....' | |||||||
| Minster Lovell Priory | Saxon minster Benedictine monks alien house: cell dependent on Ivry; founded c.1200-6, St Kenelm's Church granted to Ivry 1200; dissolved 1414 (1415); granted to Eton College 1441 | [38] [39] 51.7967°N -1.5374°W | ||||||
| Oddington Grange | Cistercian monks dependent on Thame; founded c.1141; possibly on the site of Otley Abbey | |||||||
| Oseney Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular priory founded 1129 by Robert d'Oilly (son of the Lord of Oxford) and his wife Edith; raised to abbey status c.1154; mitred abbey 1481; dissolved 17 November 1539; episcopal diocesan cathedral founded 1542: new see created; see transferred to Christ Church, Oxford 1546; fell into decay and demolished | St Mary ____________________ Oseney Priory; Aseney Priory; Osney Abbey | [40] [41] 51.7494°N -1.2713°W | |||||
| Otley Abbey | Cistercian monks dependent on Waverley, Surrey; founded 22 July 1137: land granted by Robert Gait; abandoned, transferred to Thame c.1141; Oddington Grange probably established on site (though possibly deserted village rather than monastic) | Ottley Abbey; Ottelei Abbey; Oddington Grange? | [42] [43] 51.8454°N -1.2132°W (possible) | |||||
| Oxford Austin Friars # | Austin Friars (under the Limit of Oxford) founded 1266-7; Henry III regarded as founder 1268; impoverished and ruinous at dissolved July 1538; Oxford Wadham College founded 1612 by Nicholas Wadham | [44] [45] 51.7558°N -1.2543°W | ||||||
| Oxford Blackfriars — St Aldate's | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford) founded 1221; transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1245 | oratory: St Mary | [46] [47] | |||||
| Oxford Blackfriars — St Ebbe's | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford) (community founded at St Aldates (see immediately above) 1221); transferred here 1245; dissolved 1538 | |||||||
| Oxford Cathedral Priory + | Augustinian Canonesses founded c.727 by Didanus, petty king; destroyed in raids by the Danes c.874?; destroyed in raids by the Danes 1002; rebuilt; secular canons founded 1004; Augustinian Canons Regular — from Holy Trinity, Aldgate, Middlesex (Greater London) refounded 1122; dissolved April 1524, suppressed for Cardinal Wolsey's college; episcopal diocesan cathedral and college chapel founded 1546: see transferred from Oxney; extant | St Frideswide's Priory, Oxford | [48] [49] [50] 51.7501°N -1.2546°W | |||||
| Oxford — Canterbury College | Benedictine monks dependent on Canterbury; founded 1331 (1349) by Simon de Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury; lapsed; refounded 1363-70 by Archbishop Islip; secular 1365; constituted as a monastic college c.1368-70; dissolved c.1539; made part of Christ Church, Oxford 1546/7; rebuilt 1773 | [51] [52] 51.751°N -1.2545°W | ||||||
| Oxford Crutched Friars | Crutched Friars founded 1342: licence granted to Crutched Friars of London 29 July 1342 to acquire land in Oxford; dwelling-place apparently moved a number of times; Bishop forbade completion of church began 1349; dissolved before 1362; property disposed of 1362 | [53] 51.7504°N -1.2626°W | ||||||
| Oxford — Durham College | Benedictine monks priory cell dependent on Durham, County Durham; founded 1286-91, land purchased by Durham 1286, completed 1291; dissolved 1540; Trinity College founded on site 1554-5 by Sir Thomas Pope and his wife Elizabeth | [54] [55] 51.7554°N -1.2573°W | ||||||
| Oxford Friars of the Sack | Friars of the Sack founded 1261-2; ruinous parish church of St Budoc acquired by the friars, becoming the conventual church; dissolved, granted to Franciscan Friars c.1309 | [56] [57] 51.751°N -1.2613°W | ||||||
| Oxford — Gloucester College | Benedictine monks priory cell dependent on Gloucester, Gloucestershire; founded 1283, house granted by John Giffard; college founded 1291; dissolved 1538; Worcester College founded 1714 under the will of Sir Thomas Cookes | Glocester College; Glocester Hall | [58] [59] 51.7549°N -1.2638°W | |||||
| Oxford Greyfriars, earlier site | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford) friars from Canterbury moved to Oxford via London, residing with the Dominicans for eight days in autumn 1224, then hired a house at St Ebbe's before transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1244-5 | |||||||
| Oxford Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford) (community founded at St Ebbe's 1224) transferred here from earlier site (see immediately above) 1244-5: house and land granted to the townsmen for the friars' use by Richard the Miller; dissolved1538 | [60] [61] 51.7506°N -1.2625°W | ||||||
| Oxford — London College | purportedly Benedictine monks and secular college (in fact secular only) founded after 1421 | |||||||
| Oxford — St Albans Hall | Benedictine monks founded c.1140; part of Oxford — Gloucester College; now part of Merton College | 51.7511°N -1.2521°W | ||||||
| Oxford, St Bernard's College | Cistercian monks abbey, founded 1437 (1436) by Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury, who granted land; dissolved 1540; refounded as St John's College during the reign of Mary | St Mary and St Bernard | [62] | |||||
| Oxford, St Mary's College | Augustinian Canons Regular priory, founded 1435 by Thomas Holden and his wife Elizabeth; dissolved 1540 | |||||||
| Oxford Trinitarian Priory, earlier site | Trinitarians founded before 1286: granted by Edmund, Earl of Cornwall 1293; transferred to new site (see immediately below) c.1313 | The Holy Trinity | [63] [64] 51.7519°N -1.2478°W | |||||
| Oxford Trinitarian Priory | Trinitarians community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) before 1286; transferred here c.1313 (site acquired before 1307); known as 'Trinity Hall' from late-15th century, apparently dependent on Moatenden; dissolved 1538 | The Holy Trinity | [65] 51.7525°N -1.2493°W | |||||
| Oxford Whitefriars, earlier site | Carmelite Friars founded 1256: site granted by Nicholas de Meules (de Molis); transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1317-18; incorporated into the Benedictines' college, Oxford — Gloucester College, until the Dissolution 1538 | [66] [67] 51.7544°N -1.264°W | ||||||
| Oxford Whitefriars | Camelite Friars (community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) 1256); transferred here 1317-18 by Edward II to his manor, 'the Palace of Beaumont', together with the friars at Sheen, Surrey (Greater London); dissolved 1538; demolished 16th century | The King's Hall; the Palace of Beaumont | [68] 51.7551°N -1.2621°W | |||||
| Pheleley Priory | Benedictine monks founded after 1100 (during the reign of Henry I); apparently connected with Tewkesbury, but assigned by Tewkesbury as a cell to Eynsham; annexed to /transferred to Eynsham after c.1145 | Phelely Priory | [69] [70] 51.8781°N -1.432°W (possible) | |||||
| Rewley Abbey | intended as a secular establishment by King Richard Cistercian monks dependent on Thame; founded 11 December 1143 by Edmund, Earl of Cornwall; dissolved c.1536; granted to the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford 1546/7 | [71] [72] [73] 51.7544°N -1.2681°W | ||||||
| Sandford Preceptory | Knights Templar founded c.1240: lands granted to Temple Cowley by Thomas the younger, of Sandford; transferred from Temple Cowley; dissolved 1308-12; Knights Hospitaller transferred after 1312; dissolved 1371: incorporated into the camerae of the prior of England; becoming a farmhouse; granted to Edward Powell 1541/2 remnants now in use as part of a Four Pillars Hotel | Sandford-on-Thames Preceptory; Saunford Hospital | [74] [75] 51.7129°N -1.2314°W | |||||
| Sibford Camera | Knights Templar founded before(?)1185; dissolved 1312 | [76] 52.0303°N -1.4913°W | ||||||
| Steventon Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on St-Mary-du-Pré, Rouen and Bec-Hellouin, Normandy founded 12th century (during the reign of Henry I) manor granted to St Mary de Pre (St Mary de Prato, called Bonne-Nouvelle), Rouen, a dependent of Bec-Hellouin; farmed out 1378; dissolved 1389; granted to Westminster Abbey by Richard II; officially a priory but actually a grange no monastic church prior's house now in private ownership with public access by appointment (NT) | Stenington Priory | [77] [78] [79] 51.6189°N -1.3282°W | |||||
| Studley Priory | Benedictine nuns founded 12th century by Bernard of Walery (de St Walerico); dissolved 1536 (apparently suppressed), 19 November 1539 (surrendered); granted to John Croke 1539/40; converted into an Elizabethan manor house; now in use as the Studley Priory Hotel | St Mary ____________________ Stodeley Priory | [80] | |||||
| Temple Cowley Preceptory | Knights Templar founded 1136 by Queen Matilda; transferred to Temple Cowley c.1240 and thereafter reduced to status of camera | [81] 51.7321°N -1.2048°W | ||||||
| Thame Abbey | Cistercian monks transferred from Otley; dependent on Waverley, Surrey; (founded at Otley 22 July 1137); transferred here c.1140: site granted by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln; dissolved 1539; granted to Edward, Duke of Somerset c.1547; remains incorporated into 18th century country house | Tame Abbey | [82] 51.7275°N -0.9635°W | |||||
| Wallingford Priory # | Benedictine monks cell of St Albans, Hertfordshire founded 1097 or 1088 (1077-93, 1087-9) by Robert D'Oyley or Gilfrid, Abbot of St Alban; dissolved 1525(-8) by Cardinal Wolsey to fund Ipswich College; granted to John Norres c.1546; | The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Wallingford ____________________ Wallingford Cell; Waring Cell | [83] [84] 51.6014°N -1.1264°W | |||||
| Wroxton Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1217 by Magister Michael Belet dissolved c.1537 (1536); granted to Sir Thomas Pope who gave part to Trinity College, Oxford; scant remains incorporated into mansion called 'Wroxton Abbey' built on site 1618 | The Priory Church of St Mary, Wroxton ____________________ Wroxton Priory | [85] [86] 52.0714°N -1.3936°W | |||||
| Westcot Camera | Knights Templar founded 13th century (during the reign of Henry III): holdings granted by Robert Achard; dissolved 1308-12; Knights Hospitaller transferred 1308-12 | Westcott Camera | [87] 51.5811°N -1.5106°W | |||||
| Wytham Abbey # | nuns — from Helenstow; purportedly transferred here after 700; dispersed to other houses during hostilities c.780; | [88] 51.7688°N -1.3348°W |