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.)

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Image Name Location County Order Year dissolved Ref(s)
Abbotsbury AbbeyAbbotsburyDorsetBenedictine1538
Abingdon AbbeyAbingdonOxfordshireBenedictine1538
Bardney AbbeyBardneyLincolnshireBenedictine1538[1]
Bardsey AbbeyAberdaronGwyneddCanons Regular1537[2]
Barking AbbeyBarkingGreater LondonBenedictine1539[3]
Basingwerk AbbeyHolywellFlintshireCistercian1536
Bath AbbeyBathSomersetBenedictine1539
Battle AbbeyBattleEast SussexBenedictine1538
Beauvale PrioryHucknallNottinghamshireCarthusian1539
Beaulieu AbbeyBeaulieuHampshireCistercian1538
Belvoir PrioryBelvoirLeicestershireBenedictine1539[4]
Bindon Abbey Wool Dorset Cistercian 1539
Binham PrioryBinhamNorfolkBenedictine1539
Bisham AbbeyBishamBerkshireAugustinian1538
Blackfriars, DerbyDerbyDerbyshireDominican1539[5]
Blackfriars, LeicesterLeicesterLeicestershireDominican1538[6]
Blackfriars, NewcastleNewcastle upon TyneTyne and WearDominican1536
Bolton AbbeyBolton AbbeyNorth YorkshireAugustinian1540
Bourne AbbeyBourneLincolnshireArrouaisian1536
Boxgrove PrioryBoxgroveWest SussexBenedictine1536
Boxley AbbeyBoxleyKentCistercian1537
Bradley PrioryBradleyLeicestershireAugustinian1536[7]
Breadsall PrioryBreadsallDerbyshireCanons Regular1536[8]
Breedon PrioryBreedon on the HillLeicestershireCanons Regular1539[9]
Bridlington PrioryBridlingtonEast Riding of YorkshireCanons Regular1538
Brinkburn PrioryBrinkburnNorthumberlandAugustinian1536
Brooke PrioryBrookeRutlandCanons Regular1535/6[10]
Bruern AbbeyBruernOxfordshireCistercian1536[11]
Bruton AbbeyBrutonSomersetAugustinian Canons1539[12]
Buckfast AbbeyBuckfastleighDevonCistercian1539
Buckland AbbeyBuckland MonachorumDevonCistercian1539
Buildwas AbbeyBuildwasShropshireCistercian1536
Burnham AbbeyBurnhamBuckinghamshireAugustinian canonesses1539
Byland AbbeyByland with WassNorth YorkshireCistercian1538
Calke PrioryCalkeDerbyshireAugustinian1538[13]
Canons Ashby PrioryCanons AshbyNorthamptonshireCanons Regular1536
Cardigan PrioryCardiganCeredigionBenedictine1538[14]
Carmarthen FriaryCarmarthenCarmarthenshireFranciscan1538[15]
Carmarthen PrioryCarmarthenCarmarthenshireCanons Regular1536[16]
Cartmel PrioryLower AllithwaiteCumbriaCanons Regular1536
Castle Acre PrioryCastle AcreNorfolkCluniac1537
Cerne Abbey Cerne Abbas Benedictine 1539
Charterhouse LondonCity of LondonGreater LondonCarthusian1537
Christchurch PrioryChristchurchDorsetAugustinian1539
Cirencester AbbeyCirencesterGloucestershireAugustinian1539
Cleeve AbbeyOld CleeveSomersetCistercian1536
Colchester AbbeyColchesterEssexBenedictine1539[17]
Cranborne Priory Cranborne Dorset Benedictine 1540
Crowland AbbeyCrowlandLincolnshireBenedictine1539
Croxden AbbeyCroxdenStaffordshireCistercian1538
Croxton AbbeyCroxton KerrialLeicestershirePremonstratensian1538[18]
Dalby and Heather PreceptoryOld DalbyLeicestershireKnights Hospitaller1538[19]
Dale AbbeyDale AbbeyDerbyshirePremonstratensian1538[20]
Darley AbbeyDarley AbbeyDerbyshireCanons Regular1538[21]
Delapré AbbeyNorthamptonNorthamptonshireCluniac Nunnery1538
Dore AbbeyAbbey DoreHerefordshireCistercian1536
Dudley PrioryDudleyWest MidlandsCluniac1539
Dunstable PrioryDunstableBedfordshireAugustinian1540
Easby AbbeyEasbyNorth YorkshirePremonstratensian1537
Egglestone AbbeyBarnard CastleCounty DurhamPremonstratensian1540
Ewenny PrioryEwennyVale of GlamorganBenedictine1536
Eye PrioryEyeSuffolkBenedictine1537[22]
Finchale PrioryDurhamCounty DurhamBenedictine1535
Folkestone PrioryFolkestoneKentBenedictine1535
Forde AbbeyThorncombeDorsetCistercian1539
Fountains AbbeyLindrick with Studley Royal and FountainsNorth YorkshireCistercian1539
Furness AbbeyBarrow in FurnessCumbriaCistercian1537
Garendon AbbeyShepshedLeicestershireCistercian1536[23]
Gisborough PrioryGuisboroughNorth YorkshireAugustinian1540
Glastonbury AbbeyGlastonburySomersetBenedictine1539
Grace Dieu PrioryThringstoneLeicestershireAugustine1538[24]
Greyfriars, LeicesterLeicesterLeicestershireFranciscan1538[25]
Great Malvern PrioryMalvernWorcestershireBenedictine1539
Gresley PrioryChurch GresleyDerbyshireAugustinian1536[26]
Hailes AbbeyStanwayGloucestershireCistercian1539
Halesowen AbbeyHalesowenWest MidlandsPremonstratensian1538
Haltemprice PrioryWillerbyEast Riding of YorkshireAugustinian1536
Haughmond AbbeyUffingtonShropshireAugustinian1539
Haverholme PrioryEwerby and EvedonLincolnshireCistercian1539
Hexham AbbeyHexhamNorthumberlandBenedictine1537
Holy Trinity PrioryAldgate, City of LondonGreater LondonAugustinian1532[27]
Horton Priory Horton Dorset Benedictine 1539
Jarrow PrioryJarrowTyne and WearBenedictine1536
Jervaulx AbbeyEast WittonNorth YorkshireCistercian1537
Kidwelly PrioryKidwellyCarmarthenshireBenedictine1539[28]
King's Mead PrioryDerbyDerbyshireBenedictine1536[29]
Kirby Bellars PrioryKirby BellarsLeicestershireCanons Regular1536[30]
Kirkstall AbbeyLeedsWest YorkshireCistercian1539
Lacock AbbeyLacockWiltshireAugustinian1539
Lanercost PrioryBurtholmeCumbriaAugustinian1538
Langdon AbbeyDoverKentPremonstratensian1535
Langley PrioryLeicestershireBenedictine1536[31]
Launde PrioryLeicestershireCanons Regular1539[32]
Leicester AbbeyLeicesterLeicestershireCanons Regular1538[33]
Leicester Austin FriaryLeicesterLeicestershireAustin Friars1538[34]
Lenton PrioryLenton, NottinghamNottinghamshireCluniac1538
Leonard Stanley PrioryLeonard StanleyGloucestershireBenedictine1538[35]
Lewes PrioryLewesEast SussexCluniac1537
Lindisfarne PrioryHoly IslandNorthumberlandBenedictine1536
Llanthony PrioryCrucorneyMonmouthshireCanons Regular1538
Ludlow Austin FriarsLudlowShropshireAustin Friars1538
Ludlow White FriarsLudlowShropshireCarmelites1538
Maenan AbbeyLlanddoged and MaenanConwyCistercian1536[36]
Malmesbury AbbeyMalmesburyWiltshireBenedictine1539
Margam AbbeyMargamNeath Port TalbotCistercian1536
Mattersey PrioryMatterseyNottinghamshireGilbertine1538
Merton PrioryMertonLondonAugustinian1538
Michelham PrioryArlingtonEast SussexAugustinian1537
Milton AbbeyMilton AbbasDorsetBenedictine1539
Monkwearmouth AbbeySunderlandTyne and WearBenedictine1536
Mount Grace PrioryEast HarlseyNorth YorkshireCarthusian1539
Neath AbbeyDyffryn ClydachNeath Port TalbotCistercian1539
Netley AbbeyHoundHampshireCistercian1536
Newark PrioryRipleySurreyAugustinian1538
Newbo AbbeySedgebrookLincolnshirePremonstratensian1536
Newminster AbbeyMorpethNorthumberlandCistercian1537
Newstead AbbeyNewsteadNottinghamshireAugustinian1539
Nostell PrioryNostellWest YorkshireAugustinian1540[37]
Owston AbbeyLeicestershireCanons Regular1536[38]
Pontefract PrioryPontefractWest YorkshireCluniac1540[39]
Penmon PrioryLlangoedIsle of AngleseyAugustinian1538
Pershore AbbeyPershoreWorcestershireBenedictine1539
Povington Priory Tyneham Dorset Benedictine
Prittlewell PrioryPrittlewellEssexCluniac1536
Quarr AbbeyNr. FishbourneIsle of WightCistercian1536[40]
Reading AbbeyReadingBerkshireCluniac1538
Repton PrioryReptonDerbyshireAugustinian1538[41]
Revesby AbbeyRevesbyLincolnshireCistercian1538
Rievaulx AbbeyRievaulxNorth YorkshireCistercian1538
Roche AbbeyMaltbySouth YorkshireCistercian1538
Romsey AbbeyRomseyHampshireBenedictine1539
Rufford AbbeyRuffordNottinghamshireCistercian1536
Rushen AbbeyMalewIsle of ManCistercian1540
Sawley AbbeySawleyLancashireCistercian1536
Selby AbbeySelbyNorth YorkshireBenedictine1539
Sempringham PrioryPointon and SempringhamLincolnshireGilbertine1538
Shaftesbury Abbey Shaftesbury Dorset ? Nunnery 1539
Shap AbbeyShap RuralCumbriaPremonstratensian1540
Sherborne Abbey Sherborne Dorset Benedictine 1539
Shrewsbury AbbeyShrewsburyShropshireBenedictine1540
Sibton AbbeyYoxfordSuffolkCistercian1536
St Bartholomew's Priory, SmithfieldSmithfield, City of LondonGreater LondonAugustinian1539
St Albans AbbeySt AlbansHertfordshireBenedictine1539
St Augustine's AbbeyCanterburyKentBenedictine1538
St Bees PriorySt BeesCumbriaBenedictine1539
St Faith PrioryHorsham St Faith and Newton St FaithNorfolkBenedictine1536
St Gregory's PrioryCanterburyKentAugustinian1535
St Helen's Priory, BishopsgateBishopsgate, City of LondonGreater LondonBenedictine1538
St. James Priory, DerbyDerbyDerbyshireCluniac1536[42]
St. John the Baptist PrioryAndover, HampshireHampshire1538
St Mary's AbbeyYorkNorth YorkshireBenedictine1539
St Mary's PrioryCoventryWarwickshireBenedictine1539
St Peter's AbbeyGloucesterGloucestershireBenedictine1540
St Werburgh's AbbeyChesterCheshireBenedictine1538
Strata Florida AbbeyYstrad FflurCeredigionCistercian1539
Stratford Langthorne AbbeyWest HamGreater LondonCistercian1538[43]
Syon AbbeyHeston and IsleworthGreater LondonBridgettine1539
Talley AbbeyTalleyCarmarthenshirePremonstratensian1536
Tarrant Abbey Tarrant Crawford Dorset Cistercian 1539
Tavistock AbbeyTavistockDevonBenedictine1539
Tewkesbury AbbeyTewkesburyGloucestershireBenedictine1539
Thetford PrioryThetfordNorfolkCluniac1540
Thornton AbbeyThornton CurtisLincolnshireAugustinian1539
Tintern AbbeyTinternMonmouthshireCistercian1536
Titchfield AbbeyFarehamHampshirePremonstratensian1537
Tynemouth PrioryTynemouthTyne and WearBenedictine1538
Ulverscroft PrioryUlverscroftLeicestershireCanons Regular1539[44]
Vale Royal AbbeyWhitegate and MartonCheshireCistercian1538
Valle Crucis AbbeyLlantysilioDenbighshireCistercian1537
Walsingham PrioryWalsinghamNorfolkCanons Regular1538
Waltham AbbeyWaltham AbbeyEssexCanons Regular1540[45]
Wareham Priory Wareham Dorset Carthusian 1539
Waverley AbbeyFarnhamSurreyCistercian1536
Welbeck AbbeyWelbeckNottinghamshirePremonstratensian1538
Wenlock PrioryMuch WenlockShropshireCluniac1540
Westminster AbbeyWestminsterGreater LondonBenedictine1539
Whalley AbbeyWhalleyLancashireCistercian1537
Whitby AbbeyWhitbyNorth YorkshireBenedictine1540
Whitland AbbeyLlanboidyCarmarthenshireCistercian1539[46]
Woburn AbbeyWoburnBedfordshireCistercian1538
Woodspring PrioryKewstokeSomersetAugustinian1536
Worcester PrioryWorcesterWorcestershireBenedictine1540
Yeaveley PreceptoryYeaveleyDerbyshireKnights Hospitaller1540[47]

See also

References
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