List of monastic houses in Surrey

The following is a list of the monastic houses in Surrey, England.

FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationAlmners Priory17th century priory|Pastscape - Detailed Result: ALMNERS PRIORYBermondsey AbbeyHistorical county location. See List of monastic houses in LondonBermondsey MinsterHistorical county location. See List of monastic houses in LondonChertsey AbbeySaxon Benedictine? monksfounded 666;destroyed in raids by the Danes c.872secularBenedictine monksrefounded before 964;dissolved 1537The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Chertsey |Pastscape - Detailed Result: CHERTSEY ABBEYBritish History Online — House of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Chertsey — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (pp.55-64)Guildford BlackfriarsDominican Friars (under the Visitation of London)founded 1275 by Queen Eleanor of Provence, widow of Henry III;proposal by Edward III to refound as a Dominican nunnery never transpired;dissolved 1538;site now occupied by 'The Friary' shopping centreSt Dominic? |Pastscape - Detailed Result: GUILDFORD BLACKFRIARSBritish History Online — Friaries: Dominican Friars of Guildford — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (pp.114-116)Guildford Friars de Ordine MartyrumFriars de Ordine Martyrumfounded 1260;possible Polish congregation of Crutched Friars;dissolution unknown|Pastscape - Detailed Result: GUILDFORD FRIARYPastscape — Detailed Result: GUILDFORD FRIARY OF FRIARS DE ORDINE MARTYRUMGuildford Crutched Friars (?)alleged house of Crutched FriarsGuildford Crutched Friars - sole source John Speed, (1627), History of Great Britaine 2nd Ed. (in the 1st Ed. (1611) St Cross was ascribed to the Dominicans)possibly identical with Polish Crutched Friars house (see immediately above)Guildford Crutched Friars - Polish congregation?: Dr LittleSt Cross? |Pastscape - Detailed Result: GUILDFORD FRIARYHorne PrioryCarthusian monksprojected: king's licence granted to Mary de St Paul, Countess of Pembroke c.1345 to endow and build a house for Carthusians, appears not to have been completedHourne Priory |Horsley Priory ≈Benedictine nunssupposedly at Rowbarnes, East Horseley;dissolution unknown|Pastscape - Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 394181Laleham Abbey *Benedictine monksfounded 13th century;The Community of St Peter the Apostle (Westminster)|Laleham AbbeyLeatherhead Priory (?)≈Cistercian monksalleged monastery, founded 1263; incorporated into house called 'The Priory'; evidence lacking|Pastscape - Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 397199Merton PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in LondonNewark Priorypossible hospitalAugustinian Canons Regularfounded c.1189 (during or before the reign of Richard I) by Ruald de Calva and his wife Beatrice;dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Antony Brown 1544/5The Priory Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Thomas a Becket, Newark____________________Adbury Priory;Aldebury Priory |Pastscape - Detailed Result: NEWARK PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Newark — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (pp.102-105)Oxenford Priory (?)Benedictine nunsfoundation unknown;manor belonged to Waverley (from before 1147), "no trace of separate foundation"Oxenford - Dugdale, (1468), Monasticon Anglianum vi 1624, dissolved after 1305(?)|Reigate Prioryhospital founded 1217-1235 by William de Warren, Earl of Surrey;Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1235;also given as Crutched Friars (possibly Flemish branch, or earlier Fratres Cruciferi 'Augustinian Hospitallers')dissolved 1535; granted to William Lord Howard 1541/2;conventual buildings largely demolished and replaced by a house 1541;rebuilt as a Palladian mansion 1771;since 1948 in use as a school located in public Priory Park, with a public museum|Pastscape - Detailed Result: REIGATE PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Reigate — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (pp.105-107)Richmond Friary (Greyfriars and Austin Friars)Historical county location. See List of monastic houses in LondonSheen PrioryHistorical county location. See List of monastic houses in LondonSheen FriaryHistorical county location. See List of monastic houses in LondonSyon PrioryHistorical county location. See List of monastic houses in LondonSouthwark PrioryHistorical county location. See List of monastic houses in LondonTandridge Prioryhospital founded 1189 by Odo de Dammartin, possibly ceasing to exist 1218-22;Augustinian Canons Regularfounded after(?) 1218 (c.1200);dissolved 1538 (1537); granted to John Rede 1537/8The Priory Church of Saint James, Tandridge____________________Tanregge Priory |Pastscape - Detailed Result: TANDRIDGE PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Tandridge — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (pp.112-113)Tandridge Priory - Tandridge - Surrey - England | British Listed BuildingsThe history of Tanridge priory, Surrey : and some account of the Canons Regular of the Order of St. Augustine, commonly called the Austin canons : Heales, Alfred, 1827-1898 : ...Tooting Bec PrioryHistorical county location. See List of monastic houses in LondonWanborough GrangeCistercian monksgrange of Waverley, founded 1130;dissolved 1536;barn restored 1997, owned by Guildford Borough Council, maintained by the Guildford Museum|Waverley AbbeyCistercian monksdependent on L'Aumône;founded 24 November 1128 (or 28 October 1129, possibly when functional for full regular life) by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester;dissolved 1536; granted to Sir William Fitz William 1536/7; (EH)The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Waverley |Pastscape - Detailed Result: WAVERLEY ABBEYBritish History Online — House of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Waverley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (pp.77-89)English Abbeys - Waverley AbbeyA history of Waverly Abbey, in the county of Surrey : Kerry, Charles : Free Download & Streaming : Internet ArchiveWoking MonasterySaxon monasterypurported dependency of Peterboroughfounded c.690 (in the time of Abbot Cuthbert)granted to Peterborough by Brordar, and ealdorman, with the consent of Offa;thought to have been destroyed in raids by the Danes 871St Peter____________________Wockingas Monastery;Wocingas Minster;Old Woking Monastery;Woking Minster |Pastscape - Detailed Result: OLD WOKING MONASTERY

The following establishments have no monastic connection:

Nutfield Priory — hotel in Nutfield, Surrey

See also List of monastic houses in England

Notes

References Citations

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