The following is a list of the monastic houses in Oxfordshire, England.
FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationAbingdon Abbey ^Saxon (Benedictine?) monksprobably 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 monksfounded c.954 (950);dissolved 9 February 1538;remains incorporated into town buildings;in local authority and trust ownership with public access to churchThe Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Abingdon |Pastscape: ABINGDON ABBEY AND MINSTERPastscape: ABINGDON ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Abingdon — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 2 (pp.51-62)RBH: History of Abingdon Abbey, BerkshireCATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Abbey of AbingdonBarton CellAugustinian Canons Regular?cell, dependent on Oseney; possibly an estate without resident canons|Pastscape: BICESTER PRIORYBicester PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded 1182-5, endowed by Gilbert Basset, Baron of Hedington;dissolved 1536; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9St Edburga____________________Burchester Priory |British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Bicester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.93-95)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 |British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Bruern — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.79-81)Burford Priory ^Hospital of St John the Evangelist founded 13th centurydissolved 1538;restored 1637;Anglican Benedictinefounded 1901; sold off 2008; now in use as a country house, incorporating remains of the medieval hospitalPriory of Our Lady, Burford____________________The Priory |Pastscape: THE PRIORYAnglican Communion Religious Communities : Order of St Benedict Burford PrioryCaversham CellAugustinian Canons Regularstatus unknown, dependent on Notley, Buckinghamshire;founded 1162;dissolved c.1538|Charlton on Otmoor PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: grange dependent on St Evroul;founded 1086 (1081) by Hugh Grentemoisnil;dissolved 1414; granted to Sir Thomas White and othersCharleton Priory |Charney Manor ~Benedictine Monksresidential 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|Pastscape: CHARNEY MANORCholsey AbbeyBenedictine monksfounded 986 by King Ethelred IIprobably destroyed in raids by the Danes 1006;dissolved; granted to Sir Francis Englefield;probable slight remains incorporated into medieval parish churchCholsey Grange |Pastscape: CHOLSEY GRANGEBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Reading — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 2 (pp.62-73)Clanfield PreceptoryKnights Hospitallerfounded before 1279;united to Quenington before 1433|Pastscape: CLANFIELD HOSPITALLERS PRECEPTORYPastscape: 3-5 FRIARS COURT COTTAGESBritish History Online — House of Knights Hospitallers: The preceptory of Clanfield — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.105-106)Clanfield CellSisters of the Order of St John of Jerusalemcellfoundation unknowndissolved c.1180: transferred to Buckland, Somerset|Clattercote PrioryGilbertine canonshospital 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 houseSt Leonard |Pastscape: CLATTERCOT PRIORY AND ST LEONARDS HOSPITALBritish History Online — House of the Gilbertine order: The priory of Clattercote — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (p.105)Cogges PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: dependent on Fécamp;founded 1103 by Manasses Arsic;dissolved 1414; granted to Eton CollegeSt Mary |Pastscape: COGGES PRIORYBritish History Online — Alien houses: The priory of Cogges — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.161-162)Cold Norton PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularhospital of St George and church of St John the Evangelistfounded 1148-58 by Avelina de Norton;dissolved 1507: no canons remaining;granted to St Stephen's, WestminsterThe Priory Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Cold Norton |Pastscape: COLD NORTON PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Cold Norton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.95-97)Coxwell Grange #Cistercian Monksprobably grange with chapel;founded 1205 (1204);dependent on Beaulieu, Hampshire;Court House Farm built on site 16th century; (NT)|Pastscape: COURT HOUSE FARM AND GREAT BARNDorchester Abbey +secular cathedralfounded 634, new see of the West Saxons created;see transferred to Winchester 663see of Mercia 670s;see restored after 869 (875);see transferred to Lincoln 1072;secular canons collegiatefounded 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 PaulThe Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Birinus |Pastscape: ST PETER AND ST PAULS CHURCHBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The abbey of Dorchester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.87-90)East Hendred CellCarthusian monksgrange: manor and chapel dependent on Sheen, Surrey, (Greater London), but apparently grange status, possibly without resident monks|Pastscape: EAST HENDRED GRANGEEynsham AbbeyBenedictine monksfounded 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 Lincolntransferred to Stow, Lincolnshire 1091;returned c.1094-5;dissolved December 1539; granted to Sir Edward North and William Darcey 1543/4St Mary(also St Andrew and St Eadburgh given)____________________Egnesham Abbey |Pastscape: EYNSHAM ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Eynsham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.65-67)Faringdon AbbeyCistercian monks — from Cîteauxfounded 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 MaryFarendon Priory;Faringdon Minster |British History Online — House of Cistercian monks: The cell or grange of Faringdon — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 2 (pp.81-82)Britannia: History of Faringdon (Berkshire)Godstow AbbeyBenedictine nuns with small community of Benedictine monks under a master attached to the nunneryfounded 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 1547St Mary and St John the Baptist____________________Godeston Abbey |Pastscape: GODSTOW ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: The abbey of Godstow — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.71-75)Goring PrioryAugustinian Canonessesfounded 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 useThe Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Goring |Pastscape: GORING PRIORYBritish History Online — House of Austin nuns: The priory of Goring — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.103-104)Pastscape: CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURYGosford PreceptoryKnights Hospitallerfoundation 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 CellSisters of the Order of St John of Jerusalemcell;foundation unknowndissolved c.1180: transferred to Buckland|Helenstowe Nunnery, Abingdonnunsfounded c.675;site now occupied by St Helen's ChurchThe Church of the Holy Cross and Saint Helen, Helenstowe |Littlemore PrioryBenedictine nunsfounded before 1154 by Robert de Sandford;dissolved 1525, suppressed for Wolsey's college; granted to William Owen and John Bridges c.1539St Mary, St Nicholas and St Edmund |Pastscape: LITTLEMORE PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Littlemore — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.75-77)Merton PreceptoryKnights Templarfounded c.1156, granted by Simon, Earl of Northampton;dissolved c.1240(?), became a limb of Sandford|Milton CellBenedictine monkspurported cell dependent on Abingdon — evidence lacking|Minchery PrioryBenedictine nunssite now occupied by Minchery Farm, also called 'The Priory and...?....'|Minster Lovell PriorySaxon minsterBenedictine monksalien 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|Pastscape: MINSTER LOVELL PRIORYBritish History Online — Alien houses: The priory of Minster Lovell — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.162-163)Oddington GrangeCistercian monksdependent on Thame;founded c.1141;possibly on the site of Otley Abbey|Oseney AbbeyAugustinian Canons Regularprioryfounded 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 cathedralfounded 1542: new see created;see transferred to Christ Church, Oxford 1546;fell into decay and demolishedSt Mary____________________Oseney Priory;Aseney Priory;Osney Abbey |Pastscape: OSNEY ABBEYBritish History Online — Sites and Remains of Religious Houses — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 4 (pp.364-368)Otley AbbeyCistercian monksdependent 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? |Pastscape: OTLEY ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Thame — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.83-86) (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|Pastscape: WADHAM COLLEGEBritish History Online — Friaries: The house of Crutched friars — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (pp.148-149)Oxford Blackfriars — St Aldate'sDominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford)founded 1221;transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1245oratory: St Mary