List of monastic houses in Bristol
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This List of monastic houses in Bristol includes abbey
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Abbey
An abbey is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey,...
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Priory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
, friaries and other monastic religious houses in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & ProvenanceCommunities & Provenance shows the status and communities existing at each establishment, together with such dates as have been established as well as the fate of the establishment after dissolution Dissolution of the Monasteries The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their... , and the current status of the site. |
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| Bristol Austin Friars Austin Friary, Bristol Austin Friary, Bristol was a Augustinian friary in Bristol, England. It was established in 1313, when Simon de Montecute gave of land within the Temple Gate of Bristol. Further gifts of land were made by William de Montecute and Thomas of Berkeley during the next thirty years.The monks... # |
Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Oxford) founded 1313 by Sir Simon and Sir William Montacute; vacation house for alien students 1362; dissolved September 1538; granted to Maurice Dennis c.1543 |
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| Bristol Blackfriars Blackfriars, Bristol Blackfriars, Bristol was a Dominican priory in Broadmead, Bristol, England. It was founded by Maurice de Gaunt in 1227 or 1228. Llywelyn ap Dafydd, son of Dafydd ap Gruffydd, the last native Prince of Wales, was buried in the cemetery of the priory... ^ |
Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London) founded 1227/8 by Sir Maurice [de] Gaunt; dissolved 10 September 1528 (1538?); granted to William Chester; subsequently The Friars Quaker meeting house; then Bristol Register Office; currently in use as a restaurant |
51.457296°N 2.58772°W |
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| Bristol Eremites Friars Eremites Friary, Bristol -References:... # |
Friars Eremites | 51.4478424°N 2.5861323°W |
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| Bristol Greyfriars Greyfriars, Bristol Greyfriars, in Bristol, England, was a Franciscan friary. The name Greyfriars derived from the grey robes worn by the friars. It was founded at some time before 1234, within the town walls and then moved to Lewin's Mead in 1250. The site included extensive gardens surrounded by a stone wall... # |
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Bristol) founded before 1230/34; dissolved 10 September 1538; granted to Mayor and citizens c.1541 |
Saint Francis 51.4580983°N 2.5956488°W |
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| Bristol Sack Friars Sack Friary, Bristol Sack Friary, Bristol was a friary in Bristol, England. It was established in 1266 and dissolved in 1286.... # |
Friars of the Sack founded before 1266; dissolved after 1286; friars had left before 1322, though church continued in use |
51.454655°N 2.598261°W |
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| Bristol Whitefriars Whitefriars, Bristol Whitefriars was a Carmelite friary on the lower slopes of St Michael's Hill, Bristol, England. It was established in 1267; in subsequent centuries a friary church was built and extensive gardens developed. The establishment was dissolved in 1538.... # |
Carmelite Friars founded 1256/1267 by Edward Edward I of England Edward I , also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved early in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons... , Prince of Wales (the future Edward I); dissolved 1538; site successively occupied by a mansion and a boys' school; site now occupied by Colston Hall |
The Blessed Virgin Mary 51.454655°N 2.598261°W |
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| St James's Priory, Bristol St James' Priory, Bristol The Priory Church of St James, Bristol is a Grade I listed building in Horsefair, Whitson Street.It was founded in 1129 as a Benedictine priory by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, the illegitimate son of Henry I. The nave survives from 1129 but the tower was added around 1374. The south aisle was... + |
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Benedictine monks founded 1120s, built by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, son of Henry I; dissolved 1539; granted to Henry Brayne c.1543; nave in parochial use 1374; fell into dissolveduse 1980s; in custodianship of the Little Brothers of Nazareth since 1996 |
The Priory Church of Saint James, Bristol 51.458596°N 2.593036°W |
| Bristol - St Mary Magdalen Nunnery St Mary Magdalen Nunnery, Bristol St Mary Magdalen Nunnery was a priory of Augustinian canonesses in Kingsdown, Bristol, England. It was founded c. 1173 and dissolved in 1536... # |
Augustinian canonesses founded 1173 by Eva, widow of Robert Fitzharding Robert Fitzharding Robert Fitzharding was an Englishman from Bristol who rose to the feudal barony of Berkeley and founded the family which still holds Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the castle whose construction he started... ; dissolved 1536; granted to Henry Brayne and John Marsh |
St Mary Magdalene 51.45719°N 2.59782°W |
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| Bristol - St Philip's Priory St Philip and Jacob, Bristol SS Philip and Jacob Church, commonly referred to as Pip 'n' Jay, is a parish church in central Bristol, England. Its full name since 1934 is St Philip and St Jacob with Emmanuel the Unity, although reference to the original church of St Philip exists in records dating from 1174... |
Saxon priory founded c.900 |
The Church of Saint Philip and Saint Jacob, Bristol 51.454969°N 2.584987°W |
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| Bristol - St Stephen's Priory | Benedictine monks recorded as a cell of Glastonbury |
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| Bristol Cathedral Abbey: St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol Bristol Cathedral The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is the Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England, and is commonly known as Bristol Cathedral... + |
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Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1140-2 by Robert Fitzharding Robert Fitzharding Robert Fitzharding was an Englishman from Bristol who rose to the feudal barony of Berkeley and founded the family which still holds Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the castle whose construction he started... ; first canons transferred from Shobdon 1120 or 1148; dissolved 9 December 1539; episcopal diocesan cathedral 1542-present |
The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007... The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol 51.45161°N 2.600536°W |
| Bristol Preceptory Temple Church, Bristol Temple Church is a ruined church building in central Bristol, England, which was founded in the mid 12th century by Robert of Gloucester and the Knights Templar.... |
Knights Templar church built on site of templar church, now in ruins |
51.4520948°N 2.5867438°W |
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| Westbury Priory | Saxon minster, college of secular priests founded 716; granted to Worcester Cathedral 824; probably destroyed in Danish raids; Benedictine monks refounded c.963/4 by Bishop Oswald; 12 monks transferred to Ramsey 972; priory lapsed thereafter; refounded c.1093 as dependent cell of Worcester Cathedral; lapsed before c.1112; refounded 1125; college of secular priests 1194 |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Westbury on Trym Westbury on Trym Priory; Westbury Minster 51.494537°N 2.6171923°W |