List of monastic houses in Cambridgeshire
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Cambridgeshire
, England.
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|Anglesey Priory
,
Lode
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|Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1135 by Henry I
; initially established as a hospital;
apparently becoming a priory c.1212 when endowed by Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester;
dissolved before 7 August 1536; granted to John Hynde
c.1538;
remains incorporated into private house named Anglesey Abbey 1591 (NT
)
|The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Nicholas
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52.237244°N 0.238784°W
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|Barham Friary
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|Crutched Friars
founded before 1272 (or c.1293) apparently from Welnetham;
later dependent on London;
dissolved 1538; granted to Philip Paris c.1539, and later to John Millecent, Esq.
|Barkham Priory;
Bercham Priory
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52.3625763°N 0.3334093°W
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|Barnwell Priory
,
Cambridge
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|Augustinian Canons Regular
transferred from St Giles, Castle Hill, Lode infra
refounded c.1112 by Pain Peverel;
plundered by townsmen 1381
dissolved 11 November 1538; granted to Anthony Brown c.1546; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton c.1552;
ruins underwent thorough destruction 1810
|St Giles and St Andrew
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52.209027°N 0.13852°W
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|rowspan=2|Cambridge Austin Friars
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|Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Cambridge)
founded before 1289;
transferred to a new site (see immediately below) 1290
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|Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Cambridge)
transferred from earlier site (see immediately above) 1290 by Geoffrey de Picheford
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52.2034842°N 0.1197445°W
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|Cambridge Augustinian Priory,
Castle Hill, Lode
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|Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1092 by Picot, lord of Bourn
, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, and Hugolina, his wife;
transferred to Barnwell
supra c.1112
|St Giles
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52.209027°N 0.13852°W
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|Cambridge, Bethlehemite Friary (?)
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|Bethlehemite Friars
documented 1257 - probably never established
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|Cambridge Blackfriars
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|Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge)
founded before 1238 (or 1237-42/c.1258);
dissolved 1538; granted to Edward Erlington and Humphrey Metcalf c.1543;
Emmanuel College
built on site 1584 (see Cambridge University
)
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52.2038064°N 0.1237598°W
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|Blackfriars, Cambridge
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|Dominican Friars
founded 1938; extant
|The Priory of Saint Michael the Archangel, Cambridge
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52.21375°N 0.109201°W
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|Cambridge, Buckingham College Priory
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|Benedictine monks
dependent on Crowland;
transferred from Ely Hostel 1428;
dissolved c.1540;
refounded 1542 as College of St Mary Magdalene (St Mary Magdalene College
)
|Monk's College
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52.210278°N 0.116111°W
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|Cambridge, Ely Hostel Priory
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|Benedictine monks
dependent on Ely & others;
founded 1321 for brothers studying at Ely;
transferred to later site at Spaldyngs Inn (see immediately below)
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|Cambridge, Border Hostel Priory
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|Benedictine monks
dependent on Ely & others;
transferred from Ely Hostel (see immediately above) 1350 to Spaldyngs Inn (later renamed Border Hostel);
transferred to Cambridge, Buckingham College supra 1428
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|Cambridge Greyfriars
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|Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Cambridge)
founded c.1226, "by the bounty of Edward I
", on the site of an old synagogue loaned to the Franciscans and adjoining land;
rebuilt before 1330;
dissolved 1538 (the friars departed prior to the enforcement); sold to the executors of Lady Frances Sidney 1544/5;
granted to Trinity College, Cambridge 1546;
Sidney Sussex College founded on site 1595
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52.2077908°N 0.1199323°W
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|rowspan=2|Cambridge Pied Friars
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|Pied Friars
founded 1256(?) when some friars appear to have remained in the move of the Carmelites from Chesterton, infra, to Newnham, supra;
transferred to later site (see immediately below) 1273
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|Pied Friars
transferred from earlier site (see immediately above);
founded between 1273 and 1279 on land bought 1273 by the proctor of the Order of Blessed Mary in England;
dissolved after 1319
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52.2120953°N 0.1135352°W
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|Cambridge White Friars
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|Carmelite Friars
(community founded by Edward I
and other nobles at Chesterton, infra);
transferred here 1249 via Newnham, infra;
dissolved 1538; granted to John Eyer c.1544
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52.2031094°N 0.1145947°W
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|Cambridge - Friary of the Sack
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|Friars of the Sack
founded 1258 at the house of John le Rus, mayor of Cambridge, from funding by Edward I
;
intended by the Pope
to be passed to the Gilbertines 1290, but plan abandoned because the friars were still in residence; granted to Peterhouse 1307;
site now occupied by Fitzwilliam Museum
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52.2004331°N 0.1181781°W
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|Cambridge - St Mary's Friars
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|Friars of St Mary
founded c.1279
dissolved after 1319
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|Cambridge - St Edmund's Priory
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|Gilbertine Canons
founded before 1291, St Edmund's chapel granted by 'the bounty or gift of' B_ son of Walter; originally intended by the Pope
to be located at the friary of the Sack, but it was still occupied;
dissolved 1539; granted to Edward Ebrington (Erlington?) and Humphrey Metcalf c.1543
|The Priory Church of Saint Edmund, Cambridge
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52.1993876°N 0.1201093°W
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|Cambridge - St Radegund's Priory
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|Benedictine nuns' cell
founded c.1133-8 by John de Cranden, Prior of Ely
with endowment confirmed by Stephen
;
destroyed 1313, 1376 and 1389;
dissolved 1496 for the founded of Jesus College, Cambridge
, which currenty occupies the site
|The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Radegund
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52.209086°N 0.124712°W
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|Chatteris Abbey
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|Benedictine nuns
founded 1006-16 by Ednoth, Bishop of Dorchester with his sister Aelfwen (or 980 by Alfwen, wife of Ethelstan, Earl of the East Angles);
destroyed 1306-10;
dissolved 3 September 1538; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton c.1551
|The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Chateris Abbey
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52.453057°N 0.048851°W
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|Chesterton Whitefriars
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|Carmelite Friars
founded 1247 (or 1249);
transferred 1249 (or 1251-6) to Newnham, infra
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52.2158735°N 0.1384234°W
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|Cherry Hinton
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|Bridgettine monks and nuns
charter for founded 1406 - house never established
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|Chippenham Preceptory
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|Knights Hospitaller - under Clerkenwell
founded 1184 by William de Mandeville, Earl of Essex;
apparently annexed to Carbrook before 1489;
dissolved; granted to Sir Edward North 1540/1
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52.2937824°N 0.4348183°W
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|Denny Abbey
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|Benedictine monks
cell, dependent on Ely
founded 1159 by Robert, Chamberlain of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany;
Knights Templar preceptory
founded 1169;
became hospital-preceptory c.1170;
dissolved 1308; committed to Master Roger of Wingfield 3 June 1309;
Franciscan (Minor) nuns
refounded 1423 by Mary de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke (Mary de St Paulo, widow of Adomare, Earl of Pembroke) on the site of a cell of Ely;
dissolved before 28 October 1539; granted to Edward Erlington 1540 (though nuns apparently contd to reside there to 1547);
estate exchanged for other land owned by the King
;
in Crown ownership;
passed to City of London 1628 to offset the debts of the King
;
converted to farmhouse 18thC;
many changes of hands 17th-19thC;
estate bought by Pembroke College and vested it into the care of the Ministry of Works 1947;
part of the Farmland Museum since 1997 (EH
)
|The Abbey Church of Saint James and Saint Leonard
, Denny
(1159-69);
The Nunnery of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Clare (1342-1539);
Denney Abbey;
Denney Preceptory
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52.294491°N 0.186982°W
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|Duxford Preceptory
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|Knights Templar
founded 1273;
committed to Master Roger of Wingfield 3 June 1309;
passed to Knights Hospitaller by John le Clerk of Wilbraham 21 December 1313, though no preceptory or camera was maintained there;
sacked 15 June 1381 during the Peasants' Revolt
;
16thC Temple Farm on site
|Duxford Temple
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52.0936701°N 0.1605141°W
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|Eltisley Priory
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|Benedictine nuns
founded 9thC;
apparently destroyed c.870 in raids by the Danes;
Benedictine nuns
founded before 1066;
dissolved before 1087
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52.2203202°N 0.1442385°W
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|Ely Cathedral Priory
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|?nuns/ (and monks? - double monastery?)
founded c.673;
destroyed 870 by the Danes;
secular canons 9thC
Benedictine monks
founded 970;
dissolved 1539;
episcopal diocesan cathedral 1109-present
|The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Etheldreda
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity and Saint Etheldreda
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52.398568°N 0.263447°W
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|Fordham Priory
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|Gilbertine Canons
founded before 1227, built by Henry, Dean of Fordham with endowments by Hugh Malebisse;
dissolved 1 September 1538; granted to Philip Parry 1540/1;
site now occupied by private house named 'Fordham Abbey'
|The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Mary Magdalene, Fordham
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52.300918°N 0.389535°W
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|Great Wilbraham Preceptory
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|Knights Templar
founded 1170;
Knights Hospitaller
founded 1312;
dissolved c.1350
house named 'Wilbraham Temple' built on or near preceptory site 17thC
|Wilbraham Temple
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52.197638°N 0.270925°W
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|Hinchingbrook Priory
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|Benedictine nuns
founded before 1087 purportedly by William the Conqueror to replace Eltisely, supra;
dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Williams (alias Cromwell) 1537/8;
remains incorporated into 16thC Hinchinbrooke House built on site
|The Priory Church of Saint James, Hinchinbrook
The Priory of Saint James without Huntingdon
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52.3276584°N 0.2002805°W
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|Horningsea Monastery
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|early Saxon monastery
destroyed 870 in raids by the Danes
|Biggin Abbey
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52.2417554°N 0.1850295°W
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|Holme Friary
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|unknown order documented 1260
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52.4942457°N 0.2043951°W
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|Huntingdon Friary #
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|Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Cambridge)
founded August 1258;
destroyed 1286; rebuilt
dissolved 1539;
Cromwell House built on site: birthplace of Oliver Cromwell
|St Mary
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52.3325331°N 0.1866442°W
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|Huntingdon Benedictine Priory, earlier site
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|Benedictine monks
dependent on Thorney;
founded before 973 by King Edgar
;
dissolved before 1086; transferred to site out of the town (see immediately below); church granted to that new priory
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52.3303523°N 0.1845923°W
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|Huntingdon Priory
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|Benedictine monks
transferred from earlier site (see immediately above);
Augustinian Canons Regular 1086-91;
possible secular college 1087-1106;
Augustinian Canons Regular
refounded c.1108(?);
dissolved 11 July 1538
|St Mary
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52.333487°N 0.1787907°W
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|Ickleton Priory
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|Benedictine nuns
founded 1190 by Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford (or by a member of the Valoignes family);
dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Goodrich
, Bishop of Ely 1538/9
now on site of Abbey Farm
|The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene
Ikelington Priory
|
52.0703202°N 0.1730293°W
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|Isleham Priory
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|Benedictine monks
alien house, daughter of St-Jacut-de-Mer;
founded 1086 (or c.1100);
monks moved 1254 to sister cell at Linton infra;
dissolved 1414; granted to Pembroke College, Cambridge which converted the church into a barn and demolished the monastery; (EH
)
|The Priory Church of Saint Margaret of Antioch
, Isleham
Isleham Cell
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52.342758°N 0.409412°W
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|Linton Priory
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|Benedictine monks
alien house, daughter of St-Jacut-de-Mer: granted before 1163 "by gift of an ancestor of Alan, son of Ferlant";
monks transferred from Isleham, supra, 1254;
granted to Pembroke Hall, Cambridge;
conventual until 1414;
restored late 19thC
|St Mary the Virgin
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52.0963923°N 0.2785689°W
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|Marmont Priory
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|Gilbertine Canons
founded before 1204 by Ralph de Hauvill;
referred to as a cell of Watton 1535;
dissolved 1538; granted to Percival Bowes and John Mosyer 1567/8;
|The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mirmaud Priory;
Marmonde Priory;
Welle Priory
|
52.5885536°N 0.2040195°W
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|Newnham Whitefriars
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|Carmelite Friars
founded by Edward I
and other nobles originally at Chesterton, infra;
transferred 1249 (or 1251-6) from Chesterton, infra; granted by Michael Malherb;
occupied until c.1292;
transferred to a new site in Milne Street, Cambridge
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52.1924298°N 0.1052713°W
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|Oxney Priory
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|Benedictine monks
priory cell, dependent on Peterborough;
founded before 1272;
dissolved 1538
|St Mary
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52.5925621°N 0.1930225°W
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|Peterborough Abbey
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|Saxon monastery
founded c.655, built by Saxulf, a monk, and Peada, King of Mercia
and his brother Wulfhere;
destroyed 870 by the Danes and derelict to c.966;
Benedictine monks
refounded c.966; rebuilt 966-72 by Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester with King Edgar and St Dunstan
dissolved 29 November 1539;
episcopal diocesan cathedral 1540-present
|The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul
and Saint Andrew, Peterborough
Medeshamstede Abbey
Peterburgh Abbey
|
52.572581°N 0.239484°W
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|Ramsey Abbey
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|Benedictine monks
founded 969, site offered by Aethelwine to St. Oswald, Bishop of Worcester;
dissolved 22 November 1539;
church modified and incorporated into mansion named 'Ramsey House
' built c.1600;
in use as a comprehensive school from mid-1980s (NT
)
|The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Benedict, Ramsey
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52.449013°N 0.102278°W
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|St Ives Priory
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|Benedictine monks
priory cell, dependent on Ramsey Abbey
founded c1017 by Earl Adelmus;
church dedicated by Bishop Siward
dissolved 1539;
house built on site
|St Ive
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52.3220699°N 0.0717115°W
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|St Neots Priory
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|Benedictine monks
cell, dependent on Ely
founded 974 by Earl Alric and his wife Ethelfleda;
cell of Bec 1113;
new church dedicated 1113;
independent 1412;
dissolved 1539
|The Priory Church of Saint Neot
, St. Neots
Eynesbury Priory
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52.2277896°N 0.2698678°W
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|Sawtry Abbey
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|Cistercian monks - from Warden Abbey;
founded 1147 by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton;
dissolved 1536-37
|Sawtrey Abbey
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52.427328°N 0.239999°W
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|Shingay Preceptory
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|Knights Hospitaller
founded 1144-62 Walter, first prior of the Hospitallers in England on land purportedly granted by Sibylla de Raynes (daughter of the Earl of Montgomery) and the Earl of Gloucester;
Sisters of St. John nuns' cell removed to Buckland Priory c.1180;
dissolved; granted to Richard Longe 1540/1
|Shengay Preceptory
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52.1083898°N 0.0885129°W
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|Soham Monastery
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|Saxon monks
founded c.630 or 631 by St. Felix
, first bishop of the East Saxons (who is purported to have had his see here);
destroyed in raids by the Danes 870 or 871;
parish church of St Andrew purportedly occupies the site
|
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52.3334936°N 0.3368586°W
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|Spinney Abbey
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|Augustinian Canons Regular
founded between 1216 and 1228 by Hugh de Malebisse and Beatrix his wife;
dependent on Ely 1449;
Benedictine monks 1449;
dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Edward North 1544/5;
site now occupied by a house and farm
|Priory of St Mary and the Holy Cross
Spinney Priory
|
52.322181°N 0.279701°W
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|Stamford St Michael's Priory
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|Benedictine nuns
dependent on Peterborough
founded c.1115 by William of Waterville, Abbot of Peterborough;
appears to have claimed itself to be Cistercian before1268;
dissolved 1536
|St Mary and St Michael
Stamford Baron Priory;
Stamford St Michael's Priory
|
52.6470685°N 0.482685°W
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|Stonely Priory $
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|Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1180 by William de Mandeville (according to Leland, but more likely William, Earl of Essex;
dissolved 1536; leased to Oliver Leder of Great Staughton in 1538; granted to him and his wife Frances 1544
|The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stonely
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52.294496°N 0.3680018°W
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|Swaffham Bulbeck Priory
|
|Benedictine nuns
founded probably late-12thC by Isabel the Bolebec;
dissolved; granted to the Thomas Goodrich
, Bishop of Ely 1538/9
|The Nunnery of Saint Mary, Swaffham
Swaffham Nunnery;
Swafam Nunnery
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52.2420609°N 0.2808782°W
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|Swavesey Priory
|
|Benedictine monks
alien house, dependent on St Serge Abbey, Angers: granted by Count Alan Rufus;
founded before 1086;
granted to the Carthusians of Coventry 1411;
a private residence named 'The Priory' is supposedly situated on or near the site
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52.3058022°N 0.003444°W
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|Thirling Cell
|
|Augustinian Canons Regular - grange or cell
|Thirling Priory
|
52.595723°N 0.183506°W (approx.))
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|Thorney Abbey
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|anchorites or hermits before 972;
Benedictine monks
founded 972 by the first abbot of Peterborough;
dissolved 1539; granted to John, Earl of Bedford 1549/50;
church now in parochial use
|The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Botulph, Thorney
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52.6204873°N 0.1070899°W
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|Waterbeach Abbey
|
|Minoresses
founded 1294 by Denise Munchensey;
gradually removed to Denny 1351 due to flooding;
dissolved 1351
|The Nunnery of the Piety of Our Lady and Saint Clare
The Nunnery of Our Lady of Pity and Saint Clare
|
52.2627108°N 0.1937574°W
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The following locations in Cambridgeshire lack known monastic connections:
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, England.
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|Anglesey Priory
Anglesey Abbey
Anglesey Abbey is a country house, formerly a priory, in the village of Lode, 5 ½ miles northeast of Cambridge, England. The house and its grounds are owned by the National Trust and are open to the public as part of the Anglesey Abbey, Garden & Lode Mill property, although some parts remain...
,
Lode
Lode
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|Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1135 by Henry I
Henry I of England
Henry I was the fourth son of William I of England. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106...
; initially established as a hospital;
apparently becoming a priory c.1212 when endowed by Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester;
dissolved before 7 August 1536; granted to John Hynde
John Hynde
-Life:He was of a family settled at Madingley in Cambridgeshire, and was educated at Cambridge. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn, and was reader there in 1517, 1527, and 1531. In 1520 he was elected recorder of Cambridge. His name appears frequently in the commission of the peace and...
c.1538;
remains incorporated into private house named Anglesey Abbey 1591 (NT
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)
|The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Nicholas
52.237244°N 0.238784°W
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|Barham Friary
Barham Friary
Barham Friary was a friary in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established around 1272 and was dissolved in 1539....
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|Crutched Friars
founded before 1272 (or c.1293) apparently from Welnetham;
later dependent on London;
dissolved 1538; granted to Philip Paris c.1539, and later to John Millecent, Esq.
|Barkham Priory;
Bercham Priory
52.3625763°N 0.3334093°W
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|Barnwell Priory
Barnwell Priory
Barnwell Priory was an Augustinian priory at Barnwell in Cambridgeshire, founded as a house of Canons Regular.The priory was home to the Barnwell chronicler, an anonymous chronicler who wrote about the reign of King John.-References:...
,
Cambridge
Cambridge
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|Augustinian Canons Regular
transferred from St Giles, Castle Hill, Lode infra
refounded c.1112 by Pain Peverel;
plundered by townsmen 1381
dissolved 11 November 1538; granted to Anthony Brown c.1546; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton c.1552;
ruins underwent thorough destruction 1810
|St Giles and St Andrew
52.209027°N 0.13852°W
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|rowspan=2|Cambridge Austin Friars
Austin Friary, Cambridge
Austin Friary, Cambridge was a priory in Cambridgeshire, England.It was established in 1092 and in 1112 became part of Barnwell Priory. The priory was located at Peas Hill in central Cambridge....
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|Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Cambridge)
founded before 1289;
transferred to a new site (see immediately below) 1290
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|Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Cambridge)
transferred from earlier site (see immediately above) 1290 by Geoffrey de Picheford
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52.2034842°N 0.1197445°W
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|Cambridge Augustinian Priory,
Castle Hill, Lode
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|Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1092 by Picot, lord of Bourn
Picot of Cambridge
Picot of Cambridge was a Norman landowner and Sheriff of Cambridgeshire.Born in Saye, Normandy, he rose from obscurity to become Sheriff of Cambridgeshire aa early as 1071 until at least 1090...
, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, and Hugolina, his wife;
transferred to Barnwell
Barnwell Priory
Barnwell Priory was an Augustinian priory at Barnwell in Cambridgeshire, founded as a house of Canons Regular.The priory was home to the Barnwell chronicler, an anonymous chronicler who wrote about the reign of King John.-References:...
supra c.1112
|St Giles
52.209027°N 0.13852°W
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|Cambridge, Bethlehemite Friary (?)
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|Bethlehemite Friars
documented 1257 - probably never established
|
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|Cambridge Blackfriars
Cambridge Blackfriars
is a priory in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1238, dissolved in 1538 and re-established in 1938. Today it continues to operate as a Dominican priory and the novitiate house of the ....
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|Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge)
founded before 1238 (or 1237-42/c.1258);
dissolved 1538; granted to Edward Erlington and Humphrey Metcalf c.1543;
Emmanuel College
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
built on site 1584 (see Cambridge University
University of Cambridge
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)
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52.2038064°N 0.1237598°W
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|Blackfriars, Cambridge
Cambridge Blackfriars
is a priory in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1238, dissolved in 1538 and re-established in 1938. Today it continues to operate as a Dominican priory and the novitiate house of the ....
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|Dominican Friars
founded 1938; extant
|The Priory of Saint Michael the Archangel, Cambridge
52.21375°N 0.109201°W
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|Cambridge, Buckingham College Priory
Buckingham College, Cambridge
Buckingham College is a name of one of the former colleges of the University of Cambridge, that existed between 1428 and 1542, when it was reformed as Magdalene College....
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|Benedictine monks
dependent on Crowland;
transferred from Ely Hostel 1428;
dissolved c.1540;
refounded 1542 as College of St Mary Magdalene (St Mary Magdalene College
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...
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|Monk's College
52.210278°N 0.116111°W
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|Cambridge, Ely Hostel Priory
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|Benedictine monks
dependent on Ely & others;
founded 1321 for brothers studying at Ely;
transferred to later site at Spaldyngs Inn (see immediately below)
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|Cambridge, Border Hostel Priory
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|Benedictine monks
dependent on Ely & others;
transferred from Ely Hostel (see immediately above) 1350 to Spaldyngs Inn (later renamed Border Hostel);
transferred to Cambridge, Buckingham College supra 1428
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|Cambridge Greyfriars
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|Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Cambridge)
founded c.1226, "by the bounty of Edward I
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...
", on the site of an old synagogue loaned to the Franciscans and adjoining land;
rebuilt before 1330;
dissolved 1538 (the friars departed prior to the enforcement); sold to the executors of Lady Frances Sidney 1544/5;
granted to Trinity College, Cambridge 1546;
Sidney Sussex College founded on site 1595
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52.2077908°N 0.1199323°W
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|Pied Friars
founded 1256(?) when some friars appear to have remained in the move of the Carmelites from Chesterton, infra, to Newnham, supra;
transferred to later site (see immediately below) 1273
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|Pied Friars
transferred from earlier site (see immediately above);
founded between 1273 and 1279 on land bought 1273 by the proctor of the Order of Blessed Mary in England;
dissolved after 1319
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52.2120953°N 0.1135352°W
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|Cambridge White Friars
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|Carmelite Friars
(community founded by Edward I
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...
and other nobles at Chesterton, infra);
transferred here 1249 via Newnham, infra;
dissolved 1538; granted to John Eyer c.1544
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52.2031094°N 0.1145947°W
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|Cambridge - Friary of the Sack
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|Friars of the Sack
founded 1258 at the house of John le Rus, mayor of Cambridge, from funding by Edward I
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...
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intended by the Pope
Pope Nicholas IV
Pope Nicholas IV , born Girolamo Masci, was Pope from February 22, 1288 to April 4, 1292. A Franciscan friar, he had been legate to the Greeks under Pope Gregory X in 1272, succeeded Bonaventure as Minister General of his religious order in 1274, was made Cardinal Priest of Santa Prassede and...
to be passed to the Gilbertines 1290, but plan abandoned because the friars were still in residence; granted to Peterhouse 1307;
site now occupied by Fitzwilliam Museum
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52.2004331°N 0.1181781°W
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|Cambridge - St Mary's Friars
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|Friars of St Mary
founded c.1279
dissolved after 1319
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|Cambridge - St Edmund's Priory
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|Gilbertine Canons
founded before 1291, St Edmund's chapel granted by 'the bounty or gift of' B_ son of Walter; originally intended by the Pope
Pope Nicholas IV
Pope Nicholas IV , born Girolamo Masci, was Pope from February 22, 1288 to April 4, 1292. A Franciscan friar, he had been legate to the Greeks under Pope Gregory X in 1272, succeeded Bonaventure as Minister General of his religious order in 1274, was made Cardinal Priest of Santa Prassede and...
to be located at the friary of the Sack, but it was still occupied;
dissolved 1539; granted to Edward Ebrington (Erlington?) and Humphrey Metcalf c.1543
|The Priory Church of Saint Edmund, Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
52.1993876°N 0.1201093°W
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|Cambridge - St Radegund's Priory
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|Benedictine nuns' cell
founded c.1133-8 by John de Cranden, Prior of Ely
Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...
with endowment confirmed by Stephen
Stephen of England
Stephen , often referred to as Stephen of Blois , was a grandson of William the Conqueror. He was King of England from 1135 to his death, and also the Count of Boulogne by right of his wife. Stephen's reign was marked by the Anarchy, a civil war with his cousin and rival, the Empress Matilda...
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destroyed 1313, 1376 and 1389;
dissolved 1496 for the founded of Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
, which currenty occupies the site
|The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Radegund
52.209086°N 0.124712°W
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|Chatteris Abbey
Chatteris Abbey
Chatteris Abbey in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire was founded as a monastery for Benedictine nuns in 1016 by Ednoth, Bishop of Dorchester. Before 1310 much of the monastery was destroyed by fire...
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|Benedictine nuns
founded 1006-16 by Ednoth, Bishop of Dorchester with his sister Aelfwen (or 980 by Alfwen, wife of Ethelstan, Earl of the East Angles);
destroyed 1306-10;
dissolved 3 September 1538; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton c.1551
|The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Chateris Abbey
52.453057°N 0.048851°W
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|Chesterton Whitefriars
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|Carmelite Friars
founded 1247 (or 1249);
transferred 1249 (or 1251-6) to Newnham, infra
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52.2158735°N 0.1384234°W
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|Cherry Hinton
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|Bridgettine monks and nuns
charter for founded 1406 - house never established
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|Chippenham Preceptory
Chippenham Preceptory
Chippenham Preceptory was a preceptory in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1184 and was dissolved in 1540....
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|Knights Hospitaller - under Clerkenwell
founded 1184 by William de Mandeville, Earl of Essex;
apparently annexed to Carbrook before 1489;
dissolved; granted to Sir Edward North 1540/1
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52.2937824°N 0.4348183°W
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|Denny Abbey
Denny Abbey
Denny Abbey is a former abbey near Waterbeach, six miles north of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England which was inhabited by a succession of three different religious orders during its history serving as a monastery....
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|Benedictine monks
cell, dependent on Ely
Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...
founded 1159 by Robert, Chamberlain of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany;
Knights Templar preceptory
founded 1169;
became hospital-preceptory c.1170;
dissolved 1308; committed to Master Roger of Wingfield 3 June 1309;
Franciscan (Minor) nuns
refounded 1423 by Mary de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke (Mary de St Paulo, widow of Adomare, Earl of Pembroke) on the site of a cell of Ely;
dissolved before 28 October 1539; granted to Edward Erlington 1540 (though nuns apparently contd to reside there to 1547);
estate exchanged for other land owned by the King
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
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in Crown ownership;
passed to City of London 1628 to offset the debts of the King
Charles I of England
Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...
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converted to farmhouse 18thC;
many changes of hands 17th-19thC;
estate bought by Pembroke College and vested it into the care of the Ministry of Works 1947;
part of the Farmland Museum since 1997 (EH
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
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|The Abbey Church of Saint James and Saint Leonard
Leonard of Noblac
Leonard of Noblac or of Limoges or de Noblet , is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in Haute-Vienne, in the Limousin of France.-Traditional biography:According to the romance that...
, Denny
Denny Abbey
Denny Abbey is a former abbey near Waterbeach, six miles north of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England which was inhabited by a succession of three different religious orders during its history serving as a monastery....
(1159-69);
The Nunnery of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Clare (1342-1539);
Denney Abbey;
Denney Preceptory
52.294491°N 0.186982°W
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|Duxford Preceptory
Duxford Preceptory
Duxford Preceptory was a preceptory in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1273....
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|Knights Templar
founded 1273;
committed to Master Roger of Wingfield 3 June 1309;
passed to Knights Hospitaller by John le Clerk of Wilbraham 21 December 1313, though no preceptory or camera was maintained there;
sacked 15 June 1381 during the Peasants' Revolt
Peasants' Revolt
The Peasants' Revolt, Wat Tyler's Rebellion, or the Great Rising of 1381 was one of a number of popular revolts in late medieval Europe and is a major event in the history of England. Tyler's Rebellion was not only the most extreme and widespread insurrection in English history but also the...
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16thC Temple Farm on site
|Duxford Temple
52.0936701°N 0.1605141°W
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|Eltisley Priory
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|Benedictine nuns
founded 9thC;
apparently destroyed c.870 in raids by the Danes;
Benedictine nuns
founded before 1066;
dissolved before 1087
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52.2203202°N 0.1442385°W
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|Ely Cathedral Priory
Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...
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founded c.673;
destroyed 870 by the Danes;
secular canons 9thC
Benedictine monks
founded 970;
dissolved 1539;
episcopal diocesan cathedral 1109-present
|The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Etheldreda
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity and Saint Etheldreda
52.398568°N 0.263447°W
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|Fordham Priory
Fordham Priory
Fordham Priory was a priory in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1227 and was dissolved in 1540....
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|Gilbertine Canons
founded before 1227, built by Henry, Dean of Fordham with endowments by Hugh Malebisse;
dissolved 1 September 1538; granted to Philip Parry 1540/1;
site now occupied by private house named 'Fordham Abbey'
|The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Mary Magdalene, Fordham
Fordham Priory
Fordham Priory was a priory in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1227 and was dissolved in 1540....
52.300918°N 0.389535°W
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|Great Wilbraham Preceptory
Great Wilbraham Preceptory
Great Wilbraham Preceptory is a preceptory in Great and Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire. Much of the Church of Saint Nicholas at Great Wilbraham dates back to 1226 when a preceptory was established here by the Knights Templar when the manor was given to Alan Martel, who was at that time Templar...
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|Knights Templar
founded 1170;
Knights Hospitaller
founded 1312;
dissolved c.1350
house named 'Wilbraham Temple' built on or near preceptory site 17thC
|Wilbraham Temple
52.197638°N 0.270925°W
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|Hinchingbrook Priory
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|Benedictine nuns
founded before 1087 purportedly by William the Conqueror to replace Eltisely, supra;
dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Williams (alias Cromwell) 1537/8;
remains incorporated into 16thC Hinchinbrooke House built on site
|The Priory Church of Saint James, Hinchinbrook
The Priory of Saint James without Huntingdon
52.3276584°N 0.2002805°W
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|Horningsea Monastery
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|early Saxon monastery
destroyed 870 in raids by the Danes
|Biggin Abbey
52.2417554°N 0.1850295°W
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|Holme Friary
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|unknown order documented 1260
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52.4942457°N 0.2043951°W
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|Huntingdon Friary #
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|Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Cambridge)
founded August 1258;
destroyed 1286; rebuilt
dissolved 1539;
Cromwell House built on site: birthplace of Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
|St Mary
52.3325331°N 0.1866442°W
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|Huntingdon Benedictine Priory, earlier site
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|Benedictine monks
dependent on Thorney;
founded before 973 by King Edgar
Edgar of England
Edgar the Peaceful, or Edgar I , also called the Peaceable, was a king of England . Edgar was the younger son of Edmund I of England.-Accession:...
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dissolved before 1086; transferred to site out of the town (see immediately below); church granted to that new priory
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52.3303523°N 0.1845923°W
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|Huntingdon Priory
Huntingdon Priory
Huntingdon Priory was a priory in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1086 and was dissolved in 1538....
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|Benedictine monks
transferred from earlier site (see immediately above);
Augustinian Canons Regular 1086-91;
possible secular college 1087-1106;
Augustinian Canons Regular
refounded c.1108(?);
dissolved 11 July 1538
|St Mary
52.333487°N 0.1787907°W
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|Ickleton Priory
Ickleton Priory
Ickleton Priory was a nunnery in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1190 and was dissolved in 1538. It existed alongside the Ickleton Abbey, run by Cistercian monks. Today it is part of Abbey Farm....
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|Benedictine nuns
founded 1190 by Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford (or by a member of the Valoignes family);
dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Goodrich
Thomas Goodrich
Thomas Goodrich was an English ecclesiastic and statesman.-Life:He was a son of Edward Goodrich of East Kirkby, Lincolnshire and brother of Henry Goodricke of Ribston Hall, North Yorkshire....
, Bishop of Ely 1538/9
now on site of Abbey Farm
|The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene
Ikelington Priory
52.0703202°N 0.1730293°W
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|Isleham Priory
Isleham Priory Church
Isleham Priory Church located in Isleham, Cambridgeshire is a Norman church, built in 1090. Despite being converted into a barn, it remains in an unaltered state.St Margaret's was founded in the 11th century...
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alien house, daughter of St-Jacut-de-Mer;
founded 1086 (or c.1100);
monks moved 1254 to sister cell at Linton infra;
dissolved 1414; granted to Pembroke College, Cambridge which converted the church into a barn and demolished the monastery; (EH
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
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|The Priory Church of Saint Margaret of Antioch
Margaret the Virgin
Margaret the Virgin, also known as Margaret of Antioch , virgin and martyr, is celebrated as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches on July 20; and on July 17 in the Orthodox Church. Her historical existence has been questioned; she was declared apocryphal by Pope Gelasius I in 494,...
, Isleham
Isleham Cell
52.342758°N 0.409412°W
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|Linton Priory
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|Benedictine monks
alien house, daughter of St-Jacut-de-Mer: granted before 1163 "by gift of an ancestor of Alan, son of Ferlant";
monks transferred from Isleham, supra, 1254;
granted to Pembroke Hall, Cambridge;
conventual until 1414;
restored late 19thC
|St Mary the Virgin
52.0963923°N 0.2785689°W
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|Marmont Priory
Marmont Priory
Marmont Priory was a priory for Gilbertine Canons in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in the 12th century and was dissolved in 1567. Skeletal remains have been found at Marmont....
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|Gilbertine Canons
founded before 1204 by Ralph de Hauvill;
referred to as a cell of Watton 1535;
dissolved 1538; granted to Percival Bowes and John Mosyer 1567/8;
|The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mirmaud Priory;
Marmonde Priory;
Welle Priory
52.5885536°N 0.2040195°W
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|Newnham Whitefriars
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|Carmelite Friars
founded by Edward I
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...
and other nobles originally at Chesterton, infra;
transferred 1249 (or 1251-6) from Chesterton, infra; granted by Michael Malherb;
occupied until c.1292;
transferred to a new site in Milne Street, Cambridge
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52.1924298°N 0.1052713°W
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|Oxney Priory
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|Benedictine monks
priory cell, dependent on Peterborough;
founded before 1272;
dissolved 1538
|St Mary
52.5925621°N 0.1930225°W
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|Peterborough Abbey
Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the...
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founded c.655, built by Saxulf, a monk, and Peada, King of Mercia
Peada of Mercia
Peada , a son of Penda, was briefly King of southern Mercia after his father's death in November 655 until his own death in the spring of the next year.In about the year 653 Peada was made king of the Middle Angles by his father...
and his brother Wulfhere;
destroyed 870 by the Danes and derelict to c.966;
Benedictine monks
refounded c.966; rebuilt 966-72 by Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester with King Edgar and St Dunstan
dissolved 29 November 1539;
episcopal diocesan cathedral 1540-present
|The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul
Paul of Tarsus
Paul the Apostle , also known as Saul of Tarsus, is described in the Christian New Testament as one of the most influential early Christian missionaries, with the writings ascribed to him by the church forming a considerable portion of the New Testament...
and Saint Andrew, Peterborough
Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the...
Medeshamstede Abbey
Peterburgh Abbey
52.572581°N 0.239484°W
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|Ramsey Abbey
Ramsey Abbey
Ramsey Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey located in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England, southeast of Peterborough and north of Huntingdon, UK.-History:...
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|Benedictine monks
founded 969, site offered by Aethelwine to St. Oswald, Bishop of Worcester;
dissolved 22 November 1539;
church modified and incorporated into mansion named 'Ramsey House
Ramsey House
The Ramsey House is a two-story stone house in Knox County, Tennessee. Also known as Swan Pond, the house was constructed circa 1797 by English architect Thomas Hope for Colonel Francis Alexander Ramsey , whose family operated a plantation at the site until the U.S. Civil War...
' built c.1600;
in use as a comprehensive school from mid-1980s (NT
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
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|The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Benedict, Ramsey
52.449013°N 0.102278°W
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|St Ives Priory
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|Benedictine monks
priory cell, dependent on Ramsey Abbey
Ramsey Abbey
Ramsey Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey located in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England, southeast of Peterborough and north of Huntingdon, UK.-History:...
founded c1017 by Earl Adelmus;
church dedicated by Bishop Siward
dissolved 1539;
house built on site
|St Ive
52.3220699°N 0.0717115°W
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|St Neots Priory
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|Benedictine monks
cell, dependent on Ely
Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...
founded 974 by Earl Alric and his wife Ethelfleda;
cell of Bec 1113;
new church dedicated 1113;
independent 1412;
dissolved 1539
|The Priory Church of Saint Neot
Saint Neot
Neot is a saint of the 9th century who lived as a monk in Cornwall. He is mentioned in an interpolated passage in Asser's Life of King Alfred and died around AD 870....
, St. Neots
Eynesbury Priory
52.2277896°N 0.2698678°W
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|Sawtry Abbey
Sawtry Abbey
Sawtry Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located between Sawtry and Woodwalton in Cambridgeshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1147 by Simon I de Senlis, Earl of Northampton, who was the grandson of Earl Waltheof and Judith, the niece of William the Conqueror who held the manor when the Domesday...
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|Cistercian monks - from Warden Abbey;
founded 1147 by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton;
dissolved 1536-37
|Sawtrey Abbey
52.427328°N 0.239999°W
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|Shingay Preceptory
Shingay Preceptory
Shingay Preceptory was a priory near Royston in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1144....
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|Knights Hospitaller
founded 1144-62 Walter, first prior of the Hospitallers in England on land purportedly granted by Sibylla de Raynes (daughter of the Earl of Montgomery) and the Earl of Gloucester;
Sisters of St. John nuns' cell removed to Buckland Priory c.1180;
dissolved; granted to Richard Longe 1540/1
|Shengay Preceptory
52.1083898°N 0.0885129°W
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|Soham Monastery
Soham Abbey
Soham Abbey was constructed by St Felix of Burgundy during the early part of the 7th Century and was the first Roman Christian site to be established in Cambridgeshire. It is believed that the church was of a squat, low design with a long north transept and 4/5 bays long with a round tower standing...
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|Saxon monks
founded c.630 or 631 by St. Felix
Felix of Burgundy
Felix of Burgundy, also known as Felix of Dunwich , was a saint and the first bishop of the East Angles. He is widely credited as the man who introduced Christianity to the kingdom of East Anglia...
, first bishop of the East Saxons (who is purported to have had his see here);
destroyed in raids by the Danes 870 or 871;
parish church of St Andrew purportedly occupies the site
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52.3334936°N 0.3368586°W
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|Spinney Abbey
Spinney Abbey
Spinney Abbey, once known as Spinney Priory, is a house and farm on the site of a former monastic foundation close to the village of Wicken, on the edge of the fens in Cambridgeshire, England.- Monastic origins :...
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|Augustinian Canons Regular
founded between 1216 and 1228 by Hugh de Malebisse and Beatrix his wife;
dependent on Ely 1449;
Benedictine monks 1449;
dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Edward North 1544/5;
site now occupied by a house and farm
|Priory of St Mary and the Holy Cross
Spinney Priory
52.322181°N 0.279701°W
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|Stamford St Michael's Priory
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|Benedictine nuns
dependent on Peterborough
founded c.1115 by William of Waterville, Abbot of Peterborough;
appears to have claimed itself to be Cistercian before1268;
dissolved 1536
|St Mary and St Michael
Stamford Baron Priory;
Stamford St Michael's Priory
52.6470685°N 0.482685°W
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|Stonely Priory $
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|Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1180 by William de Mandeville (according to Leland, but more likely William, Earl of Essex;
dissolved 1536; leased to Oliver Leder of Great Staughton in 1538; granted to him and his wife Frances 1544
|The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stonely
52.294496°N 0.3680018°W
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|Swaffham Bulbeck Priory
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|Benedictine nuns
founded probably late-12thC by Isabel the Bolebec;
dissolved; granted to the Thomas Goodrich
Thomas Goodrich
Thomas Goodrich was an English ecclesiastic and statesman.-Life:He was a son of Edward Goodrich of East Kirkby, Lincolnshire and brother of Henry Goodricke of Ribston Hall, North Yorkshire....
, Bishop of Ely 1538/9
|The Nunnery of Saint Mary, Swaffham
Swaffham Nunnery;
Swafam Nunnery
52.2420609°N 0.2808782°W
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|Swavesey Priory
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|Benedictine monks
alien house, dependent on St Serge Abbey, Angers: granted by Count Alan Rufus;
founded before 1086;
granted to the Carthusians of Coventry 1411;
a private residence named 'The Priory' is supposedly situated on or near the site
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52.3058022°N 0.003444°W
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|Thirling Cell
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|Augustinian Canons Regular - grange or cell
|Thirling Priory
52.595723°N 0.183506°W (approx.))
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|Thorney Abbey
Thorney Abbey
Thorney Abbey was on the island of Thorney in The Fens of Cambridgeshire, England.- History :The earliest documentary sources refer to a mid-7th century hermitage destroyed by a Viking incursion in the late 9th century. A Benedictine monastery was founded in the 970s, and a huge rebuilding...
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|anchorites or hermits before 972;
Benedictine monks
founded 972 by the first abbot of Peterborough;
dissolved 1539; granted to John, Earl of Bedford 1549/50;
church now in parochial use
|The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Botulph, Thorney
Thorney Abbey
Thorney Abbey was on the island of Thorney in The Fens of Cambridgeshire, England.- History :The earliest documentary sources refer to a mid-7th century hermitage destroyed by a Viking incursion in the late 9th century. A Benedictine monastery was founded in the 970s, and a huge rebuilding...
52.6204873°N 0.1070899°W
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|Waterbeach Abbey
Waterbeach Abbey
Waterbeach Abbey was an abbey at Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1294....
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|Minoresses
founded 1294 by Denise Munchensey;
gradually removed to Denny 1351 due to flooding;
dissolved 1351
|The Nunnery of the Piety of Our Lady and Saint Clare
The Nunnery of Our Lady of Pity and Saint Clare
52.2627108°N 0.1937574°W
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The following locations in Cambridgeshire lack known monastic connections:
- Barnwell Priory Abbey: (The Church of Saint Andrew-the-Less, Barnwell), built adjacent to former Priory Church, called 'The Abbey Church'
- Buckden Abbey: Elizabethan mansion