List of monastic houses in Kent
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

, England.

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Aylesford Priory
Aylesford Priory
Aylesford Priory or The Friars is a priory in Aylesford, near Maidstone, Kent, England. It was founded in 1242 by the first Carmelites to come from the Holy Land, under the patronage of the crusader Richard de Grey....

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Carmelite Friars
founded 1242 by Richard de Grey, Lord of Cudnor (Richard, Lord Grey);
conventual church built 1242-1248;
rebuilt 1348-1417
dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Wyat 1541/2; church demolished, conventual buildings converted for private residence; rebuilt after fire 1930;
Carmelite Friars from 1949
'The Friars'
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51.3030815°N 0.4720098°W
Badlesmere Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 8thC
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Badmonden Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
(?)alien cell, dependent on Beaulieu, Normandy
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Bilsington Priory ^ Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1253 by John Mansell (Maunsel), Lord Chief Justice of England;
dissolved 28 February 1536; granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...

 1538/9;
used as a farmhouse through post-medieval period;
remains now incorporated into a house
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51.0826112°N 0.9159355°W
Blakwose Priory Premonstratensian Canons
cell of Lavendon
founded before 1158;
transferred to St Radegunds Abbey after1203-4; becoming grange thereof;
dissolved c.1377
Blackwose Priory
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51.074034°N 1.0677485°W
Boxley Abbey
Boxley Abbey
Boxley Abbey in Boxley, Kent, England was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1143-46 by William Ypres, Earl of Kent, and colonised by monks from Clairvaux Abbey in France. Some of its ruins survive, some four miles north-east of Maidstone.- Notable events :...

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Cistercian monks
daughter of Clairvaux
Clairvaux Abbey
Clairvaux Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in Ville-sous-la-Ferté, 15 km from Bar-sur-Aube, in the Aube département in northeastern France. The original building, founded in 1115 by St. Bernard, is now in ruins; a high-security prison, the Clairvaux Prison, now occupies the grounds...

;
founded 23 October 1143 (1143/46) by William de Ipre, Earl of Kent;
dissolved 21 January 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Wyat 1540/1;
part of remains now incorporated into a private house
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bilsington
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51.3000261°N 0.5246937°W
Brockley Abbey Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in London
Canterbury — Austin Friars, earlier site Augustinian Friars
founded 1318 by Richard French, baker (license granted to Archbishop Reynolds by Edward II to alienate part of the former Friars of the Sack site to the Austin Friars);
transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1324
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51.276936°N 1.0816544°W
Canterbury — Austin Friars Augustinian Friars
founded 1324: transferred from earlier site (see immediately above);
rebuilt 1408;
dissolved December 1538;
granted to G. Harper 1541/2
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51.276936°N 1.0816544°W
Canterbury Cathedral Priory
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site....

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secular canons possibly collegiate
founded c.600 (598): Roman church restored by St Augustine with the aid of King Ethelbert;
Benedictine monks
founded 1070;
dissolved 1539;
episcopal diocesan cathedral c.600-present
The Cathedral and Abbey Church of Christ
Christ
Christ is the English term for the Greek meaning "the anointed one". It is a translation of the Hebrew , usually transliterated into English as Messiah or Mashiach...

, Canterbury
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site....

,
The Cathedral Church of Christ
Christ
Christ is the English term for the Greek meaning "the anointed one". It is a translation of the Hebrew , usually transliterated into English as Messiah or Mashiach...

, Canterbury
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site....


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51.279689°N 1.083183°W
Canterbury - Blackfriars Dominican Friars
founded c.1236 (c.1221) by Henry III; church built 1237-after1244;
dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Wiseman 1559/60;
frater currently in use as a church of the Church of the First Church of Christ Scientist
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51.2813435°N 1.0792083°W
Canterbury — Greyfriars, earlier site Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London)
founded 1224;
transferred to new site (see immediately below) c.1268
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Canterbury - Greyfriars
Greyfriars, Canterbury
Greyfriars was a Franciscan friary in Canterbury, the first friary of that order in England. The first Franciscans arrived in the country in 1224 and the friary was set up soon afterwards...

Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London)
(community founded 1224 apparently on a site north of the hospital (see immediately above));
transferred to new site c.1268:
founded 1270 by John Diggs, an Alderman of the city;
Observant Franciscan Friars 1489;
dissolved 1534;
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual
transferred from Observants 1534;
dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Spilman 1539/40
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51.2788839°N 1.0767943°W
Canterbury — Sack Friars Friars of the Sack
founded before 1274;
some friars apparently transferred to Cambridge before 1289;
dissolved after 1314
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51.2804644°N 1.0776365°W
Canterbury - St Augustine's Abbey Benedictine monks (assumed)
founded 598 by King Ethelbert on the advice of St Augustine;
dissolved 605;
Benedictine monks
(re)founded c.960;
dissolved 1538 (EH
English Heritage
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)
St Peter and St Paul

The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine, Canterbury
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51.278126°N 1.088156°W
Canterbury - St Gregory's Priory
St Gregory's Priory, Canterbury
St Gregory's Priory at Canterbury was an English House of the Augustinian Canons Regular. Its foundation is attributed to Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury in the 11th century....

secular monastery
founded by 1087 by Archbishop Lanfranc;
Augustinian Canons Regular by mid-12thC
church destroyed by fire 1145, rebuilt;
dissolved 1537; granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury 1536/7
St Gregory's Hospital
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51.2827159°N 1.0843608°W
Canterbury - Priory of St Sepulchre Benedictine nuns
founded c.1100 by Archbishop Anselm;
dissolved 1536; granted to James Hale 1546/7
St Sepulchre's Nunnery
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51.2739107°N 1.0846424°W
Canterbury - St Mary of the Angels Friars
St. Mary of the Angels Friary, Canterbury
St. Mary of the Angels Friary, Canterbury is a Franciscan friary in Kent, England....

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Franciscan OFM Franciscan Friars involved in running the Franciscan International Study Centre >

51.2957075°N 1.0615915°W
Cliffe Cell Cluniac monksCliffe Cell — listed in English Monastic Life but absent in Archives de la France Monastique and others >

Combwell Priory # Augustinian Canons Regular
abbey founded c.1220 by Robert de Turneham;
reduced to priory status c.1220 due to endowment shortfall;
disputed between Augustinian and Premonstratensian — found in favour of Augustinians c.1230;
dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Culpepper 1537/8; granted to Sir John Gage 1542/3
Cumbwell Priory;
Combwell Abbey
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51.0738537°N 0.4338795°W
Darenth Priory Benedictine monks
cell, apparently dependent on on Rochester
founded after 971: Archbishop Hubert granted the manor of Darent;
dissolved (?)
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51.4165689°N 0.2420104°W
Dartford Blackfriars Dominican Friars (under the visitation of London)
founded 1356; attached to the nunnery (see immediately below)
dissolved 1539
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Dartford Priory Dominican nuns (or Augustinian Canonesses) subject to King's Langley
founded 1346 (1356) by Edward III in the buildings of a former royal palace;
dissolved 1 April 1539; Henry VIII built a manor house on the site; granted to Edmund Mervyn 1540/1, afterwards becoming the property of the Earl of Salisbury;
Dominican nuns
refounded 1558;
dissolved 1559; granted to Anne of Cleves by Edward VI; later used by Queen Elizabeth;
alienated by James I;
Hall's Engineering Works built on site
Dertford Priory;
Dartford Nunnery
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51.4494672°N 0.2148342°W
Davington Priory + Benedictine nuns
founded 1153 by Fulk de Newenham;
dissolved 1535; granted to Sir Thomas Cheney 1546/7;
church in now parochial use — priory buildings in private ownership;
restored as a private residence 19thC; since 1982 owned by Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...

The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalen, Davington;
(parochially also dedicated to St Lawrence)
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51.3191235°N 0.8842975°W
Dover Priory, earlier site Saxon minster - secular canons
founded 640 by Eadbald, King of Kent
transferred to St Martin's c.696 (see immediately below) by King Wihtred;
church apparently rebuilt 10thC;
repaired 1582, but practically unused thereafter and in ruins by 1724;
in use as a Fives
Fives
Fives is a British sport believed to derive from the same origins as many racquet sports. In fives, a ball is propelled against the walls of a special court using gloved or bare hands as though they were a racquet.-Background:...

' Court early-1790s;
in use as a garrison coal store during Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
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 (1793-1815);
restored 1862 by Sir George Gilbert Scott
George Gilbert Scott
Sir George Gilbert Scott was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses...

 and 1888 by William Butterfield
William Butterfield
William Butterfield was a Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement . He is noted for his use of polychromy-Biography:...

St Mary in Castro
(St Mary in the Castle)
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51.128374°N 1.3233697°W
Dover Priory
Dover Priory
The Priory of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Martin of the New Work, or Newark, commonly called Dover Priory, was a priory at Dover in southeast England...

secular canons
transferred to from site within the castle (see immediately above) c.696 by King Wihtred;
(?abbey 697Dover Abbey - Hadcock & Knowles Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, p140);
Augustinian Canons Regular
refounded 1131 by Henry I and Archbishop William de Corbeuil;
Benedictine monks - from Canterbury (who forced withdrawal of Augustinians) 1136;
monks apparently withdrawn;
Benedictine monks - sent from Canterbury by Archbishop Theobald 1139 - cell dependent on Canterbury;
dissolved 1535;
remains now incorporated into a private school: Dover College
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint Martin
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...

 of the New Work, Dover
Dover Priory
The Priory of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Martin of the New Work, or Newark, commonly called Dover Priory, was a priory at Dover in southeast England...


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51.1270341°N 1.3075729°W
Dover Minster Saxon minster
founded 691;
rebuilt 1070s;
in parochial use as the Church of St Martin-le-Grand, from 16thC;
demolished 18th-19thC; remains destroyed during World War II
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51.1250006°N 1.3125336°W
Dover Preceptory (?) Knights Templar
founded c.1128(?)
apparently transferred to Temple Ewell before c.1185 (EH
EH
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)
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51.1190578°N 1.3034517°W
Eastry Monastery (?) a monastery purportedly founded before 673 by King Egbert - existence doubtful >

Elfleet Monastery (?) founded by Domneva Elfleet — source: Speed
John Speed
John Speed was an English historian and cartographer.-Life:He was born at Farndon, Cheshire, and went into his father's tailoring business where he worked until he was about 50...

- probably EbbsfleetElfleet - '[actually Ebbsfleet] if [existed] at all': Notitia Monastica
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Faversham Abbey
Faversham Abbey
Faversham Abbey was a Cluny style monastery immediately to the north-east of the town of Faversham in the county of Kent in England.It was founded by King Stephen and his queen Matilda of Boulogne in 1148. A party of monks from Bermondsey Abbey provided the nucleus and the first abbot.The Abbey was...

Cluniac monks - from Bermondsey
Bermondsey Abbey
Bermondsey Abbey was an English Benedictine monastery. Most widely known as an 11th-century foundation, it had a precursor mentioned in the early 8th century, and was centred on what is now Bermondsey Square, the site of Bermondsey Market, Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast...


founded 1147 by King Stephen and his queen Maud (Matilda) (apparently only nominally Cluniac from the outset;
Benedictine monks 13thC (before 1207: by the reign of Henry III);
dissolved 8 July 1538
St Saviour
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51.318774°N 0.8948708°W
Folkestone Priory, earlier site Saxon nunnery and minster
Benedictine? nuns
founded before 640 by Eadbald, King of Kent - built in the castle precinct;
destroyed by the Danes before 927 (before 924);
Benedictine monks
alien house:
church granted to Lonlay by Nigel de Munevilla and his wife 1095;
abandoned 1137: transferred to new site (see immediately below)
St Mary and St Eanswith
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51.0790314°N 1.1837474°W
Folkestone Priory
Folkestone Priory
Folkestone Priory was a pre-Reformation Benedictine monastery at Folkestone in the English county of Kent. The priory church survives as the present parish church...

Benedictine monks
alien house
transferred from old site (see immediately above) 1137;
independent 1399;
dissolved November 1539, when priory was ruinous
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51.0786935°N 1.1813951°W
Greenwich Friary Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in London
Higham Priory Benedictine nuns
founded c.1148(?) (1551) by King Stephen;
alien house, dependent on St Sulpice;
independent after1227;
dissolved 1521-2; granted to Cambridge College by Henry VIII
Lillechurch Priory;
Littlechurch Priory;
Heyham Priory
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51.4408812°N 0.4697406°W
Hoo Monastery Benedictine monks
founded c.(686-)687: land on the island (later Hoo St Werburgh
Hoo St Werburgh
Hoo St Werburgh is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England, to bear the name Hoo. It constitutes a civil parish in the borough of Medway, with a population of 7,356 at the 2001 census.- History :...

) and adjoining granted tn Ecgbald and his familia
monastery under an abbot 716;
destroyed 9thC?
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51.4565357°N 0.4886945°W (possibly)
or
51.410135°N 0.558055°W (more likely)
Horton Priory ^
Cluniac monks
cell, dependent on Lewes
Lewes Priory
The Priory of St Pancras was the first Cluniac house in England and had one of the largest monastic churches in the country. It was set within an extensive walled and gated precinct laid out in a commanding location fronting the tidal shore-line at the head of the Ouse valley to the south of Lewes...


founded c.1142 by Robert de Vere;
dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Tate 1338-9;
thereafter granted to --- Mantell;
remains now incorporated into a private house
The Priory Church of St John the Evangelist, Horton
Monk's Horton Priory;
Monkshorton Priory
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51.1143114°N 1.0078186°W
Hythe Monastery uncertain order or foundation >

Leeds Priory
Leeds Priory
Leeds Priory, also known as Leeds Abbey was a priory in Leeds, Kent, England that was founded in 1119 and dissolved in 1539. A mansion was later built on the site of the priory, it was demolished in the late C18th.-Description:...

Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1119 by Robert de Crevecoeur (Croucheart), Knight;
dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Antony St Leger 1550-1
St Mary and St Nicholas
Leedes Priory
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51.2474614°N 0.611659°W
Lesnes Abbey (Westwood Abbey) Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in London
Lewisham Priory Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in London
Lossenham Friary Carmelite Friars
founded c.1242-7;
destroyed by fire 1275; rebuilt;
dissolved 1538
Lossenham Whitefriars
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51.0199877°N 0.6241071°W
Lydd Monastery + Saxon minster
possibly monastic founded after 744: land granted to Archbishop; destroyed by the Danes 893;
Anglo-Saxon remains incorporated into All Saints' parish church
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50.9517832°N 0.90693°W
Lyminge Abbey Benedictine? nuns
founded c.633 by Ethelburga, daughter of King Ethelbert of Kent, on the site of a possibly Roman villa;
monks and nuns
refounded before 736 under Abbot Cuthbert;
ravaged by the Danes, but continued to after 964 (the time of Archbishop Dunstan;
Saxon church, rebuilt c.965 incorporating remains of abbey church
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51.1262732°N 1.0869813°W
Maidstone Friary Carmelite Friars
13thC Allington Castle site sold to Carmelites 1951;
in private ownership early-21stC
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51.2934382°N 0.5114543°W
Maidstone Franciscan Friary Franciscan Friars
license obtained 13 May 1331 by John atte Water to alienate in mortmain to the minister and Friars Minors of England property and land in Maidstone to build an oratory and dwelling-place;
establishment never implemented
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Minster in Sheppey Priory + nuns
founded c.670;
destroyed before 900 (855);
Benedictine nuns
founded before 1087;
Augustinian Canonesses?
refounded 1123 (1130?) by Archbishop Corbeuil;
Benedictine nuns
refounded1186?;
Augustinian Canonesses
refounded 1396;
dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Thomas Cheiney (Cheney) 1537/8
conventual church now in parochial use
St Sexburga
St Mary and St Sexburgha
Shepey Priory
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51.422169°N 0.812071°W
Minster in Thanet Priory, earlier site Saxon minster and nunnery
founded 669, granted by King Egbert of Kent to his niece Domneva to founded monastery;
destroyed by the Danes 1011;
transferred to new site (see immediately below)
Benedictine monks
granted to St Augustine's Abbey 1027 by King Cnut;
refounded as a grange of St Augustine's;
11th-13thC parochial church of St Mary reputedly built on site
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51.3303703°N 1.3156772°W (purported)
Minster in Thanet Priory/Minster Abbey * Benedictine nuns
transferred from earlier site (see immediately above)
Benedictine nuns
built on site of the earlier abbey
St Mary Virgin
St Mildred
Minster Abbey
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51.331287°N 1.3175547°W
Moatenden Priory Trinitarian monks
founded 1224 by Sir Michael de Ponynges;
dissolved; granted to Sir Antony Aucher 1538/9;
site now occupied by a house named 'Moatenden Manor'
Mottenden Priory;
Headcorn Priory;
Muttiden Friary
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51.1878755°N 0.601421°W
New Romney Priory Cistercian monks and nuns - double house
founded 1264
alien grange, dependent on Pontigny;
dissolved c.1414
St John
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50.9859411°N 0.9397951°W
Patrixbourne Priory Saxon minster
Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1200;
alien cell, dependent on Beaulieu, Normandy;
dissolved 1409;
restored 1849 by Mr Marshall of Canterbury and 1857 by Sir George Gilbert Scott
George Gilbert Scott
Sir George Gilbert Scott was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses...

;
church in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary
St Mary
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51.2534448°N 1.1364627°W
Rochester Cathedral Priory
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Norman church in Rochester, Kent. The bishopric is second oldest in England after Canterbury...

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secular canons 604-1080;
Benedictine monks
founded 1080 by King Ethelbert;
dissolved 1540
parochial/conventual use as an episcopal diocesan cathedral 604
The Cathedral and Priory Church of Saint Andrew, Rochester
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Norman church in Rochester, Kent. The bishopric is second oldest in England after Canterbury...


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51.3889331°N 0.5032146°W
Reculver Abbey Benedictine monks
founded 669
destroyed by Vikings
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51.3795322°N 1.1997628°W
Romney Friary Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London)
founded ante1241;
dissolved 1287
New Romney Greyfriars;
Romney Friary
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50.9785373°N 0.9332371°W
St Mildred's Monastery purported early Saxon monastery;
probably a minster 8thC
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St Radegund's Abbey
St. Radegund's Abbey
St. Radegund's Abbey was an abbey in the parish of Hougham Without near Dover in southeast England....

Premonstratensian Canons
now in private ownership
Bradsole Abbey
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51.1318449°N 1.2507623°W
Sandwich Whitefriars Carmellite Friars
founded before c.1272
dissolved 1538

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51.2733301°N 1.3384169°W
Shoreham Minster Saxon minster
founded before 700;
present church on site, the Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul, built between 1230 and 1270 (in the reign of Edward III) on the site of an earlier church

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51.3330517°N 0.1844019°W
Sutton-at-Hone Preceptory
Sutton-at-Hone Preceptory
-References:...

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hospital founded before 1199;
Knights Hospitaller
granted 1214; preceptory established: ceased to exist before 1338;
remains in use as chapel and private residence (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...

)
St John's Jerusalem
St. John's Jerusalem
St. John's Jerusalem is a National Trust property at Sutton-at-Hone, Kent, England which includes the 13th century chapel of the Knights Hospitaller and a garden moated by the River Darent...


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51.4108076°N 0.2403098°W
Swingfield Preceptory Sisters of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
founded (?)
transferred to Buckland c.1180;
Knights Hospitaller
founded before 1180;
dissolved 1540
St John's Commandery
St John's Chapel
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51.151887°N 1.1904824°W
Temple Ewell Preceptory,
Ewell
Knights Templar
founded c.1185;
dissolved 1312;
Knights Hospitaller
refounded 1312;
dissolved 1540;
remains now incorporated into parochial church
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51.164581°N 1.2677246°W
Thanington Nunnery St James's hospital founded before 1164;
became nunnery or sisterhood before 1343;
possibly ceased to be a hospital, at least for a time;
dissolved 1551
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51.2633583°N 1.0516995°W
Throwley Priory # Benedictine monks
founded c.1150 by Hugh de Chilham and William de Ipra;
alien house, cell of St Bertin, St Omer;
dissolved 1414; granted to Syon Abbey;
house named 'Glebe Cottage' built on site
Thurlegh Priory
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51.2667384°N 0.8563542°W
Tonbridge Priory
Tonbridge Priory
Tonbridge Priory was a priory in Tonbridge, Kent, England that was established in 1124. It was destroyed by fire in 1337 and then rebuilt. The priory was disestablished in 1523. The building stood in 1735, but was a ruin by 1780...

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Augustinian Canons Regular
founded (late in the reign of Henry II) by Richard de Clare, Earl of Hartford (confirmed by Celestine III
Pope Celestine III
Pope Celestine III , born Giacinto Bobone, was elected Pope on March 21, 1191, and reigned until his death. He was born into the noble Orsini family in Rome, though he was only a cardinal deacon before becoming Pope...

 1192;
site later occupied by a railway goods station
St Mary Magdalen
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51.1911183°N 0.2733278°W
West Langdon Abbey
West Langdon Abbey
West Langdon Abbey was a Premonstratensian abbey situated near West Langdon, Kent. The visible remains of the abbey are now confined to the extensive cellaring below the 16th century house that occupies its site and small remains of a 12th century Ice House ....

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Premonstratensian Canons
daughter of Leiston
founded 1189 (1192);
dissolved 1535; granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury 1538/9;
site now occupied by 16thC farmhouse currently in use as a holiday cottage
Langdon Abbey
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51.1745237°N 1.3266903°W
West Malling Abbey
Malling Abbey
St. Mary’s Abbey is an abbey of Anglican Benedictine nuns, located at West Malling, Kent, England.-History:The manor of West Malling was given by King Edmund to Burhic, Bishop of Rochester in 946. The land was lost to the church...

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nuns
founded 688(?); no further reference until:
Benedictine nuns
transferred from Twickenham
founded c.1090 (in the reign of William II) by Gundulf, Bishop of Rochester;
transferred to Milford Haven; dissolved 1538; granted to Henry Cobham, alias Brook 1569/70
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, West Malling
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51.2932051°N 0.4124084°W
West Peckham Preceptory
West Peckham Preceptory
-History:West Peckham Preceptory was founded circa 1408 by Sir John Culpeper of Oxon Hoath, West Peckham. It was held by the Knights Hospitallers, and used by them as an administrative centre. The preceptory remained in the possession of the Knights Hospitallers until it was dissolved by King Henry...

Knights Hospitaller
founded by Sir John Culpepper;
dissolved 1540; granted to Sir Robert Southwell 1543/4;
Monasticon Aglicanum & others list as preceptory; Archaeologia Cantiana states no preceptory there, rather Grand Master's camera on land granted by Elizabeth de Burgh in 1337
West Peccham Hospital;
West Peckham Camera
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