List of Monasteries Dissolved By Henry VIII of England

These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The list is by no means exhaustive, since over 800 religious houses existed before the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had at least one abbey, priory, convent or friary in it. (Often many small houses of monks, nuns, canons or friars.)

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Image Name Location Order Year dissolved Ref(s)
Langdon Abbey,
Langdon
Dover, Kent Premonstratensian 1535
Abingdon Abbey,
Abingdon
Abingdon, Oxfordshire Benedictine 1538
Holy Trinity Priory,
Aldgate
City of London Augustinian 1532
Bardney Abbey Bardney,
Lincolnshire
Benedictine 1538
Bardsey Abbey Aberdaron,
Gwynedd
Canon Regular 1537
Barking Abbey Barking,
Greater London
Benedictine 1539
Basingwerk Abbey Holywell,
Flintshire
Cistercian 1536
Bath Abbey Bath,
Somerset
Benedictine 1539
Battle Abbey Battle,
East Sussex
Benedictine 1538
Beauvale Charterhouse Hucknall,
Nottinghamshire
Carthusian 1539
Beaulieu Abbey Beaulieu,
Hampshire
Cistercian 1538
Binham Priory Binham,
Norfolk
Benedictine 1539
Bisham Abbey Bisham,
Berkshire
Augustinian 1538
St Helen's Priory,
Bishopsgate
City of London Benedictine 1538
Blackfriars Newcastle upon Tyne,
Tyne and Wear
Dominican 1536
Bolton Abbey Bolton Abbey,
North Yorkshire
Augustinian 1539
Bourne Abbey Bourne,
Lincolnshire
Arrouaisian 1536
Boxgrove Priory Boxgrove,
West Sussex
Benedictine 1536
Bridlington Priory Bridlington,
East Riding of Yorkshire
Canon Regular 1538
Brinkburn Priory Brinkburn,
Northumberland
Augustinian 1536
Buckfast Abbey Buckfastleigh,
Devon
Cistercian 1539
Buckland Abbey Buckland Monachorum,
Devon
Cistercian 1539
Buildwas Abbey Buildwas,
Shropshire
Cistercian 1536
Byland Abbey Byland with Wass,
North Yorkshire
Cistercian 1538
Canons Ashby Priory Canons Ashby,
Northamptonshire
Canon Regular 1536
St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury Canterbury,
Kent
Benedictine 1538
St Gregory's Priory,
Canterbury
Canterbury,
Kent
Augustinian 1535
Cardigan Priory Cardigan,
Ceredigion
Benedictine 1538
Carmarthen Friary Carmarthen,
Carmarthenshire
Franciscan 1538
Carmarthen Priory Carmarthen,
Carmarthenshire
Canon Regular 1536
Cartmel Priory Lower Allithwaite,
Cumbria
Canon Regular 1536
Castle Acre Priory Castle Acre,
Norfolk
Cluniac 1537
Charterhouse London City of London Carthusian 1537
Christchurch Priory Christchurch,
Dorset
Augustinian 1539
Cirencester Abbey Cirencester,
Gloucestershire
Augustinian 1539
Cleeve Abbey Old Cleeve,
Somerset
Cistercian 1536
Colchester Abbey Colchester,
Essex
Benedictine 1539
St Mary's Priory,
Coventry
Coventry,
West Midlands
Benedictine 1539
Croyland Abbey Crowland,
Lincolnshire
Benedictine 1539
Croxden Abbey Croxden,
Staffordshire
Cistercian 1538
Dale Abbey Dale Abbey,
Derbyshire
Premonstratensian 1539
Delapré Abbey Northampton,
Northamptonshire
Cluniac Nunnery 1538
Dore Abbey Abbey Dore,
Herefordshire
Cistercian 1536
Dudley Priory Dudley,
West Midlands
Cluniac 1539
Dunstable Priory Dunstable,
Bedfordshire
Augustinian 1540
Easby Abbey Easby,
North Yorkshire
Premonstratensian 1537
Egglestone Abbey County Durham Premonstratensian 1540
Ewenny Priory Ewenny,
Vale of Glamorgan
Benedictine 1536
Folkestone Priory Folkestone,
Kent
Benedictine 1535
Forde Abbey Thorncombe,
Dorset
Cistercian 1539
Fountains Abbey Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains,
North Yorkshire
Cistercian 1539
Furness Abbey Barrow in Furness,
Cumbria
Cistercian 1537
Gisborough Priory Guisborough,
North Yorkshire
Augustinian 1540
Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury,
Somerset
Benedictine 1539
St Peter's Abbey,
Gloucester
Gloucester,
Gloucestershire
Benedictine 1540
Great Malvern Priory Malvern,
Worcestershire
Benedictine 1539
Hailes Abbey Stanway,
Gloucestershire
Cistercian 1539
Halesowen Abbey Halesowen,
West Midlands
Premonstratensian 1538
Haltemprice Priory Willerby,
East Riding of Yorkshire
Augustinian 1536
Haughmond Abbey Uffington,
Shropshire
Augustinian 1539
Haverholme Priory Ewerby and Evedon,
Lincolnshire
Cistercian 1539
Hexham Abbey Hexham,
Northumberland
Benedictine 1537
Jarrow Priory Jarrow,
Tyne and Wear
Benedictine 1536
Jervaulx Abbey East Witton,
North Yorkshire
Cistercian 1537
Kidwelly Priory Kidwelly,
Carmarthenshire
Benedictine 1539
Kirkstall Abbey Leeds,
West Yorkshire
Cistercian 1539
Lacock Abbey Lacock,
Wiltshire
Augustinian 1539
Lanercost Priory Burtholme,
Cumbria
Augustinian 1538
Lenton Priory Lenton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Cluniac 1538
Lewes Priory Lewes,
East Sussex
Cluniac 1537
Lindisfarne Priory Holy Island,
Northumberland
Benedictine 1536
Llanthony Priory Crucorney,
Monmouthshire
Canon Regular 1538
Maenan Abbey Llanddoged and Maenan,
Conwy
Cistercian 1536
Malmesbury Abbey Malmesbury,
Wiltshire
Benedictine 1539
Margam Abbey Margam,
Neath Port Talbot
Cistercian 1536
Mattersey Priory Mattersey,
Nottinghamshire
Gilbertine 1538
Michelham Priory Arlington,
East Sussex
Augustinian 1537
Milton Abbey Milton Abbas,
Dorset
Benedictine 1539
Monkwearmouth Abbey Sunderland,
Tyne and Wear
Benedictine 1536
Mount Grace Priory East Harlsey,
North Yorkshire
Carthusian 1539
Wenlock Priory Much Wenlock,
Shropshire
Cluniac 1540
Neath Abbey Dyffryn Clydach,
Neath Port Talbot
Cistercian 1539
Netley Abbey Hound,
Hampshire
Cistercian 1536
Newark Priory Ripley,
Surrey
Augustinian 1538
Newbo Abbey Sedgebrook,
Lincolnshire
Premonstratensian 1536
Newminster Abbey Morpeth,
Northumberland
Cistercian 1537
Newstead Abbey Newstead,
Nottinghamshire
Augustinian 1539
Penmon Priory Llangoed,
Isle of Anglesey
Augustinian 1538
Pershore Abbey Pershore,
Worcestershire
Benedictine 1539
Reading Abbey Reading,
Berkshire
Cluniac 1538
Revesby Abbey Revesby,
Lincolnshire
Cistercian 1538
Rievaulx Abbey Rievaulx,
North Yorkshire
Cistercian 1538
Roche Abbey Maltby,
South Yorkshire
Cistercian 1538
Romsey Abbey Romsey,
Hampshire
Benedictine 1539
Rufford Abbey Rufford,
Nottinghamshire
Cistercian 1536
Rushen Abbey Malew,
Isle of Man
Cistercian 1540
Sawley Abbey Sawley,
Lancashire
Cistercian 1536
Selby Abbey Selby,
North Yorkshire
Benedictine 1539
Sempringham Priory Pointon and Sempringham,
Lincolnshire
Gilbertine 1538
Shap Abbey Shap Rural,
Cumbria
Premonstratensian 1540
Shrewsbury Abbey Shrewsbury,
Shropshire
Benedictine 1540
Sibton Abbey Yoxford, Suffolk Cistercian 1536
St Bartholomew's Priory,
Smithfield
City of London Augustinian 1539
St Albans Abbey St Albans,
Hertfordshire
Benedictine 1539
St Bees Priory St Bees,
Cumbria
Benedictine 1539
St Faith Priory Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith,
Norfolk
Benedictine 1536
Strata Florida Abbey Ystrad Fflur,
Ceredigion
Cistercian 1539
Stratford Langthorne Abbey West Ham,
Greater London
Cistercian 1538
Syon Abbey Heston and Isleworth,
Greater London
Bridgettine 1539
Talley Abbey Talley,
Carmarthenshire
Premonstratensian 1536
Tavistock Abbey Tavistock,
Devon
Benedictine 1539
Tewkesbury Abbey Tewkesbury,
Gloucestershire
Benedictine 1539
Thetford Priory Thetford,
Norfolk
Cluniac 1536
Thornton Abbey Thornton Curtis,
Lincolnshire
Augustinian 1539
Tintern Abbey Tintern,
Monmouthshire
Cistercian 1536
Titchfield Abbey Fareham,
Hampshire
Premonstratensian 1537
Tynemouth Priory Tynemouth,
Tyne and Wear
Benedictine 1538
Vale Royal Abbey Whitegate and Marton,
Cheshire
Cistercian 1538
Valle Crucis Abbey Llantysilio,
Denbighshire
Cistercian 1537
Walsingham Priory Walsingham,
Norfolk
Canon Regular 1538
Waltham Abbey Waltham Abbey,
Essex
Canon Regular 1540
Waverley Abbey Farnham,
Surrey
Cistercian 1536
Welbeck Abbey Welbeck,
Nottinghamshire
Premonstratensian 1538
Westminster Abbey Westminster,
Greater London
Benedictine 1539
Whitby Abbey Whitby,
North Yorkshire
Benedictine 1540
Whitland Abbey Llanboidy,
Carmarthenshire
Cistercian 1539
Woburn Abbey Woburn,
Bedfordshire
Cistercian 1538
Woodspring Priory Kewstoke,
Somerset
Augustinian 1536
Worcester Priory Worcester,
Worcestershire
Benedictine 1540
St Mary's Abbey,
York
York,
North Yorkshire
Benedictine 1539

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