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) |
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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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