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Glossary

Glossary of terms

Abbey: A monastic community. Abbeys belonged to particular orders, such as the Cistercians.
Abbot: (m.) Person in charge of an Abbey.
Benedictine: Order of monks founded by St. Benedict. Followed the Benedictine Rule.
Cell: A monastic dependency of a religious house.
Daughter House: Foundation of an abbey by monks from another abbey. Initial community consisted of 13 monks, one of which was the group leader.
Monk: A man who has taken vows and joined a religious community.

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Medieval Abbeys of England, Scotland and Wales

Cistercian Abbeys	Benedictine Abbeys
Beaulieu Abbey Bassingwerk Abbey Biddlesden Abbey Bordesley Abbey Buildwas Abbey Byland Abbey Calder Abbey Cleeve Abbey Coggeshall Abbey Croxden Abbey Cymer Abbey Dore Abbey Forde Abbey Fountains Abbey Furness Abbey Garendon Abbey Hailes Abbey Holme Cultram Abbey Jervaulx Abbey Kirkstall Abbey Kirkstead Abbey Margam Abbey Merevale Abbey Neath Abbey Netley Abbey Newminster Abbey Revesby Abbey Rievaulx Abbey Roche Abbey Sawley Abbey Tintern Abbey Stoneleigh Abbey Strata Florida Waverley Abbey Whalley Abbey Valle Crucis Abbey	Abbotsbury Abbey Abingdon Abbey Bath Abbey Battle Abbey Bingham Priory Birkenhead Abbey Blyth Abbey Boxgrove Priory Bury St. Edmunds Chepstow Priory Crowland Abbey Deerhurst Priory Dover Priory Evesham Abbey Finchdale Priory Glastonbury Abbey Lindisfarne Priory Little Malvern Malmesbury Abbey Malvern Priory Milton Abbas Abbey Monk Bretton Abbey Muchelney Abbey Pershore Abbey Reading Abbey Romsey Abbey Selby Abbey Sherborne Abbey Shrewsbury Abbey St. Augustine's Abbey St. Bees Priory St. Michael's Mount St. Nicholas Priory, Exeter Tewkesbury Abbey Thorney Abbey Tutbury Priory Westminster Abbey Usk Priory Whitby Abbey
Agustinian Abbeys	Gilbertine Abbeys
Bolton Priory Bourn Priory Bridlington Priory Brinkburn Priory Cartmel Priory Christchurch Priory Colchester Priory Dorchester Priory Dunstable Priory Haughmond Priory Hexham Priory Kirkham Priory Lanetcost Priory Lilleshall Abbey Llanthony Priory Maxstike Priory Newstead Priory Norton Priory Portchester Priory Portsmouth Priory St. Botolph's Priory St. Osyths Priory Thornton Priory Walsingham Priory Waltham Priory (Abbey ??) Wigmore Priory Woodspring Priory	Bullington Priory Chicksands Priory Clattercote Priory Malton Priory Sempringham Abbey Watton Priory
Other
Waltham Abbey Wenlock Priory (Cluniac)

Cistercian Abbeys	Benedictine Abbeys	Agustinian Abbeys
Beaulieu Abbey Bassingwerk Abbey Biddlesden Abbey Bordesley Abbey Buildwas Abbey Byland Abbey Calder Abbey Cleeve Abbey Coggeshall Abbey Croxden Abbey Cymer Abbey Dore Abbey Forde Abbey Fountains Abbey Furness Abbey Garendon Abbey Hailes Abbey Holme Cultram Abbey Jervaulx Abbey Kirkstall Abbey Kirkstead Abbey Margam Abbey Merevale Abbey Neath Abbey Netley Abbey Newminster Abbey Revesby Abbey Rievaulx Abbey Roche Abbey Sawley Abbey Tintern Abbey Stoneleigh Abbey Strata Florida Waverley Abbey Whalley Abbey Valle Crucis Abbey	Abbotsbury Abbey Abingdon Abbey Bath Abbey Battle Abbey Bingham Priory Birkenhead Abbey Blyth Abbey Boxgrove Priory Bury St. Edmunds Chepstow Priory Crowland Abbey Deerhurst Priory Dover Priory Evesham Abbey Finchdale Priory Glastonbury Abbey Lindisfarne Priory Little Malvern Malmesbury Abbey Malvern Priory Milton Abbas Abbey Monk Bretton Abbey Muchelney Abbey Pershore Abbey Reading Abbey Romsey Abbey Selby Abbey Sherborne Abbey Shrewsbury Abbey St. Augustine's Abbey St. Bees Priory St. Michael's Mount St. Nicholas Priory, Exeter Tewkesbury Abbey Thorney Abbey Tutbury Priory Westminster Abbey Usk Priory Whitby Abbey	Bolton Priory Bourn Priory Bridlington Priory Brinkburn Priory Cartmel Priory Christchurch Priory Colchester Priory Dorchester Priory Dunstable Priory Haughmond Priory Hexham Priory Kirkham Priory Lanetcost Priory Lilleshall Abbey Llanthony Priory Maxstike Priory Newstead Priory Norton Priory Portchester Priory Portsmouth Priory St. Botolph's Priory St. Osyths Priory Thornton Priory Walsingham Priory Waltham Priory (Abbey ??) Wigmore Priory Woodspring Priory
Gilbertine Abbeys	Other
Bullington Priory Chicksands Priory Clattercote Priory Malton Priory Sempringham Abbey Watton Priory	Waltham Abbey Wenlock Priory (Cluniac)