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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

Benedictine Abbeys
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
Augstinian 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)
Benedictine Abbeys
NameCountry/CountyTypeMotherRemains
Abbotsbury AbbeyDorsetTithe barn
Abingdon AbbeyOxfordshireNone
Bath AbbeySomersetMain church
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
Augustinian Abbeys
NameCountry/CountyTypeMotherRemains
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
NameCountry/CountyTypeMotherRemains
Bullington Priory
Chicksands Priory
Clattercote Priory
Malton Priory
Sempringham Abbey
Watton Priory
Other
NameCountry/CountyTypeMotherRemains
Waltham Abbey
Wenlock Priory (Cluniac)

Glossary

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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