|
Foundation |
Alt. Name * [Formal
Name / dedication] |
Location Grid
Ref or Lat/long |
Website Links
 |
Communities & history
[condition] |
|
Barking Abbey |
|
TQ4585 |
Wiki |
Benedictine nuns [E] |
|
Bedemans Berg Priory |
|
51°41′38″N
0°21′59″E
/ 51.6939479,
0.3663254 |
|
Benedictine monks |
|
Beeleigh Abbey [Reused] |
Bileigh Abbey * (originally Maldon Abbey) * [Abbey Church of Saint Mary
and Saint Nicholas, Beeleigh] |
TL8406 |
Wiki
*
British History Online *
SEAX Archaeology *
PEH |
Premonstratensian Canons, trns from Parndon fd. 1180; dis. 1536 *
remains now incorporated into private house without public access [D] |
|
Berden Priory [No remains] |
[The Priory Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Berden] |
51°56′47″N
0°08′07″E
/ 51.946487,
0.1351833 |
British History Online
*
SEAX Archaeology |
Augustinian Canons Regular * site now occupied by mansion also called
Berden Priory |
|
Bicknacre Priory |
Woodham Ferrers Priory |
TL7802 |
British History Online |
Augustinian Canons Regular [E] |
|
Blackmore Priory |
Jericho
Priory * [The Priory Church of Saint Lawrence, Blackmore] |
51°41′25″N
0°19′04″E
/ 51.690355,
0.317834 * TL6001 |
British History Online
*
SEAX Archaeology |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. late12thC; dis. 1525 [C] |
|
Burstead Grange |
|
51°36′09″N
0°26′41″E
/ 51.6026124,
0.4446888 |
|
|
|
Cannons Priory |
|
|
|
|
|
Castle Hedingham Priory |
[The Priory
Church of
Saint Mary, Saint
James and the Holy Cross] |
|
Wiki *
British History Online *
SEAX Archaeology |
Benedictine nuns fd. ?ante1190 |
|
Coggeshall Abbey |
Little Coggeshall Abbey called 'Grange Barn' |
TL8522 |
British History Online
*
SEAX Archaeology *
Wiki *
PEH *
NT |
Savignac monks from Savigny fd. 1140 * Cistercian monks 1147; dis. 1538
* site now occupied by a private house with limited public access [E] |
|
Colchester Crutched Friary |
|
TL9925 |
|
Crutched Friars F.1095 [D] |
|
Colchester Grey Friary |
|
|
|
Franciscan Friars |
|
Cressing Preceptory |
Cressing
Temple |
TL7920 |
British History Online *
PEH |
Knights Templar * Knights Hospitaller * 2 barns remain [E] |
|
Earl's Colne Priory |
Earls Colne or Monks Colne |
51°55′36″N
0°42′36″E
/ 51.926732,
0.710029 * TL8528 |
British History Online |
Benedictine monks [E] |
|
Frating Abbey |
|
|
|
|
|
Hatfield Broad Oak Priory |
Hatfield Regis Priory; * Hatfield Broadoak Priory * [The Priory Church
of Saint Mary, Hatfield Broad Oak] |
51°49′37″N
0°14′35″E
/ 51.826876,
0.242963 * TL5516 |
British History Online |
Benedictine monks fd. c.1135; dis. 1534 * alien priory, cell of Abbey of
St. Melaine at Rennes in Brittany [D] |
|
Hatfield Peverel Priory |
|
TL7911 |
British History Online
*
SEAX Archaeology |
Benedictine monks [D] |
|
Latton Priory [Church Use] |
|
51°44′20″N
0°07′15″E
/ 51.738794,
0.120935 * TL4709 |
British History Online
*
SEAX Archaeology |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 12thC; abandoned 1534 * remains now
incorporated into farm buildings [E] |
|
Leez Priory [No remains] |
Leighs Priory, Leigh Priory, or Little Leighs Priory |
TL7317 |
Wiki *
British History Online *
Geograph |
Augustinian Canons Regular * site now occupied by a mansion [E] |
|
Little Dunmow Priory |
[Church Use] |
TL6521 |
British History Online
*
SEAX Archaeology |
Augustinian Canons Regular * part of church now in use as parish church
[D] |
|
Little Horkesley Priory |
Horkesley Priory * [The Priory
Church
of Saint Peter, Horkesley] |
|
British History Online |
Cluniac monks |
|
Little Maplestead Preceptory |
Maplestead Preceptory |
TL8223 |
British History Online |
Knights Hospitaller ?ante1186-1436 [D] |
|
Panfield Priory |
|
51°54′16″N
0°31′20″E
/ 51.904364,
0.522325 |
SEAX Archaeology |
Augustinian Canons Regular, alien priory, cell of St Stephen's Abbey,
Caen |
|
Parndon Abbey |
Great Parndon Abbey * [Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas,
Great Parndon] |
|
|
Premonstratensian Canons Regular from Newhouse, 1172 * trns to Beeleigh
1180 |
|
Prittlewell Priory [Reused], *
Southend-on-Sea |
[The Priory
Church of
Saint Mary,
Prittlewell] |
TQ8787 |
Wiki *
British History Online |
Cluniac monks * site now within public Priory Park * now in ownership of
Southend Corporation [C] |
|
St Botolph's Priory,
Colchester |
[The Priory
Church of
Saint Botolph,
Colchester] |
51°53′15″N
0°54′16″E
/ 51.887458,
0.904334 |
Wiki *
British History Online *
EH |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. c.1093; dis. 1536 (EH) |
|
St John's
Abbey, Colchester |
Colchester Abbey or
Colchester
Priory * [The
Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Colchester] |
51°53′06″N
0°54′05″E
/ 51.884991,
0.901305 |
Wiki, *
British History Online *
JSTOR *
EH |
Benedictine monks fd. 11thC; dis. 1539 (EH) |
|
St Osyth's Abbey [Reused] |
St Osyth's Priory; * Chich Abbey * [The Abbey Church of Saint Osyth,
Saint Osyths] |
51°47′59″N
1°04′31″E
/ 51.799655,
1.075193 * TM1215 |
British History Online
*
SEAX Archaeology *
PEH |
Augustinian Canons Regular on the site of an earlier Saxon nunnery,
established as Priory * raised to Abbey status; * after reformation
incorporated into a mansion * now in private ownership with public
access [D] |
|
Standon Preceptory |
|
|
|
Knights Templar * Knights Hospitaller |
|
Standon Priory |
|
|
|
St John of Jerusalem nuns or canonesses |
|
Stansgate Priory |
Stanesgate Priory |
TL9305 |
British History Online |
Cluniac monks [E] |
|
Stanton
Priory |
|
|
|
Benedictine monks |
|
Takeley Priory |
[The Priory
Church of
Saint Valery,
Takeley] |
51°52′11″N
0°16′01″E
/ 51.869602,
0.2669334 |
British History Online |
Benedictine monks fd. 1066 or c.1391 * alien priory * now in grounds of
Warish Hall |
|
Thoby Priory |
|
51°39′48″N
0°21′02″E
/ 51.663381,
0.3506 |
British History Online
*
SEAX Archaeology |
Augustinian Canons Regular |
|
Thremhall Priory |
|
51°52′25″N
0°12′32″E
/ 51.8734705,
0.2089977 |
British History Online |
Augustinian Canons Regular mid12thC-1536 * site now occupied by a modern
house |
|
Tilty Abbey [Church Use] |
|
51°54′51″N
0°19′29″E
/ 51.914183,
0.3246331 * TL6026 |
British History Online *
PEH |
Cistercian monks fd. 1153; dis. 1536 * church now in parochial use [E] |
|
Tiptree Priory |
[The Priory
Church of
Saint Mary and Saint
Nicholas, Tiptree] |
|
British History Online |
Augustinian Canons Regular 12thC * 16thC house built on site |
|
Tolleshunt Major Grange |
|
|
|
|
|
Walden Abbey [Reused] |
Saffron Walden Abbey * [The
Abbey
Church of Saint Mary and Saint James the Apostle, Walden] |
52°01′21″N
0°14′28″E
/ 52.0223954,
0.2411842 |
British History Online *
PEH |
Benedictine monks * site now occupied by Audley End House and St. Mark's
College |
|
Waltham
Abbey [Church Use] |
|
TL3800 |
Wiki
*
British History Online *
EH *
PEH |
?1016-1035s secular canons c.1060 * Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1117;
dis. 1540 * part of church now in use as parish church [C] |
|
West Mersea Priory |
|
51°46′33″N
0°54′49″E
/ 51.7757004,
0.9135818 * TM0112 |
|
Benedictine monks [D] |
|
Wix Priory |
Wickes Priory; * Sopwick Priory * [The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Wix] |
51°55′04″N
1°08′41″E
/ 51.917768,
1.144635 * TM1628 |
British History Online
*
World Wykes Web |
Benedictine nuns * site now occupied by Abbey Farmhouse * blocked arches
of priory church form north wall of the church of St. Mary The Virgin
[D] |
