Abbeys and Religious Buildings in London

We are attempting to list all places where photographers can photograph Abbeys and Religious buildings within the UK, by county. This is the start of a list that will both grow over time and hopefully we will be able to add more columns or information. This same information is also available in alphabetical order.

Where the names in the first column is hyperlinked this links to a Location page with more information on this site and over time more of these will be added, we will be delighted if some of you would like to also produce location pages.

Codes Used on this page

Wiki=Wikipedia EH=English Heritage NT=National Trust PEH=Pastscape F.=Founded Dis.=Dissolved

Condition: [A] First rate example; [B] Major Remains; [C] Identifiable Remains; [D] Modest Remains;
[E] Little Surviving

Foundation	*Alt. Name [Formal Name / dedication]**	Location Grid Ref or Lat/long	Website Links	Communities & history [condition]
Aldgate Nunnery	[The Nunnery of the Virgin and Saint Francis, without Aldgate]			Franciscan nuns
Bentley Friary				Augustinian friars * site now occupied by private mansion, formerly in use as a girls school, then a hotel * now in ownership of R.A.F. Bentley Priory
Bermondsey Abbey		TQ3379	Wiki	Benedictine monks * later Cluniac monks [E]
Bromley-by-Bow Priory	Stratford-at-Bow Priory			Benedictine nuns
Ealing Abbey [monastic]	[The Abbey Church of Saint Benedict, Ealing]	TQ1781	Wiki	Benedictine (from Downside) 1897 * priory 1916 * abbey 1955 [A]
Feltham Priory	Feltham Nunnery			Benedictine nuns 1868 * (trns to Twickenham)
Haliwell Priory				Augustinian Canons Regular
Holywell nunnery, Shoreditch				Benedictine monks
Hornchurch Priory [Church Use]	Monasterium Cornutum * Havering Priory * [The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas and Saint Bernard, Hornchurch]			(a cell of the Hospice of St. Bernard, Monte Jovis in Savoy) 1159-1390 * site now occupied by St. Andrews C.E. parish church
Hounslow Priory
Kilburn Priory				Augustinian Canonesses
Lewisham Priory
London Charterhouse [Reused], Charterhouse Square			Wiki	Carthusian, part now a private boys' school and part an almshouse [E]
Richmond Priory	Sheen Priory	NZ1701	Wiki	Carthusian c.1414 [E]
Ruislip Priory
Saint Helen's, Bishopsgate [Church Use]				Benedictine nuns * church now in parochial use
Smithfield Priory [Church Use]	[The Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew, Smithfield]			Augustinian Canons 1123-1539, now in parochial use
Stratford Langthorne Abbey			Wiki	Savignac monks 1135 * Cistercian monks 1147-1538
The London Buddhist Vihara [monastic], * The Avenue, Chiswick				Buddhist trns from Heathfield Gardens 1994
The London Buddhist Vihara, * Foster House, Ealing				Buddhist 1926 * trns to Gloucester Road post1926
The London Buddhist Vihara, * Gloucester Road, London				Buddhist post1926-c.1940, 1955-1964 * trns to Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick 1964, requisitioned during World War II
The London Buddhist Vihara, * Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick				Buddhist trns from Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick 1964 * trns to The Avenue, Chiswick 1994
Tooting Priory				Benedictine monks
Twickenham Priory				Benedictine monks (trns from Feltham) * (trns to West Malling)
Westminster Abbey [Church Use]	[The Abbey Church of Saint Peter in Westminster]	TQ2979	Wiki	Benedictine monks c.960-1540, 1556-1559, episcopal cathedral 1540-1550 * now in use as a royal peculiar [B]

Location Guides Not linked

St Paul's Cathedral, London

Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster, London

See Also:

Abbey and Religious Buildings Section for all articles, lists and location guides on Abbey's, Cathedrals, Churches, Holy Wells etc.

By: Tracey Park	Section: Abbey and Religious Buildings	Key:
Page Ref: abbey_ldn	Topic: Abbeys	Last Updated: 04/2009

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