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Abbeys and Religious Buildings in Yorkshire

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.

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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

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Alt. Name * [Formal Name / dedication]

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Communities & history [condition]

Allerton Mauleverer Priory

 

SE4157

 

Benedictine monks [D]

Ampleforth Abbey [monastic], York

[The Abbey Church of Saint Lawrence the Martyr, Ampleforth]

SE5878

Wiki

Benedictine monks fd. 1608-present [A]

Arden Priory

 

 

PEH

 

Arthington Priory

 

 

Wiki

Cluniac nuns

Augustinian Friary, York

 

 

 

Augustinian Canons Regular

Basedale Priory

 

 

 

 

Beauchief Abbey

 

Beauchief

Wiki * PEH

Premonstratensian canons 1170s - 1537

Begar Priory, * nr. Richmond

 

 

 

alien Priory

Beverley Minster [Church Use]

 

 

Wiki

built on site of secular canons' monastery, secular canons fd. c.700; * dis. 1547, collegiate

Bewerley Grange Chapel

 

SE1564

PEH

Built 1495, by Marmaduke Huby, last abbot of Fountains Abbey (Anglican). Enlarged to house scholl in 1679. [B]

Birstall Priory

 

 

 

 

Blackfriars, Beverley

 

 

 

Dominican Friars 1267

Bolton Priory [Church Use]

'Bolton Abbey' * [The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bolton]

SE0753

Wiki * British History Online * The Heritage Trail * Bolton Abbey * SkiptonWeb * PEH

Augustinian Canons Regular trns from Embsay 1151; fd. 1154; dis. 1540 * part of church now in parochial use [C]

Bridlington Priory [Church Use]

[The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Bridlington]

TA1766

Wiki

Augustinian Canons Regular * fd. 1114; * dis. 1537 * church now in parochial use [C]

Byland Abbey

[The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Byland]

SE5478

Wiki * EH * PEH

Cistercian monks trns from Stocking 1177-dis. 1539 [C]

Carmelite Friary, York

 

 

 

Carmelite Friars

Copmanthrope Preceptory, York

[The Preceptory of Copmanthrope with the Castle Mills, York]

 

 

 

Coverham Abbey [Reused]

 

SE0886

Wiki * PEH

Premonstratensian Canons, trns from Swainby * part of abbey guest-house incorporated into a house [E]

Darlington Abbey

[The Abbey Church of Saint Clare, Darlington]

 

 

 

Dominican Friary, York

 

 

 

Dominican Friars

Drax Priory

 

 

PEH

 

Easby Abbey

[The Abbey Church of Saint Agatha, Easby]

NZ1800

Wiki * EH * PEH

Premonstratensian Canons from Newhouse fd. 1152 [C]

Ecclesfield Priory

 

SK3393

 

Benedictine monks [C]

Ellerton in Swaledale Priory

 

 

 

 

Ellerton on Spalding Moor Priory

 

 

 

 

Ellerton Priory

 

NZ2597

PEH

Cistercian nuns fd. 1170 * now in private ownership without public access [D]

Embsay Priory

 

 

British History Online

Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1120; rmv to Bolton 1151

Esholt Priory [No remains]

Bradford Priory

SE4144

PEH

Cistercian nuns * site now occupied by Esholt Hall [D]

Faxfleet Preceptory

 

 

Wiki

Knights Templar 1185-1308/12 * site now occupied by a fortified manor house

Fors Abbey

 

 

 

Savignac monks fd. 1145-1156 * trns to Jervaulx 1156

Foulbridge Preceptory

 

 

 

Knights

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Gardens

 

SE2768

Wiki * EH * PEH * NT

Cistercian monks fd. 1132; dis. 1539 [A]

Franciscan Friary, York

 

 

 

Franciscan Friars

Greyfriars, Beverley

 

 

 

Franciscan Friars 1230s

Greyfriars, Richmond

 

 

 

Franciscan Friars * remains now within a public park

Grosmont Priory

 

 

PEH

Grandmontine monks

Guisborough Priory

Gisborough Priory

NZ6115

Wiki * EH * PEH

Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1119 [D]

Hackness Nunnery

 

SE9690

PEH

F. 680 as nunnery Dis.1539

Haltemprice Priory

 

 

Wiki

Augustinian Canons Regular * fd. 1327; * dis. 1536

Hampole Priory

[The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Hampole]

 

PEH

Cistercian nuns fd. ante1136

Handale Priory

Grendale Priory

 

PEH

 

Healaugh Park Priory

Healaugh Priory

SE4947

PEH

Augustinian Canons F.1180 Dis. 1535[E]

Hemingbrough Minster

 

 

 

 

Holy Trinity Priory, York

[The Priory Church of The Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York]

 

PEH

secular canons -1069 * Benedictine monks 1089-1538

Hood Abbey

 

 

 

Cistercian monks trns from Hood -1143 * trns to Byland

Howden Minster

[The Collegiate and Minster Church of Saint Peter, Howden]

 

Wiki

secular canons * fd. 1267; * dis. 1550, collegiate

Jervaulx Abbey

 

SE1785

Wiki * PEH

Cistercian monks (from Fors) fd. 1156; dis. 1537 * now in private ownership with public access [C]

Keldholme Priory

 

 

PEH

 

Kirkham Priory

 

SE7365

Wiki * EH * PEH

Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1120s [C]

Kirklees Priory

 

SD2022

PEH

Cistercian Nuns F. 12th centry Dis.1539[E]

Kirkstall Abbey

 

SE2635

Wiki * British History Online * Leeds.gov.uk * Kirkstall Online * The Heritage Trail * About Britain * UK Attraction * PEH

Cistercian monks * now in ownership of Leeds Corporation * public access to church exterior and monastic buildings [B]

Lastingham Priory

 

SE7290

 

Benedictine monks fd. 1078 * trns to York ante1086 [D]

Malton Priory [Church Use]

Old Malton Priory * [The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Old Malton]

SE7871

Wiki

Gilbertine Canons fd. (c.)1150; dis. 1539 * part of church now in parochial use [C]

Marrick Priory

 

SE0798

PEH

Benedictine nuns fd. 1150s * now in private ownership without public access [E]

Marton Priory

 

TA5867

PEH

Double monastery canons and nuns. 1167 nuns moved to separate friary and it became Priory for Augustinian Canons Dis. 1536[E]

Meaux Abbey

 

TA0939

Wiki

Cistercian monks * fd. 1150; * dis. 1539 * site now occupied at Crown Farm, in private ownership [E]

Middlesbrough Priory

 

 

 

 

Monk Bretton Priory

[The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene of Lund]

SE3706

Wiki * EH * PEH

Cluniac monks 1153 * Benedictine monks 1281; dis. -1538 [B]

Mount Grace Priory

Mount Grace Charterhouse

SE4598

Wiki * EH * NT

Carthusian monks 1398 [B]

Mount St. John Preceptory

 

 

 

 

Moxby Priory

Moxby in Marton Priory

 

PEH

 

Newburgh Priory

 

SD5774

Wiki * PEH

Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1150 [E]

North Ferriby Priory

 

 

 

 

Nostell Priory [No remains]

[The Priory Church of Saint Oswald, Nostell]

SE4017

Wiki * British History Online * NT

Augustinian Canons Regular 12thC * site now occupied by a mansion named 'Nostell Priory' [E]

Nun Appleton Priory

 

 

PEH

 

Nun Monkton

[The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Nun Monkton]

SE5057

Wiki * PEH

Benedictine nuns fd. c.1145; dis. 1536 * part of church now in parochial use [D]

Nunburnholme Priory

[The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Nunburnholme]

 

 

Benedictine nuns 12th/13thC

Nunkeeling Priory

 

 

 

 

'old Byland Abbey'

 

 

Wiki

Cistercian monks trns from Hood 1143-1147 * trns to Stocking Abbey 1147

Penhill Preceptory

Temple Dowskar; Temple Dove Skar * [The Chapel of Our Lady and Saint Catherine of Alexandria]

 

 

Knights Templar fd. c.1155 * site now within Temple Farm

Pontefract Friary

 

 

British History Online

Dominican Friars

Pontefract Priory

[The Priory Church of Saint John of Pontefract]

 

British History Online * PEH

Cluniac monks 1090

Ribston Preceptory

 

SE2963

 

Knights Templar * chapel now part of Ribston Hall, now in private ownership [D]

Rievaulx Abbey

 

SE5784

Wiki * EH * PEH

Cistercian monks fd. 1132; dis. 1538 [B]

Ripon Cathedral Priory [Church Use]

[The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Wilfrid, Ripon]

SE3171

Wiki

-660 * monks 661 * secular canons 10thC? * diocesan cathedral 1876-present [D]

Roche Abbey

[The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Roche]

SK5489

Wiki * EH * PEH

Cistercian monks 1147 dis. 1538 [B]

Rosedale Priory [Reused]

 

SE7296

 

Cistercian nuns * remains incorporated into houses [D]

Selby Abbey [Church Use]

[The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Germain, Selby]

SE6132

Wiki * PEH

Benedictine monks fd. c.1070-1039 * in parochial use 1618-present [D]

Snainton Preceptory

 

 

 

Knights Templar

Snaith Priory

Attached to Church of St Lawrence

SE6422

PEH

Benedictine Monks. F.1310 Dis. 1539 Remains of priory church [D]

St Anne's Monastic House, York [monastic]

 

 

 

Celtic Orthodox church

St Martin's Priory, Richmond

[The Priory Church of Saint Martin, Richmond]

 

PEH

Benedictine monks * now in private ownership

St Mary's Abbey, York

[The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, York]

 

Wiki

Benedictine monks fd. 1080

St Peters Convent

 

SE2918

PEH

Houses Anglican nuns based on Benedictine rule.

Stocking Abbey

 

 

 

Cistercian monks trns from Hood Abbey 1147-1177 * trns to Byland 1177

Swainby Abbey

 

NZ4701

 

Premonstratensian Canons from Newhouse fd. 1190 * trns to Coverham [D]

Swine Priory [Church Use]

 

TA1335

 

Cistercian monks * now in parochial use [D]

Syningthwaite Priory

Sinningthwaite Priory

NZ4243

British History Online * English Heritage

Cistercian nuns [E]

Temple Cowton Preceptory

 

 

 

 

Temple Hirst Preceptory

 

SE6025

 

Knights Templar 1152 * Knights Hospitaller * now incorporated into the buildings of Temple Farm [E]

Temple Newsam Preceptory [No remains]

 

 

 

Knights Templar * church of Whitkirk built on site

Thicket Priory [No remains]

 

SE6943

Wiki * PEH

Benedictine Priory F1180. Dis 1539. Demolished 1850

Tickhill Friary

 

 

British History Online

Augustinian Friars

Warter Priory

 

 

 

Augustinian Canons Regular * fd. 1132; * dis. 1536 * site now occupied by the village church

Watton Priory

 

TA0791

 

Gilbertine double monastery fd. 1150; * dis. 1539 * on the site of an earlier priory (686) * site now in private ownership [E]

Westerdale Preceptory

 

 

 

 

Wetherby Preceptories

 

 

 

 

Whitby Abbey

 

NZ9011

Wiki * EH * PEH

Benedictine monks fd. 1078 * built on the site of St. Hilda's monastery [C]

Whitley Preceptory

 

 

 

 

Wilberfoss Priory

[The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wilberfoss]

 

 

Benedictine nuns fd. c.1154; * dis. 1539

Woodkirk Priory

 

SE2625

 

Augustinian Canons Regular [D]

Wykeham Abbey

 

SE9685

 

Cistercian nuns [E]

Yedingham Priory

 

SE8979

PEH

Benedictine nuns [E]

York Cathedral

[The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York]

SE6052

Wiki

secular canons * episcopal diocesan cathedral 627-present [C]

 


See Also:

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