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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Cornwall, England.

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Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templars and Knights Hospitaller). Monastic hospitals are included where they had the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptor/commandery.

Abbreviations and key
Status of remains
Symbol Status
None Ruins
* Current monastic function
+ Current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure)
^ Current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure
$ Remains limited to earthworks etc.
# No identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
~ Exact site of monastic foundation unknown
Identification ambiguous or confused

Locations with names in italics indicate possible duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic name but lacking actual monastic connection.

Trusteeship
EH English Heritage
LT Landmark Trust
NT National Trust



Foundation Image Communities and provenance Formal Name or Dedication
& Alternative Names
Online References & Location
Altarnon Monastery probable monastery
before 1066
Altarnun Monastery

50°36′17″N 4°30′45″W / 50.60482°N 4.5125914°W / 50.60482; -4.5125914 (Altarnon Monastery)
Bodmin — Abbey of St Mary & St Petroc* Augustinian Canons Regular (Canons Regular of the Lateran)
founded 1881;
raised to abbey status 1953


50°28′10″N 4°44′01″W / 50.46931°N 4.73364°W / 50.46931; -4.73364 (St Mary and St Petrock Abbey, Bodmin)
Bodmin Blackfriars probable mistaken reference to Bodmin Greyfriars
Bodmin Greyfriars # Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Bristol)
founded before 1260;
dissolved 1538
Bodmin Greyfriars

50°28′47″N 4°43′11″W / 50.4797424°N 4.7196311°W / 50.4797424; -4.7196311 (Bodmin Friary (site))
Bodmin Priory + Celtic monks
abbey? purportedly founded 6th century by St Petroc;
Benedictine? monks
refounded 936;
nuns?
dissolved c.1113;
monks or secular
dissolved c.1124;
Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1124;
dissolved 27 February 1538;
buildings destroyed apart from the parish church, in parochial use as Church of England parish church;
church in use for secular and industrial purposes post-dissolution
Bodmin Monastery;
Bodmin Abbey


50°28′14″N 4°42′56″W / 50.4706783°N 4.7156829°W / 50.4706783; -4.7156829 (Bodmin Priory)
Breage Grange Cistercian monks
grange dependent on Hailes, Gloucestershire;
founded c.1300
Cardinham Grange # purported medieval monastery

50°28′17″N 4°39′05″W / 50.4714772°N 4.651401°W / 50.4714772; -4.651401 (Cardinham Grange (possible site)) (possible)
Constantyne Monastery Celtic monks
Crantock Monastery Celtic monks
probably founded by a St Carrock;
secular
before 1066;
recorded extant 1086;
secular canons collegiate
refounded 1236;
dissolved 1549
St Corontocus
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St Karentoc's Monastery


50°24′11″N 5°06′43″W / 50.403148°N 5.1119927°W / 50.403148; -5.1119927 (Crantock Monastery)
Dingerein Monastery Celtic monks Dinurrin Monastery
Gulval Monastery Celtic monks
founded by St Gudwall (Wolvela), from Wales
Dinurrin Monastery
Kea Monastery, Old Kea Celtic monks
supposed site of monastery recorded extant 1086
St Cheus Monastery;
Old Kea Monastery


50°14′10″N 5°01′27″W / 50.2360144°N 5.0242536°W / 50.2360144; -5.0242536 (Kea Monastery (supposed site)) (supposed)
Lammana Priory, Looe Island St Michael chapel, Lammana - geograph.org.uk - 1106426.jpg Benedictine monks
founded 6th century;
Benedictine monks
cell dependent on Glastonbury and chapel;
founded before 1114;
disposed of by Glastonbury between 1239 and 1329;
chantry chapel of the Dawnay family before 1329;
dissolved 1549
The Priory Church of St Michael, Lammana
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Lammana Chapel


50°20′13″N 4°26′57″W / 50.336931°N 4.449143°W / 50.336931; -4.449143 (Lammana Priory)
Lansallos Monastery Celtic monks
patronised by St Ildierna
St Salwys (St Alwys)
Lannachebran Cell, St Keverne monks
founded c.6th century under the tutelage of St Achebran;
secular collegiate
refounded before 1086;
Cistercian monks
grange dependent on Beaulieu, Hampshire;
founded before 1263;
dissolved 1527; granted to Francis, Earl of Bedford 1559/60
St Keiran's Monastery;
St Keverne's Monastery;
Lanachebran Monastery



50°03′03″N 5°05′13″W / 50.0507186°N 5.0868201°W / 50.0507186; -5.0868201 (Lannachebran Cell)
Launcells Priory Celtic monks
secular at Norman Conquest
Augustinian Canons Regular
Launceston Friary(?) Friars
Launceston Priory, earlier site monks or secular
founded before c.830;
secular canons to c.1126
Launceston Priory + Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1127;
dissolved 1539;
restored 1871;
in parochial use as the Church of St Thomas the Apostle


50°38′28″N 4°21′58″W / 50.6412046°N 4.3661374°W / 50.6412046; -4.3661374 (Launceston Priory)
Lanwethinoc Monastery~, Padstow Celtic monks
founded by Bishop Wethinoc;
site possibly occupied by the medieval Church of St Petroc at Padstow
Lanuthinoc Monastery;
St Petroc's Church;
Petroc-stow Monastery;
Padstow Monastery


50°32′28″N 4°56′35″W / 50.5412334°N 4.9429464°W / 50.5412334; -4.9429464 (Lanwethinoc Priory (possible site)) (possible)
Madron Monastery Celtic monks
before 12th century


50°07′54″N 5°33′53″W / 50.1315902°N 5.5646825°W / 50.1315902; -5.5646825 (Madron Monastery (approx.)) (approx)
Manaccan Monastery Celtic monks

50°04′57″N 5°07′35″W / 50.0824805°N 5.1264954°W / 50.0824805; -5.1264954 (Manaccan Monastery (approx.)) (approx)
Mawgan in Pydar Franciscan Monastery | Franciscan monks The Franciscan Monastery of St Joseph and St Anne, St Mawgan in Pydar

Minster Priory + Celtic monks?
founded before 1066;
Benedictine monks
alien house: daughter house of the Abbey of St. Sergius, Angers
founded before 1190 by William de Bottreaux;
dissolved before 1407;
slight remains of priory near the medieval parochial church
The Priory Church of Saint Materiana, Minster

St Mertherian
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Talcarne Priory;
Minster Cell


50°40′59″N 4°40′33″W / 50.6831697°N 4.6757019°W / 50.6831697; -4.6757019 (Minster Priory)
Paul Grange Cistercian monks
grange(?) dependent on Hailes, Gloucestershire;
founded c.1300(?)
Probus Monastery Celtic monks or secular
founded 924, purportedly by King Athelstan;
dissolved 940;
secular canons collegiate
founded before 1086 (or during the reign of Henry I, who granted the church to Exeter Cathedral 1120);
dissolved 1549


50°17′45″N 4°56′39″W / 50.2957206°N 4.9442554°W / 50.2957206; -4.9442554 (Probabus Monastery (site))
Rialton Grange # Augustinian Canons Regular
chief manor or grange of Bodmin;
manor house built 15th century
Rieltone Grange

50°25′13″N 5°01′55″W / 50.4203929°N 5.0319099°W / 50.4203929; -5.0319099 (Rialton Grange (approx.)) (approx)
St Anthony's Monastery, St Anthony-in-Meneage Celtic monks
Benedictine monks
alien house: grange of St-Serge, Angers;
founded from Brittany?;
became parochial after 1066;
became a grange of Tywardreath before mid-12th century (though referred to as a cell);
founded after 1088;
dissolved after 1381
Lantenning Monastery

50°04′58″N 5°06′32″W / 50.0827008°N 5.1089859°W / 50.0827008; -5.1089859 (St Anthony's Monastery (approx.)) (approx)
St Anthony-in-Roseland Priory ^ Augustinian Canons Regular
priory cell dependent on Plympton, Devon
founded before 1288;
dissolved 1538;
remains incorporated into house named 'Place House' built on site 16th Century
St Anthony-in-Roseland Cell

50°08′53″N 5°00′49″W / 50.1480864°N 5.0135422°W / 50.1480864; -5.0135422 (St Anthony-in-Roseland Priory (approx.)) (approx)
St Buryan's Monastery, St Buryan Celtic monks
secular collegiate
founded c.930, purportedly by King Athelstan;
dissolved 1545;
parish church (SS Andrew, Thomas the Martyr, Nicholas and Beriana) on site rebuilt 13th century, though mostly now 15th century


50°03′43″N 5°38′54″W / 50.0619878°N 5.6483459°W / 50.0619878; -5.6483459 (St Buryan's Monastery (approx.)) (approx)
St Carrok's Monastery #, St Winnow Celtic monks
dissolved/destroyed before 1086?: seized by Robert, Count of Mortain;
Cluniac monks
alien house: cell dependent on Montacute, Somerset;
founded 1100-40: granted to Montacute by William, son of Robert c.1100;
became denizen: independent from 1407;
dissolved 1537; granted to Laurence Courtney 1534/5
St Carroc Monastery;
St Syriac's Monastery;
St Cyricus and St Julitta's Monastery;
St Cadix's Monastery;
St Syriac's Cell


50°22′58″N 4°39′10″W / 50.382911°N 4.652753°W / 50.382911; -4.652753 (St Carrok's Monastery (approx.)) (approx)
St German's Priory + St Germans Church 1.jpg Celtic monks
possibly founded 7th century;
secular canons
episcopal diocesan cathedral
founded c.936;
see transferred to new site at Crediton, Devon 1042;
monks or secular
founded 1042;
Augustinian Canons Regular
refounded 1184 (1161-87);
dissolved 2 March 1539; granted to Catherine Champernoun, John Ridgeway and others 1541/2;
now in use as parish church; remains of claustral buildings incorporated into Port Eliot House
The Priory Church of Saint German, Saint Germans

50°23′48″N 4°18′35″W / 50.396686°N 4.309699°W / 50.396686; -4.309699 (St German's Priory)
St Goran's Monastery, St Goran Celtic monks
founded 6th century; patronised by St Goran in the time of St Petroc;
dissolved after 1083;
church and lands granted to the college of Glasney 1269


50°14′35″N 4°48′04″W / 50.2430333°N 4.8010254°W / 50.2430333; -4.8010254 (St Goran's Monastery) (approx)
St Kew Cell ~ monks
founded 6th century (in the time of St Samson);
purported Augustinian cell
secular minster status confirmed by King Edgar, who granted land to the minster 961-3;
secular collegiate
clerks or secular canons until 1283;
Augustinian Secular Canons — from Plympton, Devon
until before 1283
church rebuilt 1496 and restored 1883
St Daw (or St Docco)

Saint Kew (from 1440)


50°33′29″N 4°47′40″W / 50.558147°N 4.794374°W / 50.558147; -4.794374 (St Kew Monastery)
St Matthew's Monastery uncertain order and foundation
St Mawgan Monastery + Celtic monks
lands passed to the Bishop before 1085;
Cluniac monks;
Carmelite convent possibly built on site 16th century
Lanherne Monastery;
St Mawgan in Pydar Monastery


50°27′45″N 5°01′31″W / 50.4625583°N 5.0253868°W / 50.4625583; -5.0253868 (St Mawgan Monastery (approx.)) (approx)
St Michael's Mount Priory + England-Saint-Michaels-Mount-1900-1.jpg Saxon Benedictine? monks
8th century-11th century;
Benedictine monks
founded 1087-90;
church consecrated 1135;
alien house: dependent on Mont-St-Michel, Normandy
granted by Edward the Confessor to Mont-St-Michel before 1050;
seized during wars with the French 1362;
dissolved c.1414;
granted by Henry VI to King's College, Cambridge;
granted by Edward IV to Syon Abbey;
used alternately as fortress and monastery and private residence with public access; (NT)


50°06′59″N 5°28′42″W / 50.116387°N 5.478329°W / 50.116387; -5.478329 (St Michael's Mount Priory)
St Neot's Monastery, St Neot Celtic monks
founded 6th century?;
dissolved after 1084
Saint Aniet

50°28′28″N 4°33′58″W / 50.474442°N 4.566211°W / 50.474442; -4.566211 (St Neot's Monastery)
St Piran's Monastery, Perranzabuloe Celtic monks
founded 6th century?;
dissolved before c.1085


50°21′54″N 5°08′49″W / 50.3650105°N 5.1469231°W / 50.3650105; -5.1469231 (St Piran's Monastery (approx.)) (approx)
Saltash Monastery uncertain order and foundation
Scilly Priory Celtic monks, monastic cells
founded before 1066;
Benedictine monks
cell dependent on Tavistock, Devon;
founded before 1114;
dissolved c.1538;
Tresco Abbey Gardens created by Augustus Smith around the priory remains in 1834
The Priory Church of St Nicholas, Scilly
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Tresco Cell


49°56′51″N 6°19′44″W / 49.9474643°N 6.328758°W / 49.9474643; -6.328758 (Scilly Priory)
Sclerder Abbey + Sclerder Lane - geograph.org.uk - 530758.jpg Dames de la Retraite
founded c.1843; dissolved 1852;
Franciscan Recollects
founded 1858; dissolved 1864;
Carmelite
founded 1864; dissolved 1871;
Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
founded 1904; dissolved 1910;
Minoresses — from Rennes 1914-1920;
Minoresses — from Bullingham 1922-1981;
Franciscan
c.1925;
Carmelite — from Quidenham 1981-2014;
Chemin Neuf 2014-; extant


50°20′53″N 4°30′18″W / 50.347987°N 4.505089°W / 50.347987; -4.505089 (Sclerder Abbey)
Sele Priory Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent on St-Florent-de-Saumur;
founded before 1126;
dissolved 1396
Temple property + Cross of the Knights Hospitaller.svg Knights Templar
Knights Hospitaller


50°31′49″N 4°37′07″W / 50.530166°N 4.618571°W / 50.530166; -4.618571 (Temple property (approx.)) (approx)
Temple Templars Preceptory # Cross of the Knights Hospitaller.svg Knights Templar
founded 12th century;
dissolved 1308-12;
asserted to have become a preceptory of Knights Hospitallers — (disputed)


50°28′41″N 4°23′50″W / 50.4780253°N 4.3971598°W / 50.4780253; -4.3971598 (Temple Templars Preceptory (approx.)) (approx)
Tintagel Monastery remains interpreted as Celtic monastic
dependent on Bodmin;
founded c.350;
popular tradition as medieval Benedictine nunnery: evidence lacking;
Norman castle built on site;
current academic consensus regards earlier settlement as secular


50°40′07″N 4°45′39″W / 50.6685911°N 4.7608405°W / 50.6685911; -4.7608405 (Tintagel Monastery)
Trebeigh Preceptory # Cross of the Knights Hospitaller.svg Knights Templar (purportedly);
Knights Hospitaller
founded before 1199 "by the bounty of" Henry de Pomeral and Reginald Marsh;
united with Ansty before 1432;
dissolved after 1557/8; granted to Henry Wilby and George Blythe 1573/4
Treleigh Preceptory;
Turleigh Preceptory


50°28′46″N 4°23′30″W / 50.4793361°N 4.3917525°W / 50.4793361; -4.3917525 (Trebeigh Preceptory (site))
Tregonan Cell, St Ewe Celtic monks
dependent on St Keverne's Monastery
founded 6th century;
dissolved 11th century


50°03′19″N 5°05′21″W / 50.0551549°N 5.0890732°W / 50.0551549; -5.0890732 (Tregonan Cell) (approx)
Tregonan Grange Cistercian monks grange of Beaulieu, Hampshire
founded before 1263;
dissolved before 1527;
"considerable remains" existing 1755 have since disappeared
St Keverne Grange

50°03′08″N 5°05′25″W / 50.0521825°N 5.0901407°W / 50.0521825; -5.0901407 (Tregonan Grange (site))
Tregony Priory ~ Augustinian Canons Regular
alien house: priory cell dependent on Le Val, Bayeux;
founded before 1125(?);
granted to Merton, Surrey 1267
The Priory Church of St James, Tregony
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Tregoney Priory


50°15′59″N 4°55′03″W / 50.2663016°N 4.9174118°W / 50.2663016; -4.9174118 (Tregony Priory (approx.)) (conjectured site)
Truro — Convent of the Epiphany ^ Community of the Epiphany, Anglican

50°16′21″N 5°03′32″W / 50.272468°N 5.059001°W / 50.272468; -5.059001 (Convent of the Epiphany, Truro)
Truro Blackfriars Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London)
founded before 1259 (during the reign of Henry III) by the Reskimer family; (church consecrated 1259-60);
dissolved 1538; granted to Edward Anglianby 1553/4


50°15′48″N 5°03′18″W / 50.263296°N 5.0550118°W / 50.263296; -5.0550118 (Truro Dominican Friary (site))
Tywardreath Priory Benedictine monks
alien house: daughter house of St-Serge, Angers
founded c.1088 by Richard fitz Turold, Lord of Cardinham Castle, chief baron of Cornwall (or 1169 "by some noblemen", or 1135);
became denizen: independent c.1400;
dissolved 1536; granted to Edward, Earl of Hertford 1542/3
St Andrew
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Truwardraith Priory


50°21′24″N 4°41′38″W / 50.3565371°N 4.6939087°W / 50.3565371; -4.6939087 (Tywardreath Priory)
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