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The following is a list of monastic houses in North Yorkshire, England.

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 & Provenance Formal Name or Dedication
& Alternative Names
OnLine References & Location
Allerton Mauleverer Priory Benedictine monks
cell dependent on York Benedictine Priory;
founded after 1100 by Richard Malleverer;
alien house: dependent on Marmoutier c.1110;
dissolved c.1414; granted to King's College, Cambridge;
foundation possibly associated with the 12th century rebuilding of St Martin's parish church
St Martin

54°00′27″N 1°22′33″W / 54.0073857°N 1.3758847°W / 54.0073857; -1.3758847 (Allerton Mauleverer Priory)
Ampleforth Abbey * AmpleforthAbbey.JPG Benedictine monks
founded 1608; extant
The Abbey Church of Saint Lawrence the Martyr, Ampleforth

54°12′07″N 1°05′08″W / 54.2019328°N 1.0855007°W / 54.2019328; -1.0855007 (Ampleforth Abbey)
Arden Priory ^ Arden Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1584527.jpg Benedictine nuns
probably founded before 1147 by Peter de Hoton (Hutton), confirmed by his lord, Roger de Mowbray;
with regular priests or brethren from unknown date to after 1306;
dissolved August 1536; granted to Thomas Culpeper 1540/1;
house named 'Arden Hall' built on site, incorporates monastic remains (a chimney)
St Andrew

54°18′37″N 1°12′11″W / 54.3101707°N 1.2031853°W / 54.3101707; -1.2031853 (Arden Priory)
Basedale Priory Cistercian nuns
(community founded at Hutton c.1162);
transferred from Nunthorpe c.1189: granted land here by Guy de Bovincourt;
with regular priests or brethren from before 1197 to after 1239;
dissolved 1539; granted to Ralph Bulmer and John Thynde 1544/5
St Mary
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Baysdale Priory;
Base Dale Hoton Priory


54°27′07″N 1°02′40″W / 54.4518481°N 1.0444817°W / 54.4518481; -1.0444817 (Baysdale Priory (Basedale Priory))
Begar Priory,
near Richmond
Cistercian monks
alien house: cell or grange(?) dependent on Bégard;
founded between 1216 and 1272 (during the reign of Henry III);
dissolved c.1414; granted to Eton College
The Blessed Virgin Mary
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Begare Priory

Bolton Priory + BoltonPriory.jpg Augustinian Canons Regular
dependent on Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire);
(community founded at Embsay 1120);
transferred from Embsay 1154-5 (1151, or 1150-9) with the consent of Alice de Rumilly, patroness;
founded 1154;
independent from 1194/5;
dissolved 29 January 1540; granted to Henry, Earl of Cumberland 1541/2;
part of church now in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Cuthbert, Bolton
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Bolton Abbey




53°59′02″N 1°53′18″W / 53.9837758°N 1.8882751°W / 53.9837758; -1.8882751 (Bolton Abbey)
Byland Abbey BylandAbbey-7Je11-24105.jpg Cistercian monks
(community founded at Hood 1138);
transferred from Stocking 30 October 1177;
dissolved 1539; granted to William Pykering 1540/1; (EH)
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Byland

54°12′12″N 1°09′31″W / 54.2034201°N 1.1587358°W / 54.2034201; -1.1587358 (Byland Abbey)
Copmanthorpe Preceptory $ Knights Templar
founded 1258, manor granted by William Malbys sometime before 1258;
dissolved after 1292; amalgamated with Ribstone
The Preceptory of Copmanthorpe with the Castle Mills, York

53°54′33″N 1°07′16″W / 53.9092491°N 1.1210239°W / 53.9092491; -1.1210239 (Copmanthorpe Preceptory)
Coverham Abbey ^ Coverham Abbey.jpg Premonstratensian Canons
daughter house of Durford(?), Sussex;
(community founded at Swainby before 1188 (c.1187));
transferred from Swainby 1197-1202, built by Ralph Fitz Robert, Lord of Middleham;
dissolved 1536;
part of abbey guest-house incorporated into a house
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary of Charity, Coverham
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Corham Abbey


54°16′20″N 1°50′19″W / 54.2722563°N 1.8387294°W / 54.2722563; -1.8387294 (Coverham Abbey)
Cowton Grange Cistercian monks
grange dependent on Fountains;
founded before 1145


Crayke Monastery site granted to St Cuthbert by King Egfrith 685;
became a monastery
no later reference


Drax Priory $ Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1130-9 by William Paynel;
dissolved 24 August 1535; granted to Sir Marmaduke Constable 1538/9
St Nicholas

53°44′52″N 0°59′24″W / 53.7477718°N 0.9900597°W / 53.7477718; -0.9900597 (Drax Priory)
Easby Abbey EasbyAbbey.jpg Premonstratensian Canons — from Newhouse, Lincolnshire
founded 1152 (1151) by Roald, Constable of Richmond Castle;
dissolved 1536/7; (NT)
The Abbey Church of Saint Agatha, Easby

54°23′53″N 1°43′00″W / 54.3979307°N 1.7166299°W / 54.3979307; -1.7166299 (Easby Abbey)
East Cowton Preceptory Knights Templar
founded c.1142, benefactor Roger Mowbray;
dissolved 1308-12;
Knights Hospitaller maintained a chaplain here, with no preceptory c.1338
Temple Cowton Preceptory

54°25′17″N 1°31′25″W / 54.421505°N 1.5237468°W / 54.421505; -1.5237468 (East Cowton Preceptory)
Egglestone Abbey Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in County Durham
Ellerton Priory Cistercian nuns
founded 1170 (during the reign of Henry II), built by Warnerus Dapifer, Earl of Richmond;
dissolved 1538-9 (1537); granted to John Aske 1541/2; became part of the manor of Ellerton;
now in private ownership without public access
St Mary
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Priory of Ellerton in Swaledale;
Elreton Priory


54°22′19″N 1°52′45″W / 54.3718711°N 1.8791664°W / 54.3718711; -1.8791664 (Ellerton Priory)
Embsay Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
dependent on Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire);
founded late-1120/early-1121, site and church of the Holy Trinity, Skipton granted to Reginald, prior, by William Meschin and his wife Cecilia de Rumilly;
transferred to Bolton 1154-5 (1151, or 1150-9);
quarried for use in Embsay Kirk, built c.1780, and a number of outhouses
The Blessed Virgin Mary

St Cuthbert

St Mary and St Cuthbert


53°59′07″N 1°59′06″W / 53.9852315°N 1.9850171°W / 53.9852315; -1.9850171 (Embsay Priory)
Fors Abbey Savignac monks
daughter house of Byland;
founded 1145, land granted by Acharius Fitz Bardolph (Akarius fitz Bardolf)
Cistercian monks
orders merged 17 September 1147;
joined by monks from Stocking 10 March 1150; later boarded at Stocking;
transferred to Jervaulx 1156 by Conan, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond;
became an estate of Jervaulx, known as 'Dale Grange';
13th century window incorporated into outbuilding of Chantry Farm
The Blessed Virgin Mary
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de Caritate


54°18′46″N 2°06′05″W / 54.3128526°N 2.1013927°W / 54.3128526; -2.1013927 (Fors Abbey)
Foukeholme Priory # Benedictine nuns
founded c.1200(?) (during or before the reign of John) probably by a member of the de Colville family;
dissolved after 1349, possibly died out during the Black Death
St Stephen

54°20′23″N 1°18′56″W / 54.3396002°N 1.3156611°W / 54.3396002; -1.3156611 (Foukeholme Priory)
Foulbridge Preceptory Knights Templar
founded before 1226;
dissolved 1308-12;
Knights Hospitaller apparently intended to maintain preceptory here; secular bailiff 1338


54°12′12″N 0°36′01″W / 54.2034703°N 0.6003428°W / 54.2034703; -0.6003428 (Foulbridge Preceptory)
Fountains Abbey Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, UK - Diliff.jpg Cistercian monks
founded 27 December 1132;
mentored from Clairvaux;
dissolved 26 November 1539; granted to Sir Richard Gresham 1540/1; (NT)
The Blessed Virgin Mary

54°06′36″N 1°34′52″W / 54.1098863°N 1.5812051°W / 54.1098863; -1.5812051 (Fountains Abbey)
Gilling Monastery prior to 1873 considered the site of Ingetlingum monastery, now identified as Collingham: see entry under List of monastic houses in West Yorkshire

54°26′24″N 1°43′26″W / 54.4401057°N 1.7239684°W / 54.4401057; -1.7239684 (Gilling — site assumed for Ingetlingum Monastery prior to 1873) (discounted)
Gisborough Priory Guis-pri-01-l.jpg Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1119 by Robert de Brus;
dissolved 1540; granted to Sir Robert Chaloner 1561/2; (EH)
St Mary
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Guisborough Priory;
Giseburne Priory


54°32′11″N 1°02′53″W / 54.5362711°N 1.0480195°W / 54.5362711; -1.0480195 (Gisborough Priory)
Goathland Cell (?) hermitage for priests and brothers
founded 1109-14;
Benedictine monks
cell ('quasi-cell') dependent on Whitby; after a few years the brothers were received as monks when they transferred to Whitby;
described as a farm called 'Abbot House'


54°23′39″N 0°42′22″W / 54.39403°N 0.7060808°W / 54.39403; -0.7060808 (Goathland Cell (supposed site)) (supposed)
Grosmont Priory # Grandmontine monks
alien house: dependent on Grandmont;
founded c.1204, site granted by Johanna, daughter of William Fossard;
became denizen: independent from c.1394-5;
dissolved 1536; granted to Edward Wright 1543/4
St Mary

54°26′26″N 0°43′28″W / 54.4406914°N 0.7244968°W / 54.4406914; -0.7244968 (Grosmont Priory)
Hackness Priory + StPeterChurchHackness.jpg Saxon Benedictine? monks and nuns
founded before 680 by St Hilda;
destroyed in raids by the Danes c.870
Benedictine monks — from Whitby
cell
founded c.1095 St Peter's church granted to Whitby by William de Percy;
community located here briefly in 11th century because of coastal pirate raids;
retained as a cell;
dissolved 1539;
Parish Church of St Peter incorporates Saxon features
St Peter

54°17′48″N 0°31′35″W / 54.2965892°N 0.5263674°W / 54.2965892; -0.5263674 (Hackness Priory)
54°18′05″N 0°30′44″W / 54.3014163°N 0.5122751°W / 54.3014163; -0.5122751 (Hackness Priory — St Peter's Church)
Handale Priory $ possibly initially Benedictine nuns (if so, no record of when order changed)
Cistercian nuns
founded 1133 (1139) by William fitz Richard de Percy of Dunsley;
dissolved 1539; granted to Ambrose Beckwith 1543/4
St Mary
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Grendale Priory


54°31′52″N 0°52′51″W / 54.531056°N 0.8808643°W / 54.531056; -0.8808643 (Handale Priory)
Healaugh Park Priory ^ Healaugh Priory - geograph.org.uk - 434188.jpg hermitage
founded between 1160 and 1184, land granted to Gilbert, monk of Marmoutier by Bertram Haget, confirmed by his son Geoffrey, witnessed by Clement, Abbot of York;
Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1218 by Alice, granddaughter of Bertram Haget and wife of Jordan de S Maria;
dissolved 1535; granted to James Gage 1539/40;
remains incorporated into buildings of Manor House Farm
St John the Evangelist
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Healaugh Priory;
Helagh Park Priory


53°54′40″N 1°15′45″W / 53.9110439°N 1.2624192°W / 53.9110439; -1.2624192 (Healaugh Park Priory)
Hood Abbey hermitage before 1138;
Savignac monks — from Furness, Lancashire (Cumbria) via Calder
daughter house of Furness;
founded 1138, land granted by Roger de Mowbray;
transferred to [Old] Byland 1143;
Augustinian Canons Regular — from Bridlington, (Yorkshire)
temporary establishment whilst new abbey at Newburgh was under construction, 1143-45;
became grange of Newburgh;
dissolved 1539;
farmhouse built on site
The Blessed Virgin Mary

54°14′03″N 1°13′39″W / 54.2341236°N 1.2274915°W / 54.2341236; -1.2274915 (Hood Abbey)
Hutton Priory ^(?) Cistercian nuns
possible priory
founded c.1162 by Ralph de Nevill
transferred to Nunthorpe c.1167;
apparently medieval, possibly monastic remains incorporated into house called 'Home Farmhouse'
The Blessed Virgin Mary

54°30′32″N 1°05′25″W / 54.508891°N 1.0902737°W / 54.508891; -1.0902737 (Hutton Priory)
Jervaulx Abbey Jervaulx Abbey, geograph.jpg Cistercian monks from Fors
daughter house of Byland;
(community founded as Savignac at Fors 1145);
founded here 1156 by Conan, Duc de Bretagne, Duke of Richmond;
dissolved 1537; granted to Matthew, Earl of Lenox 1544/5;
now in private ownership with public access
The Blessed Virgin Mary
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Joreval Abbey


54°16′01″N 1°44′15″W / 54.2670568°N 1.7376155°W / 54.2670568; -1.7376155 (Jervaulx Abbey)
Keldholme Priory Cistercian nuns
founded before 1135 (during the reign of Henry I) by Robert de Stuteville;
convent established by 1142-3;
priory founded 1154-66;
dissolved August 1535; granted to Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland 1538/9;
house built on site before 1695;
modern house now on site
St Mary
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Duna Priory;
Keldon Priory


54°16′00″N 0°54′56″W / 54.2665775°N 0.9156659°W / 54.2665775; -0.9156659 (Keldholme Priory)
Kildale Crutched Friars Crutched Friars
founded before 1310, granted land and chapel;
dissolved before 1315: William Greenfield, Archbishop of York, prohibited completion of buildings 1312 and use of chapel 1314-5
Kirkby Malham Cell +? Premonstratensian Canons
cell of West Dereham, Norfolk;
founded before 1189: church of St James granted to Dereham by Adam fitz Adæ;
dissolved 1539;
current church of St Michael the Archangel possibly the conventual church
St James

53°51′48″N 1°19′57″W / 53.8633534°N 1.3324195°W / 53.8633534; -1.3324195 (Kirkby Malham Cell)
Kirkdale Monastery $(?) KirkdaleMinster.JPG Saxon monastery
traditionally founded before 664 by St Cedd; (previously considered to have been the monastery of Laestingaeu, which is now identified as Lastingham);
ruined 'minster' bought by Orm, son of Gamel who rebuilt it between 1055 and 1065 (during the reign of Edward the Confessor and Earl Tosti)
St Gregory

54°15′47″N 0°57′45″W / 54.263081°N 0.9623659°W / 54.263081; -0.9623659 (Kirkdale Monastery)
Kirkham Priory KirkhamPriory.JPG Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1122 by Walter Espec, Lord of Helmsley;
planned after 1154 to convert to Cistercian as a daughter of Rievaulx with remaining Augustinians established in a new house in Linton, never transpired;
dissolved 8 December 1539; granted to Henry Knyvet 1540/1; (EH)
Holy Trinity

54°04′59″N 0°52′37″W / 54.0829172°N 0.876959°W / 54.0829172; -0.876959 (Kirkham Priory)
Knaresborough Priory Trinitarians
founded c.1252: patronised by Richard, King of the Romans;
destroyed by the Scots 1318;
dissolved 30 December 1538; granted to Francis of Shrewsbury 1553;
building called 'The Priory' built on early monastic foundations; remains in the garden of Abbey House
The Holy Trinity and St Robert
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Knaresburgh Priory


53°59′45″N 1°27′26″W / 53.995923°N 1.4570859°W / 53.995923; -1.4570859 (Knaresborough Priory)
Lastingham Abbey + LastinghamAbbey.JPG monks — from Tilbury, Essex
founded after 654 by St Cedd;
destroyed in raids by the Danes c.870?;
Benedictine monks
founded 1078, old monastery granted to Whitby by the King;
transferred to St Olave's, York before 1086;
conventual church in parochial use from 1228, possibly incorporating remains of Saxon monastic church
St Mary
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Laestingaeu Monastery


54°18′16″N 0°52′57″W / 54.3044776°N 0.8825862°W / 54.3044776; -0.8825862 (Lastingham Abbey)
Lazenby Grange secular college or collegiate chapel, (also referred to as a hospital)
founded 1290 possibly in the chapel of St John the Baptist;
granted as a chantry chapel to Jervaulx 1443 or 1444;
rebuilt and used as a grange;
dissolved 1537/44: monks expelled: granted to Matthew, Earl of Lennox; subsequently passed through several ownerships until 1646
the Blessed Virgin Mary

54°23′10″N 1°27′49″W / 54.3861181°N 1.4634776°W / 54.3861181; -1.4634776 (Lazenby Grange)
Malton Priory + MaltonPriory.JPG Gilbertine Canons
founded (c.)1150 (1147-54) by Eustace Fitz-John;
dissolved December 1539; granted to Robert Holgate, Bishop of Llandaff 1540/1;
part of church now in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary; claustral remains incorporated into house named 'Abbey House', built late-17th century
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Old Malton
Old Malton Priory


54°08′33″N 0°46′44″W / 54.142551°N 0.7790047°W / 54.142551; -0.7790047 (Malton Priory)
Marrick Priory ^ MarrickPriory.jpg Benedictine nuns
founded 1154-8 by Roger de Aske (de Asac), confirmed by Conan, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond;
suggested as being Cistercian at some point;
with regular priests or brethren from 12th century to 1252;
nave used as conventual church, choir as parochial church;
dissolved 17 November 40; granted to John Uvedale 1545/6;
conventual remains incorporated into Marrick Priory farmhouse;
currently in use as an outdoor education and residential centre
St Mary
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Maryke Priory


54°22′32″N 1°53′54″W / 54.3754927°N 1.8983334°W / 54.3754927; -1.8983334 (Marrick Priory)
Marton Priory $ Augustinian Canons Regular and Canonesses/Benedictine(?) nuns double house
founded between 1141 and 1154 (during the reign of Stephen, or during the reign of Henry II) by Bertram de Bulmer;
nuns transferred to Moxby before 1167;
Augustinian Canons Regular
from 1167;
dissolved 1536; granted to the Archbishop of York 1542/3
St Mary Virgin

54°07′04″N 1°06′30″W / 54.1178607°N 1.1083853°W / 54.1178607; -1.1083853 (Marton Priory)
Middlesbrough Priory Benedictine monks
priory cell dependent on Whitby;
founded c.1120-30, church of St Hilda granted to Whitby by Robert de Brus;
dissolved before 1537; granted to Thomas Reve 1563/4;
parish church of St Hilda built on or near site of the claustral church 1838-40 (fell into disrepair and demolished 1970s)
Middlesburgh Priory

54°34′59″N 1°14′02″W / 54.5829494°N 1.2339234°W / 54.5829494; -1.2339234 (Middlesbrough Priory)
Mount Grace Priory MountGracePriory.JPG Carthusian monks
founded 1398 by Thomas de Holland, Earl of Kent and Duke of Surrey, licence granted by the King;
dissolved 1537; granted to Robert Strangeways 1540/1; (NT)
The Priory Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Nicholas of Mount Grace in Ingleby
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Mount Grace Charterhouse


54°22′48″N 1°18′36″W / 54.3799169°N 1.3101384°W / 54.3799169; -1.3101384 (Mount Grace Priory)
Mount St John Preceptory Knights Hospitaller
founded c.1148, by (?)William Percy II;
dissolved 1540; granted to the Archbishop of York 1542/3; current building of Mount St John built on site 1720


54°15′26″N 1°16′30″W / 54.2572388°N 1.2749532°W / 54.2572388; -1.2749532 (Mount St. John Preceptory)
Moxby Priory $ Benedictine nuns — from Marton
founded before 1167 (1158?), land granted by Henry II;
Augustinian Canonesses
refounded? before 1322;
dissolved 1536
St John the Evangelist
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Moxby in Marton Priory


54°05′42″N 1°05′20″W / 54.095015°N 1.08895°W / 54.095015; -1.08895 (Moxby Priory)
Newburgh Priory NewburghPriory.JPG Augustinian Canons Regular — from Bridlington (East Yorkshire) via Hood
founded 1142-3 (1150) by Roger de Mowbray, granted the church to canons from Bridlington temporarily established at Hood 1145;
dissolved 1538; granted to Margaret Simpson and her son Anthony Bellasis;
mansion named 'Newburgh Priory' built on site, open to the public
St Mary

54°10′53″N 1°10′13″W / 54.1813326°N 1.1702478°W / 54.1813326; -1.1702478 (Newburgh Priory)
Northallerton Whitefriars Friarage Hospital.jpg Carmelite Friars
founded 1356-7, land granted by Edward III and Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham November 1356, royal licence granted 7 February 1354/5;
dissolved 10 December 1538;
workhouse built 1857;
passed to John Dixon 1858, and subsequently passed to William Thrush Jefferson and Cuthbert Wilson and part worked as a gravel pit mid- to late-19th century;
in used as a landing strip 1912-1914;
workhouse passed to James O'Malley 1939 and converted to an Emergency Medical Hospital, becoming an RAF Hospital 1945 and a civilian hospital (Friarage Hospital) from 1947


54°20′35″N 1°25′49″W / 54.3429271°N 1.4303011°W / 54.3429271; -1.4303011 (Northallerton Whitefriars)
Nun Appleton Priory # Cistercian nuns
founded c.1150 by Eustace de Merch and his wife Alice de St Quintin: lands granted to the prior and nuns;
with regular priests or brethren to 14th century;
dissolved 1539; granted to Robert Darknall 1541/2
St Mary and St John the Evangelist

53°51′08″N 1°09′21″W / 53.8522719°N 1.155839°W / 53.8522719; -1.155839 (Nun Appleton Priory)
Nun Monkton Priory ^+ Benedictine nuns
founded c.1145 (c.1147, before 1147-53) by William de Arches and his wife Ivetta, confirmed by Henry Murdac, Archbishop of York;
dissolved 1536; granted to John, Lord Latimer 1537/8;
part of conventual church now in parochial use; site occupied by house built c.1660 for George Payler
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Nun Monkton

54°00′53″N 1°13′15″W / 54.014792°N 1.2207484°W / 54.014792; -1.2207484 (Nun Monkton Priory)
Nunthorpe Priory Cistercian nuns
(community founded at Hutton c.1162);
transferred here c.1167;
transferred to Basedale c.1189


54°30′33″N 1°09′51″W / 54.5092437°N 1.1642343°W / 54.5092437; -1.1642343 (Nunthorpe Priory)
Old Byland Abbey OldBylandChurch.JPG Savignac monks
(community founded at Hood 1138);
transferred from Hood 1143;
transferred to Stocking 1147


Penhill Preceptory Knights Templar
founded c.1155 (c.1142) by Roger Mowbray;
dissolved 1308-12; and passed to the Knights Hospitallers in a ruinous state 1328;
site now within Temple Farm
The Chapel of Our Lady and St Catherine
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Temple Dowskar;
Temple Dove Skar


54°17′40″N 1°56′48″W / 54.2945699°N 1.9467205°W / 54.2945699; -1.9467205 (Penhill Preceptory)
Ribston Preceptory ^ Knights Templar
founded c.1217 by Robert, Lord Ross;
dissolved 1308-12;
granted to Knights Hospitallers;
Knights Hospitaller
dissolved 1529; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1541/2;
country house named 'Ribston Hall' built on site 1674, incorporating monastic chapel, in private ownership; partly demolished c.1980
Ribstone Preceptory;
Ribstane Preceptory


53°58′43″N 1°24′15″W / 53.9786165°N 1.4040506°W / 53.9786165; -1.4040506 (Ribston Preceptory)
Richmond Greyfriars RichmondGreyfriars.jpg Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Newcastle)
founded 1257-8, attributed to Ralph fitz Randal, Lord of Middleham;
dissolved 19 January 1539; granted to John Banaster and William Metcalf;
remains now within a public park


54°24′16″N 1°44′17″W / 54.4045132°N 1.73805°W / 54.4045132; -1.73805 (Richmond Greyfriars)
Richmond Priory purported Benedictine nuns
founded (during the reign of Henry II(?));
dissolution unknown
Richmond — St Martin's Priory RichmondStMartinsPriory.jpg Benedictine monks
cell dependent on St Mary's York;
founded 1100-37, granted to St Mary's by Wymar, dapifer to the Earl of Richmond, confirmed by Stephen, Earl of Brittany (Richmond);
dissolved 1539; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton 1550/1;
now in private ownership
The Priory Church of Saint Martin, Richmond

54°24′07″N 1°43′43″W / 54.4018263°N 1.7286515°W / 54.4018263; -1.7286515 (Richmond — St Martin's Priory)
Rievaulx Abbey RievaulxAbbey.jpg Cistercian monks
daughter house of Clairvaux;
founded 5 March 1132, site granted by Walter Espec, Lord of Helmsley 1131;
dissolved 3 December 1538; granted to Thomas, Earl of Rutland 1538/9; (EH)
River Abbey

54°15′27″N 1°07′00″W / 54.257498°N 1.116797°W / 54.257498; -1.116797 (Rievaulx Abbey)
Ripon Cathedral Priory + Ripon Cathedral 2.jpg monks
founded c.654-660 (before 660) by Alchfrid, King of Northumbria;
Benedictine? monks
c.661;
destroyed by fire c.875;
refounded;
secular canons 10th century?
destroyed c.948;
secular collegiate
refounded before 972;
dissolved 1547;
refounded as a Royal Free Chapel;
episcopal diocesan cathedral
founded 1876; extant
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Wilfrid, Ripon
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Ripon Minster;
Rippon Priory


54°08′06″N 1°31′13″W / 54.1349915°N 1.5202573°W / 54.1349915; -1.5202573 (Ripon Cathedral Priory)
Rosedale Priory ^ RosedalePriory.JPG Cistercian nuns
founded before 1158 (during the reign of Henry I) by Robert de Pillarton;
also given as Benedictine nuns
with regular priests or brethren until after 1326;
dissolved 1535;
remains incorporated into houses
St Mary and St Laurence

54°21′13″N 0°53′16″W / 54.3537208°N 0.8878165°W / 54.3537208; -0.8878165 (Rosedale Priory)
Scalby Greyfriars ~ Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of York)
(community founded at Scarborough 1239);
transferred here 1245;
transferred to Scarborough 1267-72;
Hatterboard Greyfriars;
Haterberg Greyfriars


54°17′02″N 0°26′22″W / 54.2838096°N 0.439319°W / 54.2838096; -0.439319 (Scalby Greyfriars (approx. loc.)) (approx)
Scarborough Priory Cistercian monks
alien house: cell dependent on Cîteau;
founded before 1189: church granted to Cîteau by Richard I;
monks arrived by 1203;
dissolved c.1407: church and manor granted to Bridlington (East Yorkshire)
St Mary

54°17′11″N 0°23′37″W / 54.2865167°N 0.3937161°W / 54.2865167; -0.3937161 (Scarborough Priory)
Scarborough Blackfriars Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York)
founded c.1252: benefactor Isabel de Beaumont;
dissolved 1539: surrendered to Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover


54°17′05″N 0°23′56″W / 54.284713°N 0.3989196°W / 54.284713; -0.3989196 (Scarborough Blackfriars)
Scarborough Greyfriars Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of York)
founded 1239
community and buildings transferred to new site at Hatterboard (Scalby) 1245; transferred from Scalby 1272; dissolved 1539


54°17′06″N 0°23′42″W / 54.2850356°N 0.3950304°W / 54.2850356; -0.3950304 (Scarborough Greyfriars)
Scarborough Whitefriars Carmelite Friars
founded 1319: two houses granted by Edward II for an oratory and residence;
dissolved 1539: surrendered to Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover


54°17′00″N 0°23′52″W / 54.2833727°N 0.3978413°W / 54.2833727; -0.3978413 (Scarborough Whitefriars)
Scarth Cell (?) charter by Stephen de Maynell, during the reign of Henry I, for cell dependent on Gisborough; grant apparently never put into effect
Selby Abbey + SelbyAbbey.JPG hermitage of Benedict, monk of Auxerre 1069, purportedly arrived in England intending to found an abbey;
Benedictine monks
founded c.1069-70, confirmed 1070;
dissolved 6 December 1539; granted to Sir Ralph Sadler 1540/1;
in parochial use 1618-present
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Germain, Selby

Our Lord Jesus Christ, St Mary and St German


53°47′03″N 1°04′02″W / 53.7840953°N 1.067141°W / 53.7840953; -1.067141 (Selby Abbey)
Skewkirk Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
cell dependent on Nostell;
founded between 1100 and 1135 (before 1144) (during the reign of Henry I), chapel of All Saints granted to Nostell by Geoffrey fitz Pain;
dissolved 1539
Skokirk Priory;
Tockwith Priory


53°58′52″N 1°16′54″W / 53.9811781°N 1.2817848°W / 53.9811781; -1.2817848 (Skewkirk Priory)
Snainton Preceptory Knights Templar

Staintondale Camera Knights Hospitaller
manor of Stainton Hospital;
seized in error as Templar property c.1308; restored to Hospitallers
Stocking Abbey Cistercian monks
(community founded at Hood 1138);
transferred from [Old] Byland 1147: land granted by Roger de Mowbray;
transferred to Byland 1177;
site possibly located at Oldstead Hall


54°12′57″N 1°11′08″W / 54.2156976°N 1.1856584°W / 54.2156976; -1.1856584 (Stocking Abbey (poss. site)) (possible)
Stonegrave Minster StonegraveMinster.JPG Saxon monastic site, founded by 757

Swainby Abbey Premonstratensian Canons — from Newhouse, Lincolnshire
founded before c.1187 by Helewisia, daughter of Ranulph de Glanville, Justiciar of England;
transferred to Coverham between 1196 (1197) and 1202 (1212-14);
possibly retained as a grange thereafter
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary of Charity, Swainby

54°15′51″N 1°29′14″W / 54.2640492°N 1.4871562°W / 54.2640492; -1.4871562 (Swainby Abbey)
Tadcaster Monastery Saxon monastery
founded 649 by Hieu;
apparently monks and nuns c.655
Calcaria Monastery;
Kaelcacaestir Monastery;
possibly Healaugh (Heiu-laeg)
Temple Hirst Preceptory Knights Templar
founded 1152 by Ralph Hastings;
dissolved 1308-12;
granted to Lord Darcy;
now incorporated into the buildings of Temple Farm and public house built on site
Temple Hurste

53°42′57″N 1°05′00″W / 53.7159553°N 1.0834005°W / 53.7159553; -1.0834005 (Temple Hirst Preceptory)
Thicket Priory Benedictine nuns
founded before 1180 (during the reign of Richard I) by Roger fitz Roger;
with regular priests and brethren until after c.1308;
dissolved 1539; granted to John Aske 1541/2;
demolished 1850
St Mary
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Thicked Priory;
Thickett Priory


53°52′58″N 0°56′21″W / 53.8829085°N 0.9392989°W / 53.8829085; -0.9392989 (Thicket Priory)
Wass, Stanbrook Abbey+ Stanbrook Abbey by Betty Longbottom Geograph 2000408.jpg Benedictine nuns
founded in Cambrai, Flanders, in 1625 for expatriate English Catholics. Fled to England after French Revolution, 1795. Sojourned in Liverpool, then Warwickshire. Settled in Stanbrook Hall, Callow End, Worcestershire, 1838. Relocated to N. Yorks. 2007
Convent of Our Lady of Consolation
Stanbrook Abbey;
Wass


54°12′26″N 1°09′02″W / 54.2073°N 1.15051°W / 54.2073; -1.15051 (Stanbrook Abbey)

Wath Priory + Benedictine monks
alien house: cell dependent on Mont-St-Michel
founded before 1156;
church of St Mary and manor granted, confirmed by Conan, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond;
abbot's rights disputed, lost trial by combat, renounced claim 1239;
church restored 1873, in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary


54°11′21″N 1°30′12″W / 54.1890971°N 1.5032709°W / 54.1890971; -1.5032709 (Wath Priory)
Westerdale Preceptory Knights Templar
founded before 1203, manor granted by Guy de Bovincounrt with the consent of Hugh de Balliol, confirmed by the King;
dissolved 1308-12;
Knights Hospitaller camera;
later under Beverley


54°26′10″N 0°59′02″W / 54.4361427°N 0.9839737°W / 54.4361427; -0.9839737 (Westerdale Preceptory)
Whitby Abbey WhitbyAbbey.JPG monks and nuns
abbey?
granted to St Hilda by King Oswald c.657;
Benedictine? nuns
refounded? after 664;
destroyed in raids by the Danes c.867;
Benedictine monks
priory
founded 1078 (before 1077);
built on the site of St Hilda's monastery;
abbey
before 1109;
granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1550/1; (EH)
St Peter

St Peter and St Hilda
Streoneschalh


54°29′18″N 0°36′27″W / 54.4883452°N 0.6074452°W / 54.4883452; -0.6074452 (Whitby Abbey)
Whitley Preceptory Knights Templar
founded before 1248;
dissolved 1308-12;


53°40′57″N 1°10′08″W / 53.682577°N 1.1687887°W / 53.682577; -1.1687887 (Whitley Preceptory (poss site)) (possible)
Wykeham Priory Cistercian nuns
founded c.1153 by Pain fitz Osbert de Wykham;
also given as Gilbertine
with regular priests or brethren until 14th century
destroyed by fire between 1312 and 1377 (during the reign of Edward III);
dissolved 1539; granted to Francis Poole 1544;
Wykeham Abbey war hospital built on site
St Mary

St Mary and St Michael
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Wykham Priory


54°13′26″N 0°31′30″W / 54.2238853°N 0.5250263°W / 54.2238853; -0.5250263 (Wykeham Priory)
Yarm Blackfriars ^? Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York)
founded before 1266 by Peter de Brus, endowed by Henry III;
dissolved 21 December 1538; granted to Miles Wilcock, prior, friars and novices 1539;
remains possibly incorporated into house named 'The Friarage' built on site c.1770
The Annunciation (apparently)
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Yarum Blackfriars


54°30′23″N 1°21′08″W / 54.5064453°N 1.3522518°W / 54.5064453; -1.3522518 (Yarm Blackfriars)
Yedingham Priory AbbeyFarm Yedingham.JPG Benedictine nuns
founded before 1163 by Helewise de Clere (or by Roger de Clere);
with regular priests or brethren until after 1314;
dissolved 1539; granted to Robert Holgate, Bishop of Llandaff;
thereafter granted to the Archbishop of York
St Mary
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Little Mareis;
Little Marcis


54°12′21″N 0°37′41″W / 54.2058705°N 0.6280661°W / 54.2058705; -0.6280661 (Yedingham Priory)
York Austin Friars Augustinian Canons Regular (under the Limit of York)
founded July 1272, Austins in York granted protection by Henry III, property granted by Lord Scrope of Upsall;
dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Rawson


53°57′37″N 1°05′08″W / 53.9601508°N 1.0854954°W / 53.9601508; -1.0854954 (York Austin Friars)
York Blackfriars, possible earlier site Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York)
possibly initially housed at Goodramgate after arrival in the city
transferred to new site (see immediately below)


53°57′46″N 1°04′44″W / 53.9627735°N 1.0787603°W / 53.9627735; -1.0787603 (York Blackriars (approx. loc.)) (approx)
York Blackfriars Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York)
possibly transferred from Goodramgate (see immediately above)
founded 10 April 1227, chapel of St Mary Magdalene and land granted at the instance of the King;
dissolved 1538
St Mary Magdalene

53°57′29″N 1°05′24″W / 53.9579588°N 1.0901356°W / 53.9579588; -1.0901356 (York Blackfriars)
York — Clementhorpe Priory # Benedictine nuns
founded c.1130 (1125-33) by Thurstan, Archbishop of York;
dissolved 1536; granted to Edward Shipwith 1541-2;
remains existing 19th century no longer extant
St Clement's Priory

53°57′08″N 1°04′57″W / 53.9523102°N 1.0825878°W / 53.9523102; -1.0825878 (York — St Clement's Priory)
York Crutched Friars Crutched Friars
settled in York c.1307 (early in the reign of Edward II), but when the Archbishop of York disallowed their settling in the city they moved on c.1310


53°57′06″N 1°05′14″W / 53.9516236°N 1.087212°W / 53.9516236; -1.087212 (York Crutched Friars)
York — Fishergate Priory ~ Benedictine monks
priory cell dependent on Whitby;
founded after 1087, granted to Whitby by William Rufus;
apparently abandoned before 1536(?) and completely demolished
All Saints

53°57′05″N 1°04′36″W / 53.9512732°N 1.0767218°W / 53.9512732; -1.0767218 (York — Fishergate Priory (approx. loc.)) (approx)
York Friars of the Sack Friars of the Sack
probably founded c.1260
dissolved before 1312, on the death of the remaining friars;
house and site disposed of 1312


53°57′38″N 1°05′13″W / 53.9606085°N 1.0870296°W / 53.9606085; -1.0870296 (York Friars of the Sack)
York Greyfriars, earlier site Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of York)
probably founded c.1230, endowments provided by Henry III January 1236 and 1237 for building
transferred to new site (see immediately below) c.1243


York Greyfriars Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of York)
(community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) c.1230)
transferred here c.1243;
dissolved 27 November 1538; granted to Leonard Beckwith 1542/3


53°57′19″N 1°04′52″W / 53.9551796°N 1.0810751°W / 53.9551796; -1.0810751 (York Greyfriars)
York — Holy Trinity Priory secular canons
founded before 1069 (before 1066);
partly destroyed and abandoned in siege of York by the Danes 1069;
Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent on Marmoutier;
founded 1089 by Ralph Paynell, who restored the church;
became denizen: independent 1426;
dissolved 11 December 1538; granted to Leonard Beckwith 1542/3; remains incorporated into present parish church
The Priory Church of The Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York
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Christ Church


53°57′22″N 1°05′19″W / 53.9560429°N 1.0886309°W / 53.9560429; -1.0886309 (York — Holy Trinity Priory)
York — St Andrew's Priory Gilbertine Canons
founded c.1200 by Hugh Murdac, Archdeacon of Cleveland;
dissolved 1538; granted to John Bellow and John Broxholm 1545/6
St Andrew

53°57′09″N 1°04′39″W / 53.9526322°N 1.0774112°W / 53.9526322; -1.0774112 (York — St Andrew's Priory)
York Whitefriars, Bootham Carmelite Friars
founded 1253;
transferred to new site at the Stonebow (see immediately below) 1295


53°57′58″N 1°05′00″W / 53.9660682°N 1.0833925°W / 53.9660682; -1.0833925 (York Whitefriars, earlier site)
York Whitefriars, the Stonebow Carmelite Friars
(community founded at Bootham (see immediately above) 1253);
transferred here 1295;
dissolved 1538; granted to Ambrose Becwith 1543/4


53°57′31″N 1°04′35″W / 53.9587337°N 1.0763973°W / 53.9587337; -1.0763973 (York Whitefriars)
York — St Anne's Monastic House * Celtic Orthodox church;
founded March 1995; extant
Mother of Mary, the Mother of God

53°58′04″N 1°04′37″W / 53.9676665°N 1.0769337°W / 53.9676665; -1.0769337 (York — St Anne's Monastic House (Orthodox))
York — St Mary's Abbey Ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, York.jpg Benedictine monks
(community founded at St Olave's before 1086);
transferred here 1088-9;
dissolved 26 November 1539
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, York

53°57′43″N 1°05′18″W / 53.962035°N 1.0884082°W / 53.962035; -1.0884082 (York — St Mary's Abbey)
York — St Olave's Abbey Secular minster — from Lastingham
founded before 1055, built by Earl Siward;
Benedictine monks
refounded before 1086;
transferred to new site 1088-9, becoming St Mary's Abbey
St Olave's Minster at Galmanho

53°57′44″N 1°05′21″W / 53.9623096°N 1.0891485°W / 53.9623096; -1.0891485 (York — St Olave's Abbey)
York Monastery, earlier site Culdees?
founded c.937?
transferred to new site (see immediately below) after 1086
St Peter
York Monastery Culdees?
(community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) c.937?);
transferred here after 1086;
rebuilt by William Rufus; became St Leonard's Hospital
founded before 1135, under Augustinian rule; dissolved 1540; granted to Robert, Lord Dudley;
later called 'the Mint Yard' 1563-4
St Peter
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St Peter's Hospital;
St Leoonard's Hospital


53°57′40″N 1°05′10″W / 53.9611182°N 1.0862115°W / 53.9611182; -1.0862115 (York Monastery (later St Leonard's Hospital))
York Cathedral + YorkMinsterWest.jpg Secular (collegiate)
founded 625;
episcopal diocesan cathedral
founded 627; extant
destroyed 633;
Culdees? 664;
Benedictine? monks
founded c.972;
Secular (collegiate)
refounded after 992;
The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York
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York Minster


53°57′44″N 1°04′56″W / 53.9622402°N 1.0820997°W / 53.9622402; -1.0820997 (York Minster)


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