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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Shropshire, 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
Alberbury Priory Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian
dependent on Lilleshall;
founded c.1221-6;
Grandmontine monks
alien house: dependent on Grandmont;
refounded c.1230: confirmed by Fulk fitz Warin of Whittington, 1232;
dissolved c.1441; bought by Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury;
granted to All Souls College, Oxford by Henry VI, in use as a chantry chapel; dissolved 1547;
conventual church converted into a farmhouse called 'White Abbey Farm' 1578; alterations 1857–8
St Mary
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White Abbey


52°43′51″N 2°55′37″W / 52.7308078°N 2.9269673°W / 52.7308078; -2.9269673 (Alberbury Priory)
Beth centuryote Augustinian Canons Regular
dependent on Haughmond;
farm and chapel
Bridgnorth Greyfriars Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester)
founded 1244;
dissolved 1538


52°32′13″N 2°24′58″W / 52.5370203°N 2.41615°W / 52.5370203; -2.41615 (Bridgnorth Greyfriars)
Bromfield Priory + Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bromfield - geograph.org.uk - 31473.jpg secular canons collegiate
founded before 1061;
Benedictine monks
cell dependent on Gloucester, Gloucestershire;
founded 1155;
dissolved 1540; granted to Charles Fox;
church now in parochial use
St Mary, Virgin

52°23′12″N 2°45′44″W / 52.3866292°N 2.7623601°W / 52.3866292; -2.7623601 (Bromfield Priory)
Buildwas Abbey BuildwasAbbey.jpg Savignac monks — from Savigny
dependent on Savigny;
founded 8 August 1135;
Cistercian monks
orders merged 1147;
dissolved 1535 (1536)
part of monastic buildings incorporated into a private house; (EH)
The Abbey Church of St Mary and St Chad, Buildwas
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Bildewas Abbey


52°38′07″N 2°31′43″W / 52.6353874°N 2.5286472°W / 52.6353874; -2.5286472 (Buildwas Abbey)
Chirbury Priory Augustinian Canons Regular — from Snead
founded c.1190 by Robert de Buthlers, Lord of Montgomery;
canons arrived c.1195;
dissolved 1536; granted Edward Hampton 1545/6
The Priory Church of Saint Michael, Chirbury

52°34′46″N 3°05′28″W / 52.5795609°N 3.0911332°W / 52.5795609; -3.0911332 (Chirbury Priory)
Church Preen Priory Cluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Wenlock;
founded after 1150;
cell 1384;
dissolved before 1539
St John the Baptist
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Preen Priory


52°34′44″N 2°40′31″W / 52.5788788°N 2.6753815°W / 52.5788788; -2.6753815 (Church Preen Priory)
Donnington Wood Abbey Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian — from Dorchester, Oxfordshire;
(community founded at Lizard c.1143);
transferred from Lizard c.1144;
dissolved c.1148;
transferred to new site at Lilleshall


52°39′05″N 2°16′56″W / 52.6513825°N 2.2823131°W / 52.6513825; -2.2823131 (Donnington Wood Abbey)
Emstrey possible Saxon minster Eiminstre
Halston Preceptory possible Knights Templar (evidence lacking)
Knights Hospitaller
refounded before 1221 (between 1165 and 1187) by Roger de Powys, Lord of Whittington;
dissolved before 1540; granted to William Horne 1562/3


52°52′30″N 2°59′02″W / 52.8750195°N 2.9838181°W / 52.8750195; -2.9838181 (Halston Preceptory)
Hatton Grange Cistercian monks
grange, dependent on Buildwas;
founded 1227;
dissolved before 1540


Haughmond Abbey HaughmondAbbey.jpg Augustinian Canons Regular
priory?
founded c.1110 (1130-8) by William fitz Alan of Clun;
Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian(?)
priory;
before 1130–5;
purportedly raised to abbey status c.1155?;
listed under Augustinian general chapter c.1160-80;
dissolved 9 September 1539; granted to Edward Littleton (died 1558) 1540/1; (EH)
The Abbey Church of St John the Evangelist, Haughmond
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Haghmon Priory


52°43′58″N 2°40′47″W / 52.7327787°N 2.6797897°W / 52.7327787; -2.6797897 (Haughmond Abbey)
Lilleshall Abbey Lilleshall Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1313407.jpg Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian — from Dorchester, Oxfordshire, via Lizard
(community founded at Lizard c.1143);
transferred from Donnington Wood c.1148;
dissolved 1538; granted to James Leveson 1539/40; (EH)
The Blessed Virgin Mary
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Lilleshull Priory


52°43′42″N 2°23′52″W / 52.7282877°N 2.3978198°W / 52.7282877; -2.3978198 (Lilleshall Abbey)
Lizard Abbey Augustinian Canons Regular — from Dorchester, Oxfordshire
founded c.1143;
transferred to new site at Donnington Wood c.1144; retained for use as grange


52°41′18″N 2°18′55″W / 52.6884603°N 2.3153619°W / 52.6884603; -2.3153619 (Lizard Abbey)
Ludlow Austin Friars Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln)
founded 1254; built c.1282;
dissolved 1538; granted to George Cotton and William Man


52°22′02″N 2°42′41″W / 52.367218°N 2.71150°W / 52.367218; -2.71150 (Ludlow Austin Friars)
Ludlow Whitefriars Carmelite Friars
founded 1350 (1349) by Lawrence of Ludlow;
dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Hacket and Thomas Trentham 1559/60


52°22′15″N 2°43′16″W / 52.3708471°N 2.7211171°W / 52.3708471; -2.7211171 (Ludlow Whitefriars)
Lydley Keys Preceptory Knights Templar
founded c.1155-60;
dissolved 1308–12
Lydley Preceptory

Minsterley possible Saxon minster
Morville Priory collegiate church before 1066;
Benedictine monks
priory cell dependent on Shrewsbury;
founded 1138 by the Earl of Shrewsbury, collegiate church granted to Shrewsbury as a cell by Robert, Bishop of Hereford;
dissolved 1540; granted to Henry Lord Lisle 1545/6
St Gregory
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Morfield Priory


52°32′31″N 2°29′19″W / 52.5419111°N 2.4885535°W / 52.5419111; -2.4885535 (Morville Priory)
Ratlinghope Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
priory cell
founded before 1200;
Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine
priory cell dependent on Wigmore, Herefordshire;
before 1209;
dissolved 1538; granted to Robert Long 1545/6
St Giles
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Ratlingcope Priory


52°34′00″N 2°52′57″W / 52.5666382°N 2.8826331°W / 52.5666382; -2.8826331 (Ratlinghope Priory)
Shrewsbury Abbey + ShrewsburyAbbey.JPG Benedictine monks
founded 1083-6 (c.1080) by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel;
dissolved 1540; granted to Edward Watson and Henry Herdson 1541/2;
part of church now in parochial use
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Shrewsbury
(nave dedicated to The Holy Cross)


52°42′27″N 2°44′37″W / 52.707579°N 2.7436209°W / 52.707579; -2.7436209 (Shrewsbury Abbey)
Shrewsbury Austin Friars, earlier site Augustinian Friars
founded c.1255 by the Stafford family: Henry III granted land to 'poor brethren of Cowlane' (possible Austin Friars) June 1254;
transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1290–8


Shrewsbury Austin Friars Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln)
community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) c.1255;
transferred here 1290–1298;
dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Andrews and Nicholas Temple 1543/4


52°42′32″N 2°45′37″W / 52.7088108°N 2.7602613°W / 52.7088108; -2.7602613 (Shrewsbury Austin Friars)
Shrewsbury Blackfriars Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford)
founded before 1232 by Lady Genevile;
dissolved 1539; granted to Richard Andrews and Nicholas Temple 1543/4


52°42′32″N 2°45′00″W / 52.7087946°N 2.7499241°W / 52.7087946; -2.7499241 (Shrewsbury Blackfriars)
Shrewsbury Greyfriars Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester)
founded 1245-6 by Hawise, Countess of Powys;
dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Andrews and Nicholas Temple 1543/4


52°42′18″N 2°44′56″W / 52.705021°N 2.7489638°W / 52.705021; -2.7489638 (Shrewsbury Greyfriars)
Snead Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1190;
transferred to Chirbury c.1195


52°30′45″N 3°01′05″W / 52.5126037°N 3.0181396°W / 52.5126037; -3.0181396 (Snead Priory)
Stanton Long Camera Knights Templar
camera or grange;
founded c.1221 (before 1228);
dissolved 1308–12


52°30′22″N 2°38′06″W / 52.5061913°N 2.6349163°W / 52.5061913; -2.6349163 (Stanton Long Preceptory)
Stitt Cell Augustinian Canons Regular
(?)cell dependent on Haughmond — evidence lacking


52°34′51″N 2°52′57″W / 52.5807376°N 2.8824627°W / 52.5807376; -2.8824627 (purported Stitt Cell)
Wenlock Nunnery WenlockPriory.jpg Saxon nuns
founded c.680 by Merwald, King of West Mercia (or his daughter St Milburga); ruined; Cluniac house built on site (see immediately below)


52°35′50″N 2°33′19″W / 52.5973392°N 2.5552118°W / 52.5973392; -2.5552118 (Much Wenlock Priory)
Wenlock Priory possible secular canons — minster
founded c.1050: built by Earl Leofric;
Cluniac monks
alien house: dependent on La Charité: monks invited by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, built on site of ruined Saxon nunnery (see immediately above);
became denizen: independent from 1395;
dissolved 26 January 1540; granted to Augustino de Augustinis 1544/5; (EH)
The Priory Church of Saint Michael and Saint Milburga, Wenlock
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Much Wenlock Priory
Whitchurch possibly Saxon minster at Album Monasterium
White Ladies Priory WhiteladiesPriory.jpg Augustinian Canonesses
founded c.1199(?);
dissolved 1538(?): granted to William Whorwood 1539/40;
house built on site (EH)
St Leonard
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Brewood White Ladies Priory;
Brewood Priory


52°39′57″N 2°15′30″W / 52.665771°N 2.25842°W / 52.665771; -2.25842 (White Ladies Priory)
Wombridge Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
transferred from Dodlinch, Somerset before? 1226;
founded 1130-5 by William de Hadley;
dissolved 1536; granted to James Leveson 1539/40;
conventual church continued in parochial use until mid-17th century when ruinous;
Lady Chapel in use until destroyed in a storm 1756;
new parish church built, rebuilt 19th century, in use as current parish church
The Holy Trinity, St Mary Virgin, and St Thomas Martyr
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Wombride Priory


52°42′05″N 2°27′31″W / 52.7014682°N 2.4585396°W / 52.7014682; -2.4585396 (Wombridge Priory)
Woodhouse Austin Friars Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln)
founded c.1250: granted by the Turberviles (Tubervilles);
dissolved August 1538; granted to Thomas Reeves and George Cotton


52°23′29″N 2°31′12″W / 52.3914157°N 2.5201231°W / 52.3914157; -2.5201231 (Woodhouse Austin Friars)
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