List of monastic houses in Bristol

Bedminster Monastery (probable loc.)

BRISTOL (see below)

Westbury Priory

Locations of monastic houses in Bristol

Austin Friars (site)

Black Friars (site)

Eremites Friars (site)

Friars of the Sack (site)

Greyfriars (site)

Whitefriars (site)

St James's Priory

St Mary Magdalen Nunnery (site)

St Philip's Priory

Bristol Cathedral Abbey

Bristol Preceptory

Locations of monastic houses in Central Bristol

This List of monastic houses in Bristol includes abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in Bristol.

In this article 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 (Templars and Hospitallers). The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundation had, or was purported to have the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptory/commandery.

The name of the county is given where there is reference to an establishment in another county. Where the county has changed since the foundation's dissolution the modern county is given in parentheses, and in instances where the referenced foundation ceased to exist before the unification of England, the kingdom is given, followed by the modern county in parentheses.

The geographical co-ordinates provided are sourced from the details provided by Historic England PastScape and Ordnance Survey publications.

A Monastic Glossary follows the listing, which provides links to articles on the particular monastic orders as well as other terms which appear in the listing.

Abbreviations and key

The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus: * indicates current monastic function ^+ indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) ^ indicates current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure ^$ indicates remains limited to earthworks etc. ^# indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains ^~ indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown ^≈ identification ambiguous or confused Locations with names in italics indicate probable duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic appellation but lacking monastic connection.

Trusteeship denoted as follows: EH English Heritage LT Landmark Trust NT National Trust

Alphabetical listing of establishments

Foundation	Image	Communities & Provenance[note 1]	Formal Name or Dedication[note 2] & Alternative Names[note 3]	Online References[note 4] & Location[note 5]
Bedminster Monastery		possible Saxon monastic or secular foundation parochial church of St John probably built on site, rebuilt 1854, destroyed by bombing in World War II		[1] 51°26′24″N 2°35′55″W / 51.4399232°N 2.5985026°W (probable)
Bristol Austin Friars ^#		Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Oxford) founded 1313 by Sir Simon and Sir William Montacute; vacation house for alien students 1362; dissolved September 1538; granted to Maurice Dennis c.1543		[2][3] 51°27′01″N 2°35′03″W / 51.450283°N 2.584094°W
Bristol Blackfriars ^		Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London) founded 1227/8 by Sir Maurice [de] Gaunt; dissolved 10 September 1528 (1538?); granted to William Chester; subsequently The Friars Quaker meeting house; then Bristol Register Office; currently in use as a restaurant		[2][4] 51°27′26″N 2°35′16″W / 51.457296°N 2.58772°W
Bristol Eremites Friars ^#		Friars Eremites		51°26′52″N 2°35′10″W / 51.447842°N 2.586132°W
Bristol Friars of the Sack ^#		Friars of the Sack founded before 1266; dissolved after 1286; friars had left before 1322, though church continued in use		[2][5] 51°27′17″N 2°35′54″W / 51.454655°N 2.598261°W
Bristol Greyfriars ^#		Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Bristol) founded before 1230/34; dissolved 10 September 1538; granted to Mayor and citizens c.1541	Saint Francis	[2][6][7] 51°27′29″N 2°35′44″W / 51.4580983°N 2.5956488°W
Bristol Whitefriars ^#		Carmelite Friars founded 1256/1267 by Edward, Prince of Wales (the future Edward I); dissolved 1538; site successively occupied by a mansion and a boys' school; site now occupied by Colston Hall	The Blessed Virgin Mary	[2][8] 51°27′17″N 2°35′54″W / 51.454655°N 2.598261°W
St James's Priory, Bristol ^+		Benedictine monks founded 1120s, built by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, son of Henry I; dissolved 1539; granted to Henry Brayne c.1543; nave in parochial use 1374; fell into disuse 1980s; in custodianship of the Little Brothers of Nazareth since 1996	The Priory Church of Saint James, Bristol	[9][10][11] 51°27′31″N 2°35′35″W / 51.458596°N 2.593036°W
Bristol — St Mary Magdalen Nunnery ^#		Augustinian Canonesses founded 1173 by Eva, widow of Robert Fitzharding; also given as Benedictine dissolved 1536; granted to Henry Brayne and John Marsh; King David Inn built on site	St Mary Magdalene	[12] 51°27′26″N 2°35′52″W / 51.45719°N 2.59782°W
Bristol — St Philip's Priory		Benedictine monks founded c.900	The Church of Saint Philip and Saint Jacob, Bristol	51°27′18″N 2°35′06″W / 51.454969°N 2.584987°W
Bristol — St Stephen's Priory		Benedictine monks recorded as a cell dependent on Glastonbury, Somerset
Bristol Cathedral Abbey: St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol ^+		Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine founded 1140-2 by Robert Fitzharding; first canons transferred from Shobdon, Herefordshire (1120 or) 1148; dissolved 9 December 1539; episcopal diocesan cathedral founded 1542; extant	The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bristol The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol	[10][13][14] [15][16] 51°27′06″N 2°36′02″W / 51.45161°N 2.600536°W
Bristol Preceptory		Knights Templar church built on site of templar church, now in ruins		51°27′08″N 2°35′12″W / 51.452095°N 2.586744°W
Westbury Priory		Saxon minster, college of secular priests founded 716; granted to Worcester 824; probably destroyed in Danish raids 9th century; Benedictine monks refounded c.963/4 by Bishop Oswald; 12 monks transferred to new site at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire 972; priory lapsed thereafter; refounded c.1093, cell dependent on Worcester; lapsed before c.1112; refounded 1125; college of secular priests 1194; parochial church built on site	The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Westbury on Trym ____________________ Westbury on Trym Priory; Westbury Minster	[17][17][18] 51°29′40″N 2°37′02″W / 51.494537°N 2.6171923°W

Glossary

Orders: Augustinian Augustinian Canons Regular / Austin Canons / Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.) - Arrouasian / (Arroasian) - Victorine - Holy Sepulchre Austin Friars (Augustinian Friars) Augustinian Recollects Benedictine / Order of St Benedict (O.S.B.) Bonshommes Bridgettine / Briggittine Carmelites Carmelites (White Friars) Carthusians Cistercian Cluniac Crutched Friars / (Crouched Friars / Crossed Friars / Fratres Cruciferi / Brethren of the Holy Cross) Culdee Dominican (Black Friars) / Ordinis Praedicatorum (Order of Preachers) (O.P.) / Friars Preachers Franciscan (Grey Friars) Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (The Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) / Ordo Fratrum Minorum) Capuchin (Order of Friars Minor Capuchin) Franciscan Observants Franciscan, Third Order Regular Franciscan Recollects Minoresses (Poor Clares) Friars of the Order of Blessed Mary (Friars of St Mary / Fratres Beatae Mariae) Friars of Penitence of Jesus Christ (Friars of the Sack) Gilbertine Grandmontine Military Orders Knights Hospitaller / Hospitallers / Order of Hospitallers / Knights of Saint John / Order of Saint John Order of the Holy Sepulchre Knights Templar / Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon / Order of the Temple / Templars Order of Saint Lazarus

St. Lazarus Hospitallers Premonstratensian Savignac Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Sisters of St John of Jerusalem Tironensian Trappist Trinitarian (Maturines) Valliscaulian General terms: Abbots / Abbesses / Abbey Alien House Anchorites Camera (pl. Cameræ) Canons Canons Regular cell Commandery Double monastery Friars / Friary Friars Eremites / anchorites Hermits Mendicants Monks Nuns / Nunnery Preceptor / Preceptory Priors / Prioresses / Priory Secular canons

Map link to lists of monastic houses in England by county

Northumberland Durham Lancashire Cheshire Derbs. Notts. Lincolnshire Leics. Staffs. Shropshire Warks. Northants. Norfolk Suffolk Essex Herts. Beds. Bucks. Oxon. Glos. Somerset Wiltshire Berkshire Kent Surrey Hampshire Dorset Devon Cornwall Heref. Worcs. Bristol East Riding of Yorkshire Rutland Cambs. Greater London Tyne & Wear Cumbria North Yorkshire South Yorks. West Yorkshire Greater Manc. Merseyside East Sussex West Sussex Isle of Wight West Midlands

Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset County Durham Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Merseyside Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex, East Sussex, West Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire, East Riding Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West

See also

• List of monastic houses in England

Notes

1. Communities & Provenance shows the status and communities existing at each establishment, together with such dates as have been established as well as the fate of the establishment after dissolution, and the current status of the site.
2. Formal Name or Dedication: shows the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated.
3. Alternative Names: some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time. In order to assist in text-searching such alternatives in name or spelling have been provided.
4. Online References: presents links to online references to the particular establishment in addition to the general printed and online references given at the foot of this article. Establishments for which online references have not been specified are referred to within the printed references listed.
5. Location: provides a link to the geographical position of the site of the foundation where established. Where the location has been established the location is pinpointed (dependent on the available resolution of the map data), otherwise the general location is given in italic.

References

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3. Historic England. "Bristol Austin Friary (1007687)". PastScape. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
4. Historic England. "Bristol Blackfriars (1007718)". PastScape. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
5. Historic England. "The Friars of the Sack (198337)". PastScape. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
6. Historic England. "Bristol Greyfriars (1007750)". PastScape. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
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8. "About the hall". Colston Hall. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
9. "St James Priory, Whitson Street". English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
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11. Historic England. "Church of St James (380890)". Images of England. Retrieved 25 October 2006.
12. Page, William (1907). "Houses of Augustinian canonesses: The priory of St Mary Magdalen, Bristol". Victoria County History. British History Online. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
13. Page, William (1907). "Houses of Augustinian canons: The abbey of St Augustine, Bristol". Victoria County History. British History Online. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
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