1 House of Augustin Friars founded by Ralph Lord Basset of Drayton in 1375. Church and buildings took some time to complete; a legacy was given in 1383 towards their ...
The site of Atherstone Friary, an Augustinian Friary that was built during the Medieval period. It was situated 150m south of Friary Road, Atherstone.
1 A small alien priory founded by Hubert Boldran between 1086 and 1194. This priory belonged to the Benedictine abbey of St Pierre-sur-Dive. In 1388 the hall, stable, grange and ...
The site of Wolston Priory which was founded during the Medieval period. It is situated 600m north east of St Margaret's Church, Wolston.
1 The Abbey of Radmore was transferred to Stoneleigh in 1154-5. The foundation stone of the church of the new Cistercian Abbey was laid in 1155. In 1241 the monastery ...
The site of Stoneleigh Abbey, a Cistercian monastery that was founded during the Medieval period. Few traces of the abbey buildings survive above the ground except for the gatehouse. The site is located southwest of The National Agricultural Centre.
1 Legends about the foundation survive and place the foundation at a number of dates between 839 and 1066. A certain amount of the history of the Abbey is known. ...
Polesworth Abbey, a nunnery house governed by an abbess. The Abbey dates to the Early Medieval period and lies 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 Sir William de Clinton founded a large chantry or college in 1330. In 1336 he turned it into a priory of Austin canons. The actual charter ...
The remains of Maxstoke Priory, an Augustinian priory of Medieval date. It was dissolved in 1536. The site is 500m northwest of Priory Wood.
1 Priory of Augustin canons, afterwards an Abbey, was founded in 1122 by Godfrey de Clinton about the same time as the Castle. The Abbey was dissolved in April 1538.
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The remains of St Mary's Abbey, Kenilworth. Founded as a Priory in the Medieval period, it was promoted to an Abbey in the middle of the fifteenth century. It was dissolved in 1538. The site is in the north east part of Abbey Fields.
1 Site of the priory of Thelsford. Of the building there are no remains above ground, but at Wasperton Manor House is a stone coffin found on Thelsford Farm.
2 Formerly ...
The site of Thelsford Priory, a Medieval priory for which there is documentary evidence. Excavation work has provided evidence of the extent of the site and of the materials used for building. The site is 1km south east of Wasperton.
1 1140 Ralph le Boteler of Oversley founded a Benedictine abbey. The site was encompassed by the River Arrow to N and E and by a connecting moat to S ...
The site of Alcester Abbey, a Medieval monastery and moat. Some of the abbey buildings, including the Chapter House, have been excavated. Other parts of the abbey, including the claustral buildings, are visible as earthworks. The site is located north of School Road, Alcester.
1 The roofless remains of two buildings exist S of the church. The smaller is about 4.9m square and 11.4m from the church. It has a W doorway similar ...
The remains of Wroxall Priory, a nunnery founded in the Medieval period. The remains of two buildings exist on the site; the refectory or dining room; and the chapter house, where the nuns met to carry out business transactions. The site is 700m southwest of Wroxall Village.
1 Of the monastic buildings only a few shapeless blocks of rubble rise above ground level. Excavation enabled the ground plans to be uncovered. The 12th century church had a ...
The remains of Kenilworth Abbey Church which dates from the Medieval period. Excavation has uncovered the ground plan and evidence of burials within the church. The site is at the tennis courts in Abbey Fields.
2 According to a papal licence of 1400 Spernall was the original site of the Priory of Cookhill and their original buildings here, at that date in ruins, included ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this was the site of the Cookhill Priory, comprising a moat and priory buildings. Of Medieval date, the remains of the priory are visible as earthworks. The site is located 350m north west of Morgrove Coppice, Spernall.
1 Cistercian Abbey of Combe was founded in 1150 by Richard De Camvill and was surrendered on the 21st January 1539.
2 Combe Abbey occupies the site and includes a few ...
Combe Abbey, a Cistercian Abbey that was founded during the Medieval period. Remains of the cloisters survive in the walls of a later building. The abbey is situated 1km north west of Birchley Wood.
1 In 1077 a cell or priory of Benedictine monks under obedience to the Abbey of St Nicholas at Angiers was established at ‘Kirkbury’. The priory was given the church ...
The possible site of a Carthusian Monastery, a priory of Carthusian monks, dating to the Medieval period. The site is suggested by documentary evidence. It is located in the area of the church in Monks Kirby.
1 The younger Geoffrey de Clinton gave land to Noemi the Nun, for the establishment of a small house of nuns. The scheme was speedily abandoned and the endowment given ...
Documentary evidence suggests that a small Benedictine Nunnery was founded at Bretford during the Medieval period. The exact location of the nunnery is unknown.
1 Notitia Monastica places the Austin cell of ‘Holywell upon Watling Street’ and describes it as a cell/chantry of Black Canons belonging to the Abbey of Rowcester in Staffordshire. Holywell ...
The site of Holywell Priory, a monastery dating to the Medieval period. The existence of the monastery is suggested by documentary evidence. It was situated 1km south west of Shawell.
1 2The remains of wall foundations pre-dating the standing buildings were recorded during excavation at Manor Farm Barns, Blackwell, Tredington. They could possibly be part of a monastic cell ...
The remains of wall foundations pre-dating the standing buildings were recorded during excavation at Manor Farm Barns, Blackwell, Tredington. They could possibly be part of a monastic cell associated with the nearby chapel.
1 Benedictine nunnery of Wroxall, dedicated to St Leonard, was founded around the end of the reign of Henry I (1100-35). Leland gives 1141 as the actual date. At the ...
The site of Wroxall Abbey, a Medieval Benedictine Nunnery which was founded in the 12th century. The remains of two of the nunnery buildings are still standing, as are the remains of the church. A house was built on the site during the 16th century.
1 In the suburb on the W of the town there was a house of Dominican or Black Friars, established towards the end of the reign of Henry III, but ...
The site of a Dominican Friary established in the Medieval period, it stood in the vicinity of Friar Street, Warwick. The friary was demolished after the Dissolution around 1551. Recent archaeological excavation has found several burials possibly from the friary cemetery.
1 Attached to the Order of Fontevrault. Founded between 1155 and 1159. The community consisted of sisters and brothers, living apart, but meeting in the church for common worship. The ...
The site of the Priory of St. Mary which was founded during the Medieval period. The site is located 50m west of Manor Court Road, Nuneaton.
1 Arbury House is on the site of an Augustinian priory of canons which was granted to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, after the Dissolution (PRN 6258).
2 An Augustinian priory ...
The site of Arbury Priory, an Augustinian monastery governed by a prior of Medieval date. It was situated in Arbury Park, 400m west of Swanland.
1 Probably founded around 1260. The duration is uncertain but was probably brief as there do not appear to be any later records. No further information.
The site of an Augustinian Friary, a monastery governed by a friar. It was founded in the Medieval period, around 1260. The site is situated half a kilometre south west of Shuttington.
1 A small priory of Cistercian nuns was founded in the reign of Henry I (1100-35). It was dissolved in 1536.
2 Remains consist only of portions of the church (PRN ...
The site of Pinley Priory, a Medieval Cistercian monastery. The site lies 600m south east of Great Pinley.
1 About 1154-55 monks at Radmore (Staffs) were granted the right to establish a Cistercian foundation at Cryfield within the royal manor of Stoneleigh, on the grounds that the Cannock ...
The possible site of a Cistercian monastery dating to the Medieval period. The site lies to the west of Cryfield Village.
1 A grass covered mound c2.4m to 3m in height lies to the east of the church. It may represent the remains of an eastern chapel associated with the Abbey. ...
The possible site of a chapel associated with Polesworth Abbey, which was founded in the Early Medieval period. The mound is visible as an earthwork and is situated 250m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
