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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Nottinghamshire, 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
Beauvale Charterhouse Beauvale Priory Remains.jpg Carthusian monks
founded 1343 by Nicholas de Cauntlow (Cantilupo), Lord of Ilkeston: licence granted 1343;
dissolved 18 July 1539; granted to Richard Morison 1550/1
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Beauvale

The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity and Saint Mary the Virgin with All Saints
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Beauvale Priory


53°02′11″N 1°16′02″W / 53.0363825°N 1.26727°W / 53.0363825; -1.26727 (Beauvale Priory)
Blyth Priory + Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent on St Holy Trinity, Rouen;
founded 1088 by Roger de Builly;
became denizen: independent from c.1409;
dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Andrews and William Ramesden 1543/4;
church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Blyth

53°22′44″N 1°03′48″W / 53.3788262°N 1.0634583°W / 53.3788262; -1.0634583 (Blyth Priory)
Broadholme Priory$ Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Lincolnshire
Felley Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
dependent on Worksop;
founded 1152: church and hermitage granted to Worksop by Ralph Britto of Annesley;
independent from 1260;
dissolved 1536
St Mary

53°03′23″N 1°16′50″W / 53.0564564°N 1.2804517°W / 53.0564564; -1.2804517 (Felley Priory)
Fiskerton Cell Augustinian Canons Regular
possible cell dependent on Thurgarton (more likely a chapel served by Canons from Thurgarton);
founded c.1139 by Ralph de Ayncourt;
granted to Edward Fynes, Lord Clinton and Thomas Morrison
Fiskarton Cell

53°03′05″N 0°54′45″W / 53.0512942°N 0.9123963°W / 53.0512942; -0.9123963 (Fiskerton Cell)
Lenton Priory Lenton Priory.jpg Cluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Cluny;
founded 1102-8 by William Peverell;
became denizen: independent from 1392;
dissolved 1538; granted to John Harrington 1562/3
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
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St Anthony's Hospital


52°56′35″N 1°10′42″W / 52.943007°N 1.1782891°W / 52.943007; -1.1782891 (Lenton Priory)
Marske Cell (?) Benedictine monks
cell? dependent on York;
existence disputed
Marshe Cell
Mattersey Priory Mattersey Priory ruins.jpg Gilbertine Canons
founded c.1185 by Roger FitzRalph, son of Ranulf de Mattersey;
destroyed by fire 1279;
dissolved 3 October 1538; granted to Antony Neville, Esq. 1539/40; (EH)
The Priory Church of Saint Helen, Mattersey

53°23′53″N 0°56′37″W / 53.398193°N 0.94369°W / 53.398193; -0.94369 (Mattersey Priory)
Newark Greyfriars # Observant Franciscan Friars
founded 1507 (or c.1499 by Henry VII);
dissolved 1534;
Augustinian Friars
refounded;
dissolved 1539; granted to John Andrews;
house built on site named 'The Friary'
Newark Greyfriars;
Newark Austin Friars


53°04′40″N 0°48′15″W / 53.0776629°N 0.804255°W / 53.0776629; -0.804255 (Newark Greyfriars)
Newstead Priory Newstead Abbey 02.jpg Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1163 by Henry II;
dissolved 21 July 1539; granted to Sir John Byron 1541/2;
converted into a mansion named 'Newstead Abbey';
restored by George Gordon Byron, poet, c.1800;
restored by John Shaw for Col. Wildman 1819; further altered c.1862 for William Frederick Webb, African explorer, upon whose death, 1899, estate passed via his surviving children to his grandson Charles Ian Fraser who sold Newstead to philanthropist Sir Julien Cahn, who presented it to Nottingham Corporation 1931;
now in ownership of Nottingham City Council
St Mary

53°04′42″N 1°11′33″W / 53.0783332°N 1.1925745°W / 53.0783332; -1.1925745 (Newstead Priory)
Nottingham Basford Cell Cluniac monks
cell dependent on Lenton?;
founded before c.1200;
dissolved after 1300
Nottingham Friary * Franciscan Friars Minor
extant
Friary and Parish of Our Lady and St Edward

52°57′47″N 1°07′41″W / 52.9631061°N 1.1280245°W / 52.9631061; -1.1280245 (Nottingham Greyfriars)
Nottingham Greyfriars Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford)
founded before 1230;
dissolved 1539


52°56′59″N 1°09′00″W / 52.9498419°N 1.1501125°W / 52.9498419; -1.1501125 (Nottingham Greyfriars)
Nottingham — Holy Sepulchre Priory Augustinian Canons Regular — Holy Sepulchre
founded c.1170;
dissolved after 1188
Nottingham Roche Cell Cluniac monks
cell dependent on Lenton;
foundation unknown;
dissolved after 1405
Nottingham Whitefriars Carmelite Friars
founded before 1271, site granted by Reginald de Grey;
dissolved 5 February 1539; granted to Thomas Henneage 1548/9


52°57′09″N 1°09′07″W / 52.9526311°N 1.1518398°W / 52.9526311; -1.1518398 (Nottingham Whitefriars)
Ossington Preceptory Knights Hospitaller
founded before 1154, granted by William, Archbishop of York;
merged with Newland, Yorkshire 1382;
church of the Holy Rood built 1782, probably stands on or near site


53°10′41″N 0°51′57″W / 53.1780964°N 0.8657259°W / 53.1780964; -0.8657259 (Ossington Preceptory (probable site)) (probable)
Rufford Abbey Rufford Hall from SW.JPG Cistercian monks
founded 13 July 1136 by Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln;
dissolved 1536; granted to George, Earl of Shrewsbury;
now in ownership of Nottinghamshire County Council


53°10′35″N 1°02′08″W / 53.1763538°N 1.0356385°W / 53.1763538; -1.0356385 (Rufford Abbey)
Shelford Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
founded (in the reign of Henry II) by Ralph Hanselyn;
dissolved 1536; granted to Michael Stanhope 1539/40;
remains incorporated into house named 'Shelford House' built c.1600, destroyed by fire 1645, rebuilt c.1678


52°59′02″N 1°00′00″W / 52.9839162°N 1.0000348°W / 52.9839162; -1.0000348 (Shelford Priory)
Thurgarton Priory + Thurgarton Priory, west front (geograph 1506935).jpg Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1119-39 by Ralph Deincourt, with the influence of Archbishop Thurstan;
dissolved 12 June 1538;
fortified for Charles I 1643;
in use as Bishop's Palace 1884–1904;
part of church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Thurgarton

53°02′07″N 0°58′12″W / 53.0353257°N 0.9699498°W / 53.0353257; -0.9699498 (Thurgarton Priory)
Wallingwells Priory ^ Benedictine nuns
founded 1130 (probably c.1140-4) by Ralph de Chevrolcourt (Cheurolcourt);
also given as Augustinian
dissolved 14 December 1539; granted to Richard Pype and Francis Boyer 1563/4; granted to Richard Whalley 1548/9;
remains possibly partly incorporated into country house named Wallingwells Hall, built 18th/19th century
St Mary de Parco

53°21′03″N 1°08′29″W / 53.3509676°N 1.1413993°W / 53.3509676; -1.1413993 (Wallingwells Priory)
Welbeck Abbey Welbeckabbeysmall123.jpg Premonstratensian Canons — from Newsham, Lincolnshire
founded 1153 by Thomas of Cuckney (Thomas Jocei); canons in residence by October 1134;
dissolved 20 June 1538;
remains incorporated into private residence, under the ownership of Sir Charles Cavendish before 1607; since altered and remodelled
The Abbey Church of Saint James, Welbeck

53°15′44″N 1°09′22″W / 53.2621776°N 1.1559892°W / 53.2621776; -1.1559892 (Welbeck Abbey)
Winkburn Preceptory Knights Hospitaller
founded 1189–99, church granted by Henry Hosat and vill by Adam Tysun;
serving as a camera of Ossington;
dissolved 1382
Worksop Priory + Worksop Priory.jpg Augustinian Canons Regular — probably from Huntingdon Priory
founded after 1119 by William de Lovetot;
dissolved 15 November 1538; granted to Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury 1541/2
church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert, Worksop
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Wirksop Priory;
formerly known as Radford Priory


53°18′13″N 1°06′55″W / 53.3036786°N 1.1153269°W / 53.3036786; -1.1153269 (Worksop Priory)

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