List of monastic houses in Bristol


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

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Bedminster Monasterypossible Saxon monastic or secular foundation
parochial church of St John probably built on site, rebuilt 1854, destroyed by bombing in World War II
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Bristol Austin Friars #Augustinian Friars
founded 1313 by Sir Simon and Sir William Montacute;
vacation house for alien students 1362;
dissolved September 1538; granted to Maurice Dennis c.1543
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Bristol Blackfriars ^Dominican Friars
founded 1227/8 by Sir Maurice Gaunt;
dissolved 10 September 1528 ; granted to William Chester; subsequently The Friars Quaker meeting house; then Bristol Register Office;currently in use as a restaurant
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Bristol Eremites Friars #Friars Eremites
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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
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Bristol Greyfriars #Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual
founded before 1230/34; dissolved 10 September 1538; granted to Mayor and citizens c. 1541		Saint Francis
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Bristol Whitefriars #Carmelite Friars
founded 1256/1267 by Edward, Prince of Wales ; dissolved 1538; site successively occupied by a mansion and a boys' school; site now occupied by Colston Hall		The Blessed Virgin Mary
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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
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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
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Bristol — St Philip's PrioryBenedictine monks
founded c.900		The Church of Saint Philip and Saint Jacob, Bristol
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Bristol — St Stephen's PrioryBenedictine monks
recorded as a cell dependent on Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
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Bristol Cathedral Abbey: St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol +Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine
founded 1140-2 by Robert Fitzharding; first canons transferred from Shobdon Priory, Herefordshire 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
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Bristol PreceptoryKnights Templar
church built on site of templar church, now in ruins
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Westbury PriorySaxon minster, college of secular priests
founded 716; granted to Worcester Cathedral 824;
probably destroyed in Danish raids 9th century;
Benedictine monks
refounded c. 963–964 by Bishop Oswald;
12 monks transferred to new site at Ramsey Abbey, 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
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Westbury on Trym Priory;
Westbury Minster
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