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List Of Monastic Houses In England
Monastic houses in England include abbeys, priory, priories and Monastery, friaries, among other Monasticism, monastic religious houses. The sites are listed by modern (Local Government Act 1972, post-1974) county. Overview The list is presented in alphabetical order Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county. Foundations are listed alphabetically within each county. 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 of the Monasteries, dissolution, and the current status of the site. Formal name or dedication is the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated, where known. Some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time; such alternatives in name or spelling have been given. Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as Monastic cell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. The concept of the abbey has developed over many centuries from the early monastic ways of religious men and women where they would live isolated from the lay community about them. Religious life in an abbey may be monastic. An abbey may be the home of an enclosed religious order or may be open to visitors. The layout of the church and associated buildings of an abbey often follows a set plan determined by the founding religious order. Abbeys are often self-sufficient while using any abundance of produce or skill to provide care to the poor and needy, refuge to the persecuted, or education to the young. Some abbeys offer accommodation to people who are seeking spiritual retreat. There are many famous abbeys across the Mediterranean Basin and Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landmark Trust
The Landmark Trust is a British building conservation charity, founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith, that rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then makes them available for holiday rental. The Trust's headquarters is at Shottesbrooke in Berkshire. Most Trust properties are in England, Scotland and Wales. Several are on Lundy Island off the coast of north Devon, operated under lease from the National Trust. In continental Europe there are Landmark sites in Belgium, France and Italy. Five properties are in the United States — all in Vermont — one of which, Naulakha, was the home of Rudyard Kipling in the 1890s. The Trust is a charity registered in England & Wales and in Scotland. The American sites are owned by an independent sister charity, Landmark Trust USA. There is also an Irish Landmark Trust. Those who rent Landmarks provide a source of funds to support restoration costs and building maintenance. The first rentals were in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monastic Houses In Essex
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Essex, England. Alphabetical listing See also * List of monastic houses in England Notes References Citations Bibliography * Binns, Alison (1989) ''Studies in the History of Medieval Religion 1: Dedications of Monastic Houses in England and Wales 1066–1216'', Boydell * Cobbett, William (1868) ''List of Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals, And Other Religious Foundations in England and Wales and in Ireland, Confiscated, Seized On, or Alienated by the Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns and Parliaments'' * Knowles, David & Hadcock, R. Neville (1971) ''Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales''. Longman * Morris, Richard (1979) ''Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales'', J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. * Thorold, Henry (1986) ''Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales'', Collins * Thorold, Henry (1993) ''Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland'', Collins * Wright, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monastic Houses In County Durham
The following is a list of the monastic houses in County Durham, England. Alphabetical listing See also * List of monastic houses in England Notes References Citations Bibliography {{DEFAULTSORT:Monastic houses in Durham County History of County Durham England in the High Middle Ages Medieval sites in England Lists of buildings and structures in County Durham . . . Durham Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham *County Durham, an English county * Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States *Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ... Church of England church buildings in County Durham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monastic Houses In Dorset ...
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Dorset, England. Alphabetic listing See also * List of monastic houses in England Notes References Bibliography {{DEFAULTSORT:Monastic houses in Dorset History of Dorset England in the High Middle Ages Medieval sites in England Lists of buildings and structures in Dorset .Monastic . .Monastic .Monastic Dorset Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monastic Houses In Devon
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Devon, England. See also * List of monastic houses in England Notes References Citations Bibliography * Binns, Alison (1989) ''Studies in the History of Medieval Religion 1: Dedications of Monastic Houses in England and Wales 1066–1216'', Boydell * Cobbett, William (1868) ''List of Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals, And Other Religious Foundations in England and Wales and in Ireland, Confiscated, Seized On, or Alienated by the Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns and Parliaments'' * Knowles, David & Hadcock, R. Neville (1971) ''Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales''. Longman * Morris, Richard (1979) ''Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales'', J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. * Thorold, Henry (1986) ''Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales'', Collins * Thorold, Henry (1993) ''Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland'', Collins * Wright, Geoffrey N., (2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monastic Houses In Derbyshire
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Derbyshire, England. The following location in Derbyshire lacks monastic connection: Beightonfields Priory: a 17th- to 19th-century country hous See also * List of monastic houses in England Notes References Bibliography {{DEFAULTSORT:Monastic houses in Derbyshire History of Derbyshire England in the High Middle Ages Medieval sites in England .Monastic . .Monastic Derbyshire Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the no ... . Lists of buildings and structures in Derbyshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monastic Houses In Cumbria
The following is a list of monastic houses in Cumbria, England, a modern county including all of the former Cumberland and Westmorland and parts of Lancashire. See also * List of monastic houses in England Notes References Bibliography {{DEFAULTSORT:Monastic houses in Cumbria England in the High Middle Ages Medieval sites in England Lists of buildings and structures in Cumbria Archaeological sites in Cumbria Houses in Cumbria Cumbria Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. ... Church of England church buildings in Cumbria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monastic Houses In Cornwall
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Cornwall, England. Map Key to listing See also * List of monastic houses in England Notes References Further reading * Oliver, George (1846) ''Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis: being a collection of records and instruments illustrating the ancient conventual, collegiate, and eleemosynary foundations, in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, with historical notices, and a supplement, comprising a list of the dedications of churches in the Diocese, an amended edition of the taxation of Pope Nicholas, and an abstract of the Chantry Rolls'' ith supplement and index Exeter: P. A. Hannaford, 1846, 1854, 1889 * Olson, Lynette (1989) ''Early Monasteries in Cornwall'' (Studies in Celtic History series). Woodbridge: Boydell Press * Orme, Nicholas (2007) ''Cornwall and the Cross''. Chichester: Phillimore; English Heritage * Orme, Nicholas (1996) ''English Church Dedications: with a Survey of Cornwall and Devon'', Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monastic Houses In Cheshire
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Cheshire, England. See also * List of monastic houses in England * List of monastic houses in Wales Notes References Bibliography {{DEFAULTSORT:Monastic houses in Cheshire History of Cheshire England in the High Middle Ages Medieval sites in England Lists of buildings and structures in Cheshire . . . Cheshire Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's coun ... . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monastic Houses In Cambridgeshire
The following is a list of monastic houses in Cambridgeshire, England. The following locations in Cambridgeshire lack known monastic connections: * Barnwell Priory Abbey: (The Church of Saint Andrew-the-Less, Barnwell), built adjacent to former Priory Church, called 'The Abbey Church' * Buckden Abbey: Elizabethan mansion See also * List of monastic houses in England Notes References Bibliography {{DEFAULTSORT:Monastic houses in Cambridgeshire History of Cambridgeshire England in the High Middle Ages Medieval sites in England Archaeological sites in Cambridgeshire Houses in Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ... Lists of buildings and structures in Cambridgeshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monastic Houses In Buckinghamshire
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Buckinghamshire, England. The following location in Buckinghamshire lacks known monastic connection: *Wycombe Abbey: Independent girls' school See also * List of monastic houses in England Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Monastic houses in Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-eas ... Lists of buildings and structures in Buckinghamshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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