List of monastic houses in Northumberland
The following is a list of monastic houses in Northumberland, England.
| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names |
| Alnwick Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons — from Newhouse Abbey daughter of Newsham; founded 1147 by Eustace FitzJohn; dissolved 1536-22 December 1539; granted to Ralph Sadler and Laurence Winnington 1550/1 | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Alnwick | |
| Bamburgh Friary | Dominican Friars founded before 1265; dissolved 1539 | ||
| Bamburgh Monastery | Saxon monastery founded 8th century; abandoned c.875: destroyed in raids by the Danes; site now occupied by St Aidan's parish church | ||
| Bamburgh Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular cell dependent on Nostell, Yorkshire; founded 1121: granted to Nostell by Henry I, confirmed 1121; effective c.1228; dissolved c.1537 | St Aidan ____________________ Hamburgh Priory | |
| Berwick Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars founded before 1299 possibly one of the houses in Berwick which survived suppression until after 10 March 1539/40 | ||
| Berwick Blackfriars, earlier site | Dominican Friars founded before 1240/1 by Alexander II; mandate by the Pope to the Bishop of St Andrews 17 June 1285, for the sale of the former house of the Friars of the Sack to the Dominicans, ' | St Peter Martyr, of Milan | |
| Berwick Blackfriars | Friars of the Sack founded 1267; dissolved between 1274 and 1285; Dominican Friars ; transferred here 1285; dissolved or secularised 1539 | St Peter Martyr, of Milan | |
| Berwick Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded 1231; dissolved or secularised between 10 March 1538/9 and Michaelmas 1539 | ||
| Berwick Priory | Cistercian nuns founded before 1153; sometimes confused with Holystone; dissolved or secularised 1390/1 | The Blessed Virgin Mary and St Leonard of South Berwick ____________________ Nunnery of South Berwick | |
| Berwick Red Friars | Trinitarians founded before 1240-80, possibly at the hospital of St Edward or Bridge House; given as non-conventual 1447; given as ruinous 1456, revenues united with Peebles and declared uninhabitable by 2 March 1476, union confirmed by James III | ||
| Berwick Whitefriars | Carmelite Friars purportedly founded 1270 by Sir John Gray ; dissolved between 10 March and Michaelmas 1539 | ||
| Blanchland Abbey + | Premonstratensian Canons daughter of Croxden, Staffordshire; founded 1165 by Walter de Bolbec II; dissolved 18 December 1539; granted to John Bellow and John Broxholm 1545/6; part of church now in parochial use, other monastic buildings in current use in ownership of the Lord Crewe Trust | The Blessed Virgin Mary ____________________ Blanca Landa | |
| Brinkburn Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular — from Pentney, Norfolk dependent on Pentney founded before/c.1135 by William Bertram I, of Mitford ; independent from before 1188; dissolved 1536; granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1550/1; | The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Brinkburn ____________________ Berkenburne Priory | |
| Bywell Monastery | records suggest existence of a Saxon monastery | Biguell Monastery | |
| Carham Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular cell dependent on Kirkham, Yorkshire; founded 1131 church of St Cuthbert and lands granted to Kirkham by Walter Espec; dissolved 1539 | ||
| Chibburn Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller founded before 1313; became a member of Mount St John 1358 | ||
| Coquet Island Priory | Benedictine monks founded before 684; abandoned c.800: destroyed in raids by the Danes; cell dependent on Tynemouth refounded before 1125: granted to Tynemouth by Robert Mowbray | ||
| Corbridge Monastery | Saxon monks — probably from Hexham; founded before 786 abandoned before 877?: ?destroyed in raids by the Danes | St Andrew | |
| Farne Island Cell | Anchorites hermitage cell before 651; abandoned c.800: destroyed in raids by the Danes; last anchorite died 1246, subsequently became Benedictine cell ' | ||
| Farne Island Priory | Benedictine monks cell dependent on Durham; founded c.1193 on location of extinct anchorite cell '; rebuilt 14th century; dissolved c.1538 restored 1840-50 | St Cuthbert | |
| Guyzance Priory | Premonstratensian Canonesses founded c.1147-52 by Richard Tison; granted to Alnwick, confirmed by William, Bishop of Durham; ceased 1349-50 when the community probably perished in the Black Death; Premonstratensian Canons — from Alnwick cell dependent on Alnwick; refounded after 1350; dissolved | The Prioy Church of Saint Wilfrid ____________________ Brainshaugh Priory | |
| Hexham Priory + | Saxon monastery and cathedral founded 674 by St Wilfred and St Etheldreda, begun by St Wilfrid; diocese merged with Lindisfarne 821, cathedral status revoked; abandoned 875: destroyed in raids by the Danes; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1113; dissolved 28 September 1536 – 26 February 1537; granted to Sir Reginald Carnaby 1538/9; now called 'Hexham Abbey'; church in parochial use | The Priory Church of Saint Andrew, Hexham Priory and Parish Church of Saint Andrew, Hexham ____________________ Hexham Abbey | |
| Holystone Priory | Benedictine nuns founded before 1124 by Robert de Umfravillle I; Augustinian canonesses transferred 13th century; with regular priests or brethren after 1291 dissolved 1539 | St Mary ____________________ Haylston Priory | |
| Hulne Friary | Carmelite Friars founded 1242 by John de Vesci; dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Reve and William Ryvet 1563/4; church demolished/ruined; part converted into a house and summerhouse 18th century; now called 'Hulne Priory' | Holm Friary; Hulne Whitefriars | |
| Lambley Priory | Benedictine nuns founded before 1190 probably by Adam de Tindale and his wife Helwise ; referred to as an abbey in King John's charter ; also suggested as Augustinian; burned by the Scots 1297; dissolved 1537; granted to John, Duke of Northumberland 1553 | St Mary and St Patrick ____________________ Lambley upon the Tyne Priory | |
| Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Island | Celtic monks monastic cathedral founded 635 by St Aidan: granted to Aidan by King Oswald; Saxon monks refounded c.668; destroyed in raids by the Danes 793; abandoned 875: destroyed in raids by the Danes; Benedictine monks — from Durham cell dependent on Durham; founded 1083 ; dissolved 1537; granted to the Dean and Chapter of Durham 1541/2; | St Cuthbert | |
| Merchingley Priory | Tironensian monks cell, dependent on Kelso; founded c.1168: hermitage and chapel granted to Kelso by Walter de Bolbec; sequestered by Edward I 1296 | St Mary ____________________ Marchingley Priory; Mercheley Priory | |
| Newminster Abbey | Cistercian monks — from Fountains Abbey daughter of Fountains founded 5 January 1138 by Ranulph de Merlay; dissolved 20 August 1537; granted to Robert Brandling 1609/10; Abbey Farmhouse built on site, public access with permission | Novum Monasterium | |
| Ovingham Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular cell dependent on Hexham; founded 1378 by Mr Ufranvile: church of St Mary granted to Hexham; dissolved 1537 | ||
| Temple Thornton Camera | Knights Templar camera founded before 1205, granted by William de Lisle; dissolved 1308-12; passed to Knights Hospitaller after 1308; dissolved after 1338 | ||
| Warkworth Priory | Benedictine monks cell dependent on Durham; founded before 1241-9 ; dissolved 15th century; ruinous and disused before 1567 | chapel of St Mary Magdalene ____________________ Warkworth Hermitage; Warkworth Castle Hermitage | |
| Warmington Cell | Benedictine monks' cell dependent on St Mary, York; cited, but no cell of this name has been identified in Northumberland'' | ||
| Yeavering Monastery | extensive buildings revealed by crop markings suggest monastic settlement |