List of monastic houses in West Yorkshire


The following is a list of monastic houses in West Yorkshire, England.

Alphabetic listing


FoundationImageCommunities and povenanceFormal name or dedication and alternative names
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Arthington PrioryCluniac nuns
founded 1154-5 by Peter de Ardington;
with regular priests or brethren 1155 to after 1318;
dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury 1542/3
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Barwick-in-Elmete Monastery $?Saxon monastery
founded before c.730 by Abbot Thrydwulf ;
?destroyed 9th century;
Saxon remains in church
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Collingham MonasterySaxon monastery
founded by Eanfled, daughter of King Edwin;
destroyed c.875; identified with Ingetlingum 		Ingetlingum
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Esholt Priory #Cistercian nuns
founded 12th century;
with regular priests or brethren to after 1318;
dissolved 1539;
site now occupied by house named 'Esholt Hall'		Esseholt Priory
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Headley PrioryBenedictine monks
alien house: dependent on Marmoutier
founded before 1125, benefacted by Ypolitus de Bram, his charter dated 1125;
dissolved 1414;
granted to Holy Trinity, York		St Mary
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Kirklees PrioryCistercian nuns
founded before 1138, grant by Reyner Flandrensis, confirmed by his lord William de Warenne;
dissolved November 1539; granted to John Tasburgh and Nicholas Savill 1544/5		The Blessed Virgin Mary and St James
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Kirkleghes Priory
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Kirkstall Abbeyhermit community
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Cistercian monks — from Fountains via Barnoldswick
founded 20 May 1152: land granted to community from Barnoldswick by William of Poictou, at the instance of their founder Henry de Lacy;
some of the hermits joined the new foundation;
dissolved 22 November 1540;
now in ownership of Leeds Corporation,
public access to church exterior and monastic buildings
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Newland PreceptoryKnights Hospitaller
founded after 1199, manor granted by John;
chapel rebuilt 1519;
dissolved 1540; granted to Francis Jobson and Andrew Dudley 1546/7;
chapel demolished c.1860; possible remains of the preceptory chapel incorporated into 16th/17th century fabric in a barn
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Nostell Priory, earlier siteAugustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1114 by Robert de Lacy;
transferred to new site ' before 1120
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Nostell Priory #Augustinian Canons Regular
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transferred here before 1120 ;
dissolved 1539 ; granted to Thomas Leigh 1539/40;
site now occupied by a mansion named 'Nostell Priory'		The Priory Church of Saint Oswald, Nostell
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Pontefract Blackfriars #Dominican Friars
founded 1256 by Edmund de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln ;
dissolved 26 November 1538; granted to William Clifford and Michael Wildbore 1544/5		St Richard
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Pontefract Greyfriars alleged Franciscan Friars;
disputed; probably mistaken for Dominican Friars
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Pontefract PrioryCluniac monks
alien house: dependent on La Charité
founded c.1090 by Robert de Lacy;
became denizen: independent from 1393;
dissolved 1539; granted to William, Lord Talbot 1553		The Priory Church of Saint John of Pontefract
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Pontefract Whitefriars alleged college of Carmelite Friars
founded before 1257 by Edmund Lacy ;
disputed
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Syningthwaite Priory $Cistercian nuns
founded c.1160 by Bertram Haget;
apparently with brethren from c.1169, until 14th century;
dissolved 3 August 1535;
granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1550/1;
remains incorporated into Priory Farmhouse, built on site		St Mary
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Sinningthwaite Priory
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Temple Newsam Preceptory #Knights Templar
founded before 1181, granted by William de Villiers;
dissolved 1308-12;

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Wetherby Preceptorymember of Ribstone;
Knights Templar
founded after 1240, apparently forming a single preceptory with Ribstone;
dissolved 1308-12;
Knights Hospitaller camera
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Woodkirk PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
cell dependent on Nostell;
founded 1138-47 by William de Warenne and others, who granted chapel of St Mary to Nostell;
dissolved 1539 ; granted to George Talbot and Robert Savill		Widkirk Priory
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