Brewood Black Ladies Priory
Chotes Abbey (sugg'd loc.)
Chotes Abbey (alt. sugg'd loc.)
Newcastle-under-Lyme Blackfriars
Locations of monastic houses in Staffordshire
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Staffordshire, 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 Templar and Knights Hospitaller). Monastic hospitals are included where they had the status or function of an abbey, priory, or preceptor/commandery.
- Abbreviations and key
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.
See also
Notes
- ^ Trentham — once identified as the nunnery founded by Werburgh at Tricengeham, but now thought to be Threckingham (Threekingham), Lincolnshire
References
- ^ Pastscape: BASWICH PRIORY
- ^ Pastscape: PRIORY FARM
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns — The priory of Blithbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (p.220)
- ^ Pastscape: BREWOOD BLACK LADIES PRIORY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Brewood (Black Ladies) — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.220-222)
- ^ Pastscape: ABBEY OF ST MARY AND ST MODWEN
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Burton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.199-213)
- ^ Pastscape: CALWICH ABBEY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Calwich — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.237-240)
- ^ Pastscape: CANWELL PRIORY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Canwell — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.213-216)
- ^ House: Religious House: Canwell priory Staffs. Benedictine monks Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "English Benedictine Congregation - Colwich Abbey". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ Pastscape: CHOTES ABBEY
- ^ PastscapevDetailed Result: CHOTES ABBEY
- ^ a b British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Croxden — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.226-230)
- ^ Pastscape: CROXDEN ABBEY
- ^ Pastscape: CROXDEN ABBEY CHURCH
- ^ Pastscape: CROXDEN ABBEY GATEHOUSE
- ^ Pastscape: DIEULACRES ABBEY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Dieulacres — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.230-235)
- ^ Pastscape: FAREWELL NUNNERY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Farewell — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.222-225)
- ^ Pastscape: HULTON ABBEY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Hulton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.235-237)
- ^ Pastscape: KEELE HALL
- ^ British History Online — House of Knights Templar: The preceptory of Keele — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.267-268)
- ^ Pastscape: LAPLEY PRIORY
- ^ British History Online — Alien houses: The priory of Lapley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.340-343)
- ^ Pastscape: LICHFIELD GREYFRIARS
- ^ British History Online — Friaries: The Franciscan friars of Lichfield — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.268-270)
- ^ Pastscape: NEWCASTLE BLACKFIARS
- ^ British History Online — Friaries: The Dominican friars of Newcastle-under-Lyme — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.272-273)
- ^ Oulton Abbey Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pastscape: RED MOOR ABBEY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Radmore — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (p.225)
- ^ Pastscape: RANTON PRIORY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Ranton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.251-255)
- ^ Pastscape: ROCESTER ABBEY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Rocester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.247-251)
- ^ Pastscape: STAFFORD AUSTIN FRIARY
- ^ British History Online — Friaries: The Austin friars of Stafford — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.273-274)
- ^ Pastscape: STAFFORD GREYFRIARS
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Sandwell — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.216-219)
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of St Thomas near Stafford — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.260-267)
- ^ Pastscape: STONE PRIORY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Stone — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.240-247)
- ^ Pastscape: TRENTHAM PRIORY
- ^ British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Trentham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.255-260)
- ^ Pastscape: TUTBURY PRIORY
- ^ British History Online — Alien houses: The priory of Tutbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.331-340)
- Bibliography
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- 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. ISBN 0582112303.
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- Thorold, Henry (1986) Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales, Collins [ISBN missing]
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- Map of Monastic Britain, South Sheet, Ordnance Survey, 2nd edition, 1954
