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Abbeys and priories in Wales
Abbeys and priories in Wales is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in Wales.
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Abbreviations and Key
The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:-
* indicates current monastic function |
+ indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function |
^ indicates current non-ecclesiastic function |
# indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains |
~ indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown |
Trusteeship denoted as follows:-
- CADW = CADW - Welsh Historic Monuments
Other abbreviations:-
- trns = transferred
- rmv = removed
- c = circa (about)
- ante = before
- post = after
Anglesey
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Penmon Priory | Augustinian, built on site of earlier monastery | ||
Puffin Island monastery |
Brecknockshire
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Brecon Friary + | Dominican, church later college chapel | ||
Brecon Cathedral Priory + | Benedictine, priory church in use as diocesan cathedral |
Caernarfonshire
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Aberconwy | Cistercian 1186-1537 |
Carmarthenshire
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Kidwelly Priory | Benedictine from Sherborne | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Kidwelly | |
Whitland Abbey | Cistercian from Clairvaux 1140-1539 |
Ceredigion
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Cardigan Priory | Benedictine ante1158-1536, converted into a mansion, opened as Cardigan Memorial Hospital 1922 | ||
Llanbadarn Fawr Priory | celtic monastery later Benedictine | ||
St. Dogmaels Abbey | Tironensian later Benedictine | ||
Strata Florida Abbey | Cistercian trns from yr hen fynachlog post1164-1539 | ||
Talley Abbey | Premonstratensian | ||
yr hen fynachlog | Cistercian from Whitland 1164, trns to Strata Florida post1164 | 'The Old Monastery' |
Denbighshire
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Denbigh Friary | Carmelite |
Flintshire
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Basingwerk Abbey | Savignac from Savigny c1131-1147, Cistercian 1147-1536/7 (CADW) | ||
Valle Crucis Abbey | Cistercian 1201-1536/7 |
Glamorgan
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Ewenny Priory | Benedictine (CADW) | Ogmore Priory | |
Penrhys Abbey |
Merionethshire
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Cymer Abbey | Cistercian from Cwmhir 1198/9-1536/7 (CADW) |
Monmouthshire
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Abergaveny Priory ^ | Benedictine, church now in parochial use | ||
Chepstow Priory | Benedictine | ||
Llantarnam Abbey | Cistercian from Strata Florida 1179-1536 | ||
Llanthony Priory | Augustinian | ||
Tintern Abbey | Savignac 1131-1147, Cistercian 1147-1536 | ||
Usk Priory | Benedictine nuns |
Montgomeryshire
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Strata Marcella Abbey | Cistercian from Ystrad Marchell c1172-1536 | Ystrad Marchell | |
Tyfaenor Abbey | Cistercian from Whitland 1143-1176, trns to Cwmhir 1176 | Dyvanner Abbey | |
Ystrad Marchell Abbey | Cistercian from Whitland 1170-1172, trns to Strata Marcella 1172 |
Pembrokeshire
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Caldey Island Priory | Benedictine | ||
Caldey Island monastery * | Benedictine 1926-present, without public access | ||
Haverfordwest Priory | Augustinian | ||
Monkton Priory | Benedictine | ||
St. Clears Priory | Cluniac |
Radnorshire
Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
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Cwmhir Abbey | Cistercian from Tyfaenor 1176-1537 |
See Also
- List of abbeys and priories
- Abbeys and priories in England
- Abbeys and priories in Scotland
- Abbeys and priories in Isle of Man
- Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
- Abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland
- Dissolution of the Monasteries
- List of castles
- List of museums
- List of historic houses
Last updated: 01-13-2005 16:49:47