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The following is a list of the monastic houses in Kent, 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 Templars and Knights Hospitaller). Monastic hospitals are included where they had the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptor/commandery.

Abbreviations and key
Status of remains
Symbol Status
None Ruins
* Current monastic function
+ Current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure)
^ Current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure
$ Remains limited to earthworks etc.
# No identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
~ Exact site of monastic foundation unknown
Identification ambiguous or confused

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.

Trusteeship
EH English Heritage
LT Landmark Trust
NT National Trust



Foundation Image Communities & Provenance Formal Name or Dedication
& Alternative Names
OnLine References & Location
Aylesford Priory * Aylesford Priory, Kent.jpg Carmelite Friars
founded 1242 by Richard de Grey, Lord of Cudnor (Richard, Lord Grey);
conventual church built 1242–1248;
rebuilt 1348–1417;
dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Wyat 1541/2; church demolished, conventual buildings converted for private residence; rebuilt after fire 1930;
Carmelite Friars from 1949
'The Friars'

51°18′11″N 0°28′19″E / 51.3030815°N 0.4720098°E / 51.3030815; 0.4720098 (Aylesford Priory)
Badlesmere Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 8th century


Badmonden Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
(?)alien house: cell dependent on Beaulieu, Normandy
dissolved 1414;
granted to St Andrew's Priory, Rochester;
dissolved 1540; granted to the dean and chapter of Rochester


Bilsington Priory ^ The Augustinian Priory, Bilsington, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 12909.jpg Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1253 by John Mansell (Maunsel), Lord Chief Justice of England;
dissolved 28 February 1536; granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury 1538/9;
used as a farmhouse through post-medieval period;
remains now incorporated into a house


51°04′57″N 0°54′57″E / 51.0826112°N 0.9159355°E / 51.0826112; 0.9159355 (Bilsington Priory)
Blakwose Priory Premonstratensian Canons
cell of Lavendon, Buckinghamshire
founded before 1158;
transferred to St Radegund's after 1203–4; retained as a grange of the abbey;
dissolved c.1377
Blackwose Priory

51°04′27″N 1°04′04″E / 51.074034°N 1.0677485°E / 51.074034; 1.0677485 (Blackwose Priory)
Boxley Abbey ^ Remains of Boxley Abbey and North Downs - geograph.org.uk - 1101929.jpg Cistercian monks
daughter house of Clairvaux;
founded 23 October 1143 (1143/46) by William de Ipre, Earl of Kent;
dissolved 21 January 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Wyat 1540/1;
part of remains now incorporated into a private house
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bilsington

51°18′00″N 0°31′29″E / 51.3000261°N 0.5246937°E / 51.3000261; 0.5246937 (Boxley Abbey)
Brockley Abbey Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in London
Canterbury Austin Friars, earlier site Augustinian Friars
founded 1318 by Richard French, baker (licence granted to Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury by Edward II to alienate part of the former Friars of the Sack site to the Austin Friars);
transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1324


51°16′37″N 1°04′54″E / 51.276936°N 1.081654°E / 51.276936; 1.081654 (Canterbury — Austin Friars)
Canterbury Austin Friars Augustinian Friars
(community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) 1318);
transferred here 1324;
rebuilt 1408;
dissolved December 1538; granted to G. Harper 1541/2


51°16′37″N 1°04′54″E / 51.276936°N 1.0816544°E / 51.276936; 1.0816544 (Canterbury — Austin Friars)
Canterbury Blackfriars ^ Canterbury - Kloster der Blackfriars und Stour.jpg Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London)
founded c.1236 (c.1221) by Henry III; church built 1237 to after 1244;
dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Wiseman 1559/60;
frater currently in use as a church of the Church of the First Church of Christ Scientist


51°16′53″N 1°04′45″E / 51.2813435°N 1.0792083°E / 51.2813435; 1.0792083 (Canterbury — Blackfriars)
Canterbury Cathedral Priory + Canterbury Cathedral - Portal Nave Cross-spire.jpeg secular canons possibly collegiate
founded c.600 (598): Roman church restored by St Augustine with the aid of Æthelberht, King of Kent;
episcopal diocesan cathedral
founded c.600; extant;
Benedictine monks
founded 997;
rebuilt 1070 under Archbishop Lanfranc;
dissolved 1539;
The Cathedral and Abbey Church of Christ, Canterbury,

The Cathedral Church of Christ, Canterbury



51°16′47″N 1°04′59″E / 51.279689°N 1.083183°E / 51.279689; 1.083183 (Canterbury Cathedral Priory)
Canterbury Friars of the Sack Friars of the Sack
founded before 1274;
some friars apparently transferred to new site at Cambridge before 1289;
dissolved after 1314


51°16′50″N 1°04′39″E / 51.2804644°N 1.0776365°E / 51.2804644; 1.0776365 (Canterbury — Sack Friars)
Canterbury Greyfriars, earlier site Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London)
founded 1224;
transferred to new site (see immediately below) c.1268


Canterbury Greyfriars Canterbury - Greyfriars Chapel.jpg Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London)
(community founded apparently on a site north of the hospital (see immediately above) 1224);
transferred here c.1268:
founded 1270 by John Diggs, an Alderman of the city;
Observant Franciscan Friars
transferred 1489;
dissolved 1534;
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual
transferred from Observants 1534;
dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Spilman 1539/40


51°16′44″N 1°04′36″E / 51.2788839°N 1.0767943°E / 51.2788839; 1.0767943 (Canterbury — Greyfriars)
Canterbury — St Augustine's Abbey St Augustine Canterbury 02.JPG Benedictine monks (assumed)
founded (598-605) 598 by Æthelberht, King of Kent on the advice of St Augustine;
Benedictine monks
(re)founded c.960;
dissolved 30 July 1538; (EH)
St Peter and St Paul

St Peter, St Paul and St Augustine (978)

The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine, Canterbury


51°16′41″N 1°05′17″E / 51.278126°N 1.088156°E / 51.278126; 1.088156 (St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury)
Canterbury — St Gregory's Priory secular monastery
founded by 1087 (before 1086) by Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury;
Augustinian Canons Regular
refounded c.1123;
church destroyed by fire 1145, rebuilt;
dissolved 1536 (1537); granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury 1536/7
St Gregory's Hospital

51°16′58″N 1°05′04″E / 51.2827159°N 1.0843608°E / 51.2827159; 1.0843608 (St Gregory's Priory, Canterbury)
Canterbury — St Mildred's Monastery purported early Saxon monastery;
probable minster 8th century
Canterbury — Priory of St Sepulchre Benedictine nuns
founded c.1100 by Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury;
dissolved 1536; granted to James Hale 1546/7
St Sepulchre's Nunnery

51°16′26″N 1°05′05″E / 51.2739107°N 1.0846424°E / 51.2739107; 1.0846424 (St Sepulchre's Priory, Canterbury)
Canterbury — St Mary of the Angels Friary * Franciscan Friars Minor involved in running the Franciscan International Study Centre; extant Friary of St Mary of the Angels

51°17′45″N 1°03′42″E / 51.2957075°N 1.0615915°E / 51.2957075; 1.0615915 (St Mary of the Angels Friary, Canterbury)
Cliffe Cell Cluniac monks

Combwell Priory # Augustinian Canons Regular
abbey founded c.1220 by Robert de Turneham;
reduced to priory status c.1220 due to endowment shortfall;
disputed between Augustinian and Premonstratensian — found in favour of Augustinians c.1230;
dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Culpepper 1537/8; granted to Sir John Gage 1542/3
Cumbwell Priory;
Combwell Abbey


51°04′26″N 0°26′02″E / 51.0738537°N 0.4338795°E / 51.0738537; 0.4338795 (Combwell Priory (site))
Darenth Priory Benedictine monks
cell, apparently dependent on Rochester
founded after 971: Archbishop Hubert granted the manor of Darent;
dissolution unknown


51°25′00″N 0°14′31″E / 51.4165689°N 0.2420104°E / 51.4165689; 0.2420104 (Darenth Priory)
Dartford Blackfriars Dominican Friars (under the visitation of London)
founded 1356; attached to the nunnery (see immediately below);
prior and friars recorded 1373;
dissolved 1539
Dartford Priory Dartford Manor Gatehouse - geograph.org.uk - 3204571.jpg Dominican nuns (or Augustinian Canonesses) subject to King's Langley, Hertfordshire
founded 1346 by Edward III in the buildings of a former royal palace;
dissolved after Elizabeth Cressener died and after 1 April 1539; Henry VIII built a manor house on the site; granted to Edmund Mervyn 1540/1, afterwards becoming the property of the Earl of Salisbury;
Dominican nuns — from King's Langley
refounded 1558;
dissolved after 1559; granted to Anne of Cleves by Edward VI; later used by Queen Elizabeth;
alienated by James I;
J & E Hall's engineering works built on part of site
St Mary and St Margaret
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Dertford Priory;
Dartford Nunnery


51°26′58″N 0°12′53″E / 51.4494672°N 0.2148342°E / 51.4494672; 0.2148342 (Dartford Priory)
Davington Priory +^ The church of St.Mary Magdalen, Davington - geograph.org.uk - 1276737.jpg Benedictine nuns
founded 1153 by Fulk de Newenham;
dissolved 1535; granted to Sir Thomas Cheney 1546/7;
church in now parochial use — priory buildings in private ownership;
restored as a private residence 19th century; since 1982 owned by Bob Geldof
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalen, Davington;

(parochially also dedicated to St Lawrence)


51°19′09″N 0°53′03″E / 51.3191235°N 0.8842975°E / 51.3191235; 0.8842975 (Davington Priory)
Dover Priory, earlier site St Mary in Castro2.jpg Saxon minster, secular canons
founded 640 by Eadbald, King of Kent;
transferred to St Martin's c.696 (see immediately below) by King Wihtred;
church apparently rebuilt 10th century;
repaired 1582, but practically unused thereafter and in ruins by 1724;
in use as a Fives' Court early-1790s;
in use as a garrison coal store during Napoleonic Wars (1793–1815);
restored 1862 by Sir George Gilbert Scott and 1888 by William Butterfield
St Mary in Castro
(St Mary in the Castle)


51°07′42″N 1°19′24″E / 51.128374°N 1.3233697°E / 51.128374; 1.3233697 (Dover Priory, earlier site)
Dover Priory ^ secular canons
transferred to from site within the castle (see immediately above) c.696 by King Wihtred;
(?abbey 697);
Augustinian Canons Regular
refounded 1131 by Henry I and William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury;
Benedictine monks — from Canterbury (who forced withdrawal of Augustinians) 1136;
monks apparently withdrawn;
Benedictine monks — sent from Canterbury by Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury 1139;
cell dependent on Canterbury;
dissolved 1535;
remains now incorporated into a private school: Dover College
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint Martin of the New Work, Dover

51°07′37″N 1°18′27″E / 51.1270341°N 1.3075729°E / 51.1270341; 1.3075729 (Dover Priory)
Dover Minster Saxon minster
founded 691;
rebuilt 1070s;
in parochial use as the Church of St Martin-le-Grand, from 16th century;
demolished 18th-19th century; remains destroyed during World War II


51°07′30″N 1°18′45″E / 51.1250006°N 1.3125336°E / 51.1250006; 1.3125336 (Dover Minster)
Dover Preceptory (?) Knights Templar
founded c.1128(?)
apparently transferred to Temple Ewell before c.1185; (EH)


51°07′09″N 1°18′12″E / 51.1190578°N 1.3034517°E / 51.1190578; 1.3034517 (Dover Preceptory(?))
Eastry Monastery (?) a monastery purportedly founded before 673 by King Egbert — existence doubtful

Elfleet Monastery (?) founded by Domneva  — probably Ebbsfleet possible duplication of Minster in Thanet Nunnery

Erith Franciscan Friary * Capuchin Franciscan Friars
founded 1902;
present church opened 1963;
extant


Faversham Abbey Ruins Of Faversham Abbey, Stukeley, 1722.jpg Cluniac monks — from Bermondsey, Surrey
founded 1148 (1147) by King Stephen and his queen Maud (Matilda) (apparently only nominally Cluniac from the outset);
Benedictine monks 13th century (before 1207: by the reign of Henry III);
dissolved 8 July 1538
St Saviour

51°19′08″N 0°53′42″E / 51.318774°N 0.8948708°E / 51.318774; 0.8948708 (Faversham Abbey)
Folkestone Priory, earlier site Saxon minster and Benedictine? nuns
founded before 640 by Eadbald, King of Kent — built in the castle precinct;
destroyed in raids by the Danes before 927 (before 924);
Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent on Lonlay
founded 1095: church granted to Lonlay by Nigel de Munevilla and his wife;
abandoned 1137: transferred to new site (see immediately below)
St Mary and St Eanswith

51°04′45″N 1°11′01″E / 51.0790314°N 1.1837474°E / 51.0790314; 1.1837474 (Folkestone Priory, earlier site)
Folkestone Priory Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent on Lonlay;
(community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) before 640);
transferred here 1137, permission granted to William de Albrinsis;
became denizen:independent from 1399;
dissolved November 1539, when priory was ruinous; leased to Edward, Lord Clinton; granted to him 9 January 1539
Falkstone Priory

51°04′43″N 1°10′53″E / 51.0786935°N 1.1813951°E / 51.0786935; 1.1813951 (Folkestone Priory)
Greenwich Friary Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in London
Higham Priory Benedictine nuns
alien house: dependent on St-Sulpice-la-Forêt;
founded c.1148(?) (1551) by King Stephen;
became denizen: independent from after 1227;
dissolved 1521–2; granted to St John's College, Cambridge by Henry VIII 1522
Lillechurch Priory;
Littlechurch Priory;
Heyham Priory


51°26′27″N 0°28′11″E / 51.4408812°N 0.4697406°E / 51.4408812; 0.4697406 (Higham Priory)
Hoo Monastery Benedictine? monks
founded c.(686-)687: land on the island (later Hoo St Werburgh) and adjoining granted tn Ecgbald and his familia
monastery under an abbot 716;
destroyed in raids by the Danes 9th century?


51°27′24″N 0°29′19″E / 51.4565357°N 0.4886945°E / 51.4565357; 0.4886945 (Hoo Monastery (possible site)) (possible)
or
51°24′36″N 0°33′29″E / 51.410135°N 0.558055°E / 51.410135; 0.558055 (Hoo Monastery (probable site)) (more likely)
Horton Priory ^ Horton Priory, Kent.jpg Cluniac monks
alien house: cell dependent on Lewes, Sussex;
founded c.1142 by Robert de Vere;
became denizen: independent from 1351–74;
dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Tate 1338–9;
thereafter granted to --- Mantell;
remains now incorporated into a private house
The Priory Church of St John the Evangelist, Horton
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Monk's Horton Priory;
Monkshorton Priory


51°06′52″N 1°00′28″E / 51.1143114°N 1.0078186°E / 51.1143114; 1.0078186 (Horton Priory)
Hythe Monastery uncertain order and foundation

Leeds Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1119 by Robert de Crevecoeur (Croucheart/Crepido Corde), Kt.;
dissolved c.1540 (1539); granted to Sir Antony St Leger 1550–1
St Mary and St Nicholas
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Leedes Priory


51°14′51″N 0°36′42″E / 51.2474614°N 0.611659°E / 51.2474614; 0.611659 (Leeds Priory)
Lesnes Abbey (Westwood Abbey) Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in London
Lewisham Priory Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in London
Lossenham Friary Carmelite Friars
founded c.1242-7;
destroyed by fire 1275; rebuilt;
dissolved 1538
Lossenham Whitefriars

51°01′12″N 0°37′27″E / 51.0199877°N 0.6241071°E / 51.0199877; 0.6241071 (Lossenham Friary)
Lydd Monastery + Saxon minster
possible monastic house founded after 774: land granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury;
destroyed in raids by the Danes 893;
Anglo-Saxon remains incorporated into All Saints' parish church


50°57′06″N 0°54′25″E / 50.9517832°N 0.90693°E / 50.9517832; 0.90693 (Lydd Minster)
Lyminge Abbey + Benedictine? nuns
founded c.633 by Ethelburga, daughter of Æthelberht, King of Kent, on the site of a possibly Roman villa;
monks and nuns
refounded before 736 under Abbot Cuthbert;
ravaged in raids by the Danes, but continued to after 964 (the time of Archbishop Dunstan);
Saxon church, rebuilt c.965, incorporating remains of abbey church
Liming Abbey

51°07′35″N 1°05′13″E / 51.1262732°N 1.0869813°E / 51.1262732; 1.0869813 (Lyminge Abbey)
Maidstone Friary Carmelite Friars
13th century Allington Castle site sold to Carmelites 1951;
in private ownership early-21stC


51°17′36″N 0°30′41″E / 51.2934382°N 0.5114543°E / 51.2934382; 0.5114543 (Maidstone Carmelite Friary)
Maidstone Franciscan Friary Franciscan Friars
licence obtained 13 May 1331 by John atte Water to alienate in mortmain to the minister and Friars Minors of England property and land in Maidstone to build an oratory and dwelling-place;
establishment never implemented
Minster in Sheppey Priory + Benedictine? nuns
founded c.670;
destroyed in raids by the Danes before 900 (855);
Benedictine nuns
founded before 1087;
Augustinian Canonesses?
refounded 1123 (1130?, 1150) by William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury;
Benedictine nuns
refounded 1186?;
Augustinian Canonesses
refounded 1396;
dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Thomas Cheiney (Cheney) 1537/8;
remains of conventual church incorporated into parochial church
St Sexburga

St Mary and St Sexburgha
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Shepey Priory


51°25′20″N 0°48′43″E / 51.422169°N 0.812071°E / 51.422169; 0.812071 (Minster in Sheppey Priory)
Minster in Thanet Priory, earlier site Saxon minster and Benedictine? nuns
founded 669, granted by King Egbert to his niece Domneva to found a monastery;
destroyed in raids by the Danes 1011;
transferred to new site (see immediately below)
secular collegiate
Benedictine monks
granted to St Augustine's Abbey 1027 by King Cnut;
refounded as a grange of St Augustine's;
11th-13th century parochial church of St Mary reputedly built on site
St Domneva

51°19′49″N 1°18′56″E / 51.3303703°N 1.3156772°E / 51.3303703; 1.3156772 (Minster in Thanet Priory, earlier site (purported)) (purported)
Minster in Thanet Priory Benedictine nuns
transferred from earlier site (see immediately above)
St Mary Virgin

St Mildred


51°19′53″N 1°19′03″E / 51.331287°N 1.3175547°E / 51.331287; 1.3175547 (Minster in Thanet Priory)
Minster Abbey * Benedictine nuns
founded 1937; built on site of the earlier abbey (see immediately above); extant
Minster in Thanet Nunnery Benedictine nuns
founded c.750, built by Ermengitha, sister of Domneva
destroyed? in raids by the Danes 980
Minster in Thanet Priory Benedictine monks
founded c.670, granted to Domneva by King Egbert, her uncle;
destroyed in raids by the Danes 980;
dependent on St Augustine's, Canterbury;
granted to St Augustine's by Cnut 1027;
St Mary Virgin
Moatenden Priory Trinitarian monks
founded 1224 by Sir Michael de Ponynges;
dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Antony Aucher 1538/9;
site now occupied by a house named 'Moatenden Manor'
Mottenden Priory;
Headcorn Priory;
Muttiden Friary


51°11′16″N 0°36′05″E / 51.1878755°N 0.601421°E / 51.1878755; 0.601421 (Minster in Moatenden Priory)
New Romney Priory Cistercian monks and nuns — double house
alien house: grange dependent on Pontigny;
founded 1264;
dissolved c.1414
St John

50°59′09″N 0°56′23″E / 50.9859411°N 0.9397951°E / 50.9859411; 0.9397951 (New Romney Priory)
New Romney Greyfriars Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London)
founded before 1241;
dissolved c.1287
Romney Greyfriars

50°58′43″N 0°56′00″E / 50.9785373°N 0.9332371°E / 50.9785373; 0.9332371 (Romney Friary)
Newington Priory Benedictine nuns
foundation unknown;
transferred to Minster before 1087(?)
secular canons from between 1154 and 1170;
possible secular college, probably dissolved before 1179
or

51°20′42″N 0°39′18″E / 51.3449619°N 0.6549847°E / 51.3449619; 0.6549847 (Newington Priory (alleged site)) (alleged) or 51°05′27″N 1°06′42″E / 51.0908601°N 1.1117005°E / 51.0908601; 1.1117005 (Newington Priory (poss. site)) (possible)
Ospringe Crutched Friars Crutched Friars
founded before 1234;
dissolved c.1470;
became a secular hospital
Patrixbourne Priory St Mary, Patrixbourne, Kent.jpg Saxon minster
Augustinian Canons Regular
alien house: cell dependent on Beaulieu, Normandy;
founded c.1200;
dissolved 1409;
restored 1849 by Mr Marshall of Canterbury and 1857 by Sir George Gilbert Scott;
church in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary
St Mary

51°15′12″N 1°08′11″E / 51.2534448°N 1.1364627°E / 51.2534448; 1.1364627 (Patrixbourne Priory)
Reculver Abbey Reculver Abbey in Kent.jpg Benedictine? monks
founded 669, granted to Bass (Bassa), priest, by Egbert, King of Kent;
destroyed in raids by the Danes;
annexed to Canterbury 949 by King Eadred: abbot and Benedictines probably removed; under a dean until c.1030
Raculfe Abbey

51°22′46″N 1°11′59″E / 51.3795322°N 1.1997628°E / 51.3795322; 1.1997628 (Reculver Abbey)
Rochester Cathedral Priory + secular canons
founded 604;
dissolved 1080;
episcopal diocesan cathedral
founded 604; extant;
Benedictine monks
refounded 1080 by Æthelberht, King of Kent;
dissolved 1540
The Cathedral and Priory Church of Saint Andrew, Rochester

51°23′20″N 0°30′12″E / 51.3889331°N 0.5032146°E / 51.3889331; 0.5032146 (Rochester Cathedral Priory)
St Mildred's Monastery purported early Saxon monastery;
probably a minster 8th century


St Radegund's Abbey Premonstratensian Canons
daughter house of Prémontré;
founded 1193;
dissolved 1536;
now in private ownership
Bradsole Abbey

51°07′55″N 1°15′03″E / 51.1318449°N 1.2507623°E / 51.1318449; 1.2507623 (St Radegund's Abbey (Bradsole))
Salmstone Priory Benedictine monks
residential grange and manor with chapel dependent on St Augustine's, Canterbury
Sandwich Whitefriars Carmellite Friars
founded before 1268 (before c.1272)
dissolved 1538


51°16′24″N 1°20′18″E / 51.2733301°N 1.3384169°E / 51.2733301; 1.3384169 (Sandwich Whitefriars)
Sittingbourne Austin Friars hospital, hermitage and chapel
Silvester, the superior, apparently became a member of Austin Friars and received a grant to alienate the foundation;
Austin Friars
founded 1255;
dissolved 1256?, Silvester apparently lapsed and the foundation ceased to be an Austin establishment
Shamele Austin Friars
Shoreham Minster Saxon minster
founded before 700;
present church on site, the Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul, built between 1230 and 1270 (during the reign of Edward III) on the site of an earlier church


51°19′59″N 0°11′04″E / 51.3330517°N 0.1844019°E / 51.3330517; 0.1844019 (Shoreham Minster)
Strood Hospital hospital
founded 1192-3
Benedictine monks
founded 1330: required master to be a Benedictine monk;
dissolved c.1402;
continued as hospital to 1539
St Mary
Strood Preceptory Knights Templar
Sutton-at-Hone Preceptory + hospital
founded before 1199;
Knights Hospitaller
granted 1214; preceptory established;
lapsed before 1338 and farmed out;
evidently revived shortly afterwards;
dissolved 1358;
remains in use as chapel and private residence; (NT)
St John's Jerusalem

51°24′39″N 0°14′25″E / 51.4108076°N 0.2403098°E / 51.4108076; 0.2403098 (Sutton-at-Hone Preceptory)
Swingfield Preceptory Sisters of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
cell foundation unknown;
transferred to Sisters of St John Priory, Buckland, Somerset c.1180;
Knights Hospitaller
founded before 1180;
dissolved 1540
St John's Commandery
St John's Chapel


51°09′07″N 1°11′26″E / 51.151887°N 1.1904824°E / 51.151887; 1.1904824 (Swingfield Preceptory)
Temple Ewell Preceptory +,
Ewell
St Peter and St Paul, Temple Ewell, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 325563.jpg Knights Templar
founded c.1185, benefactors William, brother of the King, and William Peverelle;
dissolved 1308–1312;
Knights Hospitaller
refounded 1312;
dissolved 1540;
remains incorporated into parochial church


51°09′52″N 1°16′04″E / 51.164581°N 1.2677246°E / 51.164581; 1.2677246 (Temple Ewell Preceptory)
Thanington Nunnery St James's hospital
founded before 1164;
apparently became nunnery or sisterhood before 1343, with regular priests or brethren to after 1415;
possibly ceased to be a hospital, at least for a time;
dissolved 1551; granted to Robert Dartnall 1551/2
Tanington Hospital

51°15′48″N 1°03′06″E / 51.2633583°N 1.0516995°E / 51.2633583; 1.0516995 (Thanington Nunnery)
Throwley Priory # Benedictine monks
alien house: cell dependent on St Bertin, St Omer;
founded c.1150 by Hugh de Chilham and William de Ipra;
dissolved 1414; granted to Syon Abbey;
house named 'Glebe Cottage' built on site
Thurleigh Priory

51°16′00″N 0°51′23″E / 51.2667384°N 0.8563542°E / 51.2667384; 0.8563542 (Throwley Priory)
Tonbridge Priory # Augustinian Canons Regular
founded before 1192 (late in the reign of Henry II) by Richard de Clare, Earl of Hartford (confirmed by the Pope 1192);
dissolved 8 February 1525;
became ruinous between 1753 and 1780;
site later occupied by a railway goods station
St Mary Magdalen

51°11′28″N 0°16′24″E / 51.1911183°N 0.2733278°E / 51.1911183; 0.2733278 (Tonbridge Priory)
West Langdon Abbey # Premonstratensian Canons
daughter house of Leiston;
founded 1189 (1192) by William de Auberville;
dissolved 1535; granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury 1538/9;
site now occupied by 16th-century farmhouse currently in use as a holiday cottage
St Mary and St Thomas Martyr of Canterbury
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Langdon Abbey


51°10′28″N 1°19′36″E / 51.1745237°N 1.3266903°E / 51.1745237; 1.3266903 (West Langdon Abbey)
West Malling Abbey Norman Tower front - Malling Abbey.jpg nuns
founded 688(?); no further reference until:
Benedictine nuns
transferred from Twickenham
founded c.1090 (during the reign of William II) by Gundulf, Bishop of Rochester;
transferred to Milford Haven; dissolved 1538; granted to Henry Cobham, alias Brook 1569/70
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, West Malling

51°17′36″N 0°24′45″E / 51.2932051°N 0.4124084°E / 51.2932051; 0.4124084 (West Malling Abbey)
West Peckham Preceptory Knights Hospitaller
founded 1337 by Sir John Culpepper;
dissolved 1540; granted to Sir Robert Southwell 1543/4;
West Peccham Hospital;
West Peckham Camera


51°14′58″N 0°21′37″E / 51.2494727°N 0.360269°E / 51.2494727; 0.360269 (West Peckham Preceptory)

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