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Lost Monastic Houses in the City of London
A map of the monastic houses in the City of London lost in the dissolution of the monasteries

The following is a list of the monastic houses in Greater London, 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


Alphabetic listing

Foundation Image Communities & Provenance Formal Name or Dedication
& Alternative Names
OnLine References & Location
Aldgate Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1107-8 by Queen Maud;
conventual church rebuilt 1339 onwards;
dilapidated since 1532;
dissolved 1534; granted to Sir Thomas Audley, Speaker of the House of Commons 1531/2;
largely demolished thereafter
Christchurch, Aldgate

51°30′49″N 0°04′41″W / 51.5136°N 0.0780°W / 51.5136; -0.0780 (Aldgate — Holy Trinity Priory)
Aldgate Abbey Site of Holy Trinity, Portsoken Street, City of London.jpg Franciscan nuns
founded 1293-4 by Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, confirmed by his brother Edward I;
dissolved March 1539;
The Abbey Church of the Grace of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Francis, without Aldgate
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The Minories, London;
Holy Trinity, Minories


51°30′41″N 0°04′29″W / 51.5115°N 0.0746°W / 51.5115; -0.0746 (Aldgate Abbey (Holy Trinity, Minories))
Barking Abbey Barking Abbey.jpg Benedictine? nuns and monks — double house
founded c.666 by St Erkenwald son of Anna, King of the East Angles;
destroyed in raids by the Danes 870;
refounded 946-951
Benedictine nuns
refounded 965-75 by King Edgar and St Dunstan
dissolved 14 November 1539; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton 1551/2
St Mary

St Mary and St Ethelburgha
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Berking Abbey;
Bedenham Abbey


51°32′8″N 0°4′31″E / 51.53556°N 0.07528°E / 51.53556; 0.07528 (Barking Abbey)
Bentley Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1171 by Ranulf de Glanville;
dissolved before 1532;
house named 'The Priory' possibly built on site: formerly in use as a girls' school, then a hotel;
now in ownership of R.A.F. Bentley Priory
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bentley

51°37′12″N 0°20′16″W / 51.62°N 0.3377974°W / 51.62; -0.3377974 (Bentley Priory)
Bermondsey Minster Saxon monastery
founded not earlier than under Pope Constantine I (708-715)
nothing further known about its history — possibly destroyed in raids by the Danes 9th century and succeeded by a new minster at Southwark


51°29′39″N 0°04′16″W / 51.4940828°N 0.0710893°W / 51.4940828; -0.0710893 (Bermondsey Minster)
Bermondsey Abbey Bermondsey Abbey 2.jpg Cluniac monks
alien house: dependent on La Charité;
priory founded 1082 by Alvin (Aylwin) Child, citizen of London (first monks arrived 1089);
became denizen: independent from 1381;
raised to abbey status 1399 by order of the Pope;
dissolved 1 January 1538; granted to Sir Richard Southwell 1541/2; and demolished soon after
St Saviour

51°29′49″N 0°04′47″W / 51.4969099°N 0.0796375°W / 51.4969099; -0.0796375 (Bermondsey Abbey)
Brockley Abbey Premonstratensian Canons
daughter house of Sulby, Northamptonshire;
founded before 1182 by Countess Juliana and her seneschal Michael of Thornham;
dissolved 1199–1208;
transferred to Bayham, (East) Sussex c.1180
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Brockley

51°27′55″N 0°01′47″W / 51.4653443°N 0.0298584°W / 51.4653443; -0.0298584 (Brockley Abbey)
Bromley-by-Bow Priory Benedictine nuns
founded before 1122;
dissolved 1536
Bromley Priory;
Stratford-at-Bow Priory;
Stratford-by-Bow Priory


51°31′42″N 0°00′46″W / 51.5282668°N 0.0128612°W / 51.5282668; -0.0128612 (Bromley-by-Bow Priory (Stratford-at-Bow Priory))
Clerkenwell Priory Knights Hospitaller
founded c.1144 (or c.1100 by Jordan Briset, Baron, and his wife Muriel);
dissolved 1540; the tower was blown up by Protector Somerset, much of the material used to build Somerset House
St John's Clerkenwell

51°31′21″N 0°06′11″W / 51.5225262°N 0.1030988°W / 51.5225262; -0.1030988 (Clerkenwell Preceptory)
Clerkenwell Priory (Augustinian) Augustinian Canonesses
founded 1100 by Robert, Priest, or c.1144 by Jordan FitzRalph (Briset);
also given as Benedictine nuns
dissolved c.1539; granted to Walter Hanley and John Williams, Knight 1545/6
The Priory Church of Saint Mary de Fonte

The Priory Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption


51°31′26″N 0°06′24″W / 51.5238813°N 0.1066393°W / 51.5238813; -0.1066393 (Clerkenwell Priory)
Ealing Abbey * St Benedict's Ealing Abbey, Charlbury Grove, London W5 - geograph.org.uk - 1750464.jpg Benedictine monks — from Downside, Somerset
founded 1897;
priory 1916;
raised to abbey status 1955; extant
The Abbey Church of Saint Benedict, Ealing

51°31′11″N 0°18′32″W / 51.5198192°N 0.3089583°W / 51.5198192; -0.3089583 (Ealing Abbey)
Eastminster Abbey Cistercian monks
daughter house of Beaulieu, Hampshire;
founded 20 March 1350 by Edward III;
dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Arthur Darcy 1542/3
New Abbey;
The Abbey of St Mary de Graciis;
St Mary Graces Abbey


51°30′33″N 0°04′19″W / 51.5092967°N 0.0720549°W / 51.5092967; -0.0720549 (Eastminster Abbey (St Mary Graces Abbey))
Elsing Spital Priory secular college
(community founded at London within Cripplegate before 1329)
transferred here: founded 1329 by William Elsing;
nuns
conventual hospital
founded 1331;
chapel for priory and hospital built 1332;
Augustinian Canons Regular
conventual hospital;
founded 1340; granted to John Williams, Master of the King's Jewels 1539/40;
destroyed by fire 24 December 1539/40;
priory church in parochial use from dissolution;
demolished 1923
Elsing Spittle Priory;
Priory and Hospital of St Mary-within-Cripplegate
Church of St Alphage, London Wall


51°31′03″N 0°05′34″W / 51.5176286°N 0.0928742°W / 51.5176286; -0.0928742 (Elsing Spital Priory)
Feltham Priory Anglican Benedictine nuns
founded 24 June 1868 by Father Ignatius;
transferred to Twickenham
SS Mary and Scholastica
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Feltham Nunnery


Greenwich Blackfriars Dominican Friars
founded 1376 by Edward III and Sir John Norbury;
dissolved; refounded by Queen Mary;
dissolved by Elizabeth I
Greenwich Greyfriars # Observant Franciscan Friars
founded 1482: permission granted by the Pope to Edward IV, established 1485;
suppressed for rejection of papal authority 1534;
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London)
refounded 1534;
dissolved 1538;
Observant Franciscan Friars
refounded 1555;
dissolved 1559;
demolished;
north-west wing of hospital currently stands on site


51°28′59″N 0°00′23″W / 51.4831602°N 0.0065017°W / 51.4831602; -0.0065017 (Greenwich Greyfriars)
Haliwell Priory Augustinian Canonesses
founded before 1127 (before 1150(?)) by Robert fitz Gelran (Fitzmore), canon of St Paul's; benefacted by Richard Belmeis, Bishop of London;
also given as Benedictine nuns
dissolved c.1539; granted to William Webb 1544/5
The Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Holywell
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Holywell Priory;
Holywell Nunnery, Shorditch


51°31′26″N 0°04′44″W / 51.5239615°N 0.07892°W / 51.5239615; -0.07892 (Haliwell Priory)
Hampton Cell then, later, Hampton Preceptory Sisters of St John of Jerusalem
founded before 1180;
transferred to Sisters of St John Priory, Buckland, Somerset c.1180


Knights Hospitaller
founded before 1180(?);
manor procured by Hospitallers 1237; referred to as a camera 1338;
later guest house; leased out 1505;
dissolved 1338;
lands were leased to the royal courtier Giles Daubeney 1494, who built private house; demolished 1514;
99-year lease obtained from the Hospitallers by Wolsey June 1514;
Hampton Court built on site


51°24′13″N 0°20′16″W / 51.403486°N 0.3377008°W / 51.403486; -0.3377008 (Hampton Preceptory)
Harmondsworth Priory Benedictine monks
alien house: cell(?) dependent on St-Catherine-du-Mont, Rouen;
founded between 1066 and 1087 (during the reign of William the Conqueror);
dissolved ?before 1391; granted to Winchester College;
granted to Sir William Paget 1547/8


51°29′21″N 0°28′53″W / 51.4891462°N 0.4812607°W / 51.4891462; -0.4812607 (Harmondsworth Priory)
Hornchurch Priory + Augustinian Canons
alien house: cell dependent on the Hospital of St Nicholas and St Bernard in Montjoux, Savoy;
founded 1158/9 by Henry II;
dissolved November 1390; granted to New College, Oxford 1391;
Saint Nicholas and Saint Bernard

51°33′41″N 0°13′33″E / 51.5613030°N 0.22580265°E / 51.5613030; 0.22580265 (Hornchurch Priory)
Hounslow Priory hospital
founded before 1200;
Trinitarians
founded after 1224 (possibly 1252);
dissolved 1538; granted to William, Lord Windsor;
Parish Church of the Holy Trinity built on site 1828
The Holy Trinity
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Hounslow Friary


51°28′07″N 0°21′50″W / 51.4686126°N 0.3638363°W / 51.4686126; -0.3638363 (Hounslow Priory)
Kilburn Priory Remains of Kilburn Priory as it appeared in 1722.jpg anchoresses cell
founded before/c.1130;
Benedictine nuns
founded 1139 (during the reign of Henry I) by the Convent of Westminster;
possibly Augustinian Canonesses during existence — but began and ended as Benedictine;
dissolved 1537 (1536); granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1547/8
Kylburn Nunnery

51°32′28″N 0°11′56″W / 51.5410663°N 0.198922°W / 51.5410663; -0.198922 (Kilburn Priory)
Lesnes Abbey Lesnes Abbey.JPG Augustinian Canons Regular — Arrouasian
founded June 1178 by Richard de Luci, Justiciar of England;
dissolved 1525; granted to Cardinal Wolsey's college at Oxford; granted to Sir Ralph Sadler 1536/7
The Abbey Church of Saint Thomas the Martyr, Lesnes
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Westwood Abbey


51°29′20″N 0°07′44″E / 51.4887588°N 0.1289284°E / 51.4887588; 0.1289284 (Lesnes Abbey)
Lewisham Priory Benedictine monks
alien house: cell dependent on St Peter, Gent;
founded 11 September 918: granted by Elstrudis, Countess of Flanders and her sons Arnulf and Adelulf, confirmed by King Edgar August 964;
confiscated and destroyed;
restored 1044 by Edward the Confessor;
dissolved 1414; granted to the Carthusians at Sheen by Henry V 1415


51°27′26″N 0°00′54″W / 51.4571549°N 0.0151062°W / 51.4571549; -0.0151062 (Lewisham Priory)
London Areno Friars Friars of St Mary de Areno
founded 1267 by William Arnand, a knight of Henry III;
ceased 1317 with the death of the last brother, Hugh of York (appears to be the same establishment as the London Pied Friars and Westminster Pied Friars)
London Austin Friars Augustinian Friars
founded 1253 by Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex;
dissolved 1538; granted to John a Losco 1550, who founded preaching house for congregation of Walloon refugees;
nave used as church, quire, transepts and tower demolished 1600;
church destroyed by fire 1862; rebuilt 1863;
bombed in 1940 during World War II;
rebuilt 1950-6 as the Dutch Church, Austin Friars


51°30′56″N 0°05′08″W / 51.5154763°N 0.0856751°W / 51.5154763; -0.0856751 (London Austin Friars)
London Charterhouse ^, Charterhouse Square CharterhouseEC1.jpg secular college intended 1348; chapel built; founded by Sir Walter de Manny;
Carthusian monks
founded 1371;
dissolved 1537; granted to Sir Thomas Audley 1544/5;
almshouse and Charterhouse School founded by Thomas Sutton on the site 1622; which transferred to Godalming 1872; and that part of the site is now research facilities for the Barts and The London medical school
House of the Salutation of the Mother of God

51°31′17″N 0°05′59″W / 51.52139°N 0.09972°W / 51.52139; -0.09972 (London Charterhouse)
London, Cornhill Greyfriars Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London)
founded 1224: hired a house here after living for a number of days with the Dominicans at Holborn upon arriving in London;
transferred to Newgate 1225


51°30′57″N 0°05′58″W / 51.5157701°N 0.0994724°W / 51.5157701; -0.0994724 (London Cornhill Greyfriars)
London Crutched Friars Crutched Friars
founded before 1269;
dissolved 1538


51°30′39″N 0°04′42″W / 51.5108325°N 0.0783473°W / 51.5108325; -0.0783473 (London Crutched Friars)
London, Friars of the Sack, Aldersgate Friars of the Sack
founded 1257;
transferred to Lothbury (see immediately below) before 1271–2
London, Friars of the Sack, Lothbury Friars of the Sack
(community founded at Aldersgate (see immediately above) 1257);
transferred here before 1271–1;
abandoned 1305; chapel became a chantry
London, Holborn Blackfriars Dominican Friars
founded before 1224 (probably 1221);
transferred to Ludgate (see immediately below) after 1275
Monumenta Conventus Londinensis
London, Ludgate Blackfriars Dominican Friars
(community founded at Holborn (see immediately above) before 1224 (probably 1221))
transferred here after 1275;
dissolved 12 November 1538;
briefly refounded under Queen Mary at Smithfield


51°30′44″N 0°06′11″W / 51.5122848°N 0.1031202°W / 51.5122848; -0.1031202 (London, Ludgate Blackfriars)
London, Newgate Greyfriars Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of London)
(community founded at Cornhill 1224);
transferred here 1225: John Iwyn, citizen of London, allowed them the use of land and property;
school founded
church completed 1327;
dissolved 12 November 1538;
granted to the City of London 1546/7; reused as Christ Hospital


51°30′58″N 0°06′00″W / 51.5162174°N 0.1000196°W / 51.5162174; -0.1000196 (London, Newgate Greyfriars)
New Temple, London + TempleChurch-Exterior.jpg Knights Templar
(community founded at earlier site (see immediately below) 1121);
transferred here 1161;
dissolved 1308–12;
Knights Hospitaller
transferred 1324;
part leased to lawyers for use as a hostel;
dissolved after 1540;
leased to the Benches of the Inner and Middle Temple by James I 1609;
restorations 19th century;
church severely damaged in World War II in 1941;
restored 1947–57



51°30′48″N 0°06′38″W / 51.5132029°N 0.1104856°W / 51.5132029; -0.1104856 (Temple Church)
London, Old Temple Knights Templar
founded 1121;
transferred to new site (see immediately above) 1161
Camden Preceptory

51°31′04″N 0°06′45″W / 51.5177621°N 0.1126313°W / 51.5177621; -0.1126313 (Old Temple (Camden Preceptory))
London Pied Friars Pied Friars
(appears to be the same as London Areno Friars, and Westminster Pied Friars)
London — St Dominic's Priory St Dominic's NW5 (B).jpg Dominican Friars
opened 1867, church completed 1882
The Priory of Our Holy Father St Dominic
Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Dominic


51°33′03″N 0°09′26″W / 51.5507484°N 0.1572311°W / 51.5507484; -0.1572311 (London, St Dominic's Priory)
London — St Helen's, Bishopsgate + St Helens Bishopsgate.jpg Benedictine nuns
founded before 1216 by William fitz William(s), goldsmith;
dissolved 25 November 1538; granted to Sir Richard Cromwell 1541/2;
conventual buildings were acquired by the Leathersellers' Company 1543;
conventual church now in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Helen, Bishopsgate;
church restored 18th, 19th, 20th century;
damaged by IRA bomb 10 April 1992; restored 1995–7
St Helen

51°30′53″N 0°04′54″W / 51.5148°N 0.0818°W / 51.5148; -0.0818 (London – St Helen's, Bishopsgate)
London — St James Monkswell Chantry Carthusian monks
house or cell of the Abbot of Garendon;
chantry(?), daughter house of Garendon, Leicestershire;
founded 1341
London, St Mary Spital Augustinian Canons Regular
conventual hospital or priory
founded 1197 by Walter Fitz Ealdred land granted by Walter Brunus, citizen of London, and his wife Roisia;
granted to Stephen Vaughan who made his home in the precinct
St Mary the Virgin
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St Mary Spittle, without Bishopsgate;
Domus Dei
London, St Mary of Bethlehem Friary Augustinian Canons Regular — Order of Bethlehem
conventual hospital;
St Mary of Bethlehem Sisters
founded 1247, land granted by Simon Fitz Mary to Godfrey, bishop of Bethlehem to founded a house of canons, brothers and sisters;
hospital became attached to the founded before 1329;
dissolved; hospital but was moved to Moorfields 1675-6 and then to the South side of the Thames in 1814 (see Bethlem Royal Hospital)
The Bethlehem Hospital;
Bedlam


51°31′03″N 0°05′12″W / 51.5174359°N 0.0867695°W / 51.5174359; -0.0867695 (London, St Mary of Bethlehem Friary)
London, St Thomas of Acon Hospital Augustinian Canons Regular
conventual hospital
London, Smithfield Blackfriars Dominican Friars
briefly founded under Queen Mary
London Whitefriars Carmelite Friars
founded 1247 by Sir Richard Grey;
church built 1253; rebuilt mid-14th century
dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Moresyne and William Butts 1540/1; frater, library and kitchen granted to the King's Armourer; Michael Drayton and Thomas Woodford, nephew of the playwright Thomas Lodge, converted the former refectory for use as The Whitefriars Theatre 1608 (or possibly 1606); theatre closed 1629


51°30′47″N 0°06′29″W / 51.5131094°N 0.1080877°W / 51.5131094; -0.1080877 (London Whitefriars)
London within Cripplegate (?)Priory nuns(?)/conventual hospital
founded before 1329;
became dilapidated;
abandoned 1329; transferred to Elsing
Merton Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1114 (1117) by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey;
dissolved 1538;
Merton Abbey Station built on site 19th century;
site now occupied by shopping centre with purpose-built basement from which remains are visible
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Merton

The Priory Church of Saint Mary of Merton
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Merton Abbey St Mary's Priory;
St Mary of Merton


51°24′51″N 0°10′55″W / 51.4142839°N 0.1819181°W / 51.4142839; -0.1819181 (Merton Priory)
Moor Hall Preceptory Knights Hospitaller
founded apparently c.1176, granted by Beatrice de Bollers, widdow;
apparently became a camera by 1338;
dissolved 1338;
chapel demolished 1960
Harefield Preceptory;
Harefield Camera;
Moor Hall Camera


51°35′21″N 0°29′00″W / 51.5892462°N 0.4832777°W / 51.5892462; -0.4832777 (Moor Hall Preceptory)
Richmond Greyfriars # Observant Franciscan Friars
founded 1499 or 1500;
dissolved 1534; probably passed to the Austin Friars;
probably Augustinian Friars
refounded 1534;
dissolved 1536?
Richmond Austin Friars (1534-6)
Sheen Friary


51°27′37″N 0°18′28″W / 51.4603227°N 0.3078921°W / 51.4603227; -0.3078921 (Richmond Greyfriars)
Ruislip Priory Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent Bec-Hellouin;
founded (during the reign of William the Conqueror) land granted by Ernulph de Heding;
conventual until after? c.1250;
parcel of Ogbourne, Wiltshire 1291;
dissolved 1404;
granted to Ralph Sadler 1540/1;
Manor Farm House built 16th century
Riselipp Priory

51°34′44″N 0°25′38″W / 51.5787964°N 0.4273295°W / 51.5787964; -0.4273295 (Ruislip Priory)
St Bartholomew's Priory + St barts the great exterior.jpg Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1123, land obtained from Henry I by Roahere, formerly a minstrel at court;
became a priory with a separate hospital;
dissolved October 1539; granted to Lord Rich 1558/9;
now St Bartholomew's Hospital, and priory church in parochial use
The Priory Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield

51°31′7.92″N 0°05′58.77″W / 51.5188667°N 0.0996583°W / 51.5188667; -0.0996583 (St Bartholomew's Priory)
Sheen Priory Carthusian monks
founded c.1414 by Henry V;
dissolved 1539; granted to Edward, Earl of Hertford 1540/1;
restored 26 January 1557 by Queen Mary, under Maurice Chauncy of London (who became prior)
dissolved by Elizabeth I
The Priory Church of Jesus of Bethlehem
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Richmond Priory;
Shene Priory


Sheen Whitefriars Carmelite Friars
founded c.1315;
dissolved c.1318; community transferred by Edward II to his manor called the 'Palace of Beaufort' at Oxford 1317–8
Southwark Cathedral Priory + Saxon minster church pre-1066, allegedly built on the remains of an earlier nunnery; probably founded as a burghal minster either late in the reign of Alfred or earlier in the reign of Edward the Elder; probably succeeded the minster at Bermondsey;
Augustinian Canons Regular
(re)founded 1106;
largely destroyed by fire 1212; subsequently rebuilt;
dissolved 27 October 1539; granted to Sir Antony Brown 1544/5;
episcopal diocesan cathedral
founded 1 May 1905: see created for new diocese separated from Rochester; extant
The Priory Church of Saint Mary Overie, Southwark

51°30′22″N 0°05′23″W / 51.506118°N 0.089660°W / 51.506118; -0.089660 (Southwark Cathedral Priory)
Stratford Langthorne Abbey Stratford Langthorne - Charnel stone.jpg Savignac monks
founded 25 July 1135;
Cistercian monks
orders merged 17 September 1147;
dissolved 1538
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Stratford Langthorne
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West Ham Abbey


51°32′00″N 00°00′00″W / 51.53333°N -0.00000°E / 51.53333; -0.00000 (Stratford Langthorne Abbey)
Stratford Friary * Franciscan Friars Minor
extant


51°32′40″N 0°00′14″E / 51.5444802°N 0.0038087°E / 51.5444802; 0.0038087 (Stratford Friary)
Syon Abbey Bridgetine nuns
founded 1431;
dissolved 1539;
18th century house acquired
Charterhouse at Sheen

51°28′36″N 0°18′45″W / 51.4767456°N 0.3124881°W / 51.4767456; -0.3124881 (Syon Abbey)
Tooting Priory Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent on Bec-Hellouin;
manor held by Bec-Hellouin at the Domesday Survey;
founded before 1086: granted by Richard de Tonbridge, Lord of Clare;
dissolved before 1315(?); parcel of Ogbourne 1315;
dissolved by Henry V 1414 and granted to his brother John, Duke of Bedford; on his death 14 September 1436, it passed to Henry VI who granted to John Ardern for ten years;
granted to Eton College 1440
Tooting Bec Priory

51°25′56″N 0°08′44″W / 51.4323338°N 0.1456654°W / 51.4323338; -0.1456654 (Tooting Priory)
Twickenham Abbey Bridgetine nuns
founded 1415 by Henry V (who laid the first stone 22 February and signed charter 3 March);
transferred to Syon 1431
Twickenham Priory Anglican Benedictine nuns
transferred from Feltham;
transferred to West Malling, Kent


Upminster Upminster, Essex - The Parish Church of Saint Laurence - geograph.org.uk - 645647.jpg Saxon 'minster';
possibly on site now occupied by the Parish Church of St Laurence


51°33′21″N 0°14′52″E / 51.555765°N 0.2479085°E / 51.555765; 0.2479085 (Upminster (possible)) (possible)
Westminster Abbey + Westminster abbey west.jpg legendary very early foundation;
possibly monastery founded c.616 (probably just a chapel or church) by Sebert on instruction by Bishop Mellitus;
some evidence of monastery, possibly secular, founded before 785, destroyed? in raids by the Danes 871-2?, restored
Benedictine monks
founded c.960 (959);
dissolved 16 January 1540;
episcopal cathedral 1540–1550;
restored 1556;
dissolved 1559;
collegiate church 1560;
now in use as a royal peculiar
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter in Westminster

51°29′57″N 0°07′39″W / 51.4992743°N 0.12748°W / 51.4992743; -0.12748 (Westminster Abbey)
Westminster Pied Friars Pied Friars
(appears to be the same establishment as the London Areno Friars and London Pied Friars)


51°30′34″N 0°07′20″W / 51.5093267°N 0.1223248°W / 51.5093267; -0.1223248 (Westminster Pied Friars)
Woodford Green Friary * Franciscan Friars Minor
extant
Friary and Parish of St Thomas of Canterbury

51°36′55″N 0°01′28″E / 51.615172°N 0.0245583°E / 51.615172; 0.0245583 (Woodford Green Friary)

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