|
Foundation |
Alt. Name * [Formal
Name / dedication] |
Location Grid
Ref or Lat/long |
Website Links
 |
Communities & history
[condition] |
|
Beadlow Priory |
Beaulieu Priory |
52°02′01″N
0°23′23″W
/ 52.033479,
-0.389822 |
Wiki *Bedford
County Council *
English Heritage Pastscape(1) *
English Heritage Pastscape(2) *
Centre for Metropolitan History |
Benedictine monks (from Milbrook) * fd. 1140/6; * abandoned 1435 * cell
of St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire * reverted to the Crown, the
buildings falling into decay thereafter |
|
Bushmead Priory |
Bissemede Priory * [The Priory
Church
of Saint Mary, Bushmead] |
52°14′01″N
0°22′03″W/
52.233480,
-0.367530 * TL1360 |
Wiki *
English Heritage,
English Heritage_Bushmead *
English Heritage Pastscape *
British History Online *
Britain Express *
Bedford Borough Council *
Visit Britain *
Hertsdirect.org *
National Register of Archives |
Augustinian Canons Regular * fd. 1195 by Hugh Beauchamp; * dis. 1536 and
granted to Sir William Gascoign * mansion built on site (EH) [C] |
|
Caldwell
Priory |
Cauldwell Priory |
|
British History Online *
Pastscape EH |
Augustinian Canons Regular * fd. 1153 by Robert of Houghton; * dis.
1536; granted to Thomas Leigh c.1562 |
|
Chicksands Priory |
Chicksand Priory |
52°02′27″N
0°21′59″W
/ 52.040896,
-0.366417 * TL1239 |
Wiki *
British History Online *
The British Army *
Bedfordshire Libraries *
National Register of Archives *
Pastscape EH |
Gilbertine monks and nuns * fd. 1147 by Pain de Beauchamp and his wife;
* dis. 1538 and granted to R. Snow * private house * now in grounds of
Military base [E] |
|
Dunstable Friary |
|
51°52′59″N
0°31′17″W
/ 51.8831074,
-0.5214858
|
British History Online
*
Britain Express *
Bedfordshire Libraries *
Pastscape EH |
Dominican Friars * fd. 1259; * dis. 1539 |
|
Dunstable Priory [Church Use] |
Dunstaple Priory * [The Priory
Church
of Saint Peter, Dunstable] |
51°53′10″N
0°31′04″W
/ 51.886026,
-0.517653 * TL0221 |
Wiki *
British History Online *
Britain Express *
Church of England - A Church Near You *
Pastscape EH |
Augustinian Canons Regular * fd. 1131 (or ante1125?) by King Henry I; *
dis. 1540 and granted to Sir Leonard Chamberlayne * part of church now
in parochial use [C] |
|
Elstow Abbey [Church Use] |
[The Abbey
Church of
Saint Mary and Saint
Helena, Elstow] |
52°06′54″N
0°28′10″W
/ 52.114947,
-0.469502 * TL0547 |
Wiki *
British History Online *
Elstow Abbey |
Benedictine nuns * fd. 1078 by Judith, neice of William the Conqueror; *
dis. 1539; * granted c.1553 to Sir Humphrey Radcliff * part now in use
as parish church [C |
|
Greyfriars, Bedford |
|
52°08′20″N
0°28′29″W
/ 52.1388484,
-0.4748422 |
Wiki *
British History Online *
Bedfordshire Libraries |
Franciscan Friars * fd. 1238 by Mabilea de Plateshull; * dis. c.1539 and
granted to John Gostwyke |
|
Grovebury Priory, * Leighton Buzzard |
La Grave Priory; * Leighton Buzzard Priory; * Grovesbury Priory |
|
British History Online
*
National Register of Archives *
Pastscape EH |
Alien priory (a cell of Fontévrault) * Benedictine monks * fd. post1189;
* dis. 1414 * farmhouse built on site |
|
Hardwick Preceptory |
|
|
Wiki |
Knights Hospitaller |
|
Harrold Priory |
Harwood Priory |
|
British History Online
*
National Register of Archives *
Bedfordshire Libraries |
Augustinian nuns * fd. 1138 by Sampson le Forte; * dis. 1536 and granted
to William Lord Parr * site occupied by farmhouse and a mansion named 'Harrold
Hall' |
|
Markyate Priory |
Mergate Priory; * Market-Street Priory |
|
British History Online |
Benedictine nuns * fd. 1145 by Ralph, Dean and Chapter of St Paul's; *
dis. 1566; granted to George Ferrers * site now occupied by a manor
house named 'Markyate Cell' built on priory remains |
|
Melchbourne Preceptory |
Melchbourne Priory; * Melchburn Preceptory; * Mechelburn Preceptory |
52°16′17″N
0°29′33″W
/ 52.2712563,
-0.4924536 |
British History Online |
Knights Hospitaller * fd. 12thC by Lady Alice de Claremonte, Countess of
Pembroke; * dis. c.1550 and granted to John, Earl of Bedford |
|
Milbrook Priory |
|
|
|
Benedictine monks * moved to Beadlow |
|
Newnham Priory |
Newenham Priory |
|
British History Online *
Pastscape EH |
Augustinian Canons Regular (from the collegiate church of St. Paul,
Bedford) * fd. 1247 by Simon Beauchamp; * dis. 1539/41 and granted to
Urian Brereton |
|
Pulloxhill Grange |
|
51°59′40″N
0°27′12″W
/ 51.994315,
-0.453444 |
|
Augustinian Canons Regular; * grange of Dunstable Priory |
|
Ruxox Cell |
|
52°00′45″N
0°28′32″W
/ 52.012428,
-0.475647 |
Pastscape EH |
Augustinian Canons Regular * cell for retired brothers from Dunstable *
chapel dedicated to St Nicholas |
|
Turvey Abbey [monastic] |
[Priory of Our Lady of Peace] |
52°09′42″N
0°37′06″W
/ 52.161705,
-0.618389 |
Wiki *
Turvey Abbey *
Bedfordshire Libraries |
Benedictine nuns As of 2005 in use * adjacent to Benedictine monastery
(see immediately below) |
|
Turvey monastery [monastic] |
[Monastery of Christ our Saviour] |
52°09′41″N
0°37′09″W
/ 52.161251,
-0.619199 |
Turvey Abbey
*
Bedfordshire Libraries |
Benedictine monks * fd. 1980 in use As of 2005 * adjacent to Benedictine
Abbey (see immediately above) |
|
Warden Abbey |
Old Warden Abbey * [The
Abbey
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Old Warden] |
52°04′54″N
0°21′60″W
/ 52.081749,
-0.366583 |
Wiki *
British History Online *
Bedfordshire County Council *
Cistercians in Yorkshire Project *
Pastscape EH |
Cistercian monks * fd. 1136 by Walter Espec; * dis. (surrendered by the
abbot and monks)
4 December 1538
* Elizabethan house built on site (of which exist only remnants) *
renovated 1974 (LT) |
|
Woburn Abbey [No remains] |
[The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Woburn] |
51°58′58″N
0°35′43″W
/ 51.982858,
-0.595365 |
Wiki *
British History Online *
Woburn Abbey *
Pastscape EH |
Cistercian monks (from Fountains Abbey in
Yorkshire) * fd. 1145 by Hugh de Bolebec; * dis. 1538 and
granted to John Lord Russell * site now occupied by a mansion, estate
and safari park |
