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Foundation |
Alt. Name * [Formal
Name / dedication] |
Location Grid
Ref or Lat/long |
Website Links
 |
Communities & history
[condition] |
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Chester
Abbey |
[The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Chester * The
Cathedral
Church of Saint John the Baptist, Chester 1072/5-1102] |
53°11′21″N
2°53′08″W
/ 53.189023,
-2.885461 |
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c.906? * secular canons; dis. 1547 * episcopal diocesan cathedral
1072/5-1102 |
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Chester
Carmelite Friary |
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|
British History Online |
Carmelite Friars fd. 1279 |
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Chester
Cathedral Priory [Church Use]
 |
[The Abbey
Church of
Saint Peter and Saint
Paul, Chester (-875) * The Abbey Church of Saint Werburgh, Chester The
Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chester (1541) |
53°11′31″N
2°53′25″W
/ 53.191832,
-2.890193 * SJ4066 |
Wiki *
British History Online *
Chester Cathedral *
Cheshire Tourist *
Britain Express |
?Nuns -875 * secular canons post907 * Benedictine 1092; dis. 1540 *
episcopal diocesan cathedral 1541-present |
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Chester
Dominican Friary |
|
|
British History Online |
Dominican Friars |
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Chester
Franciscan Friary |
|
53°11′25″N
2°53′48″W
/ 53.19037,
-2.896625 |
British History Online |
Franciscan Friars fd. 1237/8; dis. 1537 |
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Chester
Friary of the Sack |
|
|
British History Online |
Friars of the Sack |
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Chester
Priory |
[The Priory
Church of
Saint Mary] |
|
British History Online |
Benedictine nuns fd. ante12thC; dis. 1537 |
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Combermere Abbey |
[The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael, Combermere] |
52°59′38″N
2°36′46″W
/ 52.993906,
-2.612742 * SJ5843 |
Wiki *
British History Online |
Savignac monks from Savigny fd. 1133 * Cistercian monks 1147; dis. 1538
[E] |
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Curzon Park Abbey [monastic], *
Chester |
[The Abbey Church of Our Lady Help of Christians,
Curzon
Park,
Chester] |
52°59′38″N
2°36′46″W
/ 52.993927,
-2.612756 |
Wiki *
Curzon Park *
Benedictines.org |
Benedictine nuns trns from Talacre 1988 |
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Darnhall Priory |
[The Priory
Church of
Saint Mary, Darnhall] |
|
British History Online |
Cistercian monks fd. January 1271 to February 1274 * trns to Vale Royal |
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Hilbre
Island |
|
53°22′52″N
3°13′23″W
/ 53.381025,
-3.222942 |
Wiki *
British History Online |
Monastic cell |
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Mobberley Priory |
[The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Wilfrid] |
53°19′06″N
2°19′00″W
/ 53.318291,
-2.316683 |
British History Online |
Augustinian Canons Regular |
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Norton Priory
|
Norton Abbey * [The Priory
Church
of Saint Mary at Norton] |
53°20′33″N
2°40′46″W
/ 53.342537,
-2.679403 * SJ5581 |
Wiki *
British History Online *
Norton Priory |
Augustinian Canons Regular trns from Runcorn 1134; dis. 1536 * (raised
to abbey status 1391) * part converted into private mansion 1545 *
demolished 1828 * now in ownership of Norton Priory Museum Trust open to
public as a museum [C] |
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Poulton Priory |
|
|
British History Online |
Cistercian monks |
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Runcorn Priory |
|
|
British History Online |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1115 * trns to Norton 1134 * poss. on
site now occupied by All Saints parish church |
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Stanlaw Abbey |
Stanlow Abbey |
|
Wiki *
British History Online |
Cistercian monks fd. 1172 * trns to Whalley 1296 apparently continued to
be maintained until 1442 as a grange under Whalley * no substantial
remains, site inaccessible |
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Vale Royal Abbey |
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|
Wiki *
British History Online |
Cistercian monks trns from Darnhall fd. ?1277; dis. 1545 * Never
completed; a project of King Edward I |
