Abbeys and Religious Buildings in Dorset

We are attempting to list all places where photographers can photograph Abbeys and Religious buildings within the UK, by county. This is the start of a list that will both grow over time and hopefully we will be able to add more columns or information. This same information is also available in alphabetical order.

Where the names in the first column is hyperlinked this links to a Location page with more information on this site and over time more of these will be added, we will be delighted if some of you would like to also produce location pages.

Codes Used on this page

Wiki=Wikipedia EH=English Heritage NT=National Trust PEH=Pastscape F.=Founded Dis.=Dissolved

Condition: [A] First rate example; [B] Major Remains; [C] Identifiable Remains; [D] Modest Remains;
[E] Little Surviving

Foundation	*Alt. Name [Formal Name / dedication]**	Location Grid Ref or Lat/long	Website Links	Communities & history [condition]
Abbotsbury Abbey [Church Use]	[The Abbey Church of Saint Peter]	SO5785	Wiki * EH * EH(1) * PEH	Benedictine monks fd. c.1026; * dis. 1539 * much in private ownership, partly in parochial use [E]
Barlynch Priory	[The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Barlynch]			fd. 12thC; * dis. 1536 * mansion built on site * now in ownership of Working for Wildlife, 1969
Bindon Abbey		ST8782	Wiki * PEH	Cistercian monks (from Little Bindon) * fd. 1172; * dis. 1539 * now in private ownership [D]
Blackmoor Priory Hermitage		ST7009		Community of hermits who adopted rule of Austin Friars. F. 1300[?]
Bridport Friary		SY4692		Carmelite Friars [E]
Bridport Priory				order uncertain 13thC
Cerne Abbey [Reused], * Cerne Abbas		ST6601	Wiki * PEH	Benedictine monks 987 * remains now incorporated into private house [E]
Christchurch Priory [Church Use]	[The Priory Church of Christ, Christchurch]		Wiki	secular canons -1150 * Augustinian Canons Regular 1150-1539 * on site of earlier church demolished 1094 * priory church now in parochial use
Cranborne Priory		SU0513	PEH	Benedictine monks, dependent on Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire [D]
Dorchester Friary				Franciscan Friars
Forde Abbey [Reused]		ST3505 * Dorset/Somerset border	Wiki * PEH	Cistercian monks 1146/8?, 1136-1539 * claustral remains now incorporated a mansion with public access [E]
Frampton Priory				Benedictine monks
Friar Mayne Preceptory	Freyer Mayne Preceptory			Knights Hospitaller
Gillingham Friary			British History Online	Dominican
Holme Priory	East Holme Priory			Cluniac monks * fd. 1142 * parish church -1746 * mansion built on site of remains
Horton Priory			PEH	Benedictine monks, dependent on Sherborne Abbey
Little Bindon Abbey				Cistercian monks (from Forde) * fd. 1171-1172 * trns to Bindon 1172
Loders Priory		SY4994	British History Online	Benedictine monks (under St Mary de Montebourg Abbey, Normandy) * Carthusian monks under the monastery of St Anne at Coventry 1399-1414 * Brigetine nuns (under Syon, Isleworth) 1414 [D]
Lulworth Abbey				Trappist monastery (from Val Sainte, Switzerland) 1795, Abbey 1813-1817 * returned to Melleray 1817
Milton Abbey [Reused], * Milton Abbas	[The Priory Church of Saint Michael and Saint Mary, Milton Abbas]	ST8001	Wiki * PEH	Benedictine monks fd. 938/964; * dis. 1539 * remains incorporated into a mansion 1771 * now in use as a school without public access [C]
Muckleford Grange				Possible cell on estate granted to Tiron Abbey, Normandy, though estate was controlled by Andwell in Hampshire
Piddletrenthide Priory				Benedictine monks
Povington Priory
Shaftesbury Abbey		ST8622	Wiki * PEH	Benedictine nuns * fd. c.888; * dis. 1539 * remains now within a walled garden [E]
Shapwick Grange
Sherborne Abbey [Reused]		ST6316	Wiki * PEH	Benedictine monks * fd. 998; * dis. 1536 * church now in parochial use * monastic buildings now incorporated into a public school [C]
Spettisbury Priory				Augustinian Canons Regular
Spettisbury Priory				Benedictine nuns
Stour Provost Grange
Tarrant Abbey	Tarrant Crawford Abbey * Tarrant Kains Abbey * possibly 'Camesterne'	ST9203	PEH	Cistercian nuns * fd. c.1100; * dis. 1540s * site now occupied by Abbey Farm, Abbey Hall may incorporate abbey remains [C]
Wareham Nunnery				Benedictine nuns, said to have been destroyed by the Danes 876
Wareham Priory				Benedictine, cell of Tire Abbey, Normandy, built on site of earlier nunnery (see immediately above)
West Lulworth Priory				Cistercian monks * trns to Bindon
Wilcheswood monastery	Wilkswood			order and foundation uncertain
Wimborne Minster		SZ0199		Benedictine nuns * converted into a college of secular canons [C]
Winterborn Monkton Grange	Winterborn Grange

See Also:

Abbey and Religious Buildings Section for all articles, lists and location guides on Abbey's, Cathedrals, Churches, Holy Wells etc.

By: Tracey Park	Section: Abbey and Religious Buildings	Key:
Page Ref: abbey_dor	Topic: Abbeys	Last Updated: 04/2009

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