Abbeys and Religious Buildings in Suffolk

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]
Alnesbourne Priory	[The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Alnesbourne]		PEH	Augustinian Canons Regular 13th-century
Battisford Preceptory				Knights Hospitaller preceptory/hospital
Blackfriars, Sudbury				Dominican Friars
Blakenham Priory
Blythburgh Priory	[The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Blythburgh]		PEH	Augustinian Canons Regular from St Osyth's
Bruisyard Abbey			PEH
Bungay Priory	[The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bungay]	TM3389	PEH	Benedictine nuns 1160 [C]
Bury St. Edmunds Abbey	[The Abbey Church of Saint Edmund, Bury Saint Edmunds]	TL8564	Wiki * EH	633 * Benedictine monks 1020-1539 * remains now within a public park * diocesan cathedral in precinct [D]
Butley Priory	Butleigh Priory * [The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Butley]	TM3651	PEH	Augustinian Canons Regular 1171 [D]
Campsey Priory	[Augustinian Canons Regular Priory of Saint Mary, Campsey Ash]	TM3356	PEH	Austin Canonesses with attached college for chaplains. F. 1195 Dis. 1536 [E]
Chipley Priory	[The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chipley]		PEH	Augustinian Canons Regular ante1291
Clare Priory [monastic]	[The Priory Church of Our Lady, Saint Peter and Saint Paul and Saint Augustine, Clare]	TL7645	Wiki	Augustinian Friars 1248/9 & 1953-present [D]
Creeting St. Mary Priory
Creeting St. Olave Priory
Dodnash Priory [monastic]	[The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dodnash]		PEH	Augustinian Canons Regular ante1300
Dunwich Greyfriars		TM4770	PEH	Franciscan friary f.1277 and dis. 1538. Surviving remains are precinct wall with two gatehouses and south range of cloister.
East Bergholt Abbey [monastic]	[The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, East Bergholt]			nuns
Edwardstone Priory
Eye Priory		TM1473	PEH	alien house c.1080 * Benedictine monks c.1385 [D]
Felixstowe Priory
Flixton Priory	[The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Katharine]	TM5195	PEH	Augustinian nuns 1258 [E]
Great Bricett Priory	Bricett Priory * [The Priory Church of Saint Leonard, Bricett]	TM0350		Augustinian Canons Regular alien priory of Abbey of St Leonard, nr Limoges c.1110 [C]
Greyfriars, Dunwich				Franciscan Friars
Hadleigh Almshouse		TM0242	PEH	Built 1497, now greatly restored [D]
Hoxne Priory			PEH
Ipswich Priory	Christchurch * [The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Ipswich]	TM1744		Augustinian Canons Regular [E]
Ixworth Priory	[The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Ixworth]			Augustinian Canons Regular c.1100 * destroyed during civil warfare
Ixworth Priory	'Ixworth Abbey' * [The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Ixworth]			Augustinian Canons Regular c.1170, on a different site from the original foundation (see immediately above)
Kersey Priory	[The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Anthony, Kersey]	TM0044	PEH	Augustinian Canons Regular ante1219 [D]
Lavenham Priory [Reused]				Benedictine monks * converted into mansion latterly open to public * now hotel accommodation
Leiston Abbey		TM4464	Wiki * PEH * EH	Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck 1180/1183, [E]
Letheringham Priory	[The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Letheringham]	TM2757	PEH	Augustinian Canons Regular c.1194 [C]
Little Welnetham				Trinitarian
Mendham Priory		TM2783	PEH	Cluniac Monks in later 14^th Century. [E]
Redlingfield Priory		TM1871	PEH	Benedictine nuns c.1120 [C]
Rumburgh Priory	The Priory Church of Saint Michael and Saint Felix, Rumburgh	TM3581		Benedictine monks, cell of St. Benet's Abbey, Ludham) 1064-12thC * trns to St Mary's Abbey, York [D]
Sibton Abbey	[The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Sibton]	TM3770	PEH	Cistercian monks from Warden Abbey 1150-1536 [E]
Snape Priory				Benedictine monks 11thC, cell of St John's Abbey, Colchester, later under Butley Abbey
St Olaves Priory, Herringfleet	Herringfleet Priory * [The Priory Church of Saint Olave, Heringfleet]	TM4797	EH * PEH	Augustinian Canons Regular c.1216 [D]
St Peter & Paul Priory, Ipswich	[The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Ipswich]			Augustinian Canons Regular c.1190
Sudbury Augustinian Priory [No remains]				Augustinian Canons Regular
Sudbury Benedictine Priory [No remains]		TL8741		Benedictine monks [E]
Wangford Priory		TM4679	PEH	Cluniac monks ante1160, cell of Thetford Priory [D]
Woodbridge Priory			PEH

See Also:

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