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Cluniac priories in Britain

Index Cluniac priories in Britain

In the Middle Ages, from the 11th century, the Cluniac order established a number of religious houses in the kingdoms of England and Scotland. [1]

64 relations: Abbot of Cluny, Arthington Priory, Ayrshire, Barnstaple, Berkshire, Bermondsey Abbey, Bishop of Winchester, Burgundy, Castle Acre Priory, Cluny, Cluny Abbey, Convent, Crossraguel Abbey, Daventry, Delapré Abbey, Derby, Devon, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Dudley, Dudley Priory, England, English Benedictine Congregation, Essex, Faversham, France, Glastonbury Abbey, Henry of Blois, Henry VIII of England, Kent, Lenton Priory, Lewes, Lewes Priory, Marcigny, Middle Ages, Monastery, Monkton Farleigh Priory, Montacute Priory, Much Wenlock, Norfolk, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Nottingham, Paisley Abbey, Pontefract Priory, Priory, Prittlewell Priory, Reading Abbey, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Rule of Saint Benedict, ..., Scotland, Shropshire, Somerset, St Andrew's Priory, Northampton, St. James Priory, Derby, Steeple, Essex, Subiaco Cassinese Congregation, Suffolk, Sussex, Thetford, Vicar general, Wangford Priory, West Midlands (county), Yorkshire. Expand index (14 more) »

Abbot of Cluny

The Abbot of Cluny was the head of the powerful monastery of the Abbey of Cluny in medieval France.

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Arthington Priory

Arthington Priory was an English monastery which was home to a community of nuns in Arthington, West Yorkshire, founded in the mid-12th century.

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Ayrshire

Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir) is an historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde.

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Barnstaple

Barnstaple is the main town of North Devon, England and possibly the oldest borough in the United Kingdom.

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Berkshire

Berkshire (abbreviated Berks, in the 17th century sometimes spelled Barkeshire as it is pronounced) is a county in south east England, west of London and is one of the home counties.

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Bermondsey Abbey

Bermondsey Abbey was an English Benedictine monastery.

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Bishop of Winchester

The Bishop of Winchester is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester in the Church of England.

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Burgundy

Burgundy (Bourgogne) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France.

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Castle Acre Priory

Castle Acre Priory was a Cluniac priory in the village of Castle Acre, Norfolk, England, dedicated to St Mary, St Peter, and St Paul.

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Cluny

Cluny is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

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Cluny Abbey

Cluny Abbey (formerly also Cluni, or Clugny) is a former Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France.

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Convent

A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns; or the building used by the community, particularly in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.

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Crossraguel Abbey

The Abbey of Saint Mary of Crossraguel is a ruin of a former abbey near the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Daventry

Daventry (historically) is a market town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 25,026.

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Delapré Abbey

Delapré Abbey, or more properly, the Abbey of St Mary de la Pré, the suffix meaning "in or of the Meadow", is a neo-classical mansion and outbuildings which incorporates remains of a former monastery in the meadows of the River Nene south south-east of Northampton.

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Derby

Derby is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England.

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Devon

Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.

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Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Dudley

Dudley is a large town in the county of West Midlands, England, south-east of Wolverhampton and north-west of Birmingham.

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Dudley Priory

Dudley Priory is a dissolved priory in Dudley, West Midlands (formerly Worcestershire), England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Benedictine Congregation

The English Benedictine Congregation (abbr. EBC) unites autonomous Roman Catholic Benedictine communities of monks and nuns and is technically the oldest of the 18 congregations that are affiliated in the Benedictine Confederation.

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Essex

Essex is a county in the East of England.

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Faversham

Faversham is a market town and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.

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Henry of Blois

Henry of Blois (c. 1096 8 August 1171), often known as Henry of Winchester, was Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey from 1126, and Bishop of Winchester from 1129 to his death.

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Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Lenton Priory

Lenton Priory was a Cluniac monastic house, founded by William Peverel in the early 12th century.

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Lewes

Lewes is the county town of East Sussex and formerly all of Sussex.

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Lewes Priory

Lewes Priory is a demolished medieval Cluniac priory in Southover, East Sussex in the United Kingdom.

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Marcigny

Marcigny is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Monkton Farleigh Priory

Monkton Farleigh Priory was a Cluniac priory in Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire, England.

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Montacute Priory

Montacute Priory was a Cluniac priory of the Benedictine order in Montacute, Somerset, England.

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Much Wenlock

Much Wenlock is a small town and parish in Shropshire, England, situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England.

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Northampton

Northampton is the county town of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England.

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Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants.), archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England.

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Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, north of London, in the East Midlands.

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Paisley Abbey

Paisley Abbey is a former Cluniac monastery, and current Church of Scotland Protestant parish kirk, located on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, about west of Glasgow, in Scotland.

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Pontefract Priory

Pontefract Priory was a Cluniac monastery dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, founded about 1090 by Robert de Lacy, 2nd Baron of Pontefract, and located in Yorkshire, England.

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Priory

A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress.

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Prittlewell Priory

Prittlewell Priory is a medieval priory in the Prittlewell area of Southend, Essex, England.

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Reading Abbey

Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire.

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Renfrew

Renfrew (Rinn Friù) is a town west of Glasgow, and the historical county town of Renfrewshire.

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Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù, Renfrewshire) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland.

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Rule of Saint Benedict

The Rule of Saint Benedict (Regula Benedicti) is a book of precepts written by Benedict of Nursia (AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (alternatively Salop; abbreviated, in print only, Shrops; demonym Salopian) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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St Andrew's Priory, Northampton

St Andrew's Priory was a Cluniac house in Northampton, England.

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St. James Priory, Derby

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Steeple, Essex

Steeple is a small village on the Dengie peninsula in Essex.

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Subiaco Cassinese Congregation

The Subiaco Cassinese Congregation is an international union of Benedictine houses (abbeys and priories) within the Benedictine Confederation.

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Suffolk

Suffolk is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England.

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Sussex

Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe (South Saxons), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.

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Thetford

Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England.

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Vicar general

A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary.

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Wangford Priory

The Cluniac Priory of Wangford was a small religious house in Wangford in the English county of Suffolk.

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West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county and city region in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England.

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire (abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluniac_priories_in_Britain

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