Best of South East England
The 20 best abbeys & priories in South East England
Our curated top 20 abbeys & priories in South East England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 109 abbeys & priories see the full abbeys & priories index for South East England.
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Lacock Abbey
Lacock Abbey is a country house in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England. There was an abbey of nuns on the site until 1539, and the house is a remodelling and extension of the abbey's cloister co
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Bath Abbey
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7t
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Netley Abbey
Hampshire
Netley Abbey is a ruined late medieval monastery in the village of Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1239 as a house for monks of the austere Cistercian order. De
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Waverley Abbey
Surrey
Waverley Abbey was the first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128 by William Giffard, the Bishop of Winchester. Located about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Farnham, Surrey, it is situated on a
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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. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King
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Robertsbridge Abbey
East Sussex
Robertsbridge Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England. It was founded in 1176 by Alured and Alicia de St Martin. Due to its position, the Abbey lands suffered continually f
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Quarr Abbey
Quarr Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Quarr) is a monastery between the villages of Binstead and Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight in southern England. The name is pronounced as "Kwor" (rhyming with
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Titchfield Abbey
Hampshire
Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an au
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Downside Abbey
Downside Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in England and is the senior community of the English Benedictine Congregation. Until 2019, the community had close links with Downside School, for the educa
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Athelhampton Hall
Details Late C19 formal gardens laid out to a scheme by Francis Inigo Thomas, with early C20 additions laid out with advice from Thomas Mawson. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT The manor of Athelhampton, the name
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Minster Abbey
Kent
Details TR 3064-3164 5/6 MINSTER BEDLAM COURT LANE (West side) Minster Abbey 6.2.58 GV I Monastic grange, now abbey, C11 and C12, altered c.1413. Rubble, flint and dressed stone details. Plain tiled r
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Old Quarr Abbey
Details The monument includes the upstanding and buried remains of a Cistercian monastery on the north east coast of the Isle of Wight. The remains are Listed Grade II and largely contained within the
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St Radegund's Abbey, Poulton
Kent
Details This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 15 December 2014. The record has been generated from an "old county number" (OCN) scheduling record. These are monuments that were not rev
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Stapehill Abbey
Details HAMPRESTON SU 00 SE STAPEHILL 6/42 Holy Cross Abbey - II Abbey. House of the early C19, monastic buildings of the 1840's, church of 1847-51 by Charles Hansom and later conventual buildings. A
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Benedictine monastery known as Malmesbury Abbey
Details The monument includes those parts of the Benedictine monastery, known as Malmesbury Abbey, that are no longer in ecclesiastical use. The Abbey has its origins in the early 7th century as part
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Durford Abbey
West Sussex
Details The monument includes the remains of a Premonstratensian monastery and a later threshing barn, along with its associated water wheel and water-powered drive shafts, situated on the northern ba
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Our Lady Of Sion Convent
West Sussex
Details CRESCENT ROAD 1. 5406 1/105 (East Side) In the entries for: TQ 1402 NW 1/l051 Oar Lady of Sion Convent TQ 1402 NW 1/1061 Wall of Our Lady of Sion Convent, extending from south-east corner of b
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Andwell Priory
Hampshire
Andwell Priory — monastery in Mapledurwell and Up Nately, Basingstoke and Deane, England, UK.
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Michelham Priory
East Sussex
Michelham Priory is the site of a former Augustinian Priory in Upper Dicker, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom. The surviving buildings are owned and administered by the Sussex Archaeological Socie
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