List of monastic houses in Derbyshire

Bradbourne Priory

Breadsall Priory

Calke Priory

Dale Abbey

Darley Abbey

DERBY (see below)

Gresley Priory

Lees Priory

Repton Priory

Locko Preceptory

Barrow Camera

Yeaveley Preceptory

Monasteries in Derbyshire

Black Friary (site)

King's Mead Priory (site)

Augustinian Priory (site)

Cluniac Priory (traditional site)

St James Priory

Monasteries in Derby

The following is a list of monastic houses in Derbyshire, England.

In this article alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Templars and Hospitallers). The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundation had, or was purported to have the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptory/commandery.

The name of the county is given where there is reference to an establishment in another county. Where the county has changed since the foundation's dissolution the modern county is given in parentheses, and in instances where the referenced foundation ceased to exist before the unification of England, the kingdom is given, followed by the modern county in parentheses.

The geographical co-ordinates provided are sourced from the details provided by Historic England PastScape and Ordnance Survey publications.

A Monastic Glossary follows the listing, which provides links to articles on the particular monastic orders as well as other terms which appear in the listing.

Abbreviations and key

Alphabetical listing of establishments

Foundation	Image	Communities & Provenance	Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names	Online References & Location
Barrow Camera ^?		Knights Hospitaller founded before 1189: church granted by Robert de Bakepuze; probably not inhabited by brothers for long periods; annexed to Yeaveley before 1433; remains possibly incorporated into Arleston House built on site 16th/17th century		[1] 52°51′48″N 1°30′03″W / 52.8632974°N 1.5008301°W / 52.8632974; -1.5008301 (Barrow Camera)
Beauchief Abbey	Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in South Yorkshire
Bradbourne Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular cell? dependent on Dunstable, Bedfordshire founded 1238: granted by Geoffrey de Cauceis; dissolved ?	Church of All Saints, Bradbourne	[2][3] 53°04′18″N 1°41′27″W / 53.0717169°N 1.6909128°W / 53.0717169; -1.6909128 (Bradbourne Priory)
Breadsall Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular founded between 1220 and 1266; (erroneous ref. to Friars Eremites (Austin Friars) in records of 1266)[note 1]; dissolved 1536; granted to Henry, Duke of Suffolk 1552; 13th-century arch retained in the basement of Elizabethan mansion built on site, became hotel and golf club 'Marriott Breadsall Priory Hotel' 1980	The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Breadsall ____________________ Brisoll Priory; Bredsall Park	[4][5] 52°58′08″N 1°26′02″W / 52.968844°N 1.433944°W / 52.968844; -1.433944 (Breadsall Priory)
Calke Priory #		Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1131/before 1129-39 or 1130-6/before 1161 by Maud, widow of the Earl of Chester; transferred to Repton 1153-1172; dissolved 1538; granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1547; mansion named 'Calke Abbey' built on site	The Priory Church of Saint Giles, Calke ____________________ Calke Cell	[6][7][8] & [9] 52°48′02″N 1°27′26″W / 52.800556°N 1.457222°W / 52.800556; -1.457222 (Calke Priory)
Dale Abbey, Deepdale		hermitage 12th century Augustinian Canons Regular dependent on Calke; cell founded 1153-8 by Serlo de Grendon; canons recalled to Calke c.1184; Premonstratensian Canons from Tupholme, Lincolnshire; founded ?c.1185; canons recalled to Tupholme c.1192; canons transferred from Welbeck, Nottinghamshire c.1196; canons transferred from Newsham (Newhouse), Lincolnshire c.1200; avoided suppression 1536 by payment of substantial fine; dissolved 30 October 1538	The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dale ____________________ Stanley Park Abbey; (De Parco Stanley); Le Dale Abbey	[10][11] 52°56′39″N 1°21′02″W / 52.9441772°N 1.3505244°W / 52.9441772; -1.3505244 (Dale Abbey)
Darley Priory ^		Augustinian Canons Regular daughter of St Helen's, Derby; founded c.1146 by Robert de Ferraris (Ferrers), Earl of Derby: transferred from St Helen's; dissolved 22 October 1538; granted to Sir William West 1540/1; house named 'Darley Park' built on site 18th century, demolished 1962; a monastic building (probably the priory guest house) is now 15th century Darley Abbey public house — 'Old Abbey Inn'; partly 15th-century cottage at 7 Abbey Lane may incorporate monastic remains	The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Darley ____________________ Darley Abbey; Little Derby Friary; Little Dirby Friary	[7][12] 52°56′28″N 1°28′42″W / 52.940987°N 1.478267°W / 52.940987; -1.478267 (Darley Priory)
Derby Blackfriars		Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford) founded before 1239; dissolved 3 January 1539; occupied by an 18th-century Friary Hotel built on site; converted into a public house 1996; currently in use as a nightclub	The Annunciation	[13][14] 52°55′23″N 1°29′02″W / 52.9231216°N 1.4838731°W / 52.9231216; -1.4838731 (Derby Black Friary (site))
Derby — King's Mead Priory		Benedictine nuns founded 1149-59 (c.1160) by the abbess of Derby; dissolved 1536; granted to Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury 1543/4; site now occupied by a 16th/17th-century building	St Mary ____________________ De Pratis Priory	[15][16] 52°55′35″N 1°29′22″W / 52.9264785°N 1.4893341°W / 52.9264785; -1.4893341 (Derby — King's Mead Priory (site))
Derby Priory (Augustinian)		Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1137 by Towyne, a burgess of Derby; most of the monks transferred to Darley c.1146; reduced to cell 1154; became a hospital 1160; ceased before 1360	The Priory Church of Saint Helen, Derby	[7][17] 52°55′37″N 1°28′52″W / 52.9270606°N 1.4812124°W / 52.9270606; -1.4812124 (Derby Augustinian Priory (site))
Derby Priory (Cluniac)		Cluniac monks alien house: priory cell dependent on Bermondsey, Surrey (Greater London); founded before 1140; granted to Bermondsey by Waltheof, son of Sweyn; accidentally destroyed by fire; rebuilt c.1335; became denizen: independent from 1395; dissolved 1536;	The Priory Church of Saint James, Derby	[18][19] 52°55′21″N 1°28′42″W / 52.9225007°N 1.4782083°W / 52.9225007; -1.4782083 (Derby Cluniac Priory (traditional site))
Gresley Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1135-40 by William de Greisley (or Fitz-Nigel); dissolved 1536; granted to Henry Cruche 1543/4; nave of the priory church in use as parochial church of Church Gresley	The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint George, Gresley ____________________ Church Gresley Priory; Greisley Priory	[20][21][22] 52°45′35″N 1°34′01″W / 52.7597884°N 1.5668821°W / 52.7597884; -1.5668821 (Gresley Priory)
Lees Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular ?cell dependent on Rocester, Staffordshire; founded before c.1160?; dissolved after 1517?	Leyes Priory	[23] 53°12′31″N 1°37′38″W / 53.2085322°N 1.6271728°W / 53.2085322; -1.6271728 (Lees Priory)
Locko Preceptory		St. Lazarus Hospitallers and Leper Hospital founded c1297; dissolved 1375	The Hospital of Saint Mary Magdalene ____________________ Lockhay Preceptory	[24][25] 52°56′16″N 1°23′29″W / 52.9377811°N 1.3912886°W / 52.9377811; -1.3912886 (Locko Preceptory)
Repton Priory ^+		Anglo-Saxon monks and nuns — double monastery founded before 660 traditionally by St David; destroyed in raids by the Danes 874; Augustinian Canons Regular  — from Calke founded c.1153-9; rebuilt 1172 by Maud, widow of Ranulph, Earl of Chester; dissolved 25 October 1538; remains incorporated into Repton School buildings (founded 1557); St Wystan's Church on site incorporates substantial remains of the Anglo-Saxon foundation	St Wystan The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Repton ____________________ Repingdon Priory	[9][26] 52°50′28″N 1°33′02″W / 52.8410895°N 1.5505582°W / 52.8410895; -1.5505582 (Repton Priory) 52°50′28″N 1°33′06″W / 52.8411365°N 1.5515399°W / 52.8411365; -1.5515399 (Repton Abbey)
Yeaveley Preceptory, Stydd		Knights Hospitaller founded c.1136 (or c.1190 or 1268?) by Ralph de Fun and Sir William Meynill; dissolved 1535 (1540); granted to Charles, Lord Montjoy 1543/4; remains incorporated into farmhouse; the Church of St Saviour was part of the Hospitallers' possessions	St Mary and St John the Baptist ____________________ Yeaveley and Barrow Preceptory; Stydd Preceptory; Stede Preceptory; Yeveley Preceptory; Yeaveley and Stydd Preceptory	[27][28][29][30] 52°57′26″N 1°44′43″W / 52.9572962°N 1.7453563°W / 52.9572962; -1.7453563 (Yeaveley Preceptory) 52°57′26″N 1°44′43″W / 52.9572962°N 1.7453563°W / 52.9572962; -1.7453563 (Stydd Preceptory)

The following location in Derbyshire lacks monastic connection:

Beightonfields Priory: a 17th- to 19th-century country house

Glossary

Map link to lists of monastic houses in England by county

Northumberland Durham Lancashire Cheshire Derbs. Notts. Lincolnshire Leics. Staffs. Shropshire Warks. Northants. Norfolk Suffolk Essex Herts. Beds. Bucks. Oxon. Glos. Somerset Wiltshire Berkshire Kent Surrey Hampshire Dorset Devon Cornwall Heref. Worcs. Bristol East Riding of Yorkshire Rutland Cambs. Greater London Tyne & Wear Cumbria North Yorkshire South Yorks. West Yorkshire Greater Manc. Merseyside East Sussex West Sussex Isle of Wight West Midlands

Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset County Durham Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Merseyside Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex, East Sussex, West Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire, East Riding Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West

See also

• List of monastic houses in England

Notes

References

• Binns, Alison (1989) Studies in the History of Medieval Religion 1: Dedications of Monastic Houses in England and Wales 1066–1216, Boydell
• Cobbett, William (1868) List of Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals, And Other Religious Foundations in England and Wales and in Ireland, Confiscated, Seized On, or Alienated by the Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns and Parliaments
• Knowles, David & Hadcock, R. Neville (1971) Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales. Longman
• Morris, Richard (1979) Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
• Thorold, Henry (1986) Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales, Collins
• Thorold, Henry (1993) Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland, Collins
• Wright, Geoffrey N., (2004) Discovering Abbeys and Priories, Shire Publications Ltd.
• English Cathedrals and Abbeys, Illustrated, Odhams Press Ltd.
• Map of Monastic Britain, South Sheet, Ordnance Survey, 2nd edition, 1954

Monasteries in Derbyshire
Augustinian	Bradbourne Priory Breadsall Priory Calke Abbey/Calke Priory Dale Abbey Darley Abbey St Helen's Priory, Derby Gresley Priory Lees Priory Repton Priory
Benedictine	King's Mead Priory Repton Abbey
Cluniac	St. James Priory, Derby
Dominican	Derby Blackfriars
Knights Hospitaller	Barrow Camera Yeaveley Preceptory
Order of Saint Lazarus	Locko Preceptory