List of monastic houses in Cornwall


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

Alphabetical listing


FoundationImageCommunities & ProvenanceFormal Name or Dedication
& Alternative Names
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Altarnon Monasteryprobable monastery
before 1066		Altarnun Monastery
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Bodmin — Abbey of St Mary & St Petroc*Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1881;
raised to abbey status 1953
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Bodmin Blackfriarsprobable mistaken reference to Bodmin Greyfriars
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Bodmin Greyfriars #Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual
founded before 1260;
dissolved 1538		Bodmin Greyfriars
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Bodmin Priory +Celtic monks
abbey? purportedly founded 6th century by St Petroc;
Benedictine? monks
refounded 936;
nuns?
dissolved c.1113;
monks or secular
dissolved c.1124;
Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1124;
dissolved 27 February 1538;
buildings destroyed apart from the parish church, in parochial use as Church of England parish church;
church in use for secular and industrial purposes post-dissolution		Bodmin Monastery;
Bodmin Abbey
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Breage GrangeCistercian monks
grange dependent on Hailes, Gloucestershire;
founded c.1300
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Cardinham Grange #purported medieval monastery
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Constantyne MonasteryCeltic monks
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Crantock MonasteryCeltic monks
probably founded by a St Carrock;
secular
before 1066;
recorded extant 1086;
secular canons collegiate
refounded 1236;
dissolved 1549		St Corontocus
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St Karentoc's Monastery
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Dingerein MonasteryCeltic monksDinurrin Monastery
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Gulval MonasteryCeltic monks
founded by St Gudwall, from Wales		Dinurrin Monastery
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Kea Monastery, Old KeaCeltic monks
supposed site of monastery recorded extant 1086		St Cheus Monastery;
Old Kea Monastery
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Lammana Priory, Looe IslandBenedictine monks
founded 6th century;
Benedictine monks
cell dependent on Glastonbury and chapel;
founded before 1114;
disposed of by Glastonbury between 1239 and 1329;
chantry chapel of the Dawnay family before 1329;
dissolved 1549		The Priory Church of St Michael, Lammana
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Lammana Chapel
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Lansallos MonasteryCeltic monks
patronised by St Ildierna		St Salwys
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Lannachebran Cell, St Kevernemonks
founded c.6th century under the tutelage of St Achebran;
secular collegiate
refounded before 1086;
Cistercian monks
grange dependent on Beaulieu, Hampshire;
founded before 1263;
dissolved 1527; granted to Francis, Earl of Bedford 1559/60		St Keiran's Monastery;
St Keverne's Monastery;
Lanachebran Monastery
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Launcells PrioryCeltic monks
secular at Norman Conquest
Augustinian Canons Regular
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Launceston FriaryFriars
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Launceston Priory, earlier sitemonks or secular
founded before c.830;
secular canons to c.1126
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Launceston Priory +Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1127;
dissolved 1539;
restored 1871;
in parochial use as the Church of St Thomas the Apostle
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Lanwethinoc Monastery~, PadstowCeltic monks
founded by Bishop Wethinoc;
site possibly occupied by the medieval Church of St Petroc at Padstow		Lanuthinoc Monastery;
St Petroc's Church;
Petroc-stow Monastery;
Padstow Monastery
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Madron MonasteryCeltic monks
before 12th century
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Manaccan MonasteryCeltic monks
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Mawgan in Pydar Franciscan Monastery *Franciscan monksThe Franciscan Monastery of St Joseph and St Anne, St Mawgan in Pydar
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Minster Priory +Celtic monks?
founded before 1066;
Benedictine monks
alien house: daughter of the Abbey of St. Sergius, Angers
founded before 1190 by William de Bottreaux;
dissolved before 1407;
slight remains of priory near the medieval parochial church		The Priory Church of Saint Materiana, Minster

St Mertherian
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Talcarne Priory;
Minster Cell
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Paul GrangeCistercian monks
grange dependent on Hailes, Gloucestershire;
founded c.1300
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Probus MonasteryCeltic monks or secular
founded 924, purportedly by King Athelstan;
dissolved 940;
secular canons collegiate
founded before 1086 ;
dissolved 1549
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Rialton Grange #Augustinian Canons Regular
chief manor or grange of Bodmin;
manor house built 15th century		Rieltone Grange
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St Anthony's Monastery, St Anthony-in-MeneageCeltic monks
Benedictine monks
alien house: grange of St-Serge, Angers;
founded from Brittany?;
became parochial after 1066;
became a grange of Twywardreath before mid-12th century ;
founded after 1088;
dissolved after 1381		Lantenning Monastery
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St Anthony-in-Roseland Priory ^Augustinian Canons Regular
priory cell dependent on Plympton, Devon
founded before 1288;
dissolved 1538;
remains incorporated into house named 'Place House' built on site 16th Century		St Anthony-in-Roseland Cell
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St Buryan's Monastery, St BuryanCeltic monks
secular collegiate
founded c.930, purportedly by King Athelstan;
dissolved 1545;
parish church on site rebuilt 13th century, though mostly now 15th century
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St Carrok's Monastery #, St WinnowCeltic monks
dissolved/destroyed before 1086?: seized by Robert, Count of Mortain;
Cluniac monks
alien house: cell dependent on Montacute, Somerset;
founded 1100-40: granted to Montacute by William, son of Robert c.1100;
became denizen: independent from 1407;
dissolved 1537; granted to Laurence Courtney 1534/5		St Carroc Monastery;
St Syriac's Monastery;
St Cyricus and St Julitta's Monastery;
St Cadix's Monastery;
St Syriac's Cell
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St German's Priory +Celtic monks
possibly founded 7th century;
secular canons
episcopal diocesan cathedral
founded c.936;
see transferred to new site at Crediton, Devon 1042;
monks or secular
founded 1042;
Augustinian Canons Regular
refounded 1184 ;
dissolved 2 March 1539; granted to Catherine Champernoun, John Ridgeway and others 1541/2;
now in use as parish church; remains of claustral buildings incorporated into Port Eliot House		The Priory Church of Saint German, Saint Germans
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St Goran's Monastery, St GoranCeltic monks
founded 6th century; patronised by St Goran in the time of St Petroc;
dissolved after 1083;
church and lands granted to the college of Glasney 1269
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St Kew Cell ~monks
founded 6th century ;
purported Augustinian cell
secular minster status confirmed by King Edgar, who granted land to the minster 961-3;
secular collegiate
clerks or secular canons until 1283;
Augustinian Secular Canons — from Plympton, Devon
until before 1283
church rebuilt 1496 and restored 1883		St Daw

Saint Kew
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St Matthew's Monasteryuncertain order and foundation
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St Mawgan Monastery +Celtic monks
lands passed to the Bishop before 1085;
Cluniac monks;
Carmelite convent possibly built on site 16th century		Lanherne Monastery;
St Mawgan in Pydar Monastery
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St Michael's Mount Priory +Saxon Benedictine? monks
8th century-11th century;
Benedictine monks
founded 1087-90;
church consecrated 1135;
alien house: dependent on Mont-St-Michel, Normandy
granted by Edward the Confessor to Mont-St-Michel before 1050;
seized during wars with the French 1362;
dissolved c.1414;
granted by Henry VI to King's College, Cambridge;
granted by Edward IV to Syon Abbey;
used alternately as fortress and monastery and private residence with public access;
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St Neot's Monastery, St NeotCeltic monks
founded 6th century?;
dissolved after 1084		Saint Aniet
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St Piran's Monastery, PerranzabuloeCeltic monks
founded 6th century?;
dissolved before c.1085
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Saltash Monasteryuncertain order and foundation
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Scilly PrioryCeltic monks, monastic cells
founded before 1066;
Benedictine monks
cell dependent on Tavistock, Devon;
founded before 1114;
dissolved c.1538;
Tresco Abbey Gardens created by Augustus Smith around the priory remains in 1834		The Priory Church of St Nicholas, Scilly
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Tresco Cell
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Sclerder Abbey +Dames de la Retraite
founded c.1843; dissolved 1852;
Franciscan Recollects
founded 1858; dissolved 1864;
Carmelite
founded 1864; dissolved 1871;
Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
founded 1904; dissolved 1910;
Minoresses — from Rennes 1914-1920;
Minoresses — from Bullingham 1922-1981;
Franciscan
c.1925;
Carmelite — from Quidenham 1981-2014;
Chemin Neuf 2014-; extant
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Sele PrioryBenedictine monks
alien house: dependent on St-Florent-de-Saumur;
founded before 1126;
dissolved 1396
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Temple property +Knights Templar
Knights Hospitaller
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Temple Templars Preceptory #Knights Templar
founded 12th century;
dissolved 1308-12;
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Tintagel Monasteryremains interpreted as Celtic monastic
dependent on Bodmin;
founded c.350;
popular tradition as medieval Benedictine nunnery: evidence lacking;
Norman castle built on site;
current academic consensus regards earlier settlement as secular
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Trebeigh Preceptory #Knights Templar ;
Knights Hospitaller
founded before 1199 "by the bounty of" Henry de Pomeral and Reginald Marsh;
united with Ansty before 1432;
dissolved after 1557/8; granted to Henry Wilby and George Blythe 1573/4		Treleigh Preceptory;
Turleigh Preceptory
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Tregonan Cell, St EweCeltic monks
dependent on St Keverne's Monastery
founded 6th century;
dissolved 11th century
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Tregonan GrangeCistercian monks grange of Beaulieu, Hampshire
founded before 1263;
dissolved before 1527;
"considerable remains" existing 1755 have since disappeared		St Keverne Grange
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Tregony Priory ~Augustinian Canons Regular
alien house: priory cell dependent on Le Val, Bayeux;
founded before 1125;
granted to Merton, Surrey 1267		The Priory Church of St James, Tregony
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Tregoney Priory
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Truro — Convent of the Epiphany ^Community of the Epiphany, Anglican
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Truro BlackfriarsDominican Friars
founded before 1259 by the Reskimer family; ;
dissolved 1538; granted to Edward Anglianby 1553/4
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Tywardreath PrioryBenedictine monks
alien house: daughter of St-Serge, Angers
founded c.1088 by Richard fitz Turold, Lord of Cardinham Castle, chief baron of Cornwall ;
became denizen: independent c.1400;
dissolved 1536; granted to Edward, Earl of Hertford 1542/3		St Andrew
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Truwardraith Priory
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