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Communities and provenance |
Formal name or dedication and alternative names
| OnLine References & Location |
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| Arthington Priory |
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Cluniac nuns
founded 1154-5 by Peter de Ardington;
with regular priests or brethren 1155 to after 1318;
dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury 1542/3 |
| [1][2]
53°54′06″N 1°33′43″W |
| Barwick-in-Elmete Monastery $? |
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Saxon monastery
founded before c.730 by Abbot Thrydwulf(?) (before 636);
?destroyed 9th century;
Saxon remains in church |
| [3]
53°50′38″N 1°23′29″W (traditional) |
| Collingham Monastery |
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Saxon monastery
founded by Eanfled, daughter of King Edwin;
destroyed c.875; identified with Ingetlingum (before 1873 considered to be Gilling) |
Ingetlingum
| [4][5]
53°54′31″N 1°24′28″W |
| Esholt Priory # |
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Cistercian nuns
founded 12th century;
with regular priests or brethren to after 1318;
dissolved 1539;
site now occupied by house named 'Esholt Hall' |
Esseholt Priory
| [6][7]
53°51′11″N 1°42′53″W |
| Headley Priory |
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Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent on Marmoutier
founded before 1125, benefacted by Ypolitus de Bram, his charter dated 1125;
dissolved 1414;
granted to Holy Trinity, York |
St Mary
| [8]
53°51′48″N 1°19′57″W |
| Kirklees Priory |
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Cistercian nuns
founded before 1138(?), grant by Reyner (Reynerus) Flandrensis (Flandersis), confirmed by his lord William de Warenne;
dissolved November 1539; granted to John Tasburgh and Nicholas Savill 1544/5 |
The Blessed Virgin Mary and St James
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Kirkleghes Priory
| [9][10]
53°41′42″N 1°44′12″W |
| Kirkstall Abbey |
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hermit community
(community founded at Barnoldswick 19 May 1147);
Cistercian monks — from Fountains (North Yorkshire) via Barnoldswick (Lancashire)
founded 20 May 1152: land granted to community from Barnoldswick by William of Poictou, at the instance of their founder Henry de Lacy;
some of the hermits joined the new foundation;
dissolved 22 November 1540;
now in ownership of Leeds Corporation,
public access to church exterior and monastic buildings |
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[14][15][16]
53°49′15″N 1°36′23″W |
| Newland Preceptory |
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Knights Hospitaller
founded after 1199, manor granted by John;
chapel rebuilt 1519;
dissolved 1540; granted to Francis Jobson and Andrew Dudley 1546/7;
chapel demolished c.1860; possible remains of the preceptory chapel incorporated into 16th/17th century fabric in a barn |
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[20][21]
53°41′49″N 1°26′50″W |
| Nostell Priory, earlier site |
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Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1114 by Robert de Lacy;
transferred to new site (see immediately below) before 1120 |
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| Nostell Priory # |
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Augustinian Canons Regular
(community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) c.1114);
transferred here before 1120 (possibly not occupied until 1122);
dissolved 1539 (1540); granted to Thomas Leigh 1539/40;
site now occupied by a mansion named 'Nostell Priory' |
The Priory Church of Saint Oswald, Nostell
| [22][23]
53°39′19″N 1°23′00″W |
| Pontefract Blackfriars # |
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Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York)
founded 1256 by Edmund de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (built before 1266 by Simon Pyper);
dissolved 26 November 1538; granted to William Clifford and Michael Wildbore 1544/5 |
St Richard
| [24][25]
53°41′23″N 1°18′36″W |
| Pontefract Greyfriars (?) |
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alleged Franciscan Friars[note 1];
disputed[note 2]; probably mistaken for Dominican Friars |
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| Pontefract Priory |
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Cluniac monks
alien house: dependent on La Charité
founded c.1090 by Robert de Lacy;
became denizen: independent from 1393;
dissolved 1539; granted to William, Lord Talbot 1553 |
The Priory Church of Saint John of Pontefract
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53°41′52″N 1°18′02″W |
| Pontefract Whitefriars (?) |
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alleged college of Carmelite Friars[note 3]
founded before 1257 (1258[note 4]) by Edmund Lacy (Earl of Lincoln?)[note 5];
disputed[note 6] |
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| Syningthwaite Priory $ |
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Cistercian nuns
founded c.1160 by Bertram Haget;
apparently with brethren from c.1169 (papal bull of Alexander III 1172), until 14th century(?);
dissolved 3 August 1535;
granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1550/1;
remains incorporated into Priory Farmhouse, built on site |
St Mary
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Sinningthwaite Priory
| [28][29]
53°55′56″N 1°17′55″W |
| Temple Newsam Preceptory # |
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Knights Templar
founded before 1181 (possibly initially located at Newbond), granted by William de Villiers;
dissolved 1308–12;
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| [30]
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| Wetherby Preceptory |
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member of Ribstone;
Knights Templar
founded after 1240, apparently forming a single preceptory with Ribstone;
dissolved 1308–12;
Knights Hospitaller camera |
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53°55′36″N 1°23′32″W (traditional) |
| Woodkirk Priory |
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Augustinian Canons Regular
cell, dependent on Nostell;
founded 1138-47 (before 1135) by William de Warenne and others, who granted chapel of St Mary to Nostell;
dissolved 1539 (1540); granted to George Talbot and Robert Savill |
Widkirk Priory
| [33]
53°43′17″N 1°35′22″W |
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