The following is a list of the monastic houses on the Isle of Wight in England.
St Mary's Priory, Carisbrooke
Locations of monastic houses on the Isle of Wight
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 (Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller). Monastic hospitals are included where they had the status or function of an abbey, priory, or preceptor/commandery.
- Abbreviations and key
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Status of remains
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Current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) |
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Current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure |
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Remains limited to earthworks etc. |
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No identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains |
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Exact site of monastic foundation unknown |
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Identification ambiguous or confused |
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Locations with names in italics indicate possible duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic name but lacking actual monastic connection.
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Formal name or dedication and alternative names
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References and location |
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Appuldurcombe House,
Wroxall |
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Benedictine monks
alien house dependent on Montebourg;
founded c.1100: manor granted by Richard de Redvers to Montebourg Abbey before 1090; dissolved 1414; 16th century Elizabethan house built on site; hotel 1859; leased for use as a college for young gentlemen 1867-1890s; Benedictine monks founded 1901–1908; virtually abandoned 1909; used to accommodate troops in the two World Wars; damaged by a mine 1943; currently a shell internally in ruins; (EH) |
St Mary
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[1]
50°37′01″N 1°14′01″W |
| Barton Priory |
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Augustinian Canons Regular — from Cambridge
priory(?)
founded 1275 by John Insula, Rector of Shalfleet and Thomas de Winton, Rector of Godshill; dissolved 1439; granted to Winchester College |
The Holy Trinity
Barton Oratory;
Burton College
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[2][3]
50°44′50″N 1°15′52″W |
| St Mary's Priory, Carisbrooke# |
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Cistercian monks
alien house: priory cell dependent on Lire Abbey;
founded c.1156 by Baldwin de Redvers: granted to Lire by William fitz Osbern, Marshall of William the Conqueror;
granted to Mount Grace, Yorkshire, by Richard II;
Benedictine monks
restored by Henry IV;
dissolved 1414; granted to the Carthusians at Sheen, Surrey by Henry V |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Carisbrooke
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[4]
50°41′31″N 1°18′50″W |
| Carisbrooke Priory * |
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Dominican nuns
currently owned by the Carisbrooke Priory Trust, a registered charity;[5]
extant |
The Open Door
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[6]
50°41′09″N 1°18′27″W |
| Newport Whitefriars? |
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Carmelite Friars[note 1] |
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| Quarr Abbey |
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Savignac monks
founded 27 April 1132 by Baldwin de Redvers (Redveriis);
Cistercian monks
orders merged 17 September 1147; dissolved 1536; granted to John and George Mills 1544/5 |
The Abbey Church of Our Lady of the Quarry
Quarrer Abbey
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[7][8]
50°43′52″N 1°11′58″W |
Quarr Abbey *,
Binsted |
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Benedictine monks
founded 24 May 1907 from Appuldurcombe House
current house constructed from the ruined masonry of the former abbey; extant |
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[9]
50°43′53″N 1°12′17″W |
St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde *
Appley House, Ryde |
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Solesmes nuns
returned to France from exile
Benedictine nuns daughter of Liege Abbey; founded at Ventnor 1882; transferred to Appley House 1922; priory attained abbey status 1926; aggregated into the Solesmes Community 1950; extant |
Priory of the Peace of the Heart of Jesus
Abbey of the Peace of the Heart of Jesus (1926)
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[10]
50°43′42″N 1°08′47″W |
| St Cross Priory |
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Tironensian monks
alien house: cell dependent Tiron; founded before 1132 (c.1120): church founded (in the tenure of Gervase, Abbot de Insula (Quarr)) by Robert Colaws; dissolved 1391; granted to Winchester College; site apparently occupied by a viaduct and railway |
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50°42′09″N 1°17′45″W |
| St Helen's Priory |
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Cluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Wenlock, Shropshire;
founded c.1090 (before 1155);
dissolved 1414 |
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[13][14]
50°42′05″N 1°05′57″W |
Ventnor Priory,
Steephill View |
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Benedictine nuns
daughter of Liege Abbey, Belgium, founded 1882; transferred to Appley House, Ryde 1922;
Steephill View house now demolished;
Priory Lodge, built 1970, now occupies the site |
Pax Cordis Jesu
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50°35′43″N 1°12′49″W |
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