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Encyclopedia > Abbeys and priories in Wales

Abbeys and priories in Wales is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in Wales.

Contents
1 Abbreviations and Key
2 Anglesey
3 Brecknockshire
4 Caernarfonshire
5 Carmarthenshire
6 Ceredigion
7 Denbighshire
8 Flintshire
9 Glamorgan
10 Merionethshire
11 Monmouthshire
12 Montgomeryshire
13 Pembrokeshire
14 Radnorshire
15 See Also

Abbreviations and Key

The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:-

* indicates current monastic function
+ indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function
^ indicates current non-ecclesiastic function
# indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
~ indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown


Trusteeship denoted as follows:-

  • CADW = CADW - Welsh Historic Monuments


Other abbreviations:-

  • trns = transferred
  • rmv = removed
  • c = circa (about)
  • ante = before
  • post = after



Anglesey

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Penmon Priory Augustinian, built on site of earlier monastery    
Puffin Island monastery      



Brecknockshire

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Brecon Friary+ Dominican, church later college chapel    
Brecon Cathedral Priory+ Benedictine, priory church in use as diocesan cathedral    



Caernarfonshire

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Aberconwy Cistercian 1186-1537    

Carmarthenshire

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Kidwelly Priory Benedictine from Sherborne   The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Kidwelly
Whitland Abbey Cistercian from Clairvaux 1140_1539    

Ceredigion

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Cardigan Priory Benedictine ante1158-1536, converted into a mansion, opened as Cardigan Memorial Hospital 1922    
Llanbadarn Fawr Priory celtic monastery later Benedictine    
St. Dogmaels Abbey Tironensian later Benedictine    
Strata Florida Abbey Cistercian trns from yr hen fynachlog post1164-1539    
Talley Abbey Premonstratensian    
yr hen fynachlog Cistercian from Whitland 1164, trns to Strata Florida post1164 'The Old Monastery'  

Denbighshire

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Denbigh Friary Carmelite    

Flintshire

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Basingwerk Abbey Savignac from Savigny c1131-1147, Cistercian 1147-1536/7 (CADW)    
Valle Crucis Abbey Cistercian 1201-1536/7    

Glamorgan

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Ewenny Priory Benedictine (CADW) Ogmore Priory  
Penrhys Abbey      

Merionethshire

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Cymer Abbey Cistercian from Cwmhir 1198/9-1536/7 (CADW)    

Monmouthshire

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Abergaveny Priory^ Benedictine, church now in parochial use    
Chepstow Priory Benedictine    
Llantarnam Abbey Cistercian from Strata Florida 1179_1536    
Llanthony Priory Augustinian    
Tintern Abbey Savignac 1131-1147, Cistercian 1147-1536    
Usk Priory Benedictine nuns    

Montgomeryshire

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Strata Marcella Abbey Cistercian from Ystrad Marchell c1172-1536 Ystrad Marchell  
Tyfaenor Abbey Cistercian from Whitland 1143-1176, trns to Cwmhir 1176 Dyvanner Abbey  
Ystrad Marchell Abbey Cistercian from Whitland 1170-1172, trns to Strata Marcella 1172    

Pembrokeshire

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Caldey Island Priory Benedictine    
Caldey Island monastery* Benedictine 1926-present, without public access    
Haverfordwest Priory Augustinian    
Monkton Priory Benedictine    
St. Clears Priory Cluniac    

Radnorshire

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name
Cwmhir Abbey Cistercian from Tyfaenor 1176-1537    

See Also





  Results from FactBites:
 
BIGpedia - Cadw - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (192 words)
Cadw is a semi-autonomous publicly-funded body which with the mission to protect, conserve, and to promote the built heritage of Wales — the Welsh equivalent of English Heritage and Historic Scotland.
Most of Wales' great castles, and other monuments such as bishop's palaces, historic houses, and ruined abbeys, are now in Cadw's care.
It is a part of the National Assembly for Wales and hence part of the devolved powers of the government of the principality.
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