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Abbeys and Religious Buildings in Devon

We are attempting to list all places where photographers can photograph Abbeys and Religious buildings within the UK, by county. This is the start of a list that will both grow over time and hopefully we will be able to add more columns or information. This same information is also available in alphabetical order.

Where the names in the first column is hyperlinked this links to a Location page with more information on this site and over time more of these will be added, we will be delighted if some of you would like to also produce location pages.

Codes Used on this page

Wiki=Wikipedia  EH=English Heritage  NT=National Trust  PEH=Pastscape  F.=Founded  Dis.=Dissolved

Condition: [A] First rate example; [B] Major Remains; [C] Identifiable Remains; [D] Modest Remains;
[E] Little Surviving

Foundation

Alt. Name * [Formal Name / dedication]

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Communities & history [condition]

Axmouth Priory

 

 

Monastic Matxix

Benedictine monks, alien priory

Barnstaple Priory

[The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Barnstaple]

 

 

Cluniac monks * dis. 1535

Bodmiscombe Preceptory

 

 

 

Knights Templar

Brightley Priory

 

 

 

Cistercian monks

Buckfast Abbey [monastic]

[The Abbey Church of Our Lady, Buckfast]

SX7367

Buckfast Abbey * Wiki

Savignac from Savigny * fd. 1136 * built on site of Benedictine monastery (see immediately above) * merged with Cistercian order 1148 * Cistercian monks 1148; * dis. 1539 * Benedictine 1882-present [A]

Buckfast monastery

 

 

 

Benedictine monks, Buckfast Abbey (see immediately below) built on site

Buckland Abbey

 

SX4868

Wiki * NT

Cistercian monks from Quarr 1278 dis. 1539 [E]

Canonsleigh Abbey [Reused]

Leigh Abbey

 

Wiki

Augustinian Canons Regular priory 12thC * Augustinian nuns abbey * fd. * 1284; * dis. 1539 * remains now incorporated into farm buildings

Chudleigh Abbey [monastic]

[The Abbey Church of Saint Bridget of Syon, Chudleigh]

 

 

Brigittine nuns

Churchill monastery

 

 

 

uncertain order and foundation

Cornworthy Priory

Court Prior

SX8255

 

Augustinian nuns * fd. 1205/1238 [E]

Cowick Priory

 

 

 

Benedictine monks, cell of Bec

Dartmouth Friary

 

 

 

Augustinian Friars

Denbury Grange

 

 

 

 

Dunkeswell Abbey

 

ST1407

Wiki

Cistercian monks * fd. 1301; dis. 1539 * site now occupied by Holy Trinity Church 1842 [E]

Exeter - Polsloe Priory

[The Priory Church of Saint Katherine, Polsloe, Exeter]

 

 

Benedictine nuns * fd. c.1160; * dis. 1536 * largely demolished, remaining range converted into country house

Exeter - St Nicolas Priory

St Nicholas Priory * [The Priory Church of Saint Nicolas, Exeter]

50°43′19″N 3°32′06″W / 50.721847, -3.53505 * SX9292

English Heritage Pastscape * Exeter City Council * Exeter Memories * Sacred Destinations * Britannia.com

Benedictine monks * fd. 1087 from Battle; * dis. 1536 * private houses built on site 1820 * monastic architecture restored * in ownership of Exeter Corporation 1913 * open to public as a museum 1916; * (closed for repair until 2008) [ C]

Exeter Black Friary

 

 

 

Dominican Friars

Exeter Cathedral Priory [Church Use]

[The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Peter * The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter]

50°43′21″N 3°31′47″W / 50.722476, -3.529796

Wiki * Exeter Cathedral

fd. ?ante c.690 * 'Benedictine' monks 932 * secular canons 1050 * diocesan cathedral 1050-present

Exeter Grey Friary

 

 

 

Franciscan Friars

Exeter Priory

 

 

 

Cluniac monks

Frithelstock Priory

 

50°57′18″N 4°11′19″W / 50.955019, -4.188575 * SS4619

Wiki

Augustinian Canons Regular * fd. c.1220; * dis. 1536 [C]

Hartland Abbey

 

SS2624

 

Augustinian Canons Regular F.1165 Dis.1539 [E]

Indio monastery

 

 

 

uncertain order and foundation

Ipplepen Priory

 

 

 

Augustinian Canons Regular

Ivybridge Priory [monastic]

 

 

 

Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary (from St. Quay) 1910 * Augustinian (Augustinian Recollect) 1932-present, originally 'Cadleigh House'

Kerswell Priory

 

 

 

Cluniac monks

Marsh Barton Priory

 

 

 

Augustinian Canons Regular

Modbury Priory

 

 

 

Benedictine monks

Newenham Priory

 

 

 

Cistercian monks

Otterton Priory

 

 

 

Benedictine monks

Pilton Priory

 

SS5534

 

Benedictine monks

Plymouth Black Friary

 

 

 

Dominican Friars 1431 * site now occupied by the Black Friars Distillery

Plymouth Grey Friary

 

 

 

Carmelite Friars

Plymouth White Friary

 

 

 

Carmelite Friars

Plympton Priory

[The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Plympton]

SX5356

 

Augustinian Canons Regular * fd. 904; * dis. 1539 [E]

Polsloe Priory

 

SX9292

PEH

Benedictine nuns. Remains in farmhouse [E]

Sidmouth Priory

 

 

 

Benedictine monks

Tavistock Abbey

 

50°32′58″N 4°08′40″W / 50.549396, -4.144501 * SX4774

Wiki * Catholic Encyclopedia * Devon Online * Devon County Council * Britannia.com

Benedictine monks * fd. 961/974; * dis. 1539 * mansion built on site, now 'The Bedford Hotel' [D]

Teignmouth Abbey [monastic]

[The Abbey Church of Saint Scholastica, Teignmouth]

50°33′25″N 3°29′25″W / 50.556879, -3.4903

 

Benedictine nuns * (fd. Dunkirk, Flanders 1662, daughter house of Ghent) moved from Hammersmith 1862)

Torre Abbey

 

SX9164

Wiki

Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck * fd. 1196 dis. 1539 * country house built on site, now in ownership of Torbay Corporation [B]

Totnes Priory

 

SX8060

 

Benedictine monks [E]

Totnes Priory

 

 

 

Cluniac monks

 


See Also:

Abbey and Religious Buildings Section for all articles, lists and location guides on Abbey's, Cathedrals, Churches, Holy Wells etc.

 


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