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Abbeys and Religious Buildings in Sussex

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]

Arundel Friary

 

50°51′15″N 0°33′09″W / 50.8540146, -0.552476

 

Dominican friars 13thC-1538

Arundel Priory

[The Parish and Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Arundel]

50°51′21″N 0°33′26″W / 50.8557857, -0.5571324 *TQ0107

 

alien priory * secular canons -1177 * Benedictine 1177-1380 * Collegiate 1387-1544 [E]

Atherington Priory

 

50°47′56″N 0°34′46″W / 50.7989677, -0.5792928

Wiki

Benedictine cell

Battle Abbey

[The Abbey Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Mary and Saint Martin]

TQ7416

Wiki * PEH * EH

Benedictine monks * fd. 1094; * dis. 1538 [D]

Bayham Abbey

 

TQ6436 * Sussex/Kent border

Wiki * EH * PEH

Premonstratensian Canons (from Otham) 1208-1525 (EH)

Black Friars, Winchelsea

[The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Winchelsea]

 

 

Dominican Friars 1358-1538

Boxgrove Priory

[The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Boxgrove]

50°51′36″N 0°42′39″W / 50.8599966, -0.7109034 * SU9007

Wiki * EH

secular canons -1066 * Benedictine 1105-1536 * part of church now in parochial use [C]

Calcetto Priory, * Lyminster

Pynham Priory * [The Priory Church of Saint Bartholemew, Pynham * (also, temporarily) The Priory Church of Saint Bartholemew and Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Pynham]

50°50′51″N 0°32′45″W / 50.8474629, -0.5457249 *TQ0107

 

Augustinian Canons Regular 1150 [E]

Chichester Cathedral Priory

[The Cathedral and Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Chichester]

50°50′11″N 0°46′51″W / 50.836366, -0.780695 * SU8605

Wiki

secular canons 1075 * diocesan cathedral 1075-present [C]

Cittaviveka Chithurst Buddhist Monastery [monastic], Petersfield

 

 

 

Buddhist: Theravada affiliated with English Sangha Trust

Crawley Monastery [monastic]

[The Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down, Crawley]

 

 

Anglican

Dureford Abbey

Durford Abbey

 

Wiki * PEH

Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck ante1183

Eastbourne Priory [Reused] [Church Use]

 

50°59′42″N 0°43′33″W / 50.9950335, -0.7258487 * TQ8922

 

Augustinian nuns 1238 * claustral remains incorporated into house * restored frater now in parish use [D]

Friary of St Anthony, Rye

[The Friary Church of Saint Anthony of Padua]

 

 

Franciscan Friars

Friary of the Sack, Rye

 

 

 

Friars of the Sack

Greyfriars, Chichester

 

50°50′21″N 0°46′36″W / 50.8392401, -0.7765907

 

Franciscan Friars

Greyfriars, Winchelsea

 

 

 

Franciscan Friars * fd. ante1253; * dis. 1538

Hardham Priory

 

TQ0317

 

Augustinian Canons Regular F.1248 Dis.1534 [E]

Hassocks Priory [monastic] * Sayers Common, Hassocks

[The Priory Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel]

 

 

Canonesses Regular of Windesheim

Hastings Priory

[The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Hastings]

 

 

Augustinian Canons Regular 12thC-1413 * physically moved inland to Warbleton due to encroachment of the sea

Langney Priory

 

 

 

Cluniac monks

Lewes Priory

 

TQ4110

Wiki

Cluniac monks 1077 [E]

Lyminster Priory

[The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Lyminster * (now The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene)]

TQ0204

 

Benedictine nuns or canonesses * alien priory, a cell of Almeneches Abbey [D]

Michelham Priory

[The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Michelham]

TQ5509

Wiki * Geograph

Augustinian 1229-1536 * remains incorporated into a mansion * now in ownership of Sussex Archaeological Society [E]

New Hastings Priory, * Warbleton

[The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Hastings]

 

 

Augustinian Canons Regular 1413-c.1536 * moved from Hastings * now in private ownership without public access

Otham Abbey, * Polegate

 

 

 

Premonstratensian Canons 1175-1208 * (trns to Bayham) 1208

Our Lady of England Priory, Storrington [monastic]

 

 

 

Premonstratensian priory and parish church

Poling Preceptory

 

50°50′27″N 0°30′52″W / 50.8409441, -0.5144316 * TQ0405

 

Knights Hospitaller [E]

Robertsbridge Abbey

 

TQ7323

PEH

Cistercian monks trns from Salehurst * fd. c.1250; * dis. 1538 * site now occupied by a private house without public access [E]

Runcton Priory

 

 

 

Benedictine monks * alien priory, cell of Troarn Abbey * made over to Bruton Priory in Somerset

Rushlake Priory

Warbleton Priory and New Priory of Hastings [Augustinian Priory of the Holy Trinity]

TQ6018

PEH

Augstinian Priory. F. 1413. Dis. 1536. Remains incorporated in farmhouse and buildings

Rusper Priory

 

 

 

Benedictine nuns

Rye Austin Friary

 

TQ9220

PEH(1) * PEH(2)

Augustinian Friars F.1378 Dis. 1538. Remains friary chapel, now called The Monastery (pottery workshop) [D]

Saddlescombe Preceptory

 

 

 

Knights Templar

Salehurst Abbey

 

 

 

Cistercian monks from Boxley 1176-c.1250 * trns to Robertsbrige c.1250

Sele Friary

 

 

 

Carmelite Friars

Sele Priory

 

 

 

Benedictine monks

Shipley Preceptory

 

 

 

Knights Templar

Shulbrede Priory

 

51°03′42″N 0°45′03″W / 51.0616776, -0.7509381 * SU8729

 

Augustinian * site now occupied by private house with limited public access [E]

Sompting Preceptory

 

50°50′19″N 0°21′07″W / 50.838606, -0.351821

 

Knights Hospitallers

Storrington

 

TQ0814

 

Premonstratensian Canons. Mother house of returned Priory Cell F.1872 [A]

Tortington Priory

 

TQ0005

 

Augustinian Canons Regular * remains now in a farmyard [D]

Wilmington Priory [Church Use]

 

TQ5404

 

Benedictine monks, alien house of Grestein Priory c.1243-1414 * site now occupied by parish church [C]

Winchelsea Greyfriars

 

TQ9017

PEH

Franciscan Friary F. 1269. Destroyed by sea 1288. New site occupied and Dis 1538. Ruins in garden in Hastings Road.

Withyham Priory

 

 

 

Alien house of Mortain Priory * fd. 1249; * dis. 1413

Worth Abbey [monastic] * Turners Hill, Crawley

[The Abbey Church of Our Lady Help of Christians, Worth]

TQ3134

Wiki

Benedictine monks (from Downside) Priory 1933-1957 * Abbey 1957-present [A]

 


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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