Abbeys and priories in Wales is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in Wales.
Abbreviations and Key
The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:-
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| * indicates current monastic function
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+ 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
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Trusteeship denoted as follows:-
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<td>CADW = CADW - Welsh Historic Monuments
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Other abbreviations:-
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trns = transferred
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rmv = removed
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c = circa (about)
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ante = before
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post = after
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Carmarthenshire
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Kidwelly Priory
| Benedictine from Sherborne
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| The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Kidwelly
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| Whitland Abbey
| Cistercian from Clairvaux 1140-1539
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| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Cardigan Priory
| Benedictine ante1158-1536, converted into a mansion, opened as Cardigan Memorial Hospital 1922
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| Llanbadarn Fawr Priory
| celtic monastery later Benedictine
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| St. Dogmaels Abbey
| Tironensian later Benedictine
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| Strata Florida Abbey
| Cistercian trns from yr hen fynachlog post1164-1539
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| Talley Abbey
| Premonstratensian
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| yr hen fynachlog
| Cistercian from Whitland 1164, trns to Strata Florida post1164
| 'The Old Monastery'
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Clwyd
| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Basingwerk Abbey
| Savignac from Savigny c1131-1147, Cistercian 1147-1536/7 (CADW)
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| Valle Crucis Abbey
| Cistercian 1201-1536/7
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Conwy
| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Aberconwy
| Cistercian 1186-1537
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Denbighshire
| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Denbigh Friary
| Carmelite
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Gwent
Gwynedd
| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Cymer Abbey
| Cistercian from Cwmhir 1198/9-1536/7 (CADW)
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| Penmon Priory
| Augustinian, built on site of earlier monastery
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| Puffin Island monastery
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Mid Glamorgan
| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Ewenny Priory
| Benedictine (CADW)
| Ogmore Priory
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| Penrhys Abbey
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Pembrokeshire
| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Caldey Island Priory
| Benedictine
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| Caldey Island monastery*
| Benedictine 1926-present, without public access
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| Haverfordwest Priory
| Augustinian
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| Monkton Priory
| Benedictine
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| St. Clears Priory
| Cluniac
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Powys
| Foundation |
Communities/provenance |
Alt. Name |
Formal Name |
| Cwmhir Abbey
| Cistercian from Tyfaenor 1176-1537
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| Brecon Friary+
| Dominican, church later college chapel
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| Brecon Cathedral Priory+
| Benedictine, priory church in use as diocesan cathedral
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| Strata Marcella Abbey
| Cistercian from Ystrad Marchell c1172-1536
| 'Ystrad Marchell
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| Tyfaenor Abbey
| Cistercian from Whitland 1143-1176, trns to Cwmhir 1176
| Dyvanner Abbey
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| Ystrad Marchell Abbey
| Cistercian from Whitland 1170-1172, trns to Strata Marcella 1172
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