# List of monastic houses in Devon

The following is a list of the monastic houses in Devon, England.
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

Status of remains :
| Symbol | Status |
| None | Ruins |
| * | Current monastic function |
| $^+$ | Current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) |
| ^ | Current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure |
| $^$$ | Remains limited to earthworks etc. |
| $^#$ | No identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains |
| $^~$ | Exact site of monastic foundation unknown |
| $^≈$ | Identification ambiguous or confused |
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.
Trusteeship :
| EH | English Heritage |
| LT | Landmark Trust |
| NT | National Trust |
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| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | Online References & Location |
| Allerton Cell | | Benedictine hermits cell dependent on Tavistock | | 50°26′31″N 3°44′42″W﻿ / ﻿50.4420133°N 3.7449566°W﻿ / 50.4420133; -3.7449566﻿ (Allerton Cell) |
| Axminster Monastery $^~$ | | Saxon monks or secular canons collegiate founded before 757 when Cyneheard the atheling was interred in the minster; secular canons collegiate founded c.936 by King Athelstan; made dependent on York, Yorkshire 1060 by Edward the Confessor; dissolved 1535; collegiate and parochial church of St Mary possibly built on site during the Norman period | | 50°46′54″N 2°59′58″W﻿ / ﻿50.7817388°N 2.9993668°W﻿ / 50.7817388; -2.9993668﻿ (Axminster Monastery (possible site)) (possible) |
| Axmouth Priory | | Benedictine monks alien house: possible monastic grange, dependent on Montebourg; founded before 1387 (during the reign of Henry II) by Richard de Rivers, Earl of Devonshire; dissolved 1414; granted to Walter Erle (Earl) 1552 | | 50°42′50″N 3°02′58″W﻿ / ﻿50.7138945°N 3.0494463°W﻿ / 50.7138945; -3.0494463﻿ (Axmouth Priory (site)) |
| Barnstaple Priory | | Cluniac monks alien house: daughter house of St-Martin-des-Champs, Paris founded c.1107 (before 1199) by Johel of Totness; became denizen: independent from 1403; dissolved 1535; granted to William, Lord Howard 1537/8 | The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Barnstaple The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin | 51°05′19″N 4°03′45″W﻿ / ﻿51.0884729°N 4.0624362°W﻿ / 51.0884729; -4.0624362﻿ (Barnstaple Priory) |
| Barnstaple Austin Friary (?) | | Augustinian Friars licensed 1348 and 1353 — apparently never established due to objection by the prior of the Cluniac house | | |
| Burlescombe Priory $^≈$ | | Augustinian Canons Regular recorded in the time of Richard I, (probably Canonsleigh Priory, in the parish of Burlescombe) | Burdlescombe; possibly Canonsleigh | |
| Bodmiscombe Preceptory | | Knights Hospitaller founded after 1200(?) (possibly during the reign of Henry III); dissolved before 15th century?; apparently absorbed by Buckland 14th/15th century | Bothemescomb Preceptory | 50°52′50″N 3°16′06″W﻿ / ﻿50.8804798°N 3.2683682°W﻿ / 50.8804798; -3.2683682﻿ (Bodmiscombe Preceptory) |
| Braunton Monastery | | traditionally site of monastery purportedly founded 5th century by St Branock (Brynach of Nevern) | | |
| Brightley Priory $^#$ | | Cistercian monks — from Waverley, Surrey founded 3 May 1136 (or 1132, 1133 or 1138) by Richard fitz Baldwin de Brioniis, Lord of Okehampton and Sheriff of Devon; abandoned 1141; transferred to Forde, Dorset; site now occupied by Brightley Farm, where a building is possibly a monastic chapel | | 50°45′31″N 3°59′18″W﻿ / ﻿50.7584976°N 3.9882731°W﻿ / 50.7584976; -3.9882731﻿ (Brightley Priory (approx.)) (approx) |
| Buckfast Monastery | | Benedictine monks founded 1018 by Aylward, Duk; Buckfast Abbey (see immediately below) built on site | | 50°29′35″N 3°46′32″W﻿ / ﻿50.49295°N 3.775609°W﻿ / 50.49295; -3.775609﻿ (Buckfast monastery) |
| Buckfast Abbey * | | Savignac monks — from Savigny founded 27 April 1136 by Ethelwerd, son of William Pomerei; built on site of Benedictine monastery (see immediately above); Cistercian monks orders merged 17 September 1147; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Thomas Dennys 1539/40; became ruinous Benedictine monks priory founded 1882, rebuilt 1884 to 1938 (church 1906 to 1938); raised to abbey status 1902; affiliated to the English Congregation 1960; extant | The Abbey Church of Our Lady, Buckfast ____________________ Buckfastre Abbey | 50°29′35″N 3°46′32″W﻿ / ﻿50.49295°N 3.775609°W﻿ / 50.49295; -3.775609﻿ (Buckfast Abbey) |
| Buckland Abbey | | Cistercian monks — from Quarr, Isle of Wight founded 1278 by Amicia, Countess of Devonshire; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Richard Greynfeld (Grenville) 1541/2; converted into a mansion named the 'Cider House' by 1576; sold to Sir Francis Drake 1581; remained with that family to 1946; house granted to NT 1949 currently principally in use as a museum; (NT) | The Abbey Church of Saint Benedict, Buckland | 50°28′52″N 4°08′01″W﻿ / ﻿50.481188°N 4.133569°W﻿ / 50.481188; -4.133569﻿ (Buckland Abbey) |
| Canonsleigh Abbey ^ | | On site of Leigh, in the parish of Burlescombe; Augustinian Canons Regular — from Plympton? priory founded c.1161-1173 by Walter II de Claville, (a descendant of the Domesday Book tenant Walter I de Claville), lord of the manor of Burlescombe; dissolved before 1285; Augustinian Canonesses abbey founded before 1285 by Maud, Countess of Devon; dissolved 1539; remains now incorporated into farm buildings | The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist, Leigh (1161–1285) The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Etheldreda, Leigh (1285–1539) ____________________ Leigh Abbey; Canon's Leigh; Burlescombe Priory? (see above) | 50°56′53″N 3°19′46″W﻿ / ﻿50.948056°N 3.329444°W﻿ / 50.948056; -3.329444﻿ (Canonsleigh Abbey) |
| Chudleigh Abbey | | Brigittine nuns transferred from Spettisbury, Dorset 1887; transferred to Marley House, Rattery (now Syon Abbey) 1925 | The Abbey Church of Saint Bridget of Syon, Chudleigh | |
| Churchill Monastery | | uncertain order and foundation | | 51°09′11″N 4°00′03″W﻿ / ﻿51.152971°N 4.000740°W﻿ / 51.152971; -4.000740﻿ (Churchill Monastery (approx.)) (approx) |
| Cornworthy Priory | | Augustinian Canonesses founded 1205/1238 by the Edgecomb family; dissolved 1539; granted to Edward Harris and John Williams 1560 | Court Prior | 50°23′19″N 3°39′31″W﻿ / ﻿50.3884826°N 3.6586618°W﻿ / 50.3884826; -3.6586618﻿ (Cornworthy Priory) |
| Cove | | Knights Hospitaller member of Bodmiscombe Preceptory | | |
| Cowick Priory $^#$ | | Benedictine monks alien house: cell dependent on Bec-Hellouin; founded 1144: granted as cell to Bec-Hellouin by William Fitz-Baldwin; became denizen: granted to Eton College 1451; granted to Tavistock after 1464; dissolved 1538 | The Priory Church of Saint Andrew, Cowick ____________________ Cowick Priory | 50°43′15″N 3°32′30″W﻿ / ﻿50.7208284°N 3.541562°W﻿ / 50.7208284; -3.541562﻿ (Cowick Priory (site)) |
| Crediton Monastery | | monks founded 739; secular episcopal diocesan cathedral founded 909: see reputedly transferred from Bishops Tawton; see transferred to Exeter 1050; secular collegiate refounded 1050; dissolved 1548 | St Gregory (possibly) | 50°47′23″N 3°39′08″W﻿ / ﻿50.7896597°N 3.6522889°W﻿ / 50.7896597; -3.6522889﻿ (Crediton Monastery) |
| Dartmouth Austin Friars | | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Oxford) (founded at Clifton in Dartmouth 1331); dissolved before 1348; church of St Petrox built on site 16th century | | 50°20′32″N 3°33′58″W﻿ / ﻿50.3422629°N 3.5660881°W﻿ / 50.3422629; -3.5660881﻿ (Dartmouth Friary (possible site)) (possible) |
| Dartmouth Monastery | | monks? uncertain order and foundation chapel of St Patrick in the Castle annexed as a cell to a "great abbey" | | |
| Denbury Priory | | Benedictine monks dependent on Tavistock; founded 1086; dissolved 1539; site now on Wrenwell Farm | Denbury Cell; Denbury Grange | 50°30′00″N 3°39′55″W﻿ / ﻿50.4999332°N 3.6651742°W﻿ / 50.4999332; -3.6651742﻿ (Denbury Priory) |
| Dunkeswell Abbey | | Cistercian monks daughter house of Forde, Dorset; founded 16 November 1201 by William Briwere; dissolved 1539; granted to John, Lord Russell 1534/5; site in multiple ownership, with the Holy Trinity parish chapel built on site 1842 | | 50°51′48″N 3°13′17″W﻿ / ﻿50.8633606°N 3.2213974°W﻿ / 50.8633606; -3.2213974﻿ (Dunkeswell Abbey) |
| Exeter Cathedral Priory $^+$ | | founded ?before c.690; Benedictine? monks 932 (see immediately below) secular canons founded 1050; episcopal diocesan cathedral founded 1050: see transferred from Crediton; extant | 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°N 3.529796°W﻿ / 50.722476; -3.529796﻿ (Exeter Cathedral Priory) |
| Exeter Monastery | | Saxon founded 868 by King Etheldred | | 50°43′21″N 3°31′44″W﻿ / ﻿50.7224517°N 3.5289824°W﻿ / 50.7224517; -3.5289824﻿ (Exeter monasteries (site)) |
| Exeter Monastery | | Benedictine monks founded 932 by King Athelstan; monks repeatedly fled through Danish raids but recalled by Canute 1019 | | 50°43′21″N 3°31′44″W﻿ / ﻿50.7224517°N 3.5289824°W﻿ / 50.7224517; -3.5289824﻿ (Exeter monasteries (site)) |
| Exeter Nunnery (?) | | Augustinian Canonesses supposedly founded c.968; purportedly rebuilt as the Deanery 15th century Later sources deny its existence. | | 50°43′20″N 3°31′52″W﻿ / ﻿50.7221851°N 3.5310262°W﻿ / 50.7221851; -3.5310262﻿ (Exeter Nunnery (site)) |
| Exeter Priory (?) | | Carthusian monks licence granted to Richard Stapleton 1331/2 to build and endow a monastery — apparently never established | | |
| Exeter Blackfriars $^#$ | | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London) founded before 1232; dissolved 1538; house named 'Bedford House' built on site, demolished 1773 | Exeter Blackfriars | 50°43′26″N 3°31′42″W﻿ / ﻿50.7237626°N 3.5282314°W﻿ / 50.7237626; -3.5282314﻿ (Exeter Black Friary (site)) |
| Exeter Greyfriars | | Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of Bristol) founded before 1240; transferred by Thomas Bitton (Bytten), Bishop of Exeter, to new site south of the South City Gate c.1292-1303 (see immediately below); dissolved 1538 | | 50°43′17″N 3°32′14″W﻿ / ﻿50.7212954°N 3.5370934°W﻿ / 50.7212954; -3.5370934﻿ (Exeter Grey Friary, earlier site) |
| Exeter Greyfriars | | Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of Bristol) transferred by Bishop Bytten from behind the North and West Gates c.1292-1303 (see immediately above) | | 50°43′19″N 3°32′08″W﻿ / ﻿50.7219627°N 3.5356557°W﻿ / 50.7219627; -3.5356557﻿ (Exeter Grey Friary) |
| Exeter — Polsloe Priory | | Benedictine nuns founded before/c.1160: transferred from Oldbury, Warwickshire; dissolved 1536 (1538); granted to John, Earl of Warwick during the reign of Edward VI; largely demolished, remaining range converted into country house | The Priory Church of Saint Katherine, Polsloe ____________________ Polleshoo Priory | 50°44′03″N 3°30′07″W﻿ / ﻿50.7342466°N 3.5018894°W﻿ / 50.7342466; -3.5018894﻿ (Polslow Priory) |
| Exeter — St James Priory $^#$ | | Cluniac monks daughter house of the abbey of St Martin-in-the-fields, Paris; founded before 1143 (1141) by Baldwin de Redverus (Redvers/Rivers), Earl of Devon; dissolved; house built on site called 'The Old Abbey' | St James | 50°42′31″N 3°30′56″W﻿ / ﻿50.7086582°N 3.5155714°W﻿ / 50.7086582; -3.5155714﻿ (Exeter — St James Priory (site)) |
| Exeter — St Nicholas Priory ^ | | Benedictine monks — from Battle, Sussex founded 1087 by William the Conqueror; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Thomas Denys 1540/1; 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) | The Priory Church of Saint Nicolas, Exeter ____________________ Benedictine Priory of St Nicholas | 50°43′19″N 3°32′06″W﻿ / ﻿50.721847°N 3.53505°W﻿ / 50.721847; -3.53505﻿ (Exeter — St Nicholas Priory) |
| Exminster Monastery $^#$ | | pre-conquest monastic or secular community founded 8th century | | 50°40′49″N 3°29′42″W﻿ / ﻿50.6803349°N 3.4951115°W﻿ / 50.6803349; -3.4951115﻿ (Exminster Monastery (site)) |
| Frithelstock Priory | | Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian founded c.1220 by Sir Robert Beauchamp, Kt.; dissolved 1536; granted to Arthur Viscount Lisle 1537/8 | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Gregory, Frithlestock ____________________ Frethelstoke Priory; Fristoke Priory | 50°57′18″N 4°11′19″W﻿ / ﻿50.955019°N 4.188575°W﻿ / 50.955019; -4.188575﻿ (Frithelstock Priory) |
| Hartland Abbey | | secular college founded before 1066 by Gytha, wife of Earl Godwin Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian founded 1161-9 (secular collegiate church of St Nectan and its endowments granted to Richard, Archdeacon of Poictiers by Geoffrey of Dinam; approved by Henry II and Bartholomew, Bishop of Exeter); dissolved 21 February 1539; granted to William Abbot 1545/6; remains (cloisters) incorporated into house named 'Hartland Abbey' built on site | Hertland Abbey | 50°59′46″N 4°30′27″W﻿ / ﻿50.9960801°N 4.5076132°W﻿ / 50.9960801; -4.5076132﻿ (Hartland Abbey) |
| Indio Monastery | | uncertain order and foundation | | 50°35′17″N 3°40′46″W﻿ / ﻿50.587978°N 3.679562°W﻿ / 50.587978; -3.679562﻿ (Indio Monastery (approx.)) (approx) |
| Ipplepen Priory $^#$ | | Augustinian Canons Regular alien house: cell, daughter house of St Pierre-Rille founded c.1143(?): church granted by the Fougères family to the priory, transferred from Notre-Dame-de-Fougères; dissolved c.1414; granted to Ottery St Mary 1438; house called 'The Priory' possibly built on site | | 50°29′16″N 3°38′22″W﻿ / ﻿50.4878764°N 3.6395645°W﻿ / 50.4878764; -3.6395645﻿ (Ipplepen Priory (approx.)) (approx) |
| Ivybridge Priory + | | Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary — from St. Quay 1910 Augustinian (Augustinian Recollect) founded 1932; closed 2016 with building now in parochial use; originally 'Cadleigh House' | St Austin's Priory | 50°23′24″N 3°56′59″W﻿ / ﻿50.390029°N 3.949698°W﻿ / 50.390029; -3.949698﻿ (Ivybridge Priory) |
| Kerswell Priory | | Cluniac monks alien house: cell dependent on Montacute, Somerset; founded 1119–1129; became denizen: independent from 1407; dissolved 1538 or 1539; granted to John Etherege (Atherege) 1546/7; 16th century house built on site | Careswell Cell | 50°51′00″N 3°18′59″W﻿ / ﻿50.8498998°N 3.3164844°W﻿ / 50.8498998; -3.3164844﻿ (Kerswell Priory) |
| Leigh Cell | | Sauvignac monks grange(?) dependent on Buckfast(?) founded c.1137(?); Cistercian monks orders merged 17 September 1147 | Leigh Grange | 50°18′34″N 3°48′39″W﻿ / ﻿50.309351°N 3.810883°W﻿ / 50.309351; -3.810883﻿ (Leigh Cell (approx.)) (approx) |
| Marsh Barton Priory $^#$ | | Augustinian Canons Regular dependent on Plympton founded 1142; dissolved 1539 | St Mary St Mary de Marsh | 50°42′28″N 3°31′36″W﻿ / ﻿50.7077681°N 3.5266435°W﻿ / 50.7077681; -3.5266435﻿ (Marsh Barton Priory (site)) |
| Modbury Priory | | Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on St-Pierre-sur-Dives founded c.1140 by Sir Peter-sur-Dive, sic., or (purportedly) by a member of the Chambernoun family; extant 1430; dissolved c.1441; granted to Eton College by Edward VI; nominally reverted to Tavistock c.1461-67 | St George | 50°20′55″N 3°53′25″W﻿ / ﻿50.3484848°N 3.8903457°W﻿ / 50.3484848; -3.8903457﻿ (Modbury Priory) |
| Newenham Abbey | | Cistercian monks daughter house of Beaulieu, Hampshire founded 6 January 1246 or 1247 by Reginald de Mohun, Earl of Somerset; dissolved 1539; leased to the Duke of Suffolk; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1562/3 | The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Newenham ____________________ Neuham Abbey | 50°46′13″N 3°00′42″W﻿ / ﻿50.770299°N 3.011627°W﻿ / 50.770299; -3.011627﻿ (Newenham Priory) |
| Otterton Priory | | Benedictine monks alien house: cell dependent on Mont-St-Michel, Normandy; founded before 1087 by the monks of Mont-St-Michel; dissolved 1414; subsequently granted to Syon Abbey; granted to Richard Duke at the dissolution of Syon 1539; part of claustral building converted into mansion | Otterington Priory | 50°39′32″N 3°18′10″W﻿ / ﻿50.6588593°N 3.3029044°W﻿ / 50.6588593; -3.3029044﻿ (Otterton Priory) |
| Ottery St Mary Monastery | supposed pre-Conquest monastery ("disproved") | supposed pre-Conquest monastery ("disproved") | supposed pre-Conquest monastery ("disproved") | supposed pre-Conquest monastery ("disproved") |
| Pilton Priory$^+$ | | Benedictine monks founded ?before 12th century purportedly by King Athelstan (evidence lacking and disputed); dissolved 1539 | The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Pilton | 51°05′18″N 4°03′45″W﻿ / ﻿51.0884627°N 4.0624845°W﻿ / 51.0884627; -4.0624845﻿ (Pilton Priory) |
| Plymouth — St Dunstan's Abbey | | Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity founded by Priscilla Lydia Sellon with the support of the Henry Phillpott, Bishop of Exeter; transferred to Berkshire 1906; property transferred to St Mary the Virgin at Wantage, who continued in use as St Dunstan Abbey School for Girls | The Abbey Church of Saint Dunstan, Plymouth; St Dunstan of Glastonbury | 50°22′29″N 4°09′14″W﻿ / ﻿50.3747894°N 4.1537869°W﻿ / 50.3747894; -4.1537869﻿ (Plymouth Abbey) |
| Plymouth Blackfriars(?) | | purported Dominican Friars founded 1431; site now occupied by the Black Friars Distillery; possible confusion with Greyfriars | | 50°22′04″N 4°08′16″W﻿ / ﻿50.3677942°N 4.1378143°W﻿ / 50.3677942; -4.1378143﻿ (Plymouth Blackfriars (purported)) |
| Plymouth Greyfriars | | Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of Bristol) founded 1383; in private ownership 1513; dissolved 1538 | Plymouth Friary | 50°22′07″N 4°08′09″W﻿ / ﻿50.3686137°N 4.1358268°W﻿ / 50.3686137; -4.1358268﻿ (Plymouth Greyfriars) |
| Plymouth Whitefriars $^#$ | | Carmelite Friars founded before 1296–7; dissolved 1538 | | 50°22′18″N 4°07′50″W﻿ / ﻿50.3716007°N 4.1305268°W﻿ / 50.3716007; -4.1305268﻿ (Plymouth Whitefriars (site)) |
| Plympton Priory | | secular collegiate founded 904 (before 909); Augustinian Canons Regular church built on site 1121 by William Warlewas (Bishop of Exeter 1150-9); dissolved 1539 | The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Plympton | 50°23′14″N 4°03′29″W﻿ / ﻿50.3871692°N 4.0581608°W﻿ / 50.3871692; -4.0581608﻿ (Plympton Priory) |
| St Michael's Monastery | | Benedictine monks purported cell dependent on Malmesbury | St Michael | |
| Sidmouth Priory (Augustinian) (?) | | purported foundation of Augustinian Canons Regular probable confusion with Benedictine founded (see immediately below) | | 50°40′34″N 3°14′49″W﻿ / ﻿50.6760381°N 3.2468221°W﻿ / 50.6760381; -3.2468221﻿ (Sidmouth Augustinian Priory (purported)) |
| Sidmouth Priory | | Benedictine monks alien house: cell or grange dependent on Mont St Michel founded 11th century: manor granted by William the Conqueror; dissolved 1414(?); Bridgettine monks grange of Syon Abbey c.1431; dissolved; remains incorporated in Marlborough Hotel | | 50°40′42″N 3°14′17″W﻿ / ﻿50.6784092°N 3.2380807°W﻿ / 50.6784092; -3.2380807﻿ (Sidmouth Priory) |
| Tavistock Abbey | | Benedictine monks founded 961/974 (or 975-80) (begun by Ordgar, Earl of Devonshire and completed by his son); dissolved 1539; granted to John, Lord Russell 1539/40; mansion built on site, now 'The Bedford Hotel' | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Rumon, Tavistock ____________________ Tavestock Abbey | 50°32′58″N 4°08′42″W﻿ / ﻿50.5494506°N 4.1449946°W﻿ / 50.5494506; -4.1449946﻿ (Tavistock Abbey) |
| Teignmouth Abbey ^ | | Benedictine nuns (founded at Dunkirk, Flanders 1662, daughter of Ghent) transferred from Hammersmith, London 1862; now divided up as private housing | The Abbey Church of Saint Scholastica, Teignmouth | 50°33′25″N 3°29′25″W﻿ / ﻿50.556879°N 3.4903°W﻿ / 50.556879; -3.4903﻿ (Teignmouth Abbey) |
| Torre Abbey | | Premonstratensian Canons — from Welbeck, Nottinghamshire founded 1196 by William Briwere; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir John St.Leger 1543/4; country house built on site, now in ownership of Torbay Corporation | Torr Abbey | 50°27′48″N 3°32′28″W﻿ / ﻿50.4633028°N 3.5409772°W﻿ / 50.4633028; -3.5409772﻿ (Torre Abbey) |
| Totnes Priory | | Benedictine monks alien house: cell dependent on St-Serge, Angers founded c.1088 by John Aluredi; became denizen: independent from before 1416; dissolved 1536; granted to Catherine Champernoun and others 1543/4; rebuilt priory church in parochial use, municipal buildings built on claustral site | | 50°25′55″N 3°41′16″W﻿ / ﻿50.4318536°N 3.6878362°W﻿ / 50.4318536; -3.6878362﻿ (Totnes Priory) |
| Totnes Trinitarian Priory | | Trinitarian monks founded 1271; dissolved 1509 (suppressed to 1519); granted to the vicars of Exeter Cathedral 1519; seized by the Crown; returned to the vicars 16th century until 1801 | Little Totnes Priory; Werland Priory; Warland Priory | 50°25′45″N 3°41′03″W﻿ / ﻿50.4291967°N 3.6842743°W﻿ / 50.4291967; -3.6842743﻿ (Totnes Trinitarian Priory (site)) |
| Townstall Monastery, Dartmouth | | supposed alien cell | | |
| Yodby Monastery | | uncertain order and foundation | | |