Abbeys and Priories of Britain

Stephen Platten is an Assistant Bishop in the Dioceses of London, Southwark, and Newcastle, chairman of Hymns Ancient and Modern and of the governors of the Anglican Centre in Rome, and Chaplain to St Martin-within-Ludgate, London.He was formerly the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Secretary for Ecumenical Affairs, Dean of Norwich, and Bishop of Wakefield. He was a member of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England from 2006 to 2016 and Chair of the Church of England Liturgical Commission from 2004 to 2014.

• The Kingdom of NorthumbriaBeverley MinsterByland AbbeBolton AbbeyLindisfarne PrioryHexham AbbeyBrinkburn PrioryBlanchland AbbeyWhitby Abbey Rievaulx AbbeyJervaulx AbbeyLanercost PrioryMonk Bretton PrioryMount Grace PrioryFountains AbbeyRoche AbbeySelby AbbeyKirkstall AbbeyFurness AbbeyThe Kingdom of MerciaTupholme AbbeyHaughmond Abbey Wenlock Priory Abbey Dore Pershore Abbey Tewkesbury Abbey Hailes AbbeyDorchester Abbey East AngliaWaltham AbbeyBinham PriorySt Benet’s AbbeyCastle Acre PrioryWalsingham PrioryWymondham Abbey The Kingdoms of Kent and South WessexWestminster AbbeySt George’s Chapel, Windsor Aylesford Priory Battle AbbeyCanterbury – St Augustine’s AbbeyMichelham PrioryThe Kingdoms of Wessex and KernowRomsey AbbeyMalmesbury AbbeyBath AbbeySherborne AbbeyMilton AbbeyChristchurch PrioryCleeve Abbey Wimborne Minster Glastonbury AbbeyBuckfast AbbeySt German’s PrioryBeaulieu AbbeyScotland Jedburgh AbbeyKelso AbbeyColdingham PrioryDryburgh AbbeyMelrose AbbeyDunfermline AbbeyPluscarden Abbey Dundrennan AbbeyHolyrood AbbeyIona AbbeySweetheart AbbeyWales Tintern AbbeyCaldey IslandLlanthony Abbey Margam Abbey Valle Crucis AbbeyNeath Abbey

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