Links to external sites with monastic connections
History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland
A website portal covering many aspects of the history of women religious of Britain and Ireland, as well as connected topics, including substantial bibliographies.
A project aimed at harnessing the collections held by several Catholic organizations, providing access to catalogue entries.
Benedictines at Stanbrook Abbey
The Benedictine convent founded in Cambrai in 1623, returned to England in 1795 and eventually re-settled at Stanbrook in the Severn Valley near Worcester. History
Founded in Paris in 1653, this was a daughter house of the convent at Cambrai. They returned to England in 1795, finding their way to Colwich, Stafford in 1836. History
Having fled the French Revolution in 1794, the Carmelites of Lierre in the diocese of Antwerp, founded in 1648, settled in Darlington in 1830.
Founded by Mary Ward in 1609, the congregation has maintained a presence at the Bar Convent in York for over 300 years, making it Britain's oldest religious house. History
English Benedictine Congregation History
The English Benedictine Congregation was first formed in the thirteenth century before it lapsed briefly during the Reformation, only to be revived and restored by Rome in the seventeenth century. This website charts the congregation's history and includes a search engine of Benedictine nuns and monks.