# Up Holland Priory

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Church in Up Holland, Lancashire

Up Holland Priory St Thomas the Martyr's nave used to be the chancel of the priory. Up Holland Priory Location in West Lancashire 53°32′24″N 2°43′17″W / 53.5401°N 2.7213°W / 53.5401; -2.7213 Location Up Holland, Lancashire Denomination Benedictine History Founded 1319 Architecture Heritage designation Grade II

**Up Holland Priory** was a [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) priory in [Up Holland](/source/Up_Holland), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), England. It was founded in 1319.[1] The priory remains are recorded in the [National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England) as a designated Grade II [listed building](/source/Listed_building#England_and_Wales),[2] and the site is listed as a [scheduled monument](/source/Scheduled_monument).[3] The former chancel is now the [nave](/source/Nave) of the [Church of St Thomas the Martyr](/source/Church_of_St_Thomas_the_Martyr%2C_Upholland).

## See also

- [Lancashire portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Lancashire)

- [Scheduled monuments in Lancashire](/source/Scheduled_monuments_in_Lancashire)

- [Listed buildings in Up Holland](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Up_Holland)

- [List of English abbeys, priories and friaries serving as parish churches](/source/List_of_English_abbeys%2C_priories_and_friaries_serving_as_parish_churches)

## References

**Footnotes**

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Farrer_1-0)** [Farrer & Brownbill (1908)](#Farrer), pp. 111–12

1. **[^](#cite_ref-EH_2-0)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Up Holland Priory Remains (1219780)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1219780?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 30 November 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-EHSM_3-0)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Up Holland Benedictine Priory (1013649)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1013649?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 30 November 2011.

**Sources**

- Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1908), ["Houses of Benedictine Monks — The Priory of Upholland"](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38346), *[A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2](/source/Victoria_County_History)*, [Constable](/source/Constable_%26_Robinson)

v t e Buildings and structures in West Lancashire Grade I Burscough Priory (remains) Rufford Old Hall Scarisbrick Hall Places of worship St Michael's Church, Aughton St Cuthbert's Church, Halsall Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Up Holland Grade II* Lathom House West Wing Simonswood Hall Tower Hill Water Tower Places of worship St John the Baptist Church, Burscough St Michael and All Angels Church, Altcar Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk St Mary's Church, Tarleton (redundant) Grade II Appley Bridge railway station Blythe Hall Burscough Bridge railway station Ormskirk railway station Rufford New Hall St Joseph's College Up Holland High School Up Holland Priory (remains) Places of worship Becconsall Old Church (redundant) Our Lady and All Saints Church, Parbold St Paul's Church, Skelmersdale St James the Great Church, Wrightington Listed in Aughton Bickerstaffe Bispham Burscough Dalton Downholland Great Altcar Halsall Hesketh-with-Becconsall Hilldale Lathom Lathom South Newburgh North Meols Ormskirk Parbold Rufford Scarisbrick Simonswood Skelmersdale Tarleton Up Holland Wrightington Unlisted Ormskirk Grammar School (converted into flats) Places of worship All Saints Church, Hesketh Bank St Mark's Church, Scarisbrick Holy Trinity Church, Tarleton Derelict or demolished Greaves Hall Lathom House RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail) Simonswood Supply Depot

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