Holy Trinity Monastery, East Hendred was briefly a convent of contemplative Benedictine nuns[1] situated in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, from 2004 to 2012,[2] forming part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth.
In late May 2012 the community of two relocated to Howton Grove, Wormbridge, Herefordshire, where it became part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff.
The community retained its dedication to the Most Holy Trinity but, following Benedictine custom, it also became known by the name of the locality to which it had moved, and therefore called Howton Grove Priory.
Sanctioned in 2004 by Bishop Crispian Hollis, it was the first breakaway convent of Benedictine nuns to have been established in England for more than half a century.
[5] The monastery library had important collections of modern American and High Anglican theology and was open to students and others by appointment.