Polsloe Priory

It was founded in around 1159 on land to the east of Exeter, on a site that is now part of the city's suburb of Polsloe.

[2] At the time it was the only religious house for women in Devon,[3] but two others were founded later: at Cornworthy and Canonsleigh Abbey.

[6] In common with most other Catholic institutions, it was dissolved by Henry VIII, in 1539,[2] even though it had paid a fine of £400 for exemption from the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535.

[8] Most of the buildings have been demolished, but one remains, built of the local red sandstone and believed to date from around 1320.

[1] As of 2016 it is used by the local community association for occasional events, having passed from private to City Council hands in 1934.