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Axholme Carthusian Priory is a Carthusian monastery founded in the late fourteenth century on the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire. The priory was dissolved in 1539 during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. Archaeological earthworks visible in Melwood Park preserve evidence of the priory's layout and of post-Dissolution garden features, demonstrating the site's continued use and modification after the monastic community's dispersal. The surviving remains reflect the physical footprint of one of England's comparatively rare Carthusian foundations and the adaptation of the landscape in the centuries following the Reformation.
Axholme Carthusian Priory and post-Dissolution garden earthworks, Melwood Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017487. View the official record →
Axholme Carthusian Priory is a Carthusian monastery founded in the late fourteenth century on the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017487.
Axholme Carthusian Priory and post-Dissolution garden earthworks, Melwood Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1017487.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kinaird motte and bailey castle (1.7 km), Market cross at junction of High Street, Low Street and Haxey Lane (3.9 km), Mowbray Cross, Green Hill, Church Street (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Axholme Carthusian Priory and post-Dissolution garden earthworks, Melwood Park's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Axholme Carthusian Priory and post-Dissolution garden earthworks, Melwood Park stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.