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Babwell Friary is a Dominican priory founded in the mid-13th century at Babwell, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. The friary was established as part of the expansion of the Dominican order in East Anglia during the medieval period and served as a significant religious house until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s. The surviving remains consist of fragmentary stone and brick structures indicative of a modest but functional monastic establishment. The site retains archaeological importance as evidence of Dominican activity in Suffolk and the physical layout of a smaller medieval religious community.
Babwell Friary (remains of) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003762. View the official record →
Babwell Friary is a Dominican priory founded in the mid-13th century at Babwell, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003762.
Babwell Friary (remains of) 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 1003762.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Saviour's Hospital (0.9 km), Bury St Edmund's Abbey: including the monks' cemetery and outer precinct and vineyard walls (2 km), The Chapel of the Charnel (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Babwell Friary (remains of)'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.
Babwell Friary (remains of) stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.