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Beauvale Carthusian Priory is a monastic site founded in the late 14th century in Nottinghamshire as a house of the Carthusian order, one of the strictest contemplative religious communities in medieval England. The priory was established around 1369 and operated until the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII in the 1530s. Substantial remains of the priory buildings survive, including parts of the church, domestic structures, and the characteristic cells and cloister arrangements typical of Carthusian communities. The site represents an important example of late medieval monastic architecture and the material culture of the Carthusian order in England, with its layout and surviving masonry reflecting the order's emphasis on enclosed, solitary devotion within a communal framework.
Beauvale Carthusian Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002920. View the official record →
Beauvale Carthusian Priory is a monastic site founded in the late 14th century in Nottinghamshire as a house of the Carthusian order, one of the strictest contemplative religious communities in medieval England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002920.
Beauvale Carthusian Priory 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 1002920.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Greasley Castle (1.9 km), Annesley motte and bailey castle (3.5 km), All Saints Church and graveyard, 150m south of Annesley Hall Lodge (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Beauvale Carthusian Priory'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.
Beauvale Carthusian Priory stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.