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St Mary's Carmelite Friary is a medieval religious house founded in Norfolk during the thirteenth century as a settlement of the Carmelite order. The friary occupied a site associated with a holy well, which held spiritual significance within the local community and contributed to the establishment's religious authority. As a Carmelite foundation, the community would have followed the austere contemplative traditions of the order whilst maintaining connections to pilgrimage routes focused on the well's reputed healing properties. The friary remains evidenced through archaeological deposits and surviving fragmentary structures that document its period of occupation through the medieval period until its dissolution during the sixteenth-century Reformation.
St Mary's Carmelite Friary and holy well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013095. View the official record →
St Mary's Carmelite Friary is a medieval religious house founded in Norfolk during the thirteenth century as a settlement of the Carmelite order. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013095.
St Mary's Carmelite Friary and holy well 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 1013095.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burnham Overy village cross, 90m south west of St Clement's Church (0.3 km), Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery (0.8 km), Roman barrow 125m south west of Leath House (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Mary's Carmelite Friary and holy well's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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St Mary's Carmelite Friary and holy well stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.