Witham Charterhouse

Witham Charterhouse
Parish church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St John Baptist and All Saints, Witham Friary, formerly lay brothers' church of the Charterhouse
Religion
AffiliationCarthusian
Year consecrated1178/1179
Statusabandoned
Location
LocationWitham Friary, Somerset, England
Witham Charterhouse is located in Somerset
Witham Charterhouse
Shown within Somerset and the UK
Geographic coordinates51°09′47″N 2°21′58″W / 51.1631°N 2.3660°W / 51.1631; -2.3660

Witham Charterhouse, also Witham Priory, at Witham Friary, Somerset, was established in 1178/79, the earliest of the ten medieval Carthusian houses (charterhouses) in England. It was suppressed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539.


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