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Yarmouth Whitefriars
Hob Uid: 134001
Location : Norfolk Great Yarmouth Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TG5221007670
Summary : Tower - possibly remains of Carmelite Priory
More information : (TG 52210767) Tower (NR) (1) (TG 52210767) St Francis Priory (Fransiscan) (site of) (2) (TG 52220767) Tower (NR) (TG 52200767) Site of St. Francis' Priory (Fransiscan) (NAT) (3) St Francis Priory was at TG 52390732. See TG 50 NW 12. (4) The site at TG 52210767 is possibly that of the Carmelite Priory. (5) In 1276 the Carmelites asked for permission to occupy and build a church on a vacant plot and Edward I was considered the founder. The priory, dedicated to St Mary, was enlarged in 1378, burnt down in 1509 and suppressed late 1538. In 1957, human skeletons from the burial ground of the priory were found at TG 521077, while in 1964 mortared flint foundations, possibly part of the Carmelite foundation were discovered during foundation digging at TG 52120774. (6-9) An octagonal tower three storeys high, in use as a spiral staircase for a department store, is the sole possible remains of this priory. Cement rendered it impossible to date from visual inspection alone. Ground photograph. (10)

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Source details : OS 25" 1928
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Source details : Recorder GSL 01-OCT-1965
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Source details : Letter (Barbara Green, Keeper of Arch, Castle Mus Norwich 15.11.67)
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Source details : Md Relig Houses Eng & Wales 1971 233 237 (D Knowles & N Hadcock).
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Source details : Monastic Remains of Norf & Suff 1934 103 (C J W Messent)
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Source details : CBA Gp 7 Bull 4 1957 5 (C Green).
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Source details : CBA Gp 7 Bull 11 1964 7
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Source details : F1 RSC 29-OCT-80
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Carmelite Friary
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Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Tower
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Norfolk)
External Cross Reference Number : 4306
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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 544807
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TG 50 NW 13
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1957-01-01
End Date : 1957-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1980-10-29
End Date : 1980-10-29

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 2008-01-01
End Date : 2009-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Yarmouth Whitefriars